scholarly journals Dependence of agrochemical and agrophysical properties of leached chernozem on soil treatment system

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 5-19
Author(s):  
A. L. Pakul ◽  
G. V. Bozhanova ◽  
V. N. Pakul
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Content ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Nitrate Nitrogen ◽  
Control Level ◽  
Processing System ◽  
Soil Bulk Density ◽  
Soil Treatment ◽  
Tillage Systems ◽  
Leached Chernozem ◽  
Tillage System

The results of research on the dependence of agrochemical and agrophysical properties of leached chernozem on the system of soil treatment are presented. The work was performed in 2015–2019 in a long-term stationary field experiment in crops of spring soft wheat Siberian Alliance. The soil of the experimental site is medium-powered medium-humus heavy-loamy leached chernozem. Wheat was preceded by clean fallow, green fallow (rape), green fallow (cloverleaf). The following tillage systems were studied: deep moldboard (control), deep combined, minimum combined, minimum moldboard. There is an advantage in nitrate nitrogen content in the soil before sowing, in the phase of tillering and earing of wheat on the preceding cereal fallow (rape) when using the minimum tillage system (in autumn the break crop BDT-3 is planted). The effect of the tillage system on the nitrate nitrogen content in the soil in the phase of bushing of wheat - 15,5%, conditions of the year - 12,9, the interaction of these factors - 20,1% was determined. A positive relationship between the content of nitrate nitrogen in the soil and the amount of mobile phosphorus on the precursor green fallow (rape), r = 0.7118-0.8917 (R = 0.9500), was detected. High P2O5 content (from 150 mg/kg and above) was recorded on average for 5 years during the earing phase of wheat - 145.0 to 165.6 mg/kg. Maximum P2O5 values were detected for green fallow (rape) under minimum combined and minimum moldboard systems. A significant increase in exchangeable potassium content over the control average for 2015-2019 was observed with the deep combined tillage system - 5.0 mg/kg (NSR05). With the other tillage systems studied, the figures were at the control level. Higher soil pedality coefficients were revealed with a deep moldboard processing system (control) - 2.54, a minimum combined - 2.47, a minimum moldboard - 2.23 according to the predecessor green fallow (rapeseed); for green fallow (melilot) - 2.98 (deep moldboard). With an increase in the pedality coefficient, there was a decrease in the soil bulk density index, r = -0.3499 (R = 0.5760). A tendency was revealed towards a decrease in the soil bulk density to 0.98 g/cm3 according to the predecessor green fallow (rapeseed) with minimization of soil cultivation: combined moldboard and minimum moldboard; with a deep moldboard (control) - 1.02 g / cm3. As a result of the correlation analysis, it was found that with an increase in the soil bulk density, the content of P2O5, r = –0.4898, K2O, r = –0.2530, decreases.

scholarly journals Soil organic carbon in no-tillage systems of different ages in Southwest Mato Grosso, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 250-255
Author(s):  
Renata M. Severiano ◽  
Maria A. P. Pierangeli ◽  
Nilton de S. Santos ◽  
Vinícius Xavier
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Soil Bulk Density ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Native Vegetation ◽  
No Tillage ◽  
Tillage Systems ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Tillage System

ABSTRACT The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of the no-tillage system on soil bulk density, soil organic carbon, and carbon stocks in Plinthic subgroups and Oxisols, located in Pontes and Lacerda, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The treatments were native vegetation and no-tillage systems established for 3, 8, 10, and 12 years. To analyse soil organic carbon, soils were sampled in each area, with three repetitions, at layers of 0-0.05; 0.05-0.10; 0.10-0.20; 0.20-0.40; 0.40-0.60; 0.60-1.00; 1.00-1.50 and 1.50-2.00 m. For soil bulk density, undisturbed samples were collected at layers of 0-0.20 and 0.20-0.40 m. Compared with areas of native vegetation, soil bulk density values after 12 years increased by 25% in Oxisols and 30% in the Plinthic subgroups. In Oxisols and Plinthic subgroups, respectively, organic carbon concentration was, on average, 20.57, 25.04 g kg-1 under native vegetation; 16.82, 16.59 g kg-1 after 3 years of no-tillage; 13.31, 4.96 g kg-1 after 8 years; 16.52, 14.39 g kg-1 after 10 years; and 17.97, 18.53 g kg-1 after 12 years. In both soils, the no-tillage system contributed to an increase in carbon stocks over the years, but not at depth, being generally limited to the top 0.20 m of the soils. Compared to native vegetation, after 12 years of no-tillage, carbon stocks decreased at a rate of 0.075 Mg ha-1 year-1 in the Plinthic subgroups and increased by 2.3 Mg ha-1 year-1 in Oxisols.

