Effects of different crop rotations on soil erosion and nutrient losses under natural rainfall conditions in Western Lithuania

Kinderienė, I.; Karčauskienė, Danutė

doi:10.1080/09064710.2012.714400

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“…Likewise, the lack of rainfall during the plant vegetation period had a significant influence as well. Literature indicates that the lack of soil moisture and aeration in strongly eroded parts of slope as well as dry periods reduce the productivity of the grassland; microbiological processes slow down or cease (Nunes, Nearing, 2011;Kinderiene, Karcauskiene, 2012).…”

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The influence of natural and anthropogenic conditions on the earthworm population in different grassland ecosystems

Skuodienė

Tomchuk

Kinderienė

2019

Zemdirbyste-Agriculture

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Grassland ecosystems are influenced by natural and anthropogenic factors, of which soil, predominance of agriculturally valuable perennials, climatic conditions and management practices are the most important ones. The data on earthworms in grasslands are still scarce despite their importance for ecosystem functioning. Experiments were carried out at the Vėžaičiai Branch of Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry during the period 2014-2016 on plain and hilly relief. The objective of this study was to investigate changes of the earthworm population in different grassland ecosystems under natural and anthropogenic conditions. The soil of the experimental sites was Bathygleyic Dystric Glossic Retisol. On the plain, where the soil acidity (pH) of the experimental site was 3.9 and 5.0, four mixtures of legumes and grasses were cultivated. The four mixtures were composed of one legume variety and two grass varieties -timothy (Phleum pratense L.) 35% and meadow grass (Poa pratensis L.) 15%, 50% of each: 1) red clover (Trifolium pratense L.), 2) white clover (Trifolium repens L.), 3) hybrid clover (Trifolium hybridum L.) and 4) alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). On hilly relief, samples were collected from the soil of the 1) temporary: alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) 50% + timothy (Phleum pratense L.) 35% + meadow grass (Poa pratensis L.) 15%, and 2) permanent (established in 1983): timothy (Phleum pratense L.) 20%, red fescue (Festuca rubra L.) 20%, meadow grass (Poa pratensis L.) 20%, white clover (Trifolium repens L.) 20%, common bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) 20%, grasslands grown on the slopes of the southern exposition, with a slope of 14-16° and the northern exposition, with a slope of 11-13°. The number and biomass of earthworms depended on the soil acidity, hill exposition and grassland age (permanent grassland or temporary grassland in a crop rotation). In temporary grasslands on the plain, the greatest number and biomass of earthworms were determined in the soil with an acidity of 5.0. On hilly relief with different soil moisture conditions, where the soil acidity was ≥5.7, the greatest number and biomass of earthworms were determined in the soil of the northern exposition, irrespective of the sward age.

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The influence of natural and anthropogenic conditions on the earthworm population in different grassland ecosystems

Skuodienė

Tomchuk

Kinderienė

2019

Zemdirbyste-Agriculture

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“…Previous researchers (Brubaker et al 1993;Kinderiene, Karcauskiene 2012) argued that erosion hazard on eroded lands is the main factor of controlling potassium (K) and other soil fertility parameters. Our study data showed an decreasing trend in soil available K down the slopes under grain-grass crop rotation and long-term grassland.…”

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Impact of Agro-Environmental Systems on Soil Erosion Processes and Soil Properties on Hilly Landscape in Western Lithuania

Jarašiūnas

Kinderienė

2015

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of different land use systems on soil erosion rates, surface evolution processes and physico-chemical properties on a moraine hilly topography in Lithuania. The soil of the experimental site is Bathihypogleyi – Eutric Albeluvisols (abe–gld–w) whose texture is a sandy loam. After a 27-year use of different land conservation systems, three critical slope segments (slightly eroded, active erosion and accumulation) were formed. Soil physical properties of the soil texture and particle sizes distribution were examined. Chemical properties analysed for were soil ph, available phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (N). We estimated the variation in thickness of the soil Ap horizon and soil physico-chemical properties prone to a sustained erosion process. During the study period (2010–2012) water erosion occurred under the grain– grass and grass–grain crop rotations, at rates of 1.38 and 0.11 m3 ha–1 yr–1, respectively. Soil exhumed due to erosion from elevated positions accumulated in the slope bottom. As a result, topographic transfiguration of hills and changes in soil properties occurred. However, the accumulation segments of slopes had significantly higher silt/clay ratios and SOC content. In the active erosion segments a lighter soil texture and lower soil ph were recorded. Only long-term grassland completely stopped soil erosion effects; therefore geomorphologic change and degradation of hills was estimated there as minimal.

