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 July 2024

Published: 21 August 2024 21 August 2024

August 9th 2024 - The latest version of ISTRO info, the July 2024 issue, is available for download. In this issue:

- New Editor at Soil & Tillage Research: Dr. Iris Vogeler Cronin.
- Latest news about the ISTRO 2024 event
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- New Books

The new editor Dr. Iris Vogeler is a Senior Scientist in the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University, Denmark. Her research interests include soil functioning, with focus on soil water dynamics, nutrient transport and GHG emissions as related to crop and soil management. She has special interest in the use of ecosystem models to better understand is the processes and interactions between climate, soil, plants, and animals in agricultural systems.
More details can be read in the latest issue of ISTRO Info.

 

 

 

Latest news about the upcoming ISTRO conference in Virginia Beach: 

There is still room for a few more ORAL paper presentations. The abstract topic list relates to many areas of interest including tillage, soils, outreach, and agriculture production in general, so your research can be presented in one of our many sessions!
Go ahead and submit your ORAL title and abstract now as we are planning sessions!