A5045716497- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Soil Management and Crop Yield
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
- Clay minerals and soil interactions
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Phosphorus and nutrient management
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
University of Padua
2015-2024
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro
2021
Istituto di Metodologie Chimiche
2004-2005
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes
1992
Abstract Diversifying agriculture by rotating a greater number of crop species in sequence is promising practice to reduce negative impacts production on the environment and maintain yields. However, it unclear what extent cereal yields change with rotation diversity external nitrogen fertilization level over time, which functional groups crops provide most yield benefit. Here, using grain data small cereals maize from 32 long-term (10–63 years) experiments across Europe North America, we...
Abstract Diversified crop rotations have been suggested to reduce grain yield losses from the adverse climatic conditions increasingly common under climate change. Nevertheless, potential for change adaptation of different rotational diversity (CRD) remains undetermined. We quantified how affect small and maize yields CRDs in 32 long‐term (10–63 years) field experiments across Europe North America. Species‐diverse functionally rich more than compensated anomalous warm conditions, long dry...
Summary Recent advances suggest that organic substances of different origins might have aggregate stability dynamics. We investigated the extent to which contrasting soil types affect dynamics aggregation after addition crop residues (R) and biochar at two doses (BC20, 20 Mg ha −1 ; BC40, 40 ) in a 2‐year experiment. To evaluate disaggregation, we measured set physical–chemical structure‐related properties clay sandy loam aggregates sieved 1–2 mm, including wet pretreatments combined with...
Abstract Agriculture is facing the complex challenge of satisfying increasing food demands, despite current and projected negative impacts climate change on yields. Increasing crop diversity at a national scale has been suggested as an adaptive measure to better cope with such temperatures drought, but there little evidence support this hypothesis field scale. Using seven long-term experiments across wide latitudinal gradient in Europe, we showed that growing multiple species rotation always...
Soil water retention (SWR) is an important soil property related to structure, texture, and organic matter (SOM), among other properties. Agricultural management practices affect some of these properties in interdependent way. In this study, the impact management-induced changes carbon (SOC) on SWR evaluated five long-term experiments Europe (running from 8 up 54 years when samples were taken). Topsoil (0–15 cm) collected analysed evaluate effects three different categories, i.e., tillage,...
According to Grime's model, velvetleaf can be classified as a competitive-ruderal species. Its biological and ecological characteristics make it particularly competitive persistent in cultivated fields. Herbicide control is difficult and, once established, almost impossible avoid seed production. The economic threshold, on single year basis, varies between 0.3 1.7 plants m –2 . When the relationships their effects are evaluated, very apply weed management system based single-season...
Abstract Management practices can have significant implications for both soil quality and carbon (C) sequestration potential in agricultural soils. Data from two long‐term trials (one at field scale the other lysimeter scale), underway north‐eastern Italy, were used to evaluate dynamics of organic (SOC) estimate impact recommended management (RMPs) on sequestration. Potential SOC was calculated as differences between change treatments differing only specified RMP a period least 25 years. The...
Capacitance and resistivity sensors can be used to continuously monitor soil volumetric water content (θ) pore-water electrical conductivity (ECp) with non-destructive methods. However, dielectric readings of capacitance operating at low frequencies are normally biased by high conductivity. A procedure calibrate capacitance-resistance probes in saline conditions was implemented contrasting soils. low-cost probe (ECH2O-5TE, 70 MHz, Decagon Devices, Pullman, WA, USA) five soils four contents...
Soil organic matter (SOM) is an important factor influencing aggregate stability. Interactions between SOM and soil structure are widely studied, although the subtle relationship content, pore size distribution stability not fully known. Here we investigate such a by means of long‐term experiment established in 1962 northeastern Italy, which considers different fertilizer practices (organic, mineral mixed) applied to continuous maize crop rotation. We measured wet 1–2 mm aggregates subjected...
Crop residue incorporation (RI) is recommended to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks. However, the positive effect on SOC often reported be relatively low and alternative use of crop residues, e.g. as a bioenergy source, may more climate smart. In this context, it important understand: (i) response stocks long-term incorporation; (ii) qualitative change, in order judge sustainability measure. We investigated 40 years RI combined with five different nitrogen (N) fertilisation levels...