Soil alteration due to erosion, ploughing and levelling of vineyards in north east Spain

Since the 1970s and 1980s, the vineyard areas in the Mediterranean region of north east Spain have undergone profound transformation to allow greater mechanization. This has involved land levelling, deep ploughing and the elimination of traditional soil conservation measures. Recently the EU Common...

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Autores: Martínez Casasnovas, José Antonio, Ramos Martín, Ma. C. (Ma. Concepción)
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2009.00215.x
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/59393
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Land levelling
Agriculture
Soil degradation
Soil erosion
Ploughing
Sòls--Erosió
Sòls--Degradació
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spelling Soil alteration due to erosion, ploughing and levelling of vineyards in north east SpainMartínez Casasnovas, José AntonioRamos Martín, Ma. C. (Ma. Concepción)Land levellingAgricultureSoil degradationSoil erosionPloughingSòls--ErosióSòls--DegradacióSince the 1970s and 1980s, the vineyard areas in the Mediterranean region of north east Spain have undergone profound transformation to allow greater mechanization. This has involved land levelling, deep ploughing and the elimination of traditional soil conservation measures. Recently the EU Common Agricultural Policy encourages this through the vineyard restructuring and conversion plans (Commission Regulation EC No 1227 ⁄ 2000 of 31 May 2000) by subsidizing up to 50% of the cost of soil preparation such as soil movement and land levelling. A clear example of the problems that this causes is in the Penede`s vineyard region (Catalonia, north east Spain), and the present research analyses the changes in soil properties caused by erosion, deep ploughing and land levelling. The study was carried out in an area of 30 000 ha for which a Soil Information System at a scale of 1:50 000 was developed based on 394 field observations (89 soil profiles and 251 auger hole samples down to 120 cm). The results show that 74% of the described soil profiles are disturbed with evidence of soil mixing and ⁄ or profile truncation due to erosion, deep ploughing and ⁄ or land levelling. The evidence from the topsoils is mainly the presence of fragments of calcic or petrocalcic horizons, marls and sandstones. Other important properties for crops such as organic matter (OM) content and soil depth show statistically significant differences between disturbed soils and undisturbed soils (22.3-33.3% OM content depletion and 35.1% soil depth reduction). These results confirm that the soils of the region are significantly altered by mechanical operations which also influence soil erosion and contribute to global warming effect through depletion of soil OM.British Society of Soil Science2017201720092017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2009.00215.xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/59393http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/59393reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2009.00215.xSoil Use and Management, 2009, vol. 25, núm. 2, p. 183-192(c) British Society of Soil Science, 2009info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10459.1/593932026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Soil alteration due to erosion, ploughing and levelling of vineyards in north east Spain
title Soil alteration due to erosion, ploughing and levelling of vineyards in north east Spain
spellingShingle Soil alteration due to erosion, ploughing and levelling of vineyards in north east Spain
Martínez Casasnovas, José Antonio
Land levelling
Agriculture
Soil degradation
Soil erosion
Ploughing
Sòls--Erosió
Sòls--Degradació
title_short Soil alteration due to erosion, ploughing and levelling of vineyards in north east Spain
title_full Soil alteration due to erosion, ploughing and levelling of vineyards in north east Spain
title_fullStr Soil alteration due to erosion, ploughing and levelling of vineyards in north east Spain
title_full_unstemmed Soil alteration due to erosion, ploughing and levelling of vineyards in north east Spain
title_sort Soil alteration due to erosion, ploughing and levelling of vineyards in north east Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Martínez Casasnovas, José Antonio
Ramos Martín, Ma. C. (Ma. Concepción)
author Martínez Casasnovas, José Antonio
author_facet Martínez Casasnovas, José Antonio
Ramos Martín, Ma. C. (Ma. Concepción)
author_role author
author2 Ramos Martín, Ma. C. (Ma. Concepción)
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Land levelling
Agriculture
Soil degradation
Soil erosion
Ploughing
Sòls--Erosió
Sòls--Degradació
topic Land levelling
Agriculture
Soil degradation
Soil erosion
Ploughing
Sòls--Erosió
Sòls--Degradació
description Since the 1970s and 1980s, the vineyard areas in the Mediterranean region of north east Spain have undergone profound transformation to allow greater mechanization. This has involved land levelling, deep ploughing and the elimination of traditional soil conservation measures. Recently the EU Common Agricultural Policy encourages this through the vineyard restructuring and conversion plans (Commission Regulation EC No 1227 ⁄ 2000 of 31 May 2000) by subsidizing up to 50% of the cost of soil preparation such as soil movement and land levelling. A clear example of the problems that this causes is in the Penede`s vineyard region (Catalonia, north east Spain), and the present research analyses the changes in soil properties caused by erosion, deep ploughing and land levelling. The study was carried out in an area of 30 000 ha for which a Soil Information System at a scale of 1:50 000 was developed based on 394 field observations (89 soil profiles and 251 auger hole samples down to 120 cm). The results show that 74% of the described soil profiles are disturbed with evidence of soil mixing and ⁄ or profile truncation due to erosion, deep ploughing and ⁄ or land levelling. The evidence from the topsoils is mainly the presence of fragments of calcic or petrocalcic horizons, marls and sandstones. Other important properties for crops such as organic matter (OM) content and soil depth show statistically significant differences between disturbed soils and undisturbed soils (22.3-33.3% OM content depletion and 35.1% soil depth reduction). These results confirm that the soils of the region are significantly altered by mechanical operations which also influence soil erosion and contribute to global warming effect through depletion of soil OM.
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