Effect of high axle-load traffic on subsoil compaction and crop yield in humid regions with annual freezing

Håkansson, Inge; Voorhees, W. B.; Elonen, Paavo; Raghavan, G. S. V.; Lowery, B.; Wijk, A.L.M. van; Rasmussen, K.J.; Riley, Hugh

doi:10.1016/0167-1987(87)90032-8

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“…As a result, root growth in the subsoil will be impeded and permeability to air and water, gas (oxygen) diffusion and nutrient availability will be reduced. Compacted subsoils lead to lower quality crops and reduced yields (Håkansson, 1994;Håkansson et al, 1987) and are a threat to the environment Van Ouwerkerk, 1994, 1995). Moreover, the effects are persistent, and the results of natural and artificial loosening of the soil disappointing (Håkansson, 1994;Kooistra et al, 1984;Voorhees, 2000).…”

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SOCOMO: a soil compaction model to calculate soil stresses and the subsoil carrying capacity

Akker

2004

Soil and Tillage Research

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2004

Soil and Tillage Research

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“…Several authors showed that under wet soil conditions, the susceptibility to soil degradation, in particular irreversible soil deformation, significantly increased (Voorhees et al, 1978;Soane et al, 1981Soane et al, , 1982Hakansson et al, 1988;Drescher et al, 1988;Horn et al, 2000;Soane and van Ouwerkerk, 1994). According to Pagliai and Jones (2002), soil deformation also affects root growth, nutrient uptake, and finally may end in lower yield or at least, depending on prevailing climatic conditions, in an increased uncertainty to obtain high yields (Hakansson et al, 1987). Van der Ploeg and Schweigert (2001) and Gieska et al (2003) related soil-structure-dependent water-and nutrient-transport processes to agricultural management strategies and explained the increased surface runoff through the stress-induced formation of a platy structure.…”

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Heavy soil loading its consequence for soil structure, strength, deformation of arable soils

Peth

Horn

Fazekas

et al. 2006

Z. Pflanzenernähr. Bodenk.

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SummaryThe alteration of mechanical soil properties by a single stress application exceeding all previously applied stresses is analyzed for a conventionally tilled and a conservational managed (since 1992) Stagnic Luvisol. Despite the more pronounced compactness of the plough layer under conventional management, it turned out to be less rigid compared to the "relictic" plough layer under conservation management. We assume that wheeling with a sugar beet harvester (rear wheel 140 kPa, front wheel 110 kPa, total mass 37 Mg) resulted in a break up of the plough pan. This was most obvious in the conventionally tilled soil whereas under conservation tillage, the plough pan seemed to resist the induced forces. Our results suggest that a break up of the compact plough layer and the subsequent re-arrangement of newly formed fragments results in a smaller mechanical stability of the deformed soil. Soil structural changes within the plough pan are also indicated by the alteration of the anisotropy of cohesion and precompression stress, respectively. Altered mechanical properties induced by heavy soil loading affects the soil response to subsequent loading events, which could be shown by finite-element simulations of stress-strain properties. The simulations showed that a decrease in soil stiffness reduces the stress attenuation within the plough pan causing compressive and shear stresses to be transmitted into deeper soil levels, while at the same time shear strain increased.

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“…The interest in subsoiling among producers in the Canadian Prairies can be attributed to concern about compaction from heavy machinery in cold climates (Hakansson et al 1987) and to reports of better infiltration into frozen soils following deep (> 20 cm) fall tillage (Massee and Siddoway 1969;McConkey et al 1990;Pikul et al 1992). McConkey et al (1990) found that continuous spring wheat yields were increased by 20% by subsoiling of a level Chernozemic soil when snow-trapping was practised.…”

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Slope position and subsoiling effects on soil water and spring wheat yield

McConkey¹,

Ulrich²,

Dyck³

1997

Can. J. Soil. Sci.

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. 1997. Slope position and subsoiling effects on soil water and spring wheat yield. Can. J. Soil Sci. 77: 83-90. A study was conducted on a 4-m-high ridge in southwestern Saskatchewan to determine the relationship of slope position with the soil water regime and spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production and to determine if those relationships were altered by subsoiling. In all years, available soil water in the spring to 120 cm increased significantly with distance upslope. This pattern was attributed to residual subsoil water in the rooting zone that had not been used by previous crops in a long-term crop-fallow rotation. After 3 yr of annual spring wheat production, soil water to 1.2 m at all slope positions approximately equalled the water content wilting point (4.0 MPa) water content, showing this residual water had been largely consumed. Apparent use of soil water between seeding and harvest at the upper slope positions was equal to or greater than that at the lower slope positions. Over-winter soil water conservation, using tall (≥ 30-cm-high) wheat stubble for snow trapping, at the upper slope positions was equal to or greater than that at the lower slope positions. In the non-drought years of 1987 and 1989, wheat yields and crop water use efficiency increased significantly with distance downslope. Since these slope effects were not related to water use or availability, they were attributed to higher soil productivity, probably related to more historical net erosion with distance upslope. During the drought year of 1988, wheat yields and water use efficiency were greatest at the upslope positions, but these results were confounded by uneven crop emergence. Subsoiling to 35 cm or deeper increased the amount and depth of infiltration of water in years with near-average November-April precipitation. Subsoiling had little effect on wheat yields and no effect on crop water use. Une expérience a été menée sur une crête de 4 m de haut dans le sud-ouest de la Saskatchewan, pour établir les relations existant entre l'emplacement sur la pente et le régime hydrique du sol, d'une part, et le rendement du blé de printemps (Triticum aestivum L.), de l'autre, et aussi pour voir si ces relations sont modifiées par le sous-solage. Dans chacune des années, la teneur en eau disponible du sol au printemps jusqu'à 120 cm de profondeur augmentait significativement à mesure qu'on remontait la pente, ce qui s'expliquerait par la présence dans la rhizosphère d'eau souterraine résiduelle non utilisée par les cultures antérieures, dans une alternance de longue durée blé-jachère. Après 3 ans de culture de blé de printemps, la teneur en eau du sol jusqu'à 120 cm, à tous les emplacements sur la pente, était approximativement égale à la teneur en eau au point de flétrissement (4,0 MPa), ce qui montre que cette eau résiduelle avait été, dans une large part, consommée. L'utilisation apparente de l'eau du sol entre le semis et la moisson vers le haut de la pente était égale ou supérieure à celle observée en bas de pente. La même obse...

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Effect of high axle-load traffic on subsoil compaction and crop yield in humid regions with annual freezing

Cited by 98 publications

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SOCOMO: a soil compaction model to calculate soil stresses and the subsoil carrying capacity

SOCOMO: a soil compaction model to calculate soil stresses and the subsoil carrying capacity

Heavy soil loading its consequence for soil structure, strength, deformation of arable soils

Slope position and subsoiling effects on soil water and spring wheat yield

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