Evaluation of the Impact of No-Till on Soil Erosion using Soil Aggregate Stability and Fallout Radionuclides in Northern Morocco
The aim of this work is to assess the impact of no-till based cropping system on soil erosion using two indicators. The experiment plot was under no-tillage (NT) for four years, adjacent to a plot under conventional tillage (CT) with same other management practices. The two used indicators are Le Bi...
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe Gabriel Borowski (WNGB)
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| author | Hamza Iaaich Rachid Moussadek Rachid Mrabet Ahmed Douaik Bouamar Baghdad Moncef Benmansour Anis Zouagui Nezha Asserar Abdelhak Bouabdli |
| author_browse | Abdelhak Bouabdli Ahmed Douaik Anis Zouagui Bouamar Baghdad Hamza Iaaich Moncef Benmansour Nezha Asserar Rachid Moussadek Rachid Mrabet |
| author_facet | Hamza Iaaich Rachid Moussadek Rachid Mrabet Ahmed Douaik Bouamar Baghdad Moncef Benmansour Anis Zouagui Nezha Asserar Abdelhak Bouabdli |
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| description | The aim of this work is to assess the impact of no-till based cropping system on soil erosion using two indicators. The experiment plot was under no-tillage (NT) for four years, adjacent to a plot under conventional tillage (CT) with same other management practices. The two used indicators are Le Bissonnais soil aggregates’ stability test and the activities of the fallout radionuclides (FRN) Be and Cs. For each radionuclide, the reference sites were identified and sampled using grid sampling approach and the study sites (the two plots) were sampled by applying a one-dimensional point transect sampling. Five samples were collected from each study site with 10m increment. The results showed that the mean weighted diameter (MWD) was of 2.2 for the NT plot and 2.0 for the CT plot, this indicates a lower soil detachability under the no-till system. For the FRN results, the Be activity showed that the NT plot retained 79% of the reference site activity and the CT plot retained 54%. The Cs activity tests showed also that the NT plot retained more of reference site activity. The mass balance conversion models application to the FRN results showed that the no-till system generated 10% less soil erosion rate than the conventional tillage. The results showed that in spite of needing more than 4 years implementation for statistical significance, no-till helps reducing water erosion in the hilly agricultural lands of Northern Morocco. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1376152025-12-08T09:54:28Z Evaluation of the Impact of No-Till on Soil Erosion using Soil Aggregate Stability and Fallout Radionuclides in Northern Morocco Hamza Iaaich Rachid Moussadek Rachid Mrabet Ahmed Douaik Bouamar Baghdad Moncef Benmansour Anis Zouagui Nezha Asserar Abdelhak Bouabdli soil conservation soil erosion tillage The aim of this work is to assess the impact of no-till based cropping system on soil erosion using two indicators. The experiment plot was under no-tillage (NT) for four years, adjacent to a plot under conventional tillage (CT) with same other management practices. The two used indicators are Le Bissonnais soil aggregates’ stability test and the activities of the fallout radionuclides (FRN) Be and Cs. For each radionuclide, the reference sites were identified and sampled using grid sampling approach and the study sites (the two plots) were sampled by applying a one-dimensional point transect sampling. Five samples were collected from each study site with 10m increment. The results showed that the mean weighted diameter (MWD) was of 2.2 for the NT plot and 2.0 for the CT plot, this indicates a lower soil detachability under the no-till system. For the FRN results, the Be activity showed that the NT plot retained 79% of the reference site activity and the CT plot retained 54%. The Cs activity tests showed also that the NT plot retained more of reference site activity. The mass balance conversion models application to the FRN results showed that the no-till system generated 10% less soil erosion rate than the conventional tillage. The results showed that in spite of needing more than 4 years implementation for statistical significance, no-till helps reducing water erosion in the hilly agricultural lands of Northern Morocco. 2023-05-01 2024-01-11T22:24:21Z 2024-01-11T22:24:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137615 en Open Access application/pdf Wydawnictwo Naukowe Gabriel Borowski (WNGB) Hamza Iaaich, Rachid Moussadek, Rachid Mrabet, Ahmed Douaik, Bouamar Baghdad, Moncef Benmansour, Anis Zouagui, Nezha Asserar, and Abdelhak Bouabdli. 2023. Evaluation of the Impact of No-Till on Soil Erosion Using Soil Aggregate Stability and Fallout Radionuclides in Northern Morocco. Ecological Engineering and Environmental Technology 24(3): 241-248. |
| spellingShingle | soil conservation soil erosion tillage Hamza Iaaich Rachid Moussadek Rachid Mrabet Ahmed Douaik Bouamar Baghdad Moncef Benmansour Anis Zouagui Nezha Asserar Abdelhak Bouabdli Evaluation of the Impact of No-Till on Soil Erosion using Soil Aggregate Stability and Fallout Radionuclides in Northern Morocco |
| title | Evaluation of the Impact of No-Till on Soil Erosion using Soil Aggregate Stability and Fallout Radionuclides in Northern Morocco |
| title_full | Evaluation of the Impact of No-Till on Soil Erosion using Soil Aggregate Stability and Fallout Radionuclides in Northern Morocco |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the Impact of No-Till on Soil Erosion using Soil Aggregate Stability and Fallout Radionuclides in Northern Morocco |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the Impact of No-Till on Soil Erosion using Soil Aggregate Stability and Fallout Radionuclides in Northern Morocco |
| title_short | Evaluation of the Impact of No-Till on Soil Erosion using Soil Aggregate Stability and Fallout Radionuclides in Northern Morocco |
| title_sort | evaluation of the impact of no till on soil erosion using soil aggregate stability and fallout radionuclides in northern morocco |
| topic | soil conservation soil erosion tillage |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137615 |
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