Soil properties influenced by summer fallow management in the Horse Heaven Hills of south central Washington

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 452-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Sharratt ◽  
W.F. Schillinger
Keyword(s):  
Soil Properties ◽  
Fallow Management ◽  
South Central ◽  
Summer Fallow

scholarly journals Effects of Land Use/Land Cover Changes on Selected Soil Physical and Chemical Properties in Shenkolla Watershed, South Central Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Belayneh Bufebo ◽  
Eyasu Elias
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Land Cover Changes ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
South Central ◽  
Effects Of Land Use ◽  
Poor Management

Land use change from natural ecosystems to managed agroecosystems is one of the main causes of soil fertility decline. Severe soil erosion caused by agricultural expansion and poor management worsened soil nutrient depletion in cultivated outfields (crop lands). This study was conducted to examine the effects of land use and land cover changes (LU/LC) on selected soil physicochemical properties in the Shenkolla watershed. A total of 40 top soil samples at 0–20 cm depth were collected from four land use/land cover types (forest land, grazing land, cultivated outfield, and cultivated homestead garden fields). The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to determine differences in soil parameters among land use types. Treatment means comparison was determined using the least significant difference (LSD) at 0.05 level of significances. The result indicated that there were significant P<0.05 differences among the four LU/LC types for soil characteristics. For most parameters evaluated, the most favorable soil properties were observed in the forest land, followed by homestead garden fields, while the least favorable soil properties were found in intensively cultivated outfields. Increase in the extent of cultivated land at the expense of forest cover associated with poor management has promoted significant loss of soil quality in intensively cultivated outfields. Reducing the land cover conversion and adopting proper management practices of the soil commonly used in homestead garden fields are very crucial in order to improve soil fertility in intensively cultivated outfields.

Occurrence of Summer Fallow Weeds within the Grain Belt Region of Southwestern Australia

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 562-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pippa J. Michael ◽  
Catherine P. Borger ◽  
William J. Macleod ◽  
Pip L. Payne
Keyword(s):  
Annual Rainfall ◽  
Weed Species ◽  
North Central ◽  
The North ◽  
South Central ◽  
Poaceae Family ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Rigid Ryegrass ◽  
Summer Fallow ◽  
Western Australian

Field surveys were conducted on 319 sites of the Western Australian grain belt in 2006 to determine the occurrence and distribution of summer fallow weed species. Sites were located across five growing season regions (north, north central, central, south central, and south) and three annual rainfall zones (high, medium, and low). A total of 51 species (or species groups) from 18 families were identified, with the large majority of species (35%) belonging to the Poaceae family. The most prevalent species found, being present at more than 10% of all sites, were wheat, “melons” (weedy watermelon and paddymelon), rigid ryegrass, capeweed, clover, mintweed, wild radish, fleabane, windmill grass, and rolypoly. Correspondence analysis revealed that the north, central, and southern regions of the grain belt could be predominately segregated according to dominant weed species occurrence; however, no segregation by rainfall zone was apparent. This study has given an overview of summer fallow weed occurrence in the Western Australian grain belt and highlights those weed species that are common and yet lack sufficient research into their ecology and management.

scholarly journals Economic Analysis of Summer Fallow Management to Reduce Take-All Disease and N Leaching in a Wheat Crop Rotation

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphane De Cara ◽  
Florence Jacquet ◽  
Arnaud Reynaud ◽  
Gaël Goulevant ◽  
Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Wheat Crop ◽  
N Leaching ◽  
Fallow Management ◽  
Summer Fallow ◽  
Take All

Soil Properties, Yield, and Landscape Relationships in South-Central Saskatchewan Canada

2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 539-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Noorbakhsh ◽  
J. Schoenau ◽  
B. Si ◽  
T. Zeleke ◽  
P. Qian
Keyword(s):  
Soil Properties ◽  
South Central

scholarly journals Soil Microbial Community Profiling and Bacterial Metabolic Activity of Technosols as an Effect of Soil Properties following Land Reclamation: A Case Study from the Abandoned Iron Sulphide and Uranium Mine in Rudki (South-Central Poland)

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1795
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Wolińska ◽  
Kinga Włodarczyk ◽  
Agnieszka Kuźniar ◽  
Anna Marzec-Grządziel ◽  
Jarosław Grządziel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Metabolic Activity ◽  
Land Reclamation ◽  
Soil Microbial Communities ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Uranium Mine ◽  
Soil Microbial ◽  
South Central ◽  
Community Profiling

The aims of the study were (1) to recognize the structure of bacteria diversity in Technosols developed from mine spoils containing iron (Fe) sulphides with the use of culture-independent technique, and (2) to determine microbial metabolic activities, in the context of their potential to be an adequate indicators of soil properties being the consequence of land reclamation. The study site was located in the vicinity of the abandoned Fe sulphide and uranium mine in Rudki village (Holy Cross Mts., Poland). Three soil profiles with different chemical properties (pH, content of carbonates, soil salinity, content of total organic carbon and total nitrogen) were studied. Biodiversity was determined with the use of meta-barcoding of 16S rRNA community profiling analysis based on the hypervariable V3-V4 region of 16S rRNA gene (MiSeq, Illumina). The catabolic fingerprinting of soil microbial communities was evaluated with the use of Biolog®EcoPlates™ System. It was evidenced that changes in microbial structure and their metabolic activity were the consequence of a combined effect of both the soil depth and soil chemical properties being the final result of reclamation process. Consequently, microbial indicators (from phyla to genera level) indirectly testifying about success or ineffectiveness of reclamation in technogenic soils were recommended. To our best knowledge, the present study is the first insight into Polish Technosols biodiversity and catabolic activity.

Soil management with cultivated fallows in humid and subhumid Africa

1991 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. A. Adesina
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Gliricidia Sepium ◽  
Soil Restoration ◽  
Available Phosphorus ◽  
Fallow Management

This paper examines those variations in soil properties of woody fallows that may be expected as a result of the use of the tree Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) in fallow management in the forest areas of Nigeria. A comparative analysis of fallows of the tree and natural fallows was carried out. The results show that differences might be expected between the soil under the two fallow types with respect to pH, boron and available phosphorus. It is suggested that the tree is a suitable species for fallow enhancement in terms of soil restoration but that its use would involve some modification of soil management practices such as the amount and type of fertilizers applied. Key words: Gliricidia sepium, fallow management, soil restoration, woody fallows

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