Soil and Water Research - Online first
Possibilities of agricultural soils evaluation in the Czech RepublicOriginal Paper
Věra Ürge, Pavel Formánek, Jan Vopravil
Soil & Water Res., X:X | DOI: 10.17221/66/2025-SWR 
In this study, the evaluation of soil quality was realised using the Analytic Hierarchy Process, and the obtained values were integrated with Evaluated Soil Ecological Units (BPEJs). Different maps of the Czech Republic were elaborated with BPEJs classified into five soil protection classes based on the obtained model values (with or without the values for production potential), the ratio of 80% (production potential values) to 20% (model values) or 60% (production potential values) to 40% (model values) and 40% (production potential values) to 60% (model values). The evaluation of BPEJs based on the mentioned criteria showed differences in their classification...
Alternative solution for determining the irrigation water quantity: ETGaugeOriginal Paper
Ismail Tas, Fatih Cem Kuzucu
Soil & Water Res., X:X | DOI: 10.17221/25/2025-SWR
Measuring the reference evapotranspiration (ET0) is difficult and costly. Some regions can have variable microclimates and these can often be quite far from climate stations. Therefore, it is optimal to use local measurements rather than a regionally calculated ET0. In this respect, one piece of equipment that provides cheap and reliable measurement results is ETGauge equipment. In this study, ET0 values measured with ETGauge equipment were compared with daily and monthly ET0 values calculated by five different commonly used empirical methods (ThornthwaiteAdj, Blaney-Criddle,...
Rainfall induced changes in soil moisture: A comparative study of conventional and strip tillageOriginal Paper
Vojtěch Štros, David Kincl, David Kabelka, Jan Vopravil
Soil & Water Res., X:X | DOI: 10.17221/56/2025-SWR
Strip tillage is a very popular form of conservation tillage that is used in places with a higher risk of soil erosion. It is commonly accepted that strip tillage reduces the effects of water erosion; however, the exact way this effect is produced is very hard to quantify. This study focuses on the way strip tillage influences soil moisture and the way it changes with different intensities of rainfall, in comparison with conventional tillage. This study was conducted near Petrovice, Středočeský kraj, Czechia, over the course of four years (2021–2024). The conditions of all four test sites were comparable, both in terms of slope and soil type...