Вісник Уманського національного університету садівництва (Dec 2016)
ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF SOIL IN MODERN AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS AND WAYS OF THEIR SOLUTIONS
Abstract
he article highlights the ecological problems of structural state of soil in Ukraine in connection with the business activities and influence of natural factors, taking into account the achievements of domestic and foreign science as well as author’s multi-year research. The author emphasizes on the strengths and weaknesses of the agrotechnical factor in formation and maintenance of agronomically valuable soil structure. The attention is focused on the expediency of model experiments setting in the study of natural factors’ influence on the destruction of structural units. Author’s classification of the main factors by their affects on the destruction of structural aggregates and their qualitative composition are presented. The preservation of soil structure and fertility in general is outlined.