Effect of inter-row cultivation on soil carbon dioxide emission in a peach plantation
2010
Tóth, E. | Farkas, Cs
Soil biological properties and CO <sub>2</sub> emission were compared in undisturbed grass and regularly disked rows of a peach plantation. Higher nutrient content and biological activity were found in the undisturbed, grass-covered rows. Significantly higher CO <sub>2</sub> fluxes were measured in this treatment at almost all the measurement times, in all the soil water content ranges, except the one in which the volumetric soil water content was higher than 45%. The obtained results indicated that in addition to the favourable effect of soil tillage on soil aeration, regular soil disturbance reduces soil microbial activity and soil CO <sub>2</sub> emission.
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