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Article

Soil Tillage and Cropping System Effects on the Physical-Hydric Properties of a Soil under No-Tillage

by
Tiago Stumpf da Silva
1,
Luis Eduardo Akiyoshi Sanches Suzuki
2,*,
Cássio Antonio Tormena
3,
Marcelo Raul Schmidt
1,
Michael Mazurana
1 and
Renato Levien
1
1
Department of Soils, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 91540-000, RS, Brazil
2
Center of Technological Development, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas 96010-610, RS, Brazil
3
Department of Agronomy, State University of Maringá, Maringá 87020-900, PR, Brazil
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2023, 15(22), 15936; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152215936
Submission received: 7 September 2023 / Revised: 18 October 2023 / Accepted: 13 November 2023 / Published: 14 November 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Agriculture for Crop Cultivation)
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Abstract

A no-tillage system (NT) is an alternative to replace soil management with intense soil tillage and degradation. Our objective was to evaluate the physical–hydric properties of soil under NT for four years after undergoing 13 years of minimum (4NTM) and conventional tillage (4NTC) with reference to continuous NT for 17 years (17NT). The soil bulk density, porosity, storage capacities of water and air, visual evaluation of soil structure (VESS), and saturated hydraulic conductivity were determined. The root dry biomass of soybean, maize, and palisade grass was also measured. NT during four years established after receiving 13 years of tillage did not significantly affect soil properties compared to 17NT, which means that four years of NT reached structural stability similar to continuous 17NT. The VESS scores were less sensitive to identifying soil compaction. Crops have no significative influence on soil properties, but the roots of maize seem to be less sensitive to soil compaction, which is important considering it is in a crop rotation system. The treatments (soil tillage and crop rotation) presented soil compaction below a 10 cm depth, and to our loamy textural class soil, a Bd > 1.60 Mg m−3 restricted soil aeration due to macroporosity < 0.10 m3 m−3.
Keywords: no-tillage; crop rotation; soil management practices; soil structure; saturated hydraulic conductivity; visual evaluation of soil structure; soil compaction no-tillage; crop rotation; soil management practices; soil structure; saturated hydraulic conductivity; visual evaluation of soil structure; soil compaction

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da Silva, T.S.; Suzuki, L.E.A.S.; Tormena, C.A.; Schmidt, M.R.; Mazurana, M.; Levien, R. Soil Tillage and Cropping System Effects on the Physical-Hydric Properties of a Soil under No-Tillage. Sustainability 2023, 15, 15936. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152215936

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da Silva TS, Suzuki LEAS, Tormena CA, Schmidt MR, Mazurana M, Levien R. Soil Tillage and Cropping System Effects on the Physical-Hydric Properties of a Soil under No-Tillage. Sustainability. 2023; 15(22):15936. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152215936

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da Silva, Tiago Stumpf, Luis Eduardo Akiyoshi Sanches Suzuki, Cássio Antonio Tormena, Marcelo Raul Schmidt, Michael Mazurana, and Renato Levien. 2023. "Soil Tillage and Cropping System Effects on the Physical-Hydric Properties of a Soil under No-Tillage" Sustainability 15, no. 22: 15936. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152215936

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da Silva, T. S., Suzuki, L. E. A. S., Tormena, C. A., Schmidt, M. R., Mazurana, M., & Levien, R. (2023). Soil Tillage and Cropping System Effects on the Physical-Hydric Properties of a Soil under No-Tillage. Sustainability, 15(22), 15936. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152215936

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