Monitoring of soil hydrophysical characteristics before and after application of compost and crop residues.

Year, pages: 2011, 209 - 219

MONITORING OF SOIL HYDROPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS BEFORE AND AFTER APPLICATION OF COMPOST AND CROP RESIDUES. Water retention capacity and infiltration of the soil are important characteristics to maintain the sustainable development of the country. Plenty of water in the soil provides good conditions for growing plants, infiltration ability is important for the reduction of surface runoff, including its negative impacts such as soil erosion and flooding in the floodplains of rivers. Above-mentioned hydrophysical soil properties are affected by, inter alia, the content of organic matter. There was observed saturated hydraulic conductivity (hereinafter referred to as Ksat) at four locations in CR (Červený Újezd, Libichov, Náměšť nad Oslavou and Ruzyně). At Červený Újezd and Libichov there was also observed retention capacity of soil before and after different doses of compost or organic matter from harvest residues. To determine the effect of compost on soil properties, the data before and after application of compost were compared, particularly with regard to the different doses of compost. Assessed data from the soil horizon from 0.05 to 0.15 m show increases Ksat after incorporation of organic matter. Trends in retention curves are no longer so clear.

Vlčková, M., Kovaříček, P., Matoušková, V., Vlášková, M., Kulhavý, Z., Pražák, P., Kadlec, V. 2011. Monitoring of soil hydrophysical characteristics before and after application of compost and crop residues.. In Acta Hydrologica Slovaca, vol. 12, no.2, pp. 209-219. 2644-4690.

Vlčková, M., Kovaříček, P., Matoušková, V., Vlášková, M., Kulhavý, Z., Pražák, P., Kadlec, V. (2011). Monitoring of soil hydrophysical characteristics before and after application of compost and crop residues.. Acta Hydrologica Slovaca, 12(2), 209-219. 2644-4690.