Short-term effects of cover crops and tillage methods on soil physical properties and maize growth in a sandy loam soil

Ren, Lidong; Nest, Thijs Vanden; Ruysschaert, Greet; D’Hose, Tommy; Cornelis, Wim

doi:10.1016/j.still.2019.04.026

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“…In the experiment of Hong et al [48], under semiarid vegetative conditions, yields of maize intercropped with legumes increased from 1.3 to 2.3 tonnes ha −1 . Similar conclusions were drawn by Deguchi et al [49] after experimenting with white clover living mulch and by Ren et al [50] after experimenting with mustard. In other experiments (with broccoli rabe, cauliflower, maize, wheat, barley, oats, etc.…”

Section: Sugar Beet Root-crop Yield and Quality Parameterssupporting

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The Impact of Intercropping on Soil Fertility and Sugar Beet Productivity

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There is a lack of research on the practice of intercropping sugar beet and the impact of such agrocenoses on soil and crop fertility, especially under organic farming conditions. For this reason, a three-year stationary field experiment was performed at Vytautas Magnus University, Agriculture Academy, Lithuania. Sugar beet was grown continuously with intercropped Persian clover (Trifolium resupinatum L., MC), white mustard (Sinapis alba L., MM) and spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L., MB) as a living mulch. Inter-row loosening (CT) and mulching with ambient weeds (MW) were used as comparative treatments. The results showed that, under minimal fertilization, CT and intercropping increased the average content of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the soil. However, the average content of magnesium was reduced in single cases (MW, MB), and the average content of sulphur was reduced in all cases. Intercropping significantly decreased the yields of sugar beet root-crop, but was mainly neutral in quality terms. The meteorological conditions during experimentation had a weak impact on root-crop quantity and quality. Generally, the practice of sugar beet intercropping requires more detailed research on how to minimize the competition between the sugar beet, living mulch and weeds, and how to balance the nutrition conditions.

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The Impact of Intercropping on Soil Fertility and Sugar Beet Productivity

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“…The biomass accumulation of Brachiaria species in the off-season was potentially lower than in the season, which usually ranged between 50 kg ha -1 day -1 and 130 kg ha -1 day -1 (Cruz et al 2008, Crusciol et al 2013, Almeida et al 2017a. However, the Brachiaria biomass measured in the present study for the off-season (13-16 kg ha -1 day -1 ) is in accordance with other authors (3-44 kg ha -1 day -1 ) (Brambilla et al 2009, Richart et al 2010, Batista et al 2012. Accordingly, the lower biomass, post-harvest nutrient accumulation and nutrient cycling were not enough to affect the balance in the off-season.…”

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“…cover crops contribute to the recovery and cycling of nutrients, reduce the risk of soil erosion and assist in controlling pests, diseases and nematodes (Leandro & Asmus 2015, Ren et al 2019, Tanaka et al 2019).…”

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Contribution of corn intercropped with Brachiaria species to nutrient cycling1

Oliveira

Almeida

Pierozan

et al. 2019

Pesqui. Agropecu. Trop.

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The corn biomass and nutrient dynamics may be altered when it is intercropped with Brachiaria (syn. Urochloa spp.). The present study aimed to investigate the dynamics of biomass, nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) for farming systems that produce corn intercropped with Brachiaria species. Field experiments were performed during the season and off-season, in a split-plot design. The main plots were composed of Brachiaria species (B. brizantha,B. ruziziensis and B. Convert) intercropped with corn, in addition to corn monocropping. The subplots consisted of three forage sampling periods, ranging from 0 to 60 days after the corn harvest. The intercropping arrangements did not affect the corn grain yield, nutrient accumulation and partitioning, relatively to the corn monocropping. After the grain harvest, B. brizantha achieved the greater biomass accumulation rate in both the season (69 kg ha-1 day-1) and off-season (17 kg ha-1 day-1). The nutrient accumulation ranged widely between the Brachiaria species and planting seasons: 0.2-1.2 kg ha-1 day-1 for N; 0.01-0.07 kg ha-1 day-1 for P; and 0.13-0.8 kg ha-1 day-1 for K. However, the greatest nutrient accumulation was found for B. brizantha, followed by B. ruziziensis and then B. Convert. In the short-term, corn intercropped with Brachiaria in the season showed the largest effect on the nutrient cycling and biomass yield. The intercropping between corn and B. brizantha in the season was the best way to enhance the biomass yield and the N, P and K cycling.

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“…Among the two forest coverings, the area of Eucalyptus presented higher values for DS and TP however; the numbers did not present significant difference. The average soil density at 0-20 cm depth was 1.66 g cm -3 for Eucalyptus and 1.63 g cm -3 for the cerrado sensu stricto area (Table 2), data within the range considered normal for sandy soils according to Ren et al [21]. The results found in this study can be justified due to their similar particle size that both had a direct influence on the density, since the studied area does not present traffic of vehicles or animals that justify the high density values found.…”

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Physical Attributes of Soil in Different Forest Cover in South of Tocantins

Marinho

Oliveira

Dias

et al. 2019

IJPSS

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Eucalyptus planting represents 72.7% of the total area of planted trees in Brazil, and is constantly growing in the Cerrado biome. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the physical qualities of soil under Eucalyptus sp. and a fragment of cerrado sensu stricto. The study was conducted at the experimental farm of the Federal University of Tocantins, campus Gurupi, TO, on the coordinates 11º 46’ 25’’ latitude S and 49º 02’ 54’’ longitude W, in soil classified as Plinthosol petric. The collections were performed in the layer with a depth of 0–20 cm, with eleven repetitions for each area. The attributes evaluated were: soil texture, density (DS), particle density (PD) and total porosity (TP). The soil granulometric composition in the two studied areas was predominant of the sandy fraction. The values of DS, PD and TP did not show significant differences by Tukey test (5%), which assumes that the change of cover from cerrado sensu stricto to forest planted with Eucalyptus sp. does not favor physical problems for the soil under study.

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Short-term effects of cover crops and tillage methods on soil physical properties and maize growth in a sandy loam soil

Cited by 57 publications

References 28 publications

The Impact of Intercropping on Soil Fertility and Sugar Beet Productivity

The Impact of Intercropping on Soil Fertility and Sugar Beet Productivity

Contribution of corn intercropped with Brachiaria species to nutrient cycling1

Physical Attributes of Soil in Different Forest Cover in South of Tocantins

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