2015
DOI: 10.5194/se-6-719-2015
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Comparison of wheat and safflower cultivation areas in terms of total carbon and some soil properties under semi-arid climate conditions

Abstract: Abstract. The aim of this study was to compare the soils of the wheat cultivation area (WCA) and the safflower cultivation area (SCA) within semi-arid climate zones in terms of their total carbon, nitrogen, and sulphur contents, particle size distribution, aggregate stability, organic matter content, and pH values. This study presents the results from the analyses of 140 soil samples taken at two soil layers (0-10 and 10-20 cm) in the cultivation areas. At the end of the study, it was established that there we… Show more

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“…Soil health depends on plant and soil management (Gümüs & Şeker, ; Turgut, ). Bulk density, moisture content, soil pH and CEC are good indicators of soil quality (i.e.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Soil health depends on plant and soil management (Gümüs & Şeker, ; Turgut, ). Bulk density, moisture content, soil pH and CEC are good indicators of soil quality (i.e.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies have also shown that the accumulation of organic carbon in the soil following the implementation of land management interventions could be moderated by several factors such as vegetation composition and cover (Pulido‐Fernández et al ., ; Wasak & Drewnik, ), below and aboveground carbon input (Novara et al ., ; Peng et al ., ), type of species and chemical composition of organic inputs (Kaleeem Abbasi et al ., ; Peng et al ., ; Turgut, ), land management (Pulido‐Fernández et al ., ; Kaleeem Abbasi et al ., ; Pulido et al ., ), climate (Parras‐Alcántara et al ., 2015a) and soil depth (Parras‐Alcántara et al ., 2015b). Mekuria et al .…”
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“…Soil erosion by water is the most serious form of land degradation in many areas of the world particularly in arid and semi-arid regions (IPCC, 2008;Sarah & Zonana, 2015;Turgut, 2015;Laudicina et al, 2015;Ochoa et al, 2016;Prosdocimi et al, 2016a) where the soil formation rate is usually lower than the rate of soil erosion by water because of the accelerated soil erosion as a consequence of human misuse and abuse of the soils (Lieskovský & Kenderessy, 2014;Erkossa et al, 2015;Dai et al, 2015;Biswas et al, 2015;Seutloali & Beckedahl, 2015). This is why it is necessary to develop soil erosion control strategies such as organic farming , Mulch Prosdocimi et al, 2016b), organic amendments (Yazdanpanah et al, 2016), or promote land abandonment to avoid high erosion rates in agricultural lands .…”
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“…The same is observed also for nitrates and phosphates in the soils studied here. Fast decomposition of OM due to climatic conditions (low rainfall, high temperatures) and low vegetation grow (low input of organic residues) lead to high rates of N mineralization and finally high leaching of nitrates through rainfall during winter time and especially by first flush events [57,[60][61][62][63][64][65]. The nitrogen-nitrate shows correlation with clay content this is related probably to positively charged sites in clays which has also been observed by others, especially in deeper soil horizons in the absence of organic matter [66].…”
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