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“…Lithuanian climate is favourable for the occurrence of water erosion (Jankauskas, Jankauskienė, 2003;Kinderiene, Karcauskiene, 2012). Soil erosion is the most intensive factor of Lithuanian relief transformation, given that the estimated volume of all deposits re-deposited by erosion reaches 47.6 million m 3 sediments per year.…”

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“…Erosion process formation events in agricultural lands in European countries were described by authors: Boardman and Poesen (2006) and Bechmann (2012). Natural rich rainfall, slope and soil parameters and incorrect land use are the most important factors for the induction of erosion (Cerdan et al, 2010;Kinderiene, Karcauskiene, 2012). Moreover, soil tillage technology operations strongly influenced surface state in hilly landscapes and caused some erosion risk (Brunner et al, 2008).…”

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Assessment of soil erosion processes as influenced by different land-use systems on hilly rolling landscape of Western Lithuania

Kinderienė¹,

Karčauskienė²

2016

Zemdirbyste-Agriculture

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The objective of this study was to estimate long-term effect of different land-use/cover systems on soil erosion processes on the hilly topography of Žemaičiai Upland in Lithuania. The study analyses long-term (18 years) monitoring data from three individual erosion experiments set up on slopes of 7-8°, 7-9° and 9-11° steepness with installed water and outwash collectors. Six land-use systems were investigated: field crop rotation (F), field crop rotation with the black fallow (FF), erosion-resisting grain-grass (GR), erosion-resisting grass-grain (GS), not fertilized and not used grassland (NG) and fertilized and mown grassland (FG). It was found that soil erosion losses and water runoff volume on the slopes of the arable agricultural land generally depended on the erosionpreventative capabilities of different crops, tillage technology and vegetation cover of slope, soil texture and precipitation characteristics. Torrential rainfall in summer and autumn was the cause of most cases of rainwash and soil loss -167.8-229 Mg ha -1 yr -1 , which is described as very strong erosion. Climate warming processes (about 0.7°C over more than 30 years) and a positive air temperature encouraged snow melting and runoff water flow down of the slope surface, even during the cold period. Summarized long-term research results suggest that the highest average annual precipitation runoff volume -529 hl ha -1 yr -1 and average annual soil loss -11.6 Mg ha -1 yr -1 were from bare soil plot in the black fallow land-use system on 9-11° slope with a larger amount of sand particles, compared with the other experimental soil. Erosionresisting grain-grass and grass-grain land-use systems decreased soil loss compared with black fallow system by on average 5 and 15.5 times, respectively. Effectiveness of soil loss reduction of the not fertilized and not used grassland and fertilized and mown grassland land-use/cover systems with a cover formed of permanent multicomponent plant mixture was 99-100%. High erosion resistance of plants by using suitable land-use systems on the hillslopes markedly reduced soil loss (r = −0.99, P < 0.01, n = 18) and runoff volume (r = −0.607, P < 0.01, n = 18). Not fertilized and not used and fertilized and mown grassland systems prevented erosion regardless of the location, steepness of the slope and soil texture and increased the stability against erosion by water on the hilly topography of Lithuania.

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Effects of different crop rotations on soil erosion and nutrient losses under natural rainfall conditions in Western Lithuania

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

The influence of natural and anthropogenic conditions on the earthworm population in different grassland ecosystems

The influence of natural and anthropogenic conditions on the earthworm population in different grassland ecosystems

Impact of Agro-Environmental Systems on Soil Erosion Processes and Soil Properties on Hilly Landscape in Western Lithuania

Assessment of soil erosion processes as influenced by different land-use systems on hilly rolling landscape of Western Lithuania

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