Press wheels were designed to improve soil-seed contact, thus promoting good seed germination and emergence of plantules. The present investigation was aimed at studying the influence of three models of press wheel, three sowing depths and three load levels on soil temperature and moisture contents. The experiment was carried out in Uberaba, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in split-plot desing, 27 treatments and four repetitions. Results have shown that press wheels with bigger soil contact area provide the highest values of average soil moisture an temperature. However, load level on the press has shown no effect on soil temperature and moisture contents.
Soil moisture; soil temperature; emergence
