Response of spring barley to PRP SOL application as a complex of mineral inducer process (MIP)

Agriculture (Pol'nohospodárstvo)

Rivera-García

et al. 2019

The research work was started on the preliminary knowledge that the risk of secondary salinization is high in the hobby gardens around Karcag as the water of the aquifers used for irrigation is saline, nevertheless irrigation in the drought periods is essential for vegetable production. A complex experiment was set up in 12 simple drainage lysimeters at the lysimeter station of the Research Institute of Karcag in 2012 in order to simulate the conditions of irrigation characteristic in the region with the goal of finding a solution to mitigate the harmful effects by means of optimization of irrigation. In 2017–2018 three approaches were applied for the scientific establishment of the problem studying the effect of different irrigation frequencies, different irrigation water qualities, and soil conditioning on the moisture content and the salt profile of the soil. The soil conditioner (Neosol) applied was found to have a positive effect on the water and salt regime of the soil, partly by creating a more favourable vertical distribution of the soil water, and partly preserving more moisture in the soil.

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 77%

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Effect of Soil Conditioning on the Moisture Content and the Salt Profile of the Soil Under Irrigation with Saline Water

Zsembeli

Agriculture (Pol'nohospodárstvo)

Rivera-García

et al. 2019

“…It enhances the biological activity of the soil, consequently increases soil fertility (I1). The main goal of the application of Neosol is to improve the soil properties through aiding the extraction and transformation of nutrients to forms available by the plants (Sulewska et al 2016). Soil conditioning applied in some consecutive years results in looser and improved soil structure and better cultivability due to the enhanced biological activity and the extended root system (Szűcs et al 2015;Urbanovicova et al 2018).…”

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Effect of Soil Conditioning on Soil Penetration Resistance and Traction Power Demand of Ploughing

Tuba

Kovács

Agriculture (Pol'nohospodárstvo)

et al. 2021

Soil compaction and degradation due to improper tillage are problems involving significant natural and economic damages. On compacted soils, suitable cultivation can be implemented only with higher energy and traction force input. In our study, the effect of a soil conditioner (Neosol) was examined on the penetration resistance of the soil and the traction power demand for ploughing in the experiment set up in the East-Slovak Plain in 2017 ‒ 2018 to justify several preliminary results showing that long-term soil conditioning results in enhanced root system, improved soil structure, cultivability, water- and salt regime. We found a positive effect of Neosol application with both investigated parameters and its long-term effect was also justified. The penetration resistance values of the soil of the untreated plot were 17 ‒ 23% higher, while the traction power demand values were 9 ‒ 32% lower in comparison with the Neosol treated plot in the first and the second year of the study, respectively. We assume the cumulative positive effect of soil conditioning on the physical soil properties in the study area, therefore the long-term application of Neosol is recommended for farms having similar soil properties.

“…According to the producer, the microbiological activity of the soil can be boosted by Neosol (distributed in pellet form) and thus also its fertility [10]. Through the application of Neosol, the soil characteristics can be improved by unblocking the nutrients in the soil [5].…”

Section: Treatments and Indicator Cropmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigation of the possibility of green bean production under unfavourable agro-ecological conditions in lysimeters

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Agriculture and Environment

Hájos

Czellér

et al. 2019

There are extended agricultural areas in the world that can be utilized only with irrigation for crop production. Improper irrigation may induce unfavourable processes in the soil (e.g. secondary salinization). To investigate this problem existing in Hungary as well, 12 simple drainage lysimeterswhich are useful equipment for the investigation of the water and salt balance of the soilwere used in an irrigation experiment in the Research Institute of Karcag. The basic goal was to investigate the possibility of the production of a salt-sensitive crop (green bean) in areas with unfavourable agro-ecological conditions. 6 lysimeters were irrigated with deionized water, while the other 6 with saline water of 1,600 mg/l salt content. We also used a soil conditioner (Neosol) during the experiment. Analysing the effect of the irrigation quality on the plant height of green beans, it can be established that the plants irrigated with deionized water were averagely 5.3 cm taller than the plants irrigated with saline water. Similar tendencies were characteristic of the average biomass (deionized: 93.5, saline: 62.5 g), the average root mass (deionized: 9.5 g, saline: 8.2 g), the number of pods (deionized: 17.1, saline: 11.9), and the pod yield (deionized: 137.9 g, saline: 85.9 g) values. However, all these values can be improved by soil conditioning combined with the optimization of irrigation.