Impact of soil compaction due to wheel traffic on corn and soybean growth, development and yield

Sivarajan, Saravanan; Maharlooei, Mohammadmehdi; Bajwa, Sreekala G.; Nowatzki, John

doi:10.1016/j.still.2017.09.001

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“…Despite the benefits of no-tillage on resource quality, there are soil compaction problems related to increased traffic from ever larger and heavier machinery in both the topsoil (Bergamin et al, 2010;Valadão et al, 2015) and subsurface layers (Kirnak et al, 2017;Sivarajan et al, 2018).…”

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“…Thus, studies have reported compaction problems in the topsoil under no-tillage (Bergamin et al, 2010;Valicheski et al, 2012;Valadão et al, 2015;Arcoverde et al, 2019a). The depth of the compacted layer depends on several factors, including machine traffic intensity (Becerra et al, 2010;Valadão et al, 2015;Trentin et al, 2018), soil texture and mineralogy (Bergamin et al, 2010), organic matter content (Mujdeci et al, 2017), soil water content (Kirnak et al, 2017;Trentin et al, 2018), mass of agricultural equipment (Cortez et al, 2014;Sivarajan et al, 2018), inflation pressure, tire type, and tractor mass distribution on the axles (Cunha et al, 2009;Becerra et al, 2010;Cortez et al, 2014).…”

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“…However, Marasca et al (2011) observed that higher values were not limiting to soybean yield. Kirnak et al (2017) and Sivarajan et al (2018) found that the intensification of machinery traffic increased soil penetration resistance and density in the subsurface soil layer, with reduced plant height and soybean stem diameter, but without an effect on grain yield. On the other hand, Valadão et al (2017) found a decrease in soybean grain yield after four tractor passes.…”

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Soybean Agronomic Performance and Soil Physical Attributes Under Tractor Traffic Intensities

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Machinery traffic intensification has been recurrent in intensive agriculture in annual crops, which may lead to structural soil degradation and, consequently, a reduction of its productive capacity. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the influence of tractor traffic intensification on soil physical attributes and soybean yield components. The study was performed in an Oxisol under no-tillage for 10 years, using a randomized block design with five tractor traffic intensities (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12 passes) and five replications. Density, porosity, macroporosity, microporosity, and penetration resistance were assessed in the soil and stem diameter, number of pods per plant, number of grains per pod, grain weight per plant, thousand-grain weight, and grain yield were assessed in the soybean crop. Tractor traffic intensification changed soil physical attributes, which were not limiting factors to soybean yield under the no-tillage system, providing higher stem diameter, number of pods per plant, grain weight per plant, and grain yield after 12 passes.

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“…However, long‐term vegetable production creates a series of soil problems. Among these problems, soil compaction in vegetable cultivation is particularly critical because a reduction in aeration porosity seriously restricts the nutrient absorption and root growth of crops (Rab et al., ; Sivarajan, Maharlooei, Bajwa, & Nowatzki, ). Consequently, the changes in soil pores, particularly soil macropores, in vegetable fields under organic management must be analysed.…”

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Changes in soil macropores: Superposition of the roles of organic nutrient amendments and the greenhouse pattern in vegetable plantations

Wang

Tian

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Organic farming can potentially mitigate soil compaction, which commonly occurs in vegetable plantations, particularly in greenhouses when compared with open-air systems. Although several studies have addressed the effect of planting patterns on soil pore characteristics, few studies have focused on changes in pore attributes under organic fertilization. We used adjacent fields during green manure planting as a control to compare the differences in soil physicochemical and macropore parameters between 14-year-old greenhouse plots and open-air plots under organic fertilization. Pearson's correlation analysis was performed to analyse the drivers of soil macropore characteristics in vegetable plantations in Jiangsu Province, China. A significant increase in connectivity, fractal dimensions and total macroporosity and a decrease in bulk density after 14 years of organic farming, particularly in the surface layer in the greenhouse, were observed. However, the difference in pores in the plough pan layer was not significant between the treatments. The volume of small pores (50-500 μm) and medium pores (500-1,000 μm) increased significantly (p < 0.05) in both the greenhouse and open-air systems, showing significantly positive relationships with soil organic matter (SOM) and total nitrogen (TN) content. Large pores (>1,000 μm) showed a clear decrease, especially in open-air fields, possibly due to the disappearance of the original straw residues in the surface layer. Small and medium pores in the plough layer increased in greenhouse fields, whereas the opposite occurred in open-air fields. Overall, compared with open-air systems, long-term organic greenhouse patterns had a significantly positive effect on soil pore attributes. K E Y W O R D S different planting patterns, long-term organic fertilization, macropore characteristics, X-ray computed tomography

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“…Most of the heavy equipment, due to their weight and size, have the tendency to compact the soils at deeper part even after 40 years logged-over (Hattori et al, 2013;Sivarajan, Maharlooei, Bajwa & Nowatzki, 2018;Usaborisut & Sukcharoenvipharat, 2011). However, compact soils also caused by natural conditions without any biotic such as human and animal disturbance involvement (Batey, 2009).…”

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Evaluation on Soil Hardness in Riparian Forest Restoration along Kayan Ulu River, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jaffar¹,

Wasli²,

Perumal³

2018

TUR

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Soil hardness plays a vital role in evaluating the physical properties of soil structure. With regards to the impact of compaction on practical forest management issues, most report and review forms were available. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the soil condition in riparian forest restoration planted with indigenous species along Kayan Ulu River with special reference to soil hardness. Soil hardness was measured by using Hasegawa-type cone penetrometer from the surface soils to 100 cm depth, with a total of 48 random points for both study sites surveyed; restoration sites planted with Shorea macrophylla in year 1996 and 1998 (SPD96 and SPD98, respectively) for both on and between planting lines. Our findings indicated that, soil hardness in SPD98 was harder as compared to SPD96 at shallow depth presented in one drop penetrability. Likewise, soil penetration resistance on planting line in SPD98 was significantly higher than SPD96 at surface soils (0-20 cm) and subsurface soils (20-40 cm). A high number of strikes and soil penetration resistance indicate that the soils were highly compacted. However, there was no significant difference in term of soil penetration resistance between planting line. In order to avoid effects on tree productivity, it is recommended that in future, the evaluation of soil hardness should be determined during the early establishment for future restoration of riparian ecosystem.

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Impact of soil compaction due to wheel traffic on corn and soybean growth, development and yield

Cited by 97 publications

References 35 publications

Soybean Agronomic Performance and Soil Physical Attributes Under Tractor Traffic Intensities

Soybean Agronomic Performance and Soil Physical Attributes Under Tractor Traffic Intensities

Changes in soil macropores: Superposition of the roles of organic nutrient amendments and the greenhouse pattern in vegetable plantations

Evaluation on Soil Hardness in Riparian Forest Restoration along Kayan Ulu River, Sarawak, Malaysia

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