Land
(Feb 2022)
Opportunities for Mitigating Soil Compaction in Europe—Case Studies from the SoilCare Project Using Soil-Improving Cropping Systems
Ilaria Piccoli,
Till Seehusen,
Jenny Bussell,
Olga Vizitu,
Irina Calciu,
Antonio Berti,
Gunnar Börjesson,
Holger Kirchmann,
Thomas Kätterer,
Felice Sartori,
Chris Stoate,
Felicity Crotty,
Ioanna S. Panagea,
Abdallah Alaoui,
Martin A. Bolinder
Affiliations
Ilaria Piccoli
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
Till Seehusen
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, P.O. Box 115, 1431 Ås, Norway
Jenny Bussell
The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Allerton Project, Loddington, Leicestershire LE7 9XE, UK
Olga Vizitu
National Research and Development Institute for Soil Science, Agrochemistry and Environmental Protection, 011464 Bucharest, Romania
Irina Calciu
National Research and Development Institute for Soil Science, Agrochemistry and Environmental Protection, 011464 Bucharest, Romania
Antonio Berti
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
Gunnar Börjesson
Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7014, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
Holger Kirchmann
Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7014, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
Thomas Kätterer
Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7044, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
Felice Sartori
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
Chris Stoate
The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Allerton Project, Loddington, Leicestershire LE7 9XE, UK
Felicity Crotty
Centre for Agriculture, Royal Agricultural University, Stroud Rd., Cirencester GL7 6JS, UK
Ioanna S. Panagea
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Abdallah Alaoui
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 12, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Martin A. Bolinder
Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7044, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020223
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11,
no. 2
Abstract
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Soil compaction (SC) is a major threat for agriculture in Europe that affects many ecosystem functions, such as water and air circulation in soils, root growth, and crop production. Our objective was to present the results from five short-term (−1) and subsoiling at the Swedish SS improved root penetration into the subsoil by about 10 cm—but the effects of SICSs on yields were generally small. These case studies also reflected difficulties in implementing SICSs, some of which are under development, and we discuss methodological issues for measuring their effectiveness. There is a need for refining these SICSs and for evaluating their longer-term effect under a wider range of pedoclimatic conditions.
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