Crop rotational diversity impacts soil physical and hydrological properties under long-term no- and conventional-till soils
Abdullah Alhameid A , Jasdeep Singh A , Udayakumar Sekaran A , Ekrem Ozlu B , Sandeep Kumar
A D and Shardendu Singh C
+ Author Affiliations
- Author Affiliations
A South Dakota State University, Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, Brookings, SD 57007, USA.
B University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Soil Science, Madison, WI 53006, USA.
C USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA.
D Corresponding author. Email: Sandeep.Kumar@sdstate.edu
Soil Research 58(1) 84-94 https://doi.org/10.1071/SR18192
Submitted: 29 August 2018 Accepted: 11 September 2019 Published: 2 October 2019
Abstract
Diversification of crop species and minimum mechanical soil disturbance are the interlinked principles of conservation agriculture that are beneficial in improving soil physical and hydrological properties, and hence crop productivity. The present study was conducted to assess the long-term impacts of crop rotational diversity and tillage on soil water infiltration (qs), soil water retention (SWR), pore size distribution (PSD), bulk density (ρb) and soil penetration resistance (SPR). The study was established in 1991 at Beresford, South Dakota, and included three crop rotation systems (2-year, maize (Zea mays L.)–soybean (Glycine max L.); 3-year, maize–soybean–wheat (Triticum aestivum L.); and 4-year, maize–soybean–wheat–oat (Avena sativa L.)) and two tillage systems (NT, no-tillage; and CT, conventional tillage). Soil samples were collected only under maize and soybean phases of the crop rotations. Our results showed that NT with 4-year rotation had the lowest ρb under maize and soybean phases (1.21 and 1.19 g cm–3 respectively) compared with the CT system. Similarly, NT with 4-year rotation decreased SPR by 20% compared to CT with 4-year rotation in the soybean phase. Soils managed under NT with 4-year rotation in the soybean phase retained 27, 28, 28, 32, 33, 31 and 26% more water compared with CT and 4-year system at 0–7.5 cm depth at 0, –0.4, –1.0, –2.5, –5.0, –10 and –30 kPa matric potentials respectively. A similar trend was observed for qs under the same treatments, in which it was 31% higher under NT than under CT, both with 4-year rotation. Data from this study showed that diversified crop rotation under NT enhanced soil physical and hydrological properties compared with CT with less diverse systems (e.g. maize–soybean).
Additional keywords: chisel plow, diverse crop rotations, maize–soybean rotation, soil bulk density, soil penetration resistance, soil water retention, water infiltration rate.
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