The effect of agricultural management on erosion and soil properties

The study bring a literature overview of erosion process, its impact of the soil quality and methods leading to mitigation of consequences of erosion. The factors that influence the erosion process are elaborated here, as well as the influence of erosion on on soil carbon and other soil properties. Anti-erosion measures and soil protection technologies are introduced, which significantly help to mitigate the negative impact. The measurment itself focuses on the effect of soil protection measures on soil organic carbon and microbial biomass, including activity of enzymes. An experiment established by VÚMOP was used, which monitors the influence of conventional tillage and conservation tillage (conventional tillage with seedind in wide row, loosen wasteland, conventional tillage with seeding in two-rows, strip-till with seeding in rye, no-till seeding in rye) on soil erosion. The occurrence of microbial biomass, respiration (basal and substrat-induced) and enzymatic activity, respectively phosphatase, were observed. The results show a positive influence of all observed parameters by conservation tillage, consisting in reduced of tillage. The assumption was confirmed, the areas where was used no-till or strip-till, showed better values. Key words: erosion, conservation tillage, soil organic carbon, no-til