Table 7 Intermediate intensity tillage descriptions (from no tillage versus intermediate tillage comparisons)
From: How does tillage intensity affect soil organic carbon? A systematic review
| Intermediate intensity tillage descriptions | Number of studies |
|---|---|
| Chisel tillage | 56 |
| Disk tillage | 40 |
| Chisel and disk | 16 |
| Not stated | 7 |
| Cultivator | 6 |
| Heavy duty cultivator | 4 |
| Disk and harrow | 4 |
| Heavy disk plough, harrow and rotavator | 3 |
| Cultivator or disk harrow | 3 |
| Rotavator | 2 |
| Chisel, disk and field cultivator | 2 |
| Offset disk and scarifier | 2 |
| Tine cultivator | 2 |
| Spring-tined cultivator | 1 |
| Multiple disk tillage | 1 |
| Sweep plough | 1 |
| Rototill | 1 |
| One cultivation | 1 |
| Blade cultivator, single pass | 1 |
| Heavy duty cultivator, 5–6 passes | 1 |
| Disk and mulch treader | 1 |
| Chisel, disk and rotary tiller | 1 |
| Double disk tillage | 1 |
| Heavy duty cultivator, disk and harrow | 1 |
| Disk and scarifier | 1 |
| Rotary harrow | 1 |
| Rotary field cultivator | 1 |
| Chisel, disk and spring tine | 1 |
| Cultivator (grubber) | 1 |
| Tandem disk | 1 |
| Undercutter and fallow master | 1 |
| Cultivator (disk coulters in combination with a spiker roller) | 1 |
| Rotary tiller (aggressive tillage) | 1 |
| Tined implements | 1 |
| Roto-till, sweep, disk and chisel | 1 |
| 3 cultivations | 1 |
| Dual-layer tillage with a chisel and light secondary tillage (15 cm) | 1 |
| Heavy duty cultivator, sweep and harrow | 1 |
| Harrow | 1 |
| No till with one chisel every 3 years | 1 |
| Mouldboard plough or rotovator | 1 |
| Rigid tine cultivator | 1 |
| Chisel and cultivator | 1 |
| Grubber | 1 |
| Chisel and field cultivator | 1 |