Opportunities for mitigating soil compaction in Europe—Case studies from the SoilCare project using soil-improving cropping systems
- Piccoli, Ilaria
- Seehusen, Till
- Bussell, Jenny
- Vizitu, Olga
- Calciu, Irina
- Berti, Antonio
- Börjesson, Gunnar
- Kirchmann, Holger
- Kätterer, Thomas
- Sartori, Felice
- Stoate, Chris
- Crotty, Felicity
- Panagea, Ioanna S.
- Alaoui, Abdallah
- Bolinder, Martin A.
DOIAbstract
Soil compaction (SC) is a major threat for agriculture in Europe that affects many ecosystem functions, such as water and air circulation in soils, root growth, and crop production. Our objective was to present the results from five short-term (<5 years) case studies located along the north–south and east–west gradients and conducted within the SoilCare project using soil-improving cropping systems (SICSs) for mitigating topsoil and subsoil SC. Two study sites (SSs) focused on natural subsoil (˃25 cm) compaction using subsoiling tillage treatments to depths of 35 cm (Sweden) and 60 cm (Romania). The other SSs addressed both topsoil and subsoil SC (˃25 cm, Norway and United Kingdom; ˃30 cm, Italy) using deep-rooted bio-drilling crops and dif...
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