Succession changes of temporary grass stands on set-aside land

Svobodová, M.; Šantrůček, J.; Urbanec, J.

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“…A twice-yearly mowed Italian ryegrass monoculture with plant biomass removal in [2005][2006] increased the mineralization of SOM more than mulching did (Table 3). A mulched grass-legume mixture with birdsfoot trefoil and meadow fescue best preserved the biological properties of luvic chernozem, according to our results, and also in regard to contamination with weeds (Brant et al 2000, Svobodová et al 2004). …”

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Microbiological characterization of land set-aside before and after Roundup desiccation

Růžková¹,

Růžek²,

Voříšek³

et al. 2011

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Desiccation can play a very important role in the changes of soil biological properties. Reinecke et al. (2002) studied the impact of different herbicides on biological activity in several vineyard soils, with and without cover crops. A comparison of microbial activity after treatment with paraquat, simazine, glyphosate and a glyphosate-terbutylazine mixture showed (with the exception of simazine) that herbicide application had a positive influence on it. Any possible negative effects of applied herbicides (Hiller et al. 2009) are mainly due to chemical and textural parameters of treated soil. Roundup desiccation had a retardation effect on mineralization of C org , N org and S org . Total soil organic carbon content and its qualitative characteristics, in particular, are the most important factors affecting sorption-desorption of herbicides in soil (Hiller et al. 2009). Chernozems of Central Europe have been used for cereals production for 7000 years without substantial decreases in fertility (Kunzova and Hejcman 2009). The quoted paper confirms extraordinary stability and certainty in achieved yields of cereals in Chernozems. Therefore their 'settling to rest' (set-aside) occurs less frequently than in less stable soils.The article responds to the question how to maintain or improve the biological properties of luvic chernozem, when was transformed into a land setaside for many years. Different variations of vegetation cover treating, mowing or mulching, followed by all-over black (= Roundup) fallow and re-grassing by a mowed Italian ryegrass monoculture (Lolium multiflorum Lam.), were evaluated. A variant is recommended, in which the biological properties of luvic chernozem were preserved at the best. ABSTRACTLuvic chernozem (set-aside from 1996) was evaluated. The first period, before Roundup desiccation (2002)(2003), was characterized by black, spontaneous and controlled fallows (mowed with the removal of plant biomass or mulched); the following period (2003)(2004) by black fallow with repeated Roundup applications; and the last period (2004)(2005)(2006) involved re-grassing by a mowed Lolium multiflorum Lam. monoculture. The characterization included microbial biomass, available organic carbon, basal respiration, metabolic quotient, biomass-specific available organic carbon, arylsulfatase activity, soil organic matter carbon and total nitrogen. Mulching of pure cultures of grasses and legumes contributed to a high soil organic matter accumulation. Repeated Roundup desiccation caused a strong (highly significant) decrease of arylsulfatase activity (-28%), however highly significant increase of microbial biomass (+69%) and nitrate-nitrogen (+86%) were determined. The subsequent re-grassing compensated the changes described. The soil biological properties were best preserved on mulched fallow with Lotus corniculatus L. and Festuca pratensis L., also in regard to contamination with weeds. 89Soils set-aside can be mulched, cut, desiccated, sown with pure cultures, sown with mixtures, maintained as spontaneous...

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confidence: 83%

Microbiological characterization of land set-aside before and after Roundup desiccation

Růžková¹,

Růžek²,

Voříšek³

et al. 2011

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Soil biological activity of mulching and cut/harvested land set aside

Růžková¹,

Růžek²,

Voříšek³

2008

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Formerly arable luvic chernozem set aside for ten years (1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006) with different herbaceous cover (grass, legumes and their mixtures) and agronomical practices (mulching and cut/harvesting) was studied. The experimental plot was maintained as black, spontaneous and controlled fallows from 1997 until July 2003 (BD period). in July 2003 the plots were desiccated by glyphosate herbicide and were run as a black fallow until august 2004 (aD). The last period (aG) was characterized by monoculture of italian ryegrass cut/harvested twice a year until october 2006. The experimental soils were characterized with 18 parameters. Mulched plots in all periods (BD, aD and aG) were evaluated as highly microbial active plots. The black fallow (BD) permanently maintained by glyphosate herbicide was the lowest in biological parameters. The desiccation caused a highly significant increase (P < 0.01) of nitrates in topsoil, but in following period (aG) their significant decrease was detected. Desiccation enhanced carbon immobilization into microbial cells especially on mulched and cut/harvested sites (BD, aD). Due to mulching accumulation of soil organic matter highly significantly increased (P < 0.01). This induced a highly significant (P < 0.01) increase in the basal respiration (aD, aG) as the soil organic matter accumulated in the period BD was intensively mineralized.

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Succession changes of temporary grass stands on set-aside land

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Microbiological characterization of land set-aside before and after Roundup desiccation

Microbiological characterization of land set-aside before and after Roundup desiccation

Soil biological activity of mulching and cut/harvested land set aside

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