Afforestation of agricultural land affects soil structural stability and related preconditions to resist drought
Afforestation is important for the EU forest management strategy. Afforestation of abandoned and marginal arable land is a favourable non-agricultural land use option for climate change mitigation. It may prevent threats of drought or erosion e.g. by affecting the water balance in soil via increased...
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| author | Jiří Holátko Ondřej Holubík Tereza Hammerschmiedt Jan Vopravil Antonín Kintl Martin Brtnický |
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| description | Afforestation is important for the EU forest management strategy. Afforestation of abandoned and marginal arable land is a favourable non-agricultural land use option for climate change mitigation. It may prevent threats of drought or erosion e.g. by affecting the water balance in soil via increased structural stability. The structural stability control in afforested soil is related to i.a. organic matter content, nutrient content, soil reaction, planted tree species prosperity, and amelioration. A four-year field small-plot experiment on afforestation was carried out with Chernozem covered with deciduous (oak), coniferous (pine) or mixed planting, amended with 3 doses (no-application, 0.5 kg×m-2, and 1.5 kg×m-2) of alginite. In 2013 and 2016, soil reaction pHH2O, mean weight diameter (MWD), organic matter content (LOI) and total organic carbon (TOC) were determined and related to the soil structural stability to evaluate the soil precondition to sustain drought twice per vegetation period (spring and autumn). Afforestation significantly improved MWD compared to the field soil between 2013 and 2016 from 1.63 ± 0.04 mm to 1.85 ± 0.05 mm. Tree planting significantly neutralized the soil pHH2O, mixed planting appeared to improve LOI and TOC. Four-year afforestation led also to higher structural stability, less alkaline pH and deciduous tree-related increase in LOI, which may indicate better soil sustainability to drought. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76019e9de52a4aab95d8a44f26d48d4c2023-02-23T03:43:15ZengCzech Academy of Agricultural SciencesJournal of Forest Science1212-48341805-935X2022-12-01681249650810.17221/156/2022-JFSjfs-202212-0002Afforestation of agricultural land affects soil structural stability and related preconditions to resist droughtJiří Holátko0Ondřej Holubík1Tereza Hammerschmiedt2Jan Vopravil3Antonín Kintl4Martin Brtnický5Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech RepublicResearch Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech RepublicResearch Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech RepublicDepartment of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech RepublicAfforestation is important for the EU forest management strategy. Afforestation of abandoned and marginal arable land is a favourable non-agricultural land use option for climate change mitigation. It may prevent threats of drought or erosion e.g. by affecting the water balance in soil via increased structural stability. The structural stability control in afforested soil is related to i.a. organic matter content, nutrient content, soil reaction, planted tree species prosperity, and amelioration. A four-year field small-plot experiment on afforestation was carried out with Chernozem covered with deciduous (oak), coniferous (pine) or mixed planting, amended with 3 doses (no-application, 0.5 kg×m-2, and 1.5 kg×m-2) of alginite. In 2013 and 2016, soil reaction pHH2O, mean weight diameter (MWD), organic matter content (LOI) and total organic carbon (TOC) were determined and related to the soil structural stability to evaluate the soil precondition to sustain drought twice per vegetation period (spring and autumn). Afforestation significantly improved MWD compared to the field soil between 2013 and 2016 from 1.63 ± 0.04 mm to 1.85 ± 0.05 mm. Tree planting significantly neutralized the soil pHH2O, mixed planting appeared to improve LOI and TOC. Four-year afforestation led also to higher structural stability, less alkaline pH and deciduous tree-related increase in LOI, which may indicate better soil sustainability to drought.https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/jfs-202212-0002_afforestation-of-agricultural-land-affects-soil-structural-stability-and-related-preconditions-to-resist-drough.phpfield experimenttree plantingsoil amendmentsoil organic mattersoil organic carbon |
| spellingShingle | Jiří Holátko Ondřej Holubík Tereza Hammerschmiedt Jan Vopravil Antonín Kintl Martin Brtnický Afforestation of agricultural land affects soil structural stability and related preconditions to resist drought Journal of Forest Science field experiment tree planting soil amendment soil organic matter soil organic carbon |
| title | Afforestation of agricultural land affects soil structural stability and related preconditions to resist drought |
| title_full | Afforestation of agricultural land affects soil structural stability and related preconditions to resist drought |
| title_fullStr | Afforestation of agricultural land affects soil structural stability and related preconditions to resist drought |
| title_full_unstemmed | Afforestation of agricultural land affects soil structural stability and related preconditions to resist drought |
| title_short | Afforestation of agricultural land affects soil structural stability and related preconditions to resist drought |
| title_sort | afforestation of agricultural land affects soil structural stability and related preconditions to resist drought |
| topic | field experiment tree planting soil amendment soil organic matter soil organic carbon |
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