Soil physical properties under different cattle stocking rates on Mollisols in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

This study evaluated the impact of different cattle stocking rates on different soil physical properties in different soils in an integrated livestock no-till agricultural system. We evaluated three stocking rates (0 animal unit ha−1, moderate: 160 animal unit ha−1, and heavy: 320 animal unit ha−1)...

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Autores principales: Frolla, Franco Daniel, Aparicio, Virginia Carolina, Costa, Jose Luis, Kruger, Hugo Ricardo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352009417302663
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2713
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2018.e00177
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author Frolla, Franco Daniel
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Costa, Jose Luis
Kruger, Hugo Ricardo
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description This study evaluated the impact of different cattle stocking rates on different soil physical properties in different soils in an integrated livestock no-till agricultural system. We evaluated three stocking rates (0 animal unit ha−1, moderate: 160 animal unit ha−1, and heavy: 320 animal unit ha−1) on three soil textures (loamy sand, sandy loam and sandy clay). We also evaluated sorghum's performance after the cattle trampling in a crop sequence including winter rye + hairy vetch/sorghum. The representative soil in the area is a fine-loamy, mixed and thermic Entic Haplustoll with variable clay + silt (30 to 40 g kg−1 soil). Only bulk density showed interaction between texture and stocking rate factors. The control and moderate stocking rates showed lower bulk density (1.35 Mg m−3) than the heavy grazed treatment (1.43 Mg m−3) in the loamy sand soil. No differences between moderate and heavy treatments were found in other soil indicators. Layers of 0–5 and 5–10 cm proved to offer a higher mechanical resistance that the control (39% and 30%, respectively). Hydraulic conductivity and macroporosity (>100 μm) showed a reduction close to 20% in both indicators due to cattle trampling. Sorghum crop showed no differences in plant rate emergence, biomass and grain yield. Results of this investigation indicate that grazing and animal trampling produced no significant effect on the variation of physical properties over the different soil texture, neither any impact on the emergence and development of sorghum.
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spelling INTA27132018-07-03T13:55:46Z Soil physical properties under different cattle stocking rates on Mollisols in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Frolla, Franco Daniel Aparicio, Virginia Carolina Costa, Jose Luis Kruger, Hugo Ricardo Propiedades Físico - Químicas Suelo Ganado Bovino Carga Ganadera Tipos de Suelos Soil Chemicophysical Properties Cattle Stocking Density Soil Types Buenos Aires Molisoles This study evaluated the impact of different cattle stocking rates on different soil physical properties in different soils in an integrated livestock no-till agricultural system. We evaluated three stocking rates (0 animal unit ha−1, moderate: 160 animal unit ha−1, and heavy: 320 animal unit ha−1) on three soil textures (loamy sand, sandy loam and sandy clay). We also evaluated sorghum's performance after the cattle trampling in a crop sequence including winter rye + hairy vetch/sorghum. The representative soil in the area is a fine-loamy, mixed and thermic Entic Haplustoll with variable clay + silt (30 to 40 g kg−1 soil). Only bulk density showed interaction between texture and stocking rate factors. The control and moderate stocking rates showed lower bulk density (1.35 Mg m−3) than the heavy grazed treatment (1.43 Mg m−3) in the loamy sand soil. No differences between moderate and heavy treatments were found in other soil indicators. Layers of 0–5 and 5–10 cm proved to offer a higher mechanical resistance that the control (39% and 30%, respectively). Hydraulic conductivity and macroporosity (>100 μm) showed a reduction close to 20% in both indicators due to cattle trampling. Sorghum crop showed no differences in plant rate emergence, biomass and grain yield. Results of this investigation indicate that grazing and animal trampling produced no significant effect on the variation of physical properties over the different soil texture, neither any impact on the emergence and development of sorghum. EEA Bordenave Fil: Frolla, Franco Daniel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bordenave; Argentina Fil: Aparicio, Virginia Carolina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Costa, Jose Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Kruger, Hugo Ricardo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bordenave; Argentina 2018-07-03T13:54:16Z 2018-07-03T13:54:16Z 2018-09 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352009417302663 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2713 2352-0094 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2018.e00177 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Buenos Aires (province) Geoderma Regional 14 : e00177 (September 2018)
spellingShingle Propiedades Físico - Químicas Suelo
Ganado Bovino
Carga Ganadera
Tipos de Suelos
Soil Chemicophysical Properties
Cattle
Stocking Density
Soil Types
Buenos Aires
Molisoles
Frolla, Franco Daniel
Aparicio, Virginia Carolina
Costa, Jose Luis
Kruger, Hugo Ricardo
Soil physical properties under different cattle stocking rates on Mollisols in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
title Soil physical properties under different cattle stocking rates on Mollisols in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
title_full Soil physical properties under different cattle stocking rates on Mollisols in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
title_fullStr Soil physical properties under different cattle stocking rates on Mollisols in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Soil physical properties under different cattle stocking rates on Mollisols in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
title_short Soil physical properties under different cattle stocking rates on Mollisols in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
title_sort soil physical properties under different cattle stocking rates on mollisols in the buenos aires province argentina
topic Propiedades Físico - Químicas Suelo
Ganado Bovino
Carga Ganadera
Tipos de Suelos
Soil Chemicophysical Properties
Cattle
Stocking Density
Soil Types
Buenos Aires
Molisoles
url https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352009417302663
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2713
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2018.e00177
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