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The impact of drip irrigation on soil quality in sloping orchards developed on marl - A case study

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  • Mateja MURŠEC

    (Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Maribor, Hoče, Slovenia)

  • Jean LEVEQUE

    (Biogeosciences, CNRS, University of Burgundy Franche-Comté, Dijon, France)

  • Remi CHAUSSOD

    (Services and Studies in Soil Microbiology and Environment, Vievigne, France)

  • Pierre CURMI

    (Biogeosciences, CNRS, University of Burgundy Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
    AgroSup Dijon, France)

Abstract

The impact of drip irrigation on structural stability of soil aggregates was studied in soils of an apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) orchard, developed on marl. The field study was carried out in a sloping (20%) terrain in the north-eastern Slovenia at three slope positions (upslope, mid-slope and downslope), involving a comparison of irrigated versus non-irrigated situations after 6 years of drip irrigation practice. Structural stability was studied in three soil layers (0-5, 5-15 and 15-30 cm) at the end of the irrigation season (in September). In the same samples, soil organic carbon, total carbonates and soil moisture contents were determined. Drip irrigation significantly reduced structural stability and soil organic carbon in the surface soil layer (0-5 cm), while total carbonates increased. Based on the whole set of data, structural stability was strongly positively correlated with total carbonates and negatively correlated with soil organic carbon. This means that the effect of higher level of organic matter mineralisation on structural stability, due to irrigation, is counterbalanced by the increase of total carbonates content in the fine textured calcareous soils. Thus, a negative effect of irrigation on soil organic carbon had less destructive consequences on structural stability than expected.

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  • Mateja MURŠEC & Jean LEVEQUE & Remi CHAUSSOD & Pierre CURMI, 2018. "The impact of drip irrigation on soil quality in sloping orchards developed on marl - A case study," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 64(1), pages 20-25.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlpse:v:64:y:2018:i:1:id:623-2017-pse
    DOI: 10.17221/623/2017-PSE
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    1. Mateja Muršec & Jean Leveque, 2023. "δ13C as a tool to determine the origin of soil organic carbon: Case study of a restored sloping orchard," Soil and Water Research, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 18(2), pages 81-88.
    2. Igor Bogunović & Péter Gergő Kovács & Igor Ðekemati & Ivica Kisić & István Balla & Márta Birkás, 2019. "Long-term effect of soil conservation tillage on soil water content, penetration resistance, crumb ratio and crusted area," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 65(9), pages 442-448.

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