scholarly journals The Effects of Catch Crops and Tillage Systems on Selected Physical Properties and Enzymatic Activity of Loess Soil in a Spring Wheat Monoculture

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Harasim ◽  
Jacek Antonkiewicz ◽  
Cezary A. Kwiatkowski
Keyword(s):  
Enzymatic Activity ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Soil Compaction ◽  
Soil Moisture Content ◽  
Conservation Tillage ◽  
Soil Bulk Density ◽  
Catch Crop ◽  
Tillage Systems ◽  
Catch Crops ◽  
Tillage System

This study was aimed at comparing physical soil quality parameters and soil enzymatic activity in a three-year spring wheat monoculture affected by the incorporation of biomass of selected catch crops into the soil using two systems of tillage (conventional plough tillage and conservation tillage). We tested the suitability of the following catch crop plants: white mustard, lacy phacelia, and mixed legumes (faba bean + spring vetch) and compared these to the control treatment. This research was carried out in the period 2014–2016 in Czesławice (central Lublin region, Poland). Catch crops promoted improved soil structure, soil particle-size distribution, soil bulk density, and soil moisture content. Tillage systems had a smaller impact on the soil physical parameters. Plough tillage contributed to improved soil moisture content in a deeper layer (15–20 cm). On the other hand, the above-mentioned tillage system influenced adversely soil compaction and bulk density. Catch crops caused an improvement in the soil particle size distribution, resulting in a higher percentage of the finer soil fractions. Moreover, the catch crops positively affected soil bulk density and soil compaction. The study has proven that enzymatic tests are good indicators to discriminate between soil sites under study in dependence on the catch crop and tillage system. Conservation tillage significantly stimulated the activities of the studied enzymes, especially in the topsoil layers. A particularly wide range of dehydrogenase and urease activity was obtained in the soil sown with the white mustard catch crop. The other catch crops (lacy phacelia and faba bean + spring vetch) also stimulated enzymatic activity. The obtained results show the positive role of catch crops and conservation tillage in bringing about positive changes occurring in the soil environment.

scholarly journals Effects of Tillage Management on Soil Porosity and Bulk Density on Rape (Brasica Napus)

1970 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana BALAN ◽  
L. RAUS ◽  
G. JITAREA
Keyword(s):  
Bulk Density ◽  
Soil Bulk Density ◽  
Conventional Tillage ◽  
Physical Characteristics ◽  
Soil Tillage ◽  
Soil Porosity ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Tillage Systems ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Tillage System

Soil tillage systems have a major influence on soil physical characteristics. Optimal soil physical conditions for crop rooting are a result of complex interactions between soil structure and oxygen and water supply to plants roots. The experiment has been conducted in the Didactic Station of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Iasi, Ezareni Farm. The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the influence of three soil tillage systems (a reduced tillage system, a no-tillage system and conventional tillage system) on several physical characteristics of the soil, such as soil bulk density, soil porosity and soil structural stability.

scholarly journals The Performance of the DES Sensor for Estimating Soil Bulk Density under the Effect of Different Agronomic Practices

