Conventional versus organic management: application of simple and complex indexes to assess soil quality

2021 ◽  
Vol 322 ◽  
pp. 107673
Author(s):  
Martina Mazzon ◽  
Luciano Cavani ◽  
Claudio Ciavatta ◽  
Gabriele Campanelli ◽  
Giovanni Burgio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Organic Management ◽  
Management Application

Forage Performance and Soil Quality in Forage Systems under Organic Management in the Southeastern United States

2015 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 1641-1652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Eichler Inwood ◽  
Gary E. Bates ◽  
David M. Butler
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Organic Management

scholarly journals Soil Quality After Eight Years Under High Tunnels

HortScience ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 1630-1633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon J.B. Knewtson ◽  
M.B. Kirkham ◽  
Rhonda R. Janke ◽  
Leigh W. Murray ◽  
Edward E. Carey
Keyword(s):  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Soil Ph ◽  
Soil Salinity ◽  
Management System ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Organic Management ◽  
High Tunnels

The sustainability of soil quality under high tunnels will influence management of high tunnels currently in use and grower decisions regarding design and management of new high tunnels to be constructed. Soil quality was quantified using measures of soil pH, salinity, total carbon, and particulate organic matter (POM) carbon in a silt loam soil that had been in vegetable production under high tunnels at the research station in Olathe, KS, for eight years. Soil under high tunnels was compared with that in adjacent fields in both a conventional and an organic management system. The eight-year presence of high tunnels under the conventional management system resulted in increased soil pH and salinity but did not affect soil carbon. In the organic management system, high tunnels did not affect soil pH, increased soil salinity, and influenced soil carbon (C) pools with an increase in POM carbon. The increases in soil salinity were not enough to be detrimental to crops. These results indicate that soil quality was not adversely affected by eight years under stationary high tunnels managed with conventionally or organically produced vegetable crops.

Influence of organic management on As bioavailability: Soil quality and tomato As uptake

Chemosphere ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 211 ◽  
pp. 352-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Rita Stazi ◽  
Roberto Mancinelli ◽  
Rosita Marabottini ◽  
Enrica Allevato ◽  
Emanuele Radicetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Organic Management

Changes in soil quality following humping/hollowing and flipping of pakihi soils on the West Coast, South Island New Zealand

2007 ◽  
pp. 265-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.M. Thomas ◽  
M.H.Beare C.D. Ford ◽  
V. Rietveld
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
The West ◽  
Organic Matter Quality ◽  
Pasture Production ◽  
Soil C

Humping/hollowing and flipping are land development practices widely used on the West Coast to overcome waterlogging constraints to pasture production. However, there is very limited information about how the resulting "new" soils function and how their properties change over time following these extreme modifications. We hypothesised that soil quality will improve in response to organic matter inputs from plants and excreta, which will in turn increase nutrient availability. We tested this hypothesis by quantifying the soil organic matter and nutrient content of soils at different stages of development after modification. We observed improvements in soil quality with increasing time following soil modification under both land development practices. Total soil C and N values were very low following flipping, but over 8 years these values had increased nearly five-fold. Other indicators of organic matter quality such as hot water extractable C (HWC) and anaerobically mineralisable N (AMN) showed similar increases. With large capital applications of superphosphate fertiliser to flipped soils in the first year and regular applications of maintenance fertiliser, Olsen P levels also increased from values

Physico-Chemical Properties of Soil Collected from Chandrabhaga River in Kalmeshwar, Nagpur, Maharashtra

2020 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Amita M Watkar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Organic Matter Content ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Soil Attributes ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Agricultural Land Management ◽  
Physical And Chemical

Soil, itself means Soul of Infinite Life. Soil is the naturally occurring unconsolidated or loose covering on the earth’s surface. Physical properties depend upon the amount, size, shape, arrangement, and mineral composition of soil particles. It also depends on the organic matter content and pore spaces. Chemical properties depend on the Inorganic and organic matter present in the soil. Soils are the essential components of the environment and foundation resources for nearly all types of land use, besides being the most important component of sustainable agriculture. Therefore, assessment of soil quality and its direction of change with time is an ideal and primary indicator of sustainable agricultural land management. Soil quality indicators refer to measurable soil attributes that influence the capacity of a soil to function, within the limits imposed by the ecosystem, to preserve biological productivity and environmental quality and promote plant, animal and human health. The present study is to assess these soil attributes such as physical and chemical properties season-wise.

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