Organic matter components and aggregate stability after the application of different amendments to a horticultural soil

Albiach, Remedios; Canet, Rodolfo; Pomares, Fernando; Ingelmo, F.

doi:10.1016/s0960-8524(00)00090-0

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“…Organic matter plays an important role in maintaining structural stability in most agricultural soils (Albiach et al, 2001;Ferreras et al, 2006;Le Guillou et al, 2011). In saline soils, the effects of organic matter on improving structural stability have been the subject of much discussion (Barzegar et al, 1997;Tejada and Gonzalez, 2005).…”

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Short-term effect of organic residue incorporation on soil aggregate stability along gradient in salinity in the lower cheliff plain (Algeria)

Benbouali¹,

Hamoudi²,

Larich³

2013

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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A field experiment was performed to examine the effectiveness of adding two kinds of organic materials (wheat Straw and cattle manure) on the soil aggregate stability along a gradient in salinity in the lower cheliff plain (western Algeria). The experiment was set up in a factorial design by complete randomized blocks with three replicates. The treatments were applied at a rate of 4 g C kg -1 soil. One year after organic amendments, mean weight diameter (MWD) was measured using the Le Bissonais method (1996). Other soil properties involved in saline soil aggregation were also measured, namely, electrical conductivity (EC), exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP), pH, cation exchangeable capacity (CEC), porosity, saturated hydraulic conductivity (K sat ), microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and hot water extractable polysaccharide (HWEP). The results demonstrated a significant effect of organic inputs in improving aggregate stability; the effectiveness was related to the type of aggregate stability test that has been used, organic matter type and the level of soil salinity. The wheat straw proved to be more efficient in soil aggregation than cattle manure. Most of the considered soil properties were significantly influenced by organic inputs. Overall, correlation analysis revealed that enhanced microbial biomass was the most important factor in stabilizing soil aggregates (r = 0.72 with MWD MB and r = 0.64 with MWD FW ). Therefore, MWD influences soil porosity (r = 0.67 with MWD MB and r = 0.56 with MWD FW ), which in turn resulted in increased hydraulic conductivity (r = 0.77 with MWD MB and r = 0.87 with MWD FW ).

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Short-term effect of organic residue incorporation on soil aggregate stability along gradient in salinity in the lower cheliff plain (Algeria)

Benbouali¹,

Hamoudi²,

Larich³

2013

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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“…compost) into soil is reasonable (Plošek et al 2017). Albiach et al (2001) reported that in loamy soils, total SOM played an important role in soil aggregation when other stabilizing agents such as clay, CaCO 3 and iron oxides were deficient. At low SOC content, macroaggregate stability can be enhanced by CaCO 3 (Boix-Fayos et al 2001).…”

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“…Orchards have high requirements for macro-and micronutrients and their efficiency is influenced by soil structure, too (von Bennewitz et al 2011(von Bennewitz et al , 2015. Therefore, soil structural stability is commonly used as an indicator of soil quality (Albiach et al 2001).…”

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The impact of drip irrigation on soil quality in sloping orchards developed on marl - A case study

Muršec¹,

Lévêque²,

Chaussod³

et al. 2018

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The impact of drip irrigation on structural stability of soil aggregates was studied in soils of an apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) orchard, developed on marl. The field study was carried out in a sloping (20%) terrain in the north-eastern Slovenia at three slope positions (upslope, mid-slope and downslope), involving a comparison of irrigated versus non-irrigated situations after 6 years of drip irrigation practice. Structural stability was studied in three soil layers (0–5, 5–15 and 15–30 cm) at the end of the irrigation season (in September). In the same samples, soil organic carbon, total carbonates and soil moisture contents were determined. Drip irrigation significantly reduced structural stability and soil organic carbon in the surface soil layer (0–5 cm), while total carbonates increased. Based on the whole set of data, structural stability was strongly positively correlated with total carbonates and negatively correlated with soil organic carbon. This means that the effect of higher level of organic matter mineralisation on structural stability, due to irrigation, is counterbalanced by the increase of total carbonates content in the fine textured calcareous soils. Thus, a negative effect of irrigation on soil organic carbon had less destructive consequences on structural stability than expected.

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“…En la Tabla 1.10 se presentan los efectos principales de la aplicación de composts sobre las propiedades físicas, químicas y biológicas de los suelos. aplicada y el período de muestreo -al estar aquel relacionado con la biodegradación de la materia orgánica, polisacáridos y lípidos-, habiéndose señalado que la dosis debe ser suficientemente elevada para mostrar dichos efectos (Abiven et al, 2008;Albiach et al, 2001;Ingelmo y Rubio, 2008). Este incremento en la estabilidad estructural ha mostrado, además, una alta variabilidad entre los distintos estudios realizados (Aggelides y Londra, 2000;García-Orenes et al, 2005).…”

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Organic matter components and aggregate stability after the application of different amendments to a horticultural soil

Cited by 148 publications

References 19 publications

Short-term effect of organic residue incorporation on soil aggregate stability along gradient in salinity in the lower cheliff plain (Algeria)

Short-term effect of organic residue incorporation on soil aggregate stability along gradient in salinity in the lower cheliff plain (Algeria)

The impact of drip irrigation on soil quality in sloping orchards developed on marl - A case study

Caracterización y uso de compost de alperujo como enmienda orgánica. Evaluación agronómica y medioambiental

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