Geosciences ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Abed Gatea Alshammary ◽  
Abbas Z. Kouzani ◽  
Akif Kaynak ◽  
Sui Yang Khoo ◽  
Michael Norton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bulk Density ◽  
Soil Depth ◽  
Specific Energy Consumption ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Soil Bulk Density ◽  
Electromechanical System ◽  
Soil Tillage ◽  
Tillage Systems ◽  
Agronomic Practices ◽  
Lack Of Information

The estimation of soil wet bulk density (ρn) and dry bulk density (ρb) using the novel digital electromechanical system (DES) has provided information about important parameters for the assessment of soil quality and health with a direct application for agronomists. The evaluation of the DES performance is particularly appropriate for different tillage methods, mulching systems, and fertilizers used to increase soil fertility and productivity, but currently, there is a lack of information, particularly in the arid areas in underdeveloped countries. Therefore, the main aim of this study was the application of a novel digital electromechanical system (DES) to evaluate bulk density, wet (ρn) and dry (ρb), under different soil treatments according to the variations in thermal efficiencies (ηth), microwave penetration depths (MDP), and specific energy consumption (Qcon) in an experimental area close to Baghdad (Iraq). The experimental design consisted of 72 plots, each 4 m2. The agronomic practices included two different tillage systems (disc plough followed by a spring disk and mouldboard plough followed by a spring disk) and twelve treatments involving mulching plastic sheeting combined with fertilizers, to determine their effect on the measured soil ρn and ρb and the DES performance in different soils. The results indicated that soil ρn and ρb varied significantly with both the tillage systems and the mulching systems. As expected, the soil ρn and ρb, MDP, and Qcon increased with an increase in the soil depth. Moreover, the tillage, soil mulching, and soil depth value significantly affected ηth and Qcon. A strong relationship was identified between the soil tillage and MDP for different soil treatments, leading to the changes in soil ρb and the soil dielectric constant (ε’).

SOIL BULK DENSITY ESTIMATION FOR TILLAGE SYSTEMS AND SOIL TEXTURES

1998 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1601-1610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Chen ◽  
S. Tessier ◽  
J. Rouffignat
Keyword(s):  
Bulk Density ◽  
Density Estimation ◽  
Soil Bulk Density ◽  
Tillage Systems

scholarly journals Soil Bulk Density and Potato Tuber Yield as Influenced by Tillage Systems and Working Depths

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 046-051 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Abrougui ◽  
◽  
S Chehaibi ◽  
H.H Boukhalfa ◽  
I Chenini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Potato Tuber ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Tuber Yield ◽  
Soil Bulk Density ◽  
Tillage Systems

scholarly journals Soil Aggregation, Organic Carbon Concentration, and Soil Bulk Density As Affected by Cover Crop Species in a No-Tillage System

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 871-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriano Stephan Nascente ◽  
Yuncong Li ◽  
Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Cover Crops ◽  
Cover Crop ◽  
Soil Bulk Density ◽  
Soil Aggregation ◽  
Soil Tillage ◽  
Panicum Maximum ◽  
No Tillage ◽  
Tillage System

Soil aggregation and the distribution of total organic carbon (TOC) may be affected by soil tillage and cover crops. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of crop rotation with cover crops on soil aggregation, TOC concentration in the soil aggregate fractions, and soil bulk density under a no-tillage system (NTS) and conventional tillage system (CTS, one plowing and two disking). This was a three-year study with cover crop/rice/cover crop/rice rotations in the Brazilian Cerrado. A randomized block experimental design with six treatments and three replications was used. The cover crops (treatments) were: fallow, Panicum maximum, Brachiaria ruziziensis, Brachiaria brizantha, and millet (Pennisetum glaucum). An additional treatment, fallow plus CTS, was included as a control. Soil samples were collected at the depths of 0.00-0.05 m, 0.05-0.10 m, and 0.10-0.20 m after the second rice harvest. The treatments under the NTS led to greater stability in the soil aggregates (ranging from 86.33 to 95.37 %) than fallow plus CTS (ranging from 74.62 to 85.94 %). Fallow plus CTS showed the highest number of aggregates smaller than 2 mm. The cover crops affected soil bulk density differently, and the millet treatment in the NTS had the lowest values. The cover crops without incorporation provided the greatest accumulation of TOC in the soil surface layers. The TOC concentration was positively correlated with the aggregate stability index in all layers and negatively correlated with bulk density in the 0.00-0.10 m layer.

