Welcome to the ISTRO website
On this site you will find information about the International Soil Tillage Research Organisation (ISTRO), which focusses on the impact and consequences of various soil tillage (including no-till) practices and from field traffic. More information about the organisation itself can be found on the organisation page.
Activities organised by ISTRO and other organisations concerning soil tillage can be found on the activities page.
Further information about recent publications are found on the publications page.
ISTRO info April 2020
- Published: 02 May 2020 02 May 2020
April 30th 2020 - The latest version of ISTRO info, the April 2020 issue, is available for download.
In this issue:
- ISTRO 2021 conference
- Nominations for President-elect
- Nominations for Assistant Secretary General
- Nominations for Board positions
- New S&T Research Editor in Chief – Joshua Heitman
- Central European ISTRO Conference - New date
- CROSTRO Conference 2020 - New date
- ISTRO working group C Conservation Soil Tillage 1st meeting – New date
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- New Books
In the picture on the left, the University College Dublin, Belfield Campus, located in south Dublin, Ireland, where the 22nd International ISTRO conference will be held on 20-24th September 2021.
The conference theme will be: 'Soil and tillage and the transition to digital agriculture'. The article in this issue of ISTRO info says this about this theme: 'Agriculture may seem largely the same as it always has been with machines and energy used to till, sow, maintain and harvest crops for food. However, over the last few years there has been a rapid and significant introduction of digital data, computers, networks, connections, sensors and models that are beginning to change how agriculture works, the skills needed by the farming industry and research required now and in the future. The 22nd ISTRO international conference will examine where we are, and the pathway forward for soil and tillage in the age of digital agriculture. (photo: courtesy ECD).
ISTRO info Januari 2020
- Published: 11 November 2019 11 November 2019
February 7th 2020 - The latest version of ISTRO info, the January 2020 issue, is available for download.
In this issue:
- New Editor of Soil and Tillage Research
- CROSTRO Conference 2020
- ISTRO working group C Conservation Soil Tillage 1st meeting
- World Soil Day, 5th December 2019
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- News books
In the picture on the left Prof. Laura Alakukku who has recently joined the team of Editors-in-Chief of Soil and Tillage Research. Laura is working at the Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland. She is a long-term member of ISTRO and served on the ISTRO board 2003-2009.
Laura’s research interests cover: environmental technology in agriculture; soil management; soil compaction and structure; conservation tillage methods connected to break-crop systems; biological tillage; precision farming; machine-soilcrop –interactions. (Photo: Veikko Somerpuro, University of Helsinki).
2nd Central European ISTRO Conference
- Published: 07 February 2020 07 February 2020
The Czech branch of ISTRO is organising the second Central European ISTRO Conference. The conference will be held from 8-10 September 2020 in Brno, Czech Republic.
The conference is covering the following topics:
- Soil health assessment
- Soil management
- Integrated pest management
- Precision agriculture
A brochure with information about the conference can be downloaded HERE.
More information about the conference: submission of abstracts, registration, etc. can be found on the conference website.