Steady state of the soil organic matter in the long-term field experiments
2006
Kubat, J.,Vyzkumny Ustav Rostlinne Vyroby, Prague (Czech Republic) | Lipavsky, J.,Vyzkumny Ustav Rostlinne Vyroby, Prague (Czech Republic)
Long-term field experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of different fertilizers (mineral, farmyard manure, combined organic and mineral fertilizers) on the organic C content (OCC) in the top soil of some selected plots in the Czech Republic. Steady state of the soil organic matter was well documented in the bare fallow mini-plot field experiment founded in 1958. The OCC slightly decreased and remained constant in mineral fertilized and non-fertilized plots. The manured plots showed three phases: accumulation, equilibrium and decline of OCC, after the manuring was stopped in 1989. The cropped long-term field experiments lasting for 20 to 50 years showed that both organic and mineral fertilization increased the OCC in the top soil. The effect of mineral fertilization on the OCC was positive in most experiments; however, the increment was smaller than that in the variants manured with farmyard manure. Combined organic and mineral fertilization had the most favourable effect on the OCC in the top soil.
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