Basic soil chemical properties were assessed in a long-term tillage and crop rotation experiment 15 years after its establishment on a Chernozem in Raasdorf (Austria) with four tillage treatments-mouldboard ploughing, no-till, deep conservation tillage and shallow conservation tillage-and two crop rotations. The following parameters were assessed: pH CaCl 2 , pH H 2 O , electrical conductivity, cation exchange capacity, total nitrogen, total organic carbon and total carbon. Among which, pH CaCl 2 , pH H 2 O , and total carbon increased with soil depth while electrical conductivity, cation exchange capacity, total nitrogen, and total organic carbon decreased with soil depth. The differences between tillage treatments occurred after 15 years in the upper soil layer from 0-5 cm with higher values of electrical conductivity under no-till, deep conservation tillage and shallow conservation tillage than with mouldboard ploughing, higher values of cation exchange capacity and total nitrogen for no-till than for mouldboard ploughing (with deep conservation tillage and shallow conservation tillage showing intermediate values) and more total organic carbon for no-till and deep conservation tillage than for mouldboard ploughing. At a 5-10 cm depth, electrical conductivity was higher for no-till than for mouldboard ploughing. Values of pH CaCl 2 and pH H 2 O did not differ between tillage treatments in any soil layer. In deeper soil layers, tillage did not affect the analysed parameters. Crop rotation did not affect any of the analysed soil chemical properties. K e y w o r d s: tillage, soil depth, long-term experiment, soil properties, no-till
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