Soil and Water Research, 2020 (vol. 15), issue 4
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Influences of a vermicompost application on the phosphorus transformation and microbial activity in a paddy soilOriginal Paper
Feng Zhang, Rongping Wang, Weimin Yu, Jiawei Liang, Xinrong Liao
Soil & Water Res., 2020, 15(4):199-210 | DOI: 10.17221/91/2019-SWR
A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of a vermicompost (VC) application on the phosphorus (P) transformation and microbial activity in a paddy soil. Changes in the following P forms were investigated: resin-P, concentrated HCl extracted inorganic (C.HCl-Pi) and organic P (C.HCl-Po), diluted HCl extracted inorganic P (D.HCl-Pi), NaHCO3 extracted inorganic (NaHCO3-Pi) and organic P (NaHCO3-Po), NaOH extracted inorganic (NaOH-Pi) and organic P (NaOH-Po), and residual P. The results showed that the vermicompost application...
Potassium fractions in soil and simple K balance in long-term fertilising experimentsOriginal Paper
Jiří Balík, Martin Kulhánek, Jindřich Černý, Ondřej Sedlář, Pavel Suran
Soil & Water Res., 2020, 15(4):211-219 | DOI: 10.17221/151/2019-SWR
Experiments were used to determine the potassium release from the non-exchangeable K (Kne) forms that are involved in plant nutrition and which replenish the pool of available K. Long-term stationary field experiments with different fertilisation systems (organic: farmyard manure, sewage sludge, straw; mineral: NPK, N) were carried out to study the potassium balance and the K content changes in the topsoil (0-30 cm) and subsoil (30-60 cm). The trials were located at three sites with different soil-climatic conditions. The following crops were rotated within the trial: potatoes (maize) - winter wheat - spring barley. All three crops were grown each...
Sponge effect of aerated concrete on phosphorus adsorption-desorption from agricultural drainage water in rainfallOriginal Paper
Jinquan Zhang, Weiguo Fu
Soil & Water Res., 2020, 15(4):220-227 | DOI: 10.17221/118/2019-SWR
In the initial stage of the rainfall, the nutrient element phosphorus (P) in the farmland, one of the most important factors causing agricultural non-point source pollution, flows into agriculture drainage ditches rapidly, and an instantaneous phosphorus peak value in the ditch water often occurs. Aerated concrete with high P adsorption properties was chosen as the experiment material in the laboratory to reduce the instantaneous P peak value in the drainage water in the initial stage of the rainfall. The three total P (TP) concentrations of the simulated drainage water (1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 mg/L) stood for three treatments were designed in the adsorption...
Changes in the soil's biological and chemical properties due to the land useOriginal Paper
Eva Horáková, Lubica Pospíšilová, Vítězslav Vlček, Ladislav Menšík
Soil & Water Res., 2020, 15(4):228-236 | DOI: 10.17221/44/2019-SWR
Increasing the soil productivity is challenged by the increasing biotic threat to plants and microorganisms, by the resistance to agrochemicals, and by the declining soil health. Soil management strategy is, therefore, aimed at erosion prevention and the minimisation of soil organic matter losses. A key factor in an agroecosystem is the appropriate biological stability. It is essential not only at present, but also for further sustainable agriculture. This study was based on the hypothesis that afforestation and conversion from arable land to permanent grassland improves the organic matter status and biological stability in the agroecosystem. The experiment...
Potentially toxic metals and metalloids in surface water intended for human consumption and other uses in the Mantaro River watershed, PeruOriginal Paper
María Custodio, Daniel Álvarez, Walter Cuadrado, Raúl Montalvo, Salomé Ochoa
Soil & Water Res., 2020, 15(4):237-245 | DOI: 10.17221/152/2019-SWR
The concentration of Cu, Fe, Pb, Zn and As in the surface water intended for human consumption and other uses in the Mantaro River basin were analysed using multivariate methods. The water samples were collected from seven water bodies in the Junín region in June 2019, in the low discharge period. In each body of water, a sector with six sampling sites was established. The Cu, Fe, Pb, Zn and As contents were determined by the flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry method. The correlation analysis revealed positive and significant correlations (P < 0.05) for the Zn/Pb, Pb/Fe and Zn/Fe pairs with a good association, higher than 0.80 and...
Possibilities of including surface runoff barriers in the slope-length factor calculation in the GIS environment and its integration in the user-friendly LS-RUSLE toolOriginal Paper
Jiří Brychta, Martina Brychtová
Soil & Water Res., 2020, 15(4):246-257 | DOI: 10.17221/128/2019-SWR
The effect of the morphology is key aspect of erosion modelling. In Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) type methods, this effect is expressed by the topographic factor (LS). The LS calculation in GIS is performed by a unit contributing area (UCA) method and can mainly be influenced by the pixel resolution, by the flow direction algorithm and by the inclusion of a hydrologically closed unit (HCU) principle, the cutoff slope angle (CSA) principle and the ephemeral gullies extraction (EG) principle. This research presents a new LS-RUSLE tool created with the inclusion of these principles in the automatic user-friendly GIS tool. The HCU principle using...
Industrial zones and their benefits for societyOriginal Paper
Jaroslava Janků, Kristina Heřmanová, Josef Kozák, Jan Jehlička, Mansoor Maitah, Karel Němeček, Jan Vopravil, Daniel Toth, Karel Jacko, Tomáš Herza
Soil & Water Res., 2020, 15(4):258-272 | DOI: 10.17221/59/2020-SWR
Currently, we can see a rapid decline of agricultural land with new uses, especially for construction purposes. This negative trend is evident across Europe, the Czech Republic has the fastest loss of land in the EU. One reason for the significant loss of agricultural land is building industrial zones, which utilises of greenfield areas, and their occupying new areas of agricultural land, often the most the most fertile. The analysis deals with the occupied area (the area of a particular industrial zone), the percentage utilisation of that industrial zone, the number of employees in the industrial zone, and the land quality expressed by means of the...