scholarly journals Sorptivity of an Inceptisol under Conventional and Reduced Tillage Practices

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-154
Author(s):  
Achmad Rachman ◽  
Ratri Ariani ◽  
Arief Budiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Bulk Density ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Lower Surface ◽  
Soil Bulk Density ◽  
Conventional Tillage ◽  
Reduced Tillage ◽  
Tillage Practices ◽  
Water Stable Aggregates ◽  
Tillage System ◽  
Tillage Treatment

The amount of water captured and stored in the soil profile until the next precipitation events is of great importance in dryland agro-ecosystem for successful crop production. The soil’s ability to rapidly capture and store water precipitation can be accessed through measuring soil sorptivity. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of tillage, i.e. reduced and conventional tillages, on soil sorptivity, and to understand how sorptivity is related to surface soil bulk density and water stable aggregates. The experiment was conducted on a site, which has been continuously planted with corn twice a year for more than 10 years.  The predominant soil in the study site is Typic Haplusteps. Ponded infiltration measurements were used to determine soil sorptivity.  Six positions, 15 meters a part, were chosen within each treatment to measure sorptivity, bulk density and water stable aggregates.  Conventional tillage resulted in higher sorptivity (p<0.05), lower surface bulk density (p<0.05), and significantly lower water stable aggregates (p<0.01) than reduced tillage treatment. Sorptivity was negatively correlated to bulk density and positively correlated to water stable aggregates. Better correlations were found between sorptivity and both bulk density (R2 = 0.67) and water stable aggregates (R2= 0.81) under reduced tillage than under conventional tillage treatment.  Conventional tillage was found to enhance soil sorptivity in comparison to reduced tillage system. Appropriate soil management is important to maintain proper soil porosity in the field for better rainfall harvesting and plant growth especially in the dryland ecosystem. 

scholarly journals Effects of Tillage Systems on Physical Status and Organic Matter Turnover of the Soil

2003 ◽  
pp. 42-45
Author(s):  
László Huzsvai ◽  
Tamás Rátonyi ◽  
János Nagy ◽  
Attila Megyes
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Content ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Organic Nitrogen ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Reduced Tillage ◽  
Tillage Systems ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Tillage Method

The cultivation technology for those plant, that play a key role in arable land production need to be renewed in order to reduce production costs and to protect arable land. The modernisation of technologies can only be achieved by applying appropriate tillage systems. Our measurements were carried out on chernozem soil with lime deposits at the Látókép Experimental Station of the Center for Agricultural Sciences, Debrecen University, in long term tillage experiments set up in 1989. We examined the typical physical parameters, the albedo, field capacity, the bulk density of the soil, organic carbon content (humus %) and the measured pH-values in the water solution within the two tillage variations. We have also modelled nitrogen cycle formation in different treatments.A significant difference occured between the albedos of the two soils, which may be the result of significant amounts of stem remaining on the surface in the case of the reduced tillage method. The yellow, waxy stem of maize reflects 21% of the sun’s rays, especially at the beginning of the vegetation period, when its decomposition has only just started. This delys the warming up in early spring, which delays the sowing time of maize and reduces evaporation. In the two tillage variations, the water management characteristics do not differ practically, the wilting point field capacity are in accordance. In reduced tillage methods, the so-called „plough-pan” can be well measured at 15-20 cm, while in winter ploughing it is at 30 cm. The humus % of the soil does not differ in the two tillage variations, but due to the difference in bulk density this means a different humus and organic nitrogen content. The organic nitrogen content is greater in the reduced tillage method. On the basis of pH value evaluations, we could not detect significant differences in the two tillage variations. The organic nitrogen content of areas where reduced tillage method was applied is higher than in areas where conventional winter ploughing was applied.

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