Mulch application in fruit orchards increases the persistence of soil water repellency during a 15-years period

García‐Moreno, Jorge; Gordillo‐Rivero, Ángel J.; Zavala, Lorena M.; Jordán, António; Pereira, Paulo

doi:10.1016/j.still.2013.02.004

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“…This is a direct effect of the straw and other organic fibers that reduced raindrop impact on the soil, delayed runoff initiation and increased infiltration. These findings were also confirmed by Döring et al (2005) and Edwards et al (2000) in straw-mulched potato-cropped soils, García Moreno et al (2013) in straw-mulched fruit orchards, Jordán et al (2010) in strawmulched fallow soils, and Cerdà et al (2015) in persimmon plantations.…”

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confidence: 57%

“…Although straw mulching has significant effects on semiarid soil properties in the short (Jordán et al, 2010) and long term (García-Moreno et al, 2013), our results show that after a recent application (so that no effects on soil physical properties exist due to the straw application) Fig. 4.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…Low mulch cover was also found to be efficient by researchers who dealt with road embankments protection (Lee et al, 2013), afforested land (Jiménez et al, 2013) and agricultural soils (Jordán et al, 2010). In addition, García-Moreno et al (2013) reported that excessive mulch rates (9-12 Mg ha −1 yr.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Furthermore, there is a need to determine which type mulching is most efficient on agriculture land, on which research has been focused over the last decade (Liu et al, 2012;García-Moreno et al, 2013). New materials are also being used in comparison with straw or in combination with it (Fernández and Vega, 2014;Mahmoud and Abd El-Kader, 2014;Moreno-Ramón et al, 2014;Tejada and Benítez, 2014).…”

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“…Although they can be a source of waxes, crop residues can increase soil-water contents by functioning as a mulch (Yang et al 1996;García-Moreno et al 2013), moderating soil-surface temperatures and improving water infiltration over summer (Lichner et al 2012), and reducing evaporative losses (Yang et al 1996;Ji and Unger 2001). Yang et al (1996) observed that under stabilised ridges of water-repellent soil, soil temperatures at seed depth were 28C less and evaporation was reduced by 3 mm over 6 days compared with a level soil surface.…”

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Management options for water-repellent soils in Australian dryland agriculture

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Abstract. Water-repellent ('non-wetting') soils are a major constraint to agricultural production in southern and south-west Australia, affecting >10 Mha of arable sandy soils. The major symptom is dry patches of surface soil, even after substantial rainfall, directly affecting agricultural production through uneven crop and pasture germination, and reduced nutrient availability. In addition, staggered weed germination impedes effective weed control, and delayed crop and pasture germination increases the risk of wind erosion. Water repellency is caused by waxy organic compounds derived from the breakdown of organic matter mostly of plant origin. It is more prevalent in soils with a sandy surface texture; their low particle surface area : volume ratio means that a smaller amount of waxy organic compounds can effectively cover a greater proportion of the particle surface area than in a fine-textured soil. Water repellency commonly occurs in sandy duplex soils (Sodosols and Chromosols) and deep sandy soils (Tenosols) but can also occur in Calcarosols, Kurosols and Podosols that have a sandy surface texture. Severity of water repellency has intensified in some areas with the adoption of no-till farming, which leads to the accumulation of soil organic matter (and hence waxy compounds) at the soil surface. Growers have also noticed worsening repellency after 'dry' or early sowing when break-of-season rains have been unreliable.Management strategies for water repellency fall into three categories: (i) amelioration, the properties of surface soils are changed; (ii) mitigation, water repellency is managed to allow crop and pasture production; (iii) avoidance, severely affected or poorly producing areas are removed from annual production and sown to perennial forage. Amelioration techniques include claying, deep cultivation with tools such as rotary spaders, or one-off soil inversion with mouldboard ploughs. These techniques can be expensive, but produce substantial, long-lasting benefits. However, they carry significant environmental risks if not adopted correctly. Mitigation strategies include furrow-seeding, application of wetting agents (surfactants), no-till with stubble retention, on-row seeding, and stimulating natural microbial degradation of waxy compounds. These are much cheaper than amelioration strategies, but have smaller and sometimes inconsistent impacts on crop production. For any given farm, economic analysis suggests that small patches of water repellency might best be ameliorated, but large areas should be treated initially with mitigation strategies. Further research is required to determine the long-term impacts of cultivation treatments, seeding systems and chemical and biological amendments on the expression and management of water repellency in an agricultural context.

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Infiltration and soil water repellency in Theobroma cacao plantations: Stand and seasonal effects

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Our understanding of the hydrological processes in cocoa agroforests is extremely limited. Most work has focused on characterising throughfall and transpiration processes under various management approaches and climate change scenarios. However, little is currently understood about how soil water movement is driven by infiltration and hydraulic conductivity. We monitored the soil properties, soil water repellency and hydraulic conductivity in a 5-, 12-and >30-year-old cocoa plantation in the wet and dry seasons. During the wet season, repellent conditions were absent in all stands, while the hydraulic conductivity showed no significant differences among them. This suggests that stand age has little effect on water movement during the wet period. During the dry season, the soil at the 5-and 12-year-old stands became extremely repellent and was twice as severe as that of the >30-year-old plantation. It was expected that the extreme repellency in the younger stands would reduce infiltration rates; however, higher rates were recorded in the 5-and 12-yearold stands. This was likely due to the presence of large, deep soil cracks, which enhanced preferential flow. As the repellency was not significantly correlated with soil properties, we hypothesised that the high grass/sedge cover and temperatures in the 5-and 12-year-old stands enhanced it. While further research is needed to investigate the role that grass and sedges play in developing repellent conditions, managing their cover may prove beneficial for the growth and survival of young cocoa trees.

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Mulch application in fruit orchards increases the persistence of soil water repellency during a 15-years period

Cited by 44 publications

References 63 publications

The immediate effectiveness of barley straw mulch in reducing soil erodibility and surface runoff generation in Mediterranean vineyards

The immediate effectiveness of barley straw mulch in reducing soil erodibility and surface runoff generation in Mediterranean vineyards

Management options for water-repellent soils in Australian dryland agriculture

Infiltration and soil water repellency in Theobroma cacao plantations: Stand and seasonal effects

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