Compaction of a silt loam soil by wheeled agricultural vehicles. I. Effects upon soil conditions
Compaction of a silt loam soil by wheeled agricultural vehicles. I. Effects upon soil conditions
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用轮式农用车压实淤泥壤土。
DOI:
10.1016/0167-1987(86)90011-5
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发表时间:
1986
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
A. Butler
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作者:
P. Blackwell;J. P. Graham;J. Armstrong;M. A. Ward;K. Howse;C. J. Dawson;A. Butler
In the autumn of 1983, five wheel-compaction treatments, including zero traffic, low-ground-pressure traffic, medium and heavy combine harvester traffic (maximum axle loads up to 13.2 t, maximum tyre inflation pressures up to 118 kPa) were applied to a silt loam soil before direct-drilling winter wheat. The soil had not been cultivated in the preceding 15 months and was at a water content between the lower plastic limit and field capacity when wheeled across the full width of the plots. Loss of porosity by wheel compaction depended on tyre inflation pressure; the largest maximum axle load decreased porosity to 50-cm depth. At 15-cm depth within the treatments, soil macroporosity ranged between 3 and 20% v/v and the cone resistance in the autumn between about 0.5 and 2.0 MPa. In this relatively dry and warm growing season, effects of these different soil conditions were more noticeable upon soil aeration than upon soil temperature. The soil structural differences between the treatments were diminished by the unusually heavy rains in May 1984, when the most heavily wheeled soil gained about 3% macroporosity and became weaker.