Do conservative agriculture practices increase soil water repellency? A case study in citrus-cropped soils
| Autor: | Antonio Giménez-Morera, Antonio Jordán, Félix A. González-Peñaloza, Victoria Arcenegui, Artemi Cerdà, Lorena M. Zavala |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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No-till farming
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Organic farming Soil Science Soil water repellency 01 natural sciences Organic matter 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes 2. Zero hunger chemistry.chemical_classification Conventional tillage Soil organic matter 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences COMERCIALIZACION E INVESTIGACION DE MERCADOS 15. Life on land Manure Citrus-cropped soils 6. Clean water Infiltration (hydrology) chemistry Agronomy 13. Climate action Soil water 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental science Agronomy and Crop Science |
| Zdroj: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia instname Soil and Tillage Research |
| Popis: | Water repellency is a property of soils that inhibits or delays infiltration. Long-term conservation practices as no-tillage, manure addition, application of herbicides may contribute to increase soil organic matter and, hence, soil water repellency. In this research, we have studied the effect of long-term addition of plant residues and organic manure, no-tillage and no chemical fertilization (MNT), annual addition of plant residues and no-tillage (NT), application of conventional herbicides and no-tillage (H), and conventional tillage (CT) on soil water repellency in Mediterranean calcareous citrus-cropped soils (Eastern Spain). Slight water repellency was observed in MNT soils, which may be attributed to the input of hydrophobic organic compounds as a consequence of the addition of plant residues and organic manure such has been demonstrated by the soil organic matter measurements. CT reduced the organic matter content and soils remained wettable. Subcritical water repellency (with water drop penetration times below 5 s) was observed in soils under NT and H treatments. 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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