Publication detail

ASSESSMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL QUALITY OF THE UPPER LAYER OF LOAMY SOIL

KAMENÍČKOVÁ, I. SCHNEIDEROVÁ, Š. SUCHÁ, K.

Original Title

ASSESSMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL QUALITY OF THE UPPER LAYER OF LOAMY SOIL

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

Healthy soil is a basic prerequisite for the growth and development of plants, animals and humans. It is assessed on the basis of "indicators" of physical, chemical or biological quality. The present paper evaluates the quality of the upper layer of loamy soil using of basic indicators of physical and chemical quality, i.e. texture, density, porosity, maximum water capacity, minimum air capacity, saturated hydraulic conductivity, humus content, pH and conductivity. These indicators were determined by standard laboratory methods from collected intact soil cores and grab samples. Experimental research took place in years 2016–2018 near the village Šardičky (K1) and Bohaté Málkovice (K2) in the South Moravian Region. Upper layer of these plots was cultivated by reduced tillage technology. The plot K1 was sown with poppy seed (Papaver somniferum L., 2016) and spring barley (Hordeum vulgare conv. distichon var. nici, 2017–2018), the plot K2 with spring barley (Hordeum vulgare conv. distichon var. nici, 2016–2017) and sunflower (Helianthus, 2018). The long-term reduced tillage technology showed small changes in selected physical and chemical parameters of soil quality in the monitored period 2016–2018, the soil quality was good for both plots. With regard to achieving or exceeding critical values for measured soil quality indicators, the experimental plot K1 has shown a better quality in upper layer of soil than plot K2.

Keywords

soil quality indicators, no-tillage, bulk density, porosity, air capacity, hydraulic conductivity, organic carbon.

Authors

KAMENÍČKOVÁ, I.; SCHNEIDEROVÁ, Š.; SUCHÁ, K.

Released

22. 12. 2019

Publisher

Acta Hydrologica Slovaca

Location

Bratislava, Slovenská republika

ISBN

1335-6291

Periodical

ACTA HYDROLOGICA SLOVACA

Year of study

21

Number

2

State

Slovak Republic

Pages from

195

Pages to

203

Pages count

9

URL

http://www.uh.sav.sk/Portals/17/actapdf.asp?ID=1838&Article=2019_20_2_Kamenickova_195.pdf

BibTex

@article{BUT159099,
  author="Ivana {Kameníčková} and Šárka {Schneiderová} and Kateřina {Suchá}",
  title="ASSESSMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL QUALITY OF THE UPPER LAYER OF LOAMY SOIL",
  journal="ACTA HYDROLOGICA SLOVACA",
  year="2019",
  volume="21",
  number="2",
  pages="195--203",
  doi="10.31577/ahs-2019-0020.02.0024",
  issn="1335-6291",
  url="http://www.uh.sav.sk/Portals/17/actapdf.asp?ID=1838&Article=2019_20_2_Kamenickova_195.pdf"
}