Modelling water productivity for ecological intensification of crop sequences in the Inner Argentinean Pampas

The design of crop sequences based on ecological intensification (EI) may help to restore lost agroecosystem services and to increase resource use efficiency. Our aim was to evaluate, using a modelling approach, the impact of EI-based strategies, such as changing crop sequence configuration and incr...

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Autores principales: Videla Mensegue, Horacio Rogelio, Caviglia, Octavio, Degioanni, Américo José, Marcos, J., Bonadeo, E.
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Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9904
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378429021001921
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2021.108246
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author Videla Mensegue, Horacio Rogelio
Caviglia, Octavio
Degioanni, Américo José
Marcos, J.
Bonadeo, E.
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Degioanni, Américo José
Marcos, J.
Videla Mensegue, Horacio Rogelio
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Degioanni, Américo José
Marcos, J.
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description The design of crop sequences based on ecological intensification (EI) may help to restore lost agroecosystem services and to increase resource use efficiency. Our aim was to evaluate, using a modelling approach, the impact of EI-based strategies, such as changing crop sequence configuration and increasing cropping intensity and agrobiodiversity, in the Inner Argentinean Pampas (IAP) region on water productivity (WP) of crop sequences and its components, i.e. water capture (Cw) and water use efficiency (WUE). We simulated crop sequences using SWB crop model for a 50-year period in two locations of IAP region. Crop sequences, of two-year duration each, had different configurations and included sole and/or double-crops in the growing season. These crop sequences were characterized using the following indexes of EI: cropping intensity index (CII), agrobiodiversity index (ABDI), cereal proportion (CP), maize (Zea mays L.) proportion (MP) and soybean (Glycine max [L] Merrill) proportion (SP). Our main findings reveal that: i) Regardless of location, all crop sequences alternatives to those based on a high SP had a higher estimated glucose yield, ii) Estimated glucose yield, WP, Cw, and WUE were significantly related to one or more indexes of EI included in multiple lineal models, iii) The role of Cw was more important than that of WUE to increase WP, iv) The choice of crop sequence was more critical to increase Cw when decreasing rainfall, v) vapour pressure deficit appears as a meteorological variable at least as important as the total amount of rainfall and its distribution pattern to design crop sequences in the IAP. Thus, the used modelling approach allowed us to evaluate crop sequences spanning a wide range of ecological intensification indexes, which take into account the level of agrobiodiversity, cropping intensity, and the proportion of key crops in their composition, gaining useful insights to design sustainable cropping systems.
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spelling INTA99042021-07-28T12:31:49Z Modelling water productivity for ecological intensification of crop sequences in the Inner Argentinean Pampas Videla Mensegue, Horacio Rogelio Caviglia, Octavio Degioanni, Américo José Marcos, J. Bonadeo, E. Cultivos Rotación de Cultivos Intensificación Eficacia en el Uso del Agua Sostenibilidad Crops Crop Rotation Intensification Water Use Efficiency Sustainability Región Pampeana The design of crop sequences based on ecological intensification (EI) may help to restore lost agroecosystem services and to increase resource use efficiency. Our aim was to evaluate, using a modelling approach, the impact of EI-based strategies, such as changing crop sequence configuration and increasing cropping intensity and agrobiodiversity, in the Inner Argentinean Pampas (IAP) region on water productivity (WP) of crop sequences and its components, i.e. water capture (Cw) and water use efficiency (WUE). We simulated crop sequences using SWB crop model for a 50-year period in two locations of IAP region. Crop sequences, of two-year duration each, had different configurations and included sole and/or double-crops in the growing season. These crop sequences were characterized using the following indexes of EI: cropping intensity index (CII), agrobiodiversity index (ABDI), cereal proportion (CP), maize (Zea mays L.) proportion (MP) and soybean (Glycine max [L] Merrill) proportion (SP). Our main findings reveal that: i) Regardless of location, all crop sequences alternatives to those based on a high SP had a higher estimated glucose yield, ii) Estimated glucose yield, WP, Cw, and WUE were significantly related to one or more indexes of EI included in multiple lineal models, iii) The role of Cw was more important than that of WUE to increase WP, iv) The choice of crop sequence was more critical to increase Cw when decreasing rainfall, v) vapour pressure deficit appears as a meteorological variable at least as important as the total amount of rainfall and its distribution pattern to design crop sequences in the IAP. Thus, the used modelling approach allowed us to evaluate crop sequences spanning a wide range of ecological intensification indexes, which take into account the level of agrobiodiversity, cropping intensity, and the proportion of key crops in their composition, gaining useful insights to design sustainable cropping systems. EEA Marcos Juárez Fil: Videla Mensegue, Horacio Rogelio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Marcos Juárez. Agencia de Extensión Rural Laboulaye; Argentina Fil: Caviglia, Octavio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Caviglia, Octavio. Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias; Argentina Fil: Degioanni, Américo José. Universidad Nacional Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria. Departamento de Ecología Agraria; Argentina Fil: Marcos, J. Agro-Data; Argentina Fil: Bonadeo, E. Universidad Nacional Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria. Departamento de Ecología Agraria; Argentina 2021-07-28T12:10:24Z 2021-07-28T12:10:24Z 2021-09 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9904 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378429021001921 0378-4290 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2021.108246 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PE-E1-I011-001/2019-PE-E1-I011-001/AR./Intensificacion Sustentable de la Agricultura en la Region Pampeana info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PE-E2-I041-001/2019-PE-E2-I041-001/AR./Aportes para la gestión integrada de los recursos hídricos (GIRH) en cuencas del Sistema Agroalimentario Argentino info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PE-E2-I042-001/2019-PE-E2-I042-001/AR./Uso y gestión eficiente del Agua en Sistemas de Secano info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PD-E2-I044-001/2019-PD-E2-I044-001/AR./Interacción de agroecosistemas y napas freáticas: innovaciones tecnológicas y organizacionales para su manejo a diferentes escalas. info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Field Crops Research 271 : 108246 (September 2021)
spellingShingle Cultivos
Rotación de Cultivos
Intensificación
Eficacia en el Uso del Agua
Sostenibilidad
Crops
Crop Rotation
Intensification
Water Use Efficiency
Sustainability
Región Pampeana
Videla Mensegue, Horacio Rogelio
Caviglia, Octavio
Degioanni, Américo José
Marcos, J.
Bonadeo, E.
Modelling water productivity for ecological intensification of crop sequences in the Inner Argentinean Pampas
title Modelling water productivity for ecological intensification of crop sequences in the Inner Argentinean Pampas
title_full Modelling water productivity for ecological intensification of crop sequences in the Inner Argentinean Pampas
title_fullStr Modelling water productivity for ecological intensification of crop sequences in the Inner Argentinean Pampas
title_full_unstemmed Modelling water productivity for ecological intensification of crop sequences in the Inner Argentinean Pampas
title_short Modelling water productivity for ecological intensification of crop sequences in the Inner Argentinean Pampas
title_sort modelling water productivity for ecological intensification of crop sequences in the inner argentinean pampas
topic Cultivos
Rotación de Cultivos
Intensificación
Eficacia en el Uso del Agua
Sostenibilidad
Crops
Crop Rotation
Intensification
Water Use Efficiency
Sustainability
Región Pampeana
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9904
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378429021001921
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2021.108246
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