Short-term effect of cover crops on aggregate stability assessed by two techniques
Aggregate stability (AS) is a property closely linked to soil fluid movement. AS can be determined by different methods and canbe improved using cover crops (CC), but the short-term effect of this practice has been little studied. The aim of this study wasto evaluate the soil surface aggregate stabi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/127851 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/127851 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Le Bissonnais method De Leenheer & De Boodt method soil quality aggregate size distribution. https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4 |
| Sumario: | Aggregate stability (AS) is a property closely linked to soil fluid movement. AS can be determined by different methods and canbe improved using cover crops (CC), but the short-term effect of this practice has been little studied. The aim of this study wasto evaluate the soil surface aggregate stability of an Argiudoll under no tillage in the Pampas, during the first year after differentCC incorporation. AS was determined by using two laboratory techniques: Le Bissonnais and De Leenheer & De Boodt methods,after incorporating different CC (oat, vetch, wheat, oat + vetch) at two different times: after the CC was chemically dried andafter the subsequent corn crop harvest. A treatment without CC was also evaluated (fallow between summer crops) as a control.The presence of CC roots improved AS significantly compared to the control, while differences among the various CC were alsoobserved. The presence of corn roots and the residual effect of the decomposition of CC stubble left on the ground also had apositive effect on AS. The various pre-treatments applied by the Le Bissonnais method gave different results: fast wetting ofaggregates showed significant differences on AS between the different CC used, whereas slow wetting and mechanical rupturewere more effective than fast wetting showing AS differences over time. The results of the De Leenheer & De Boodt method weremore erratic and less consistent than those obtained by the Le Bissonnais method. |
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