POSSIBILITIES TO IMPROVE SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN GARLIC CULTIVATION WITH COVER CROPS AS LIVING MULCHES

The cultivation system with cover crops as living mulches is growing in importance in the worldwide agriculture as it combines an economical effect with pro-ecological and soil protecting activities. The plant species tested in the research were not frost resistant: buckwheat, millet, white mustard...

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Main Authors: Andrzej Sałata, Hector Moreno-Ramon, Sara Ibáñez-Asensio, Halina Buczkowska, Renata Nurzyńska-Wierdak, Agata Witorożec, Marzena Parzymies
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Language:English
Published: University of Life Sciences in Lublin - Publishing House 2017-12-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum Polonorum: Hortorum Cultus
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.up.lublin.pl/index.php/asphc/article/view/2398
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author Andrzej Sałata
Hector Moreno-Ramon
Sara Ibáñez-Asensio
Halina Buczkowska
Renata Nurzyńska-Wierdak
Agata Witorożec
Marzena Parzymies
author_facet Andrzej Sałata
Hector Moreno-Ramon
Sara Ibáñez-Asensio
Halina Buczkowska
Renata Nurzyńska-Wierdak
Agata Witorożec
Marzena Parzymies
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description The cultivation system with cover crops as living mulches is growing in importance in the worldwide agriculture as it combines an economical effect with pro-ecological and soil protecting activities. The plant species tested in the research were not frost resistant: buckwheat, millet, white mustard and berseem clover. A control were the plots without cover crops. The intercrops were sown in the first decade of August, in autumn a grown biomass was a living mulch, and after being damaged by frost in spring, the mulch was covering ground surface. Winter garlic bulbs were planted in grown biomass of cover plants, in the first decade of September. In the first decade of November and in the first decade of April, the selected soil parameters were determined in the soil layer of 0–10 cm: actual soil moisture (%), soil bulk density (Mg · m–3), total porosity (%) and water stability of soil aggregates (%). The harvest of garlic was conducted in the first decade of July. Cover crops mulches had an influence on soil physical properties. In spring, the soil from plots with cover crops mulching characterized with the highest moisture, higher total porosity and soil aggregates stability as well as lower soil bulk density. In comparison to the control cultivation of winter garlic, without cover crops, the effect of plants used for mulching on marketable yield was not observed. Garlic plants intercropped with the white mustard mulch formed leaves and bulbs of higher weight in comparison to cultivation without cover crops.
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spelling doaj.art-7e9a4351ce1d4d519ea054f2e9e8f8022023-12-12T08:01:13ZengUniversity of Life Sciences in Lublin - Publishing HouseActa Scientiarum Polonorum: Hortorum Cultus1644-06922545-14052017-12-01166POSSIBILITIES TO IMPROVE SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN GARLIC CULTIVATION WITH COVER CROPS AS LIVING MULCHESAndrzej SałataHector Moreno-RamonSara Ibáñez-AsensioHalina BuczkowskaRenata Nurzyńska-WierdakAgata WitorożecMarzena Parzymies The cultivation system with cover crops as living mulches is growing in importance in the worldwide agriculture as it combines an economical effect with pro-ecological and soil protecting activities. The plant species tested in the research were not frost resistant: buckwheat, millet, white mustard and berseem clover. A control were the plots without cover crops. The intercrops were sown in the first decade of August, in autumn a grown biomass was a living mulch, and after being damaged by frost in spring, the mulch was covering ground surface. Winter garlic bulbs were planted in grown biomass of cover plants, in the first decade of September. In the first decade of November and in the first decade of April, the selected soil parameters were determined in the soil layer of 0–10 cm: actual soil moisture (%), soil bulk density (Mg · m–3), total porosity (%) and water stability of soil aggregates (%). The harvest of garlic was conducted in the first decade of July. Cover crops mulches had an influence on soil physical properties. In spring, the soil from plots with cover crops mulching characterized with the highest moisture, higher total porosity and soil aggregates stability as well as lower soil bulk density. In comparison to the control cultivation of winter garlic, without cover crops, the effect of plants used for mulching on marketable yield was not observed. Garlic plants intercropped with the white mustard mulch formed leaves and bulbs of higher weight in comparison to cultivation without cover crops. https://czasopisma.up.lublin.pl/index.php/asphc/article/view/2398living mulchmoistureporositydensitywater stability of soil aggregates
spellingShingle Andrzej Sałata
Hector Moreno-Ramon
Sara Ibáñez-Asensio
Halina Buczkowska
Renata Nurzyńska-Wierdak
Agata Witorożec
Marzena Parzymies
POSSIBILITIES TO IMPROVE SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN GARLIC CULTIVATION WITH COVER CROPS AS LIVING MULCHES
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum: Hortorum Cultus
living mulch
moisture
porosity
density
water stability of soil aggregates
title POSSIBILITIES TO IMPROVE SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN GARLIC CULTIVATION WITH COVER CROPS AS LIVING MULCHES
title_full POSSIBILITIES TO IMPROVE SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN GARLIC CULTIVATION WITH COVER CROPS AS LIVING MULCHES
title_fullStr POSSIBILITIES TO IMPROVE SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN GARLIC CULTIVATION WITH COVER CROPS AS LIVING MULCHES
title_full_unstemmed POSSIBILITIES TO IMPROVE SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN GARLIC CULTIVATION WITH COVER CROPS AS LIVING MULCHES
title_short POSSIBILITIES TO IMPROVE SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN GARLIC CULTIVATION WITH COVER CROPS AS LIVING MULCHES
title_sort possibilities to improve soil physical properties in garlic cultivation with cover crops as living mulches
topic living mulch
moisture
porosity
density
water stability of soil aggregates
url https://czasopisma.up.lublin.pl/index.php/asphc/article/view/2398
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