Water retention and infiltration affected by conventional and conservational tillage on a maize plot, rainfall simulator and infiltrometer comparison study

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00027049:_____/22:N0000049 RIV/00216208:11310/22:10445178 RIV/60460709:41330/22:91443

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037837742200347X?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037837742200347X?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107800" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107800</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Water retention and infiltration affected by conventional and conservational tillage on a maize plot, rainfall simulator and infiltrometer comparison study

Original language description

Tillage practices have a profound influence on the propensity for overland flow formation. The hydrological behavior of nine experimental plots was investigated by means of saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) and water retention analysis provided by single-ring infiltrometer (INF) and rainfall simulator (RS) infiltration measurements. The applied management practices encompassed no-tillage, reduced tillage and several forms of conventional tillage methods. Specifically, the influence of wide and narrow sowing rows and the use of cover crops were examined. Finally, the applicability of INF and RS for overland flow formation evaluation on cropped plots was compared. The reduced tillage practices resulted in the Ks and water retention increase, implying a lower propensity for overland flow formation. The Ks in the reduced tillage plots were higher by 30–50% compared to conventionally tilled and by 20% compared to no-tilled plots, respectively. The differences in water retention were less straightforward as the reduced tilled plots exhibited higher retention than conventionally tilled plots (by >20%) but lower values compared to no-tilled plots in June (by 15%). The utilization of narrow sowing rows generally resulted in higher Ks and enhanced water retention compared to wide rows. The use of cover crops in the conventionally tilled plots led to a 40% increase in Ks and a 90% increase in water retention. Hence, the use of reduced tillage, narrow sowing rows or cover crops in the conventionally tilled plots were found desirable for the mitigation of soil erosion, flash flood occurrence and sufficient groundwater recharge. Eight times higher variance of Ks using a single-ring infiltrometer compared to RS indicated the incomparability of these two methods. Therefore, the RS should be considered as a benchmark for evaluating the propensity to overland flow formation on cropped plots.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10501 - Hydrology

Project

<a href="/en/project/QK1910334" target="_blank" >QK1910334: Innovation of maize cropping systems using intercrops to reduce soil degradation and improve water management in changing climate</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Agricultural Water Management

ISSN

0378-3774

e-ISSN

1873-2283

Volume of the periodical

271

Issue of the periodical within the volume

September 1

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

107800

UT code for WoS article

000831063900004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85133909550