Long-Term Contrasting Tillage in Cambisol

This experiment has been added by the GLTEN Curators using existing published sources.
Objective
To study the long-term effects of tillage.
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Organization
Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
research organisation
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Site: LAMMC experiment site

Type
research station field
Location
Vainotiškiai
Kėdainiai District Municipality
Lithuania
Geographic location
55.394833, 23.858411
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Visits permitted?
No
Soil type
cambisol
Soil description
loam, drained, Endocalcaric, Endogleyic
Soil properties
VariableDepthValue (range)UnitsRef yearEstimated?Baseline?
sand content (47.1 – 51.7) Percent
silt content (35.3 – 39.5) Percent
clay content (10.2 – 13.6) Percent
soil organic carbon0 – 10 Centimetres (8.33 – 9.29) gram per kilogram2019
total soil nitrogen0 – 10 Centimetres (0.78 – 0.93) gram per kilogram2019
total soil phosphorous0 – 10 Centimetres (0.39 – 0.48) gram per kilogram2019
total soil potasssium0 – 10 Centimetres (4.43 – 4.7) gram per kilogram2019
Climatic type
temperate humid continental climate
Climate properties
VariableTime periodValue (range)Units
precipitation (600 – 900) millimeter
air temperature6 degree Celsius

Design period: (1999—)

Crops
CropYears grown
Factors
Factor name
Factor levels
tillage process
conventional tillage
Stubble cultivation and deep ploughing, pre-sowing cultivation and direct drilling using flat double-discs seed drill.
no-till
Direct drilling using flat double-discs seed drill.
NPK fertilizer exposure
with NPK
Application method: broadcast application method
without NPK
crop residue management process
crop residues removed
crop residues returned

Related publications

  • Kochiieru, Mykola, Long-Term Contrasting Tillage in Cambisol: Affect on Water-Stable Aggregates, Macropore Network and Soil Agrochemical Properties, Lithuania.