Suelos volcanicos endurecidos

The reclamation of volcanic indurated soils called tepetates in Mexico must control soil erosion and generate a good productivity of these new soils according to a sustainable development strategy. This paper shows the results of an european research program involving ORSTOM and the Colegio de Postgraduados en Agrociencias in the eastern part of valley of Mexico (Texcoco). Different systems of culture have been studied (mono/associated culture, with/without manure, soil/tepetate, natural/cultivated tepetate, tepetate with deep/normal subsoiling, tillage practice) during four years on 8 large terraces (700 m2). After every rain, we measured the runoff, took and dried all the sediments, sampled water and followed the vegetation cover, the soil surface aggregates, the crops growing (see this papers in this publication). (Résumé d'auteur.