Identification of soil quality indicators for assessing the effect of different tillage practices through a soil quality index in a semi-arid environment

Raiesi, Fayez; Kabiri, Vida

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.06.061

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“…Urease is released from living and disintegrated microbial cells and acts as extracellular enzymes adsorbed on clay particles or encapsulated in humic complexes (Nannipieri et al, 1994). Raiesi and Kabiri (2016) reported higher urease activity in a barley crop under reduced tillage practices comprising of chisel and disk plough as compared with CT practices comprising of rotary and mouldboard plough in a 6 year study in semi-arid calcareous soil in central Iran. Evazi et al, (2003) reported that soil enzymatic activities (acid and alkaline phosphatases, alpha-glucosidase, arylsulfatase and urease) were higher in continuous corn under no tillage than conventionally tilled soil.…”

Section: Urease and Amidohydrolases Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Soil Enzyme Activity as Affected by Tillage and Residue Management Practices under Diverse Cropping Systems

Saikia¹

2017

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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Section: Urease and Amidohydrolases Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Soil Enzyme Activity as Affected by Tillage and Residue Management Practices under Diverse Cropping Systems

Saikia¹

2017

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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“…Previously many authors, i.e. Romaniuk et al (2014), Gong et al (2015), Raiesi and Kabiri (2016), and Vasu et al (2016) create a broader linkage between soil quality and sustainability using soil quality indexing approach fruitfully. Among them, soil quality test kits (Sarrantonio et al 1996;SQTKG 1999), farmer-based scorecards (Romig et al 1996) and soil resource management programs (Walter et al 1997) focus on farmerbased evaluations regarding soil management practices and their effects on soil.…”

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A Soil Health Card (SHC) for soil quality monitoring of agricultural lands in south-eastern coastal region of Bangladesh

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Background: The present study introduces an alternate tool of laboratory analysis named Soil Health Card (SHC) for soil quality monitoring and routine field observations by farmers.Results: Different physicochemical and nutrient contents of soil, i.e. pH, electric conductivity, soil organic matter, organic carbon, total nitrogen, phosphorous, sulfur and boron were assessed by laboratory analysis collected from the different fields of Noakhali district of Bangladesh. These parameters were scored according to the soil fertility standards according to Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council. Results found that, the soil quality of all the studied fields are medium category. Again, a SHC was prepared using soil structure, subsurface compaction, aggregate stability, status of ground cover, soil smell, soil pH, color, organic matter content, drainage capacity, diversity of micro-life, earthworm contents, infiltration rate, soil aeration, crop coverage and leaf color. The result of SHC is interestingly similar to the laboratory experiment results. Conclusions:Analyzing these two methods it was found that, the SHC is truly representative, much convenient, precise, coast effective and easily understandable to the marginal farmers. However, SHC can be an alternative to farmer for sustainable farm management.

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“…The highest amount of DM was obtained using C. juncea. Crops remains must cover at least 50% of the soil surface or maintain at least 6 t ha -1 of dry matter to achieve a good coverage rate (Alvarenga et al, 2001;Raiesi and Kabiri, 2016;Vasu et al 2016). In this study, the amount of residues on the soil surface is close to or higher than this value.…”

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“…In general, the Poaceae family presents a high C/N ratio and the decomposition rate is slow, increasing the permanence of cover on the soil surface (West and Wali, 2002;Silva et al, 2007;Raiesi andKabiri, 2016, Vasu et al, 2016). As the amount of nutrients in the cover is not adequate (mainly N) for the decomposition process, there is a greater immobilization of nutrients which reduces the availability of some nutrients for the crops (Mangaravite et al, 2014, Anderson, 2017.…”

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Chemical attributes of agricultural soil after the cultivation of cover crops

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Medeiros²,

Rosa³

et al. 2017

Aust J Crop Sci

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The use of cover crops is a strategy to maintain the productive capacity of agricultural soils. The increase of organic carbon content, nutrient cycling and, consequently, the increase in soil fertility are some of the greatest benefits. This study evaluated the chemical attributes of the soil after the use of cover crops species in the Cerrado region of Piaui. The experiment was carried out from January 2015 to July 2016. It was performed in a completely randomized block design with eleven treatments and four replicates. ), potential acidity (H + Al), soil organic carbon (OC), the saturation of bases (V%), saturation by aluminum (m%) and effective CEC were measured. Fifteen months after their establishment, cover crops positively influenced the levels of P, K and OC with no changes in the other chemical properties. The OC contents were higher with the use of C. cajan -cv. 'fava larga', brachiaria and C. ochroleuca + millet, mainly in the topsoil. C. espectabilis, spontaneous vegetation, M. aterrima, brachiaria and C. ochroleuca were the most efficient in K cycling.

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Identification of soil quality indicators for assessing the effect of different tillage practices through a soil quality index in a semi-arid environment

Cited by 156 publications

References 65 publications

Soil Enzyme Activity as Affected by Tillage and Residue Management Practices under Diverse Cropping Systems

Soil Enzyme Activity as Affected by Tillage and Residue Management Practices under Diverse Cropping Systems

A Soil Health Card (SHC) for soil quality monitoring of agricultural lands in south-eastern coastal region of Bangladesh

Chemical attributes of agricultural soil after the cultivation of cover crops

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