chapter 1 Techniques of Soil Tillage -- chapter 2 The Role of Soil Tillage for Soil Structure -- chapter 3 The Soil Microbial Community and Soil Tillage -- chapter 4 Soil Tillage for Sustainable Nutrient Management -- chapter 5 Implications of Soil Tillage for Crop and Weed Seeds -- chapter 6 Implications of Soil Tillage for Weed Communities -- chapter 7 Influence of Cultivation Practices on Arable Crop Diseases -- chapter 8 Influence of Soil Tillage on Slugs and Their Natural Enemies -- chapter 9 Interactions Between Tillage and Earthworms in Agroecosystems -- chapter 10 Effects of Tillage on Invertebrates in Soil Ecosystems -- chapter 11 Soil Tillage and Epigeal Predatory Arthropods -- chapter 12 The Synthesis.