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WATER-STABLE AGGREGATES AS A KEY ELEMENT IN THE STABILIZATION OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER IN THE CHERNOZEMS



Vladimír ŠIMANSKÝ1 & Jerzy JONCZAK2
1Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia. E-mail: vladimir.simansky@uniag.sk
2Department of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Institute of Geography and Regional Studies, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Partyzantów 27, 76-200 Słupsk, Poland.

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Abstract

The content of soil organic matter (SOM) with regards to soil structure was evaluated in Chernozems of the Danube Lowland (Slovakia). The content of water-stable macro-aggregates (WSAma) in the studied soils was on average 74.6%. Important from the agronomical viewpoint aggregates fraction 0.5–3.0 mm amounted on average 29.9%. The average content of soil organic carbon (SOC) was 13.5 ± 3.78 g kg-1 and it was significantly higher as compared to the content of this element in water-stable micro-aggregates (WSAmi) (10.5 ± 4.22 g kg-1). The highest content of SOC was in the WSAma (13.8 ± 4.36 g kg-1). The content of labile carbon (CL) was on average of 2.03 g kg-1. On average, the contents of CL in water-stable aggregates (WSA) were lower as compared to CL in soil. SOC decreased with rising sand content. In contrast, SOC increased with increasing clay and silt contents in the soil. The content of SOC in WSA was conditioned by SOC concentration, the content of silt and clay fractions as well as by the content of WSA. The same trend was observed for CL in WSA; however, CL in WSAmi was not affected by CL in soil, rather by SOC with combination of other parameters such as: silt and clay contents and content of WSAmi.
Keywords:
  • Chernozems
  • labile
  • carbon
  • soil
  • organic
  • carbon
  • water-stable
  • macro-aggregates
  • Danube
  • Lowland.

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Vladimír ŠIMANSKÝ & Jerzy JONCZAK (2016). WATER-STABLE AGGREGATES AS A KEY ELEMENT IN THE STABILIZATION OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER IN THE CHERNOZEMS

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