Assessing the cover crop effect on soil hydraulic properties by inverse modelling in a 10-year field trial

Cover cropping in agriculture is expected to enhance many agricultural and ecosystems functions and services. Yet, few studies are available allowing to evaluate the impact of cover cropping on the long term change of soil hydrologic functions. We assessed the long term change of the soil hydraulic...

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Autores: Gabriel, José Luis, Quemada, Miguel, Martín Lammerding, Diana, Vanclooster, M.
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Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Long-term
Minimum tillage
Soil properties evolution
Soil water retention
Sustainable cropping systems
| Water availability
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spelling Assessing the cover crop effect on soil hydraulic properties by inverse modelling in a 10-year field trialGabriel, José LuisQuemada, MiguelMartín Lammerding, DianaVanclooster, M.Long-termMinimum tillageSoil properties evolutionSoil water retentionSustainable cropping systems| Water availabilityCover cropping in agriculture is expected to enhance many agricultural and ecosystems functions and services. Yet, few studies are available allowing to evaluate the impact of cover cropping on the long term change of soil hydrologic functions. We assessed the long term change of the soil hydraulic properties due to cover cropping by means of a 10-year field experiment. We monitored continuously soil water content in non cover cropped and cover cropped fields by means of capacitance probes. We subsequently determined the hydraulic properties by inverting the soil hydrological model WAVE, using the time series of the 10 year monitoring data in the object function. We observed two main impacts, each having their own time dynamics. First, we observed an initial compaction as a result of the minimum tillage. This initial negative effect was followed by a more positive cover crop effect. The positive cover crop effect consisted in an increase of the soil micro- and macro-porosity, improving the structure. This resulted in a larger soil water retention capacity. This latter improvement was mainly observed below 20 cm, and mostly in the soil layer between 40 and 80 cm depth. This study shows that the expected cover crop competition for water with the main crop (evapotranspiration)can be compensated by an improvement of the water retention in the intermediate soil layers and a reduction of drainage loses. This may enhance the hydrologic functions of agricultural soils in arid and semiarid regions which often are constrained by water stress.This work was supported by The Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (projects AGL2011-24732, AGL2017-83283-C2-2-Rand IJCI201420175), Comunidad de Madrid (projects AGRISOST, S2013/AB1-2717 and S2018/BAA-4330), Structural Funds 2014–2020 (ERDF and ESF) and Belgium FSR 2012 cofounded by Marie Curie actions (ref. SPER/DST/340-1120525).Peer reviewedElsevierComisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología, CICYT (España)Gabriel, José Luis [0000-0002-5508-4120]Quemada, Miguel [0000-0001-5793-2835]Martín Lammerding, Diana [0000-0002-9498-7904]Vanclooster, M. [0000-0003-1358-8723]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202420242019info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/362562https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85066445894reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)InglésDepartamento de Medio Ambiente y Agronomía​Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3625622026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessing the cover crop effect on soil hydraulic properties by inverse modelling in a 10-year field trial
title Assessing the cover crop effect on soil hydraulic properties by inverse modelling in a 10-year field trial
spellingShingle Assessing the cover crop effect on soil hydraulic properties by inverse modelling in a 10-year field trial
Gabriel, José Luis
Long-term
Minimum tillage
Soil properties evolution
Soil water retention
Sustainable cropping systems
| Water availability
title_short Assessing the cover crop effect on soil hydraulic properties by inverse modelling in a 10-year field trial
title_full Assessing the cover crop effect on soil hydraulic properties by inverse modelling in a 10-year field trial
title_fullStr Assessing the cover crop effect on soil hydraulic properties by inverse modelling in a 10-year field trial
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the cover crop effect on soil hydraulic properties by inverse modelling in a 10-year field trial
title_sort Assessing the cover crop effect on soil hydraulic properties by inverse modelling in a 10-year field trial
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gabriel, José Luis
Quemada, Miguel
Martín Lammerding, Diana
Vanclooster, M.
author Gabriel, José Luis
author_facet Gabriel, José Luis
Quemada, Miguel
Martín Lammerding, Diana
Vanclooster, M.
author_role author
author2 Quemada, Miguel
Martín Lammerding, Diana
Vanclooster, M.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología, CICYT (España)
Gabriel, José Luis [0000-0002-5508-4120]
Quemada, Miguel [0000-0001-5793-2835]
Martín Lammerding, Diana [0000-0002-9498-7904]
Vanclooster, M. [0000-0003-1358-8723]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Long-term
Minimum tillage
Soil properties evolution
Soil water retention
Sustainable cropping systems
| Water availability
topic Long-term
Minimum tillage
Soil properties evolution
Soil water retention
Sustainable cropping systems
| Water availability
description Cover cropping in agriculture is expected to enhance many agricultural and ecosystems functions and services. Yet, few studies are available allowing to evaluate the impact of cover cropping on the long term change of soil hydrologic functions. We assessed the long term change of the soil hydraulic properties due to cover cropping by means of a 10-year field experiment. We monitored continuously soil water content in non cover cropped and cover cropped fields by means of capacitance probes. We subsequently determined the hydraulic properties by inverting the soil hydrological model WAVE, using the time series of the 10 year monitoring data in the object function. We observed two main impacts, each having their own time dynamics. First, we observed an initial compaction as a result of the minimum tillage. This initial negative effect was followed by a more positive cover crop effect. The positive cover crop effect consisted in an increase of the soil micro- and macro-porosity, improving the structure. This resulted in a larger soil water retention capacity. This latter improvement was mainly observed below 20 cm, and mostly in the soil layer between 40 and 80 cm depth. This study shows that the expected cover crop competition for water with the main crop (evapotranspiration)can be compensated by an improvement of the water retention in the intermediate soil layers and a reduction of drainage loses. This may enhance the hydrologic functions of agricultural soils in arid and semiarid regions which often are constrained by water stress.
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