Long-term residue management experiment

This experiment has been added by the GLTEN Curators using existing published sources.
Local identifier
FE1
Years operational
1990—
Objective
To evaluate the effects of two residue management systems on a durum wheat monoculture
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Organization
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics
research organisation
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Site: FE1

Type
research station field
Location
Foggia
Italy
Geographic location
41.451758, 15.50098
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Visits permitted?
No
Soil type
vertisol
Soil properties
VariableDepthValue (range)UnitsRef yearEstimated?Baseline?
clay content 42.7 Percent
silt content 27.7 Percent
Climatic type
humid subtropical climate
Climate properties
VariableTime periodValue (range)Units
precipitation550 millimeter

Design period: (1990—)

Design Type
Randomized complete block design
Design description
Plots measure 240 m2.
Number of replicates
3
Crop
CropYears grown
durum wheat
Factor
Factor name
Factor levels
crop residue management process
Crop residues incorporated using disc harrows to 20cm depth
burning
incorporation
Straw and stubble were chopped into 10 to 15cm lengths and spread back onto the plot before incorporation.
Measurement
VariableMaterialUnitsFrequencyScaleComment
soil propertiesSoil

Related publications

  • Castellini, M., Stellacci, A.M., Barca, E. and Iovino, M. (2019), Application of Multivariate Analysis Techniques for Selecting Soil Physical Quality Indicators: A Case Study in Long-Term Field Experiments in Apulia (Southern Italy). Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 83: 707-720.