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 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.
ISTRO info October 2019
- Published: 11 November 2019 11 November 2019
November 11th 2019 - The latest version of ISTRO info, the October 2019 issue, is available for download.
In this issue:
- Editorial: Soils on the agenda
- Sharing World Soil Day experiences
- Blair McKenzie co-editor of Soil & Tillage Research
- News on Soil and Tillage Research
- Dr (Bob) Zhiwei Zeng awarded 3-year membership
- Vacant PhD positions at University of Guelph
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- News books
In the picture on the left Bruce Ball (l) and Blair Mckenzie (r) doing visual soil evaluation.
Blair has accepted the position of co-editor of Journal Soil and Tillage Research, next to his research position at the James Hutton Institute.
Blair about becoming co-editor: "I hope that adding the co-editorship Soil & Tillage Research to my role in ISTRO can work for the good of both parties. I have always believed that the strong link with Soil & Tillage Research was one of the scientific strengths of ISTRO. The combination of a research organisation and a scientific journal is something that is not common and delivers important synergy. Along with the other editors of Soil & Tillage Research, I will be looking to the ISTRO community to continue to contribute to this link by responding positively to invitations to conduct reviews for the journal whenever possible. If anyone wants to contact me on this or anything to do with ISTRO, you are always welcome."