Long-term fertilization with dairy cattle slurry in intensive production systems: effects on soil porosity and pore morphology
In Mediterranean environments, livestock effluents might improve soil physical properties. The study was located in an intensive crop production system of northwest Spain. After nine consecutive years of dairy cattle slurry (DCS) use as fertilizer, the aim of the experiment was to evaluate the impa...
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| author | Alcira S. Valdez-Ibañez Francesc Domingo-Olivé Noemí Mateo-Marín María R. Yagüe-Carrasco Ángela D. Bosch-Serra |
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In Mediterranean environments, livestock effluents might improve soil physical properties. The study was located in an intensive crop production system of northwest Spain. After nine consecutive years of dairy cattle slurry (DCS) use as fertilizer, the aim of the experiment was to evaluate the impacts of DCS on soil porosity and pore shape. Soil texture was loam. The applied DCS rates were equivalent to 170 and 250 kg N ha−1 (170DCS and 250DCS, respectively) and they were complemented with mineral N up to 450 kg N ha-1 (two crops). A nonfertilized control was included. Digital binary images were obtained from soil thin sections. Pores with an apparent diameter (AD) >30 µm were analysed. The 250DCS treatment improved soil porosity (>30 µm): it doubled in comparison with the 170DCS and the control. The application of DCS favored the presence of pores with an AD >400 µm, the roughness for AD >100 µm and the elongation in the AD interval of 100-200 µm. From the study, the 250DCS treatment is recommended as it increases macroporosity (compaction reduction) and produces more elongated and tortuous pores, which will be a constraint for fast drainage but it will be advantageous in coarse textured soils.
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| spelling | doaj.art-84ca16eca1e84bdd8f9681baa822aedc2023-08-02T18:01:27ZengFacultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Universidad Nacional de CuyoRevista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias0370-46611853-86652019-12-01512Long-term fertilization with dairy cattle slurry in intensive production systems: effects on soil porosity and pore morphologyAlcira S. Valdez-Ibañez0Francesc Domingo-Olivé1Noemí Mateo-Marín2María R. Yagüe-Carrasco3Ángela D. Bosch-Serra4Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Monseñor Guffanti y Las Residentes, Campus Universitario, San Pedro de Ycuamandyyú. PY-020101. Paraguay. 2 Universidad de Lleida. Departamento de Medio Ambiente y Ciencias del Suelo, Avda. Alcalde Rovira Roure 191. E-25198. Lleida. España. IRTA Mas Badia. Estación Experimental Agrícola Mas Badia. E-17134. La Tallada d’Empordà. Girona. España.Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón. Avda Montañana 930. E-50059. Zaragoza. España.Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA). Finca El Encín, Autovía A-2, Km. 38,2. E-28800. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. España.Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA). Finca El Encín, Autovía A-2, Km. 38,2. E-28800. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. España. In Mediterranean environments, livestock effluents might improve soil physical properties. The study was located in an intensive crop production system of northwest Spain. After nine consecutive years of dairy cattle slurry (DCS) use as fertilizer, the aim of the experiment was to evaluate the impacts of DCS on soil porosity and pore shape. Soil texture was loam. The applied DCS rates were equivalent to 170 and 250 kg N ha−1 (170DCS and 250DCS, respectively) and they were complemented with mineral N up to 450 kg N ha-1 (two crops). A nonfertilized control was included. Digital binary images were obtained from soil thin sections. Pores with an apparent diameter (AD) >30 µm were analysed. The 250DCS treatment improved soil porosity (>30 µm): it doubled in comparison with the 170DCS and the control. The application of DCS favored the presence of pores with an AD >400 µm, the roughness for AD >100 µm and the elongation in the AD interval of 100-200 µm. From the study, the 250DCS treatment is recommended as it increases macroporosity (compaction reduction) and produces more elongated and tortuous pores, which will be a constraint for fast drainage but it will be advantageous in coarse textured soils. https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/RFCA/article/view/2693double-croppingorganic fertilizersoil pore shapesmicromorphology of pores |
| spellingShingle | Alcira S. Valdez-Ibañez Francesc Domingo-Olivé Noemí Mateo-Marín María R. Yagüe-Carrasco Ángela D. Bosch-Serra Long-term fertilization with dairy cattle slurry in intensive production systems: effects on soil porosity and pore morphology Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias double-cropping organic fertilizer soil pore shapes micromorphology of pores |
| title | Long-term fertilization with dairy cattle slurry in intensive production systems: effects on soil porosity and pore morphology |
| title_full | Long-term fertilization with dairy cattle slurry in intensive production systems: effects on soil porosity and pore morphology |
| title_fullStr | Long-term fertilization with dairy cattle slurry in intensive production systems: effects on soil porosity and pore morphology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long-term fertilization with dairy cattle slurry in intensive production systems: effects on soil porosity and pore morphology |
| title_short | Long-term fertilization with dairy cattle slurry in intensive production systems: effects on soil porosity and pore morphology |
| title_sort | long term fertilization with dairy cattle slurry in intensive production systems effects on soil porosity and pore morphology |
| topic | double-cropping organic fertilizer soil pore shapes micromorphology of pores |
| url | https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/RFCA/article/view/2693 |
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