Plant, Soil and Environment, 2021 (vol. 67), issue 3
Effects of biochar additions on the soil chemical properties, bacterial community structure and rape growth in an acid purple soilOriginal Paper
Suping Li, Zhiling Li, Xiao Feng, Fengwu Zhou, Jipeng Wang, Yong Li
Plant Soil Environ., 2021, 67(3):121-129 | DOI: 10.17221/390/2020-PSE 
Biochar is considered as a universal conditioner to improve soil quality, but its effects of different addition rates on soil properties, bacterial community structure and plant growth are still unclear, particularly in the typical acid purple soil in the southwest of China. In this study, 110 days of rape growth pot experiment under the application rate of 0.0% rice husk biochar (CK), 0.8% (CT1), 2.0% (CT2) and 4.0% (CT3) to the acid purple soil. Results showed that all biochar additions improved soil pH, soil organic carbon (SOC), total phosphorus, available phosphorus, available potassium concentrations in the acid purple soil. The activity of both...
Trichoderma harzianum IS005-12 promotes germination, seedling growth and seedborne fungi suppression in Italian ryegrass forageOriginal Paper
Nevena Banjac, Rade Stanisavljević, Ivica Dimkić, Nataša Velijević, Marina Soković, Ana Ćirić
Plant Soil Environ., 2021, 67(3):130-136 | DOI: 10.17221/581/2020-PSE
Potential of Trichoderma harzianum IS005-12 (TH-IS005-12) to promote seed germination and seedling growth of Italian ryegrass (IRG) forage was evaluated in vitro. Non-desiccated seeds and those pre-harvestly desiccated with total herbicide were treated 25 days (freshly harvested) and 178 days after harvest (mature) with TH-IS005-12 spore suspensions at 0 (T0), 1.8 × 107 (T1) and 1.2 × 109 (T2) spore/mL. TH-IS005-12 promoted the early and final germination and seedling growth in all non-desiccated and desiccated, freshly harvested as...
Effect of tillage systems on energy input and energy efficiency for sugar beet and soybean under Pannonian climate conditionsOriginal Paper
Gerhard Moitzi, Reinhard W. Neugschwandtner, Hans-Peter Kaul, Helmut Wagentristl
Plant Soil Environ., 2021, 67(3):137-146 | DOI: 10.17221/615/2020-PSE
Sustainable cropping systems require efficient usage of fossil energy. This study performed on a long-term field experiment in the Pannonian Basis investigated the energy efficiency of four tillage systems (mouldboard plough (MP), deep conservation tillage (CTd), shallow conservation tillage (CTs) and no-tillage (NT)) for sugar beet and soybean production, taking fuel consumption, total energy input (made up of both direct and indirect inputs), crop yield, energy output, net-energy output, energy intensity and energy use efficiency into account. The...
Selenium effect on wheat grain yield and quality applied in different growth stagesOriginal Paper
Ladislav Ducsay, Alexandra Zapletalová, Marek Slepčan, Mária Vicianová, Peter Hozlár, Rastislav Bušo
Plant Soil Environ., 2021, 67(3):147-153 | DOI: 10.17221/589/2020-PSE
Small field plot experiments were carried out at the testing station of the Central Control and Testing Institute in Agriculture in Veľký Meder (Slovakia) in the experimental years 2014/2015, 2015/2016 and 2016/2017. Selenium salts in the form of sodium selenite and sodium selenate were applied in growth phases: end of tillering (BBCH 29) and flag leaf ligule and collar visible (BBCH 39). The effect of experimental years 2014/2015, 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 on the yield of wheat grain was not statistically significant within the observed variants. The achieved mean yields were in the range from 10.06 ± 0.81 to 11.07 ± 0.29 t/ha in 2014/2015,...
Observed changes in the agroclimatic zones in the Czech Republic between 1961 and 2019Original Paper
Miroslav Trnka, Jan Balek, Rudolf Brázdil, Martin Dubrovský, Josef Eitzinger, Petr Hlavinka, Filip Chuchma, Martin Možný, Ilja Prášil, Pavel Růžek, Daniela Semerádová, Petr Štěpánek, Pavel Zahradníček, Zdeněk Žalud
Plant Soil Environ., 2021, 67(3):154-163 | DOI: 10.17221/327/2020-PSE
The paper shows a large-scale shift in agroclimatic zones in the territory of the Czech Republic (CR) between 1961 and 2019. The method used for agroclimatic zoning took advantage of high-resolution (0.5 km × 0.5 km) daily climate data collected from 268 climatological and 787 rain-gauge stations. The climate information was combined with soil and terrain data at the same resolution. The set of seven agroclimatic indicators allowed us to estimate rates of changes in agroclimatic conditions over the 1961-2019 period, including changes in the air temperature regime, global radiation, drought, frost risks and snow cover occurrence. These indicators are...
Slow-release nitrogen fertiliser suitable for one-time fertilisation of spring maize in Northeast ChinaOriginal Paper
Xiaojie Feng, Xiumei Zhan, Xiaori Han, Kun Chen, Jing Peng, Xuexin Wang, Dongyao Shang
Plant Soil Environ., 2021, 67(3):164-172 | DOI: 10.17221/162/2020-PSE
Slow-release nitrogen fertiliser can potentially increase crop production and improve fertiliser nitrogen use efficiency. However, it is unclear that are suitable for different regions and crops in the northeast of China. Therefore, according to different soil and climate characteristics, we investigated the synchronised relationships between nitrogen slow release fertiliser and nitrogen maize requirements. Experiments were conducted at Shenyang Agricultural University, Liaoning province, Northeast China, from 2016 to 2017. Stabilised fertiliser treatments increased grain yield, nitrogen use efficiency and nitrogen accumulation at each maize growth...
Effects of atrazine application on soil aggregates, soil organic carbon and glomalin-related soil proteinOriginal Paper
Yufei Liu, Xiaoxu Fan, Tong Zhang, Xin Sui, Fuqiang Song
Plant Soil Environ., 2021, 67(3):173-181 | DOI: 10.17221/594/2020-PSE
Atrazine is still widely used in China. Atrazine residue (1.86-1 100 mg/kg) in the soil has exceeded the allowable limit (1.0 mg/kg), affecting soil structure and soil aggregate composition. To understand the long-term application of atrazine on soil aggregates and the binding agent, four treatments were established in cornfield planted since 1998, including