Conservation of ecosystem services in Argiudolls of Argentina

Mollisols are a fundamental component of global agricultural production. In the Argentine Pampas region, 65% of the Mollisols belong to Argiudoll great group. These soils have an agricultural aptitude, with limitations given mainly by varying thickness of the top horizon A as a result of the severit...

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Autores principales: Wilson, Marcelo German, Maggi, Alejandro Esteban, Castiglioni, Mario Guillermo, Gabioud, Emmanuel Adrian, Sasal, Maria Carolina
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8477
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/10/12/649
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10120649
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author Wilson, Marcelo German
Maggi, Alejandro Esteban
Castiglioni, Mario Guillermo
Gabioud, Emmanuel Adrian
Sasal, Maria Carolina
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Gabioud, Emmanuel Adrian
Maggi, Alejandro Esteban
Sasal, Maria Carolina
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Castiglioni, Mario Guillermo
Gabioud, Emmanuel Adrian
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description Mollisols are a fundamental component of global agricultural production. In the Argentine Pampas region, 65% of the Mollisols belong to Argiudoll great group. These soils have an agricultural aptitude, with limitations given mainly by varying thickness of the top horizon A as a result of the severity of water erosion depending on its site in the landscape layered on an argillic B horizon. Over the last three decades, Pampean agriculture has been widespread because of a modern technological matrix characterized by transgenic crops, and increasing use of fertilizers and pesticides. Large changes have taken place in crop sequence composition, toward the disappearance of pastures and the rapid expansion of soybean monoculture due to the upward trend of the international price of this commodity. This review contributes to an alertness regarding the significance of the soil degradation problem, in terms of decline in soil fertility and structural condition, decrease in size of soil aggregates, surface and subsurface compaction, decrease in organic carbon content, soil and water contamination, reduction of infiltration rate and structure stability, causing an increase in water losses through surface runoff and water erosion and lost ecosystem services. Additionally, a set of sustainable land management practices and legal aspects is shown.
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spelling INTA84772020-12-22T16:59:47Z Conservation of ecosystem services in Argiudolls of Argentina Wilson, Marcelo German Maggi, Alejandro Esteban Castiglioni, Mario Guillermo Gabioud, Emmanuel Adrian Sasal, Maria Carolina Land Degradation Soil Conservation Mollisols Soil Conservation Legislation Soil Management Ecosystem Services Degradación de Tierras Conservación de Suelos Molisoles Legislación de Protección de Suelo Manejo del Suelo Servicios de los Ecosistemas Argentina Argiudolls Legal Aspects Argiudoles Mollisols are a fundamental component of global agricultural production. In the Argentine Pampas region, 65% of the Mollisols belong to Argiudoll great group. These soils have an agricultural aptitude, with limitations given mainly by varying thickness of the top horizon A as a result of the severity of water erosion depending on its site in the landscape layered on an argillic B horizon. Over the last three decades, Pampean agriculture has been widespread because of a modern technological matrix characterized by transgenic crops, and increasing use of fertilizers and pesticides. Large changes have taken place in crop sequence composition, toward the disappearance of pastures and the rapid expansion of soybean monoculture due to the upward trend of the international price of this commodity. This review contributes to an alertness regarding the significance of the soil degradation problem, in terms of decline in soil fertility and structural condition, decrease in size of soil aggregates, surface and subsurface compaction, decrease in organic carbon content, soil and water contamination, reduction of infiltration rate and structure stability, causing an increase in water losses through surface runoff and water erosion and lost ecosystem services. Additionally, a set of sustainable land management practices and legal aspects is shown. EEA Paraná Fil: Wilson, Marcelo G. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Paraná. Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Gestión Ambiental; Argentina Fil: Maggi, Alejandro Esteban. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina Fil: Castiglioni, Mario Guillermo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina Fil: Gabioud, Emmanuel Adrián. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Paraná. Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Gestión Ambiental; Argentina Fil: Sasal, Maria Carolina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Paraná. Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Gestión Ambiental; Argentina 2020-12-22T16:27:55Z 2020-12-22T16:27:55Z 2020-12-19 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8477 https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/10/12/649 Wilson, M.G.; Maggi, A.E.; Castiglioni, M.G.; Gabioud, E.A.; Sasal, M.C. Conservation of Ecosystem Services in Argiudolls of Argentina. Agriculture 2020, 10, 649. 2077-0472 https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10120649 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Argentina .......... (nation) (World, South America) 7006477 MDPI Agriculture 10 (12) : 649. (2020)
spellingShingle Land Degradation
Soil Conservation
Mollisols
Soil Conservation Legislation
Soil Management
Ecosystem Services
Degradación de Tierras
Conservación de Suelos
Molisoles
Legislación de Protección de Suelo
Manejo del Suelo
Servicios de los Ecosistemas
Argentina
Argiudolls
Legal Aspects
Argiudoles
Wilson, Marcelo German
Maggi, Alejandro Esteban
Castiglioni, Mario Guillermo
Gabioud, Emmanuel Adrian
Sasal, Maria Carolina
Conservation of ecosystem services in Argiudolls of Argentina
title Conservation of ecosystem services in Argiudolls of Argentina
title_full Conservation of ecosystem services in Argiudolls of Argentina
title_fullStr Conservation of ecosystem services in Argiudolls of Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Conservation of ecosystem services in Argiudolls of Argentina
title_short Conservation of ecosystem services in Argiudolls of Argentina
title_sort conservation of ecosystem services in argiudolls of argentina
topic Land Degradation
Soil Conservation
Mollisols
Soil Conservation Legislation
Soil Management
Ecosystem Services
Degradación de Tierras
Conservación de Suelos
Molisoles
Legislación de Protección de Suelo
Manejo del Suelo
Servicios de los Ecosistemas
Argentina
Argiudolls
Legal Aspects
Argiudoles
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8477
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/10/12/649
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10120649
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