Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(2), 471-476 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563020471

Main Feedbacks Between Oxidizable Carbon Content and Selected Soil Characteristic of Chernozem

Vítězslav Vlček1, Jan Hladký1, Jindřich Kynický2, Martin Brtnický1
1 Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Department of Geology and Pedology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Anthropogenic pressure on our agricultural land is culminating last hundred years, especially after 1948, not only because of only massive application of mineral fertilizers but also because of land consolidation and subsequent accelerated water and wind erosion and use of mechanization. This article focuses on main demonstration of feedbacks especially with oxidizable carbon which can negatively affect soil as a homeostatic system. Oxidizable carbon, as the basis of soil humus, is crucial for maintaining soil fertility and for its resistance to further degradation factors affecting the soil. 35 chernozem sites were selected in South Moravia region. These soils had been probably used for their fertility and availability before the turn of the AD. Unfortunately, their long-term agricultural use has resulted in adverse impact on their quality.
This way, shallower forms of erosion were often formed. These erosion forms are omitted for the purposes of our study there. For this work, locations with preserved chernic (i.e. diagnostic) horizon, as the horizon with less anthropogenic influence, were selected. Relations between a grain size (clay, silt and sand particles), exchange reaction in soil, sorption capacity, oxidizable carbon content, total nitrogen content and content of selected potentially acceptable elements (Ca, Mg) were monitored.

Keywords: chernozem, feedback, oxidizable carbon
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This manuscript was supported by NAZV QI91C054, QJ1230066 and IGA AF MENDELU TP6/2013.

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Vlček, V., Hladký, J., Kynický, J., & Brtnický, M. (2015). Main Feedbacks Between Oxidizable Carbon Content and Selected Soil Characteristic of Chernozem. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 63(2), 471-476. doi: 10.11118/actaun201563020471
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