Plant Soil Environ., 2018, 64(12):587-591 | DOI: 10.17221/549/2018-PSE

Influence of soil conservation practices on legume crops growthOriginal Paper

Jan KOUKOLÍČEK, Marcel HEROUT*, Josef PULKRÁBEK, Kateřina PAZDERŮ
Department of Crop Production, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

In a three-year experiment, three types of soil conservation techniques were tested in the legumes cultivation systems. Our treatment types were no-till, standard tillage to the depth of 8 cm and deep tillage to 20 cm. The study evaluated winter pea (cv. Enduro), spring pea (cv. Eso), white lupine (cv. Amiga), narrow-leaved lupine (cv. Boregine) and soybean (cv. Merlin) in two autumn terms (winter pea only) and in spring term (all legume species). In no-till technology, the average yield of all legumes was 2.24 t/ha. For standard tillage (2.58 t/ha) and deep tillage (2.62 t/ha), yields were significantly higher than in no-till technology. From the monitored parameters, deep tillage appeared as the best soil treatment. Although the yield was similar to standard tillage, the soil was less stiffened, resulting in a higher content of nitrogen in the seed and a better use of the pre-crop value of the legumes. In the experiment, winter pea spring sowing term (2.93 t/ha) was better than both autumn sowings (2.68 t/ha and 2.65 t/ha).

Keywords: soil compaction; Pisum sativum L.; Lupinus albus L.; Glycine max (L.) Merr.; agroecological farming

Published: December 31, 2018  Show citation

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KOUKOLÍČEK J, HEROUT M, PULKRÁBEK J, PAZDERŮ K. Influence of soil conservation practices on legume crops growth. Plant Soil Environ. 2018;64(12):587-591. doi: 10.17221/549/2018-PSE.
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