Plant, Soil and Environment, 2022 (vol. 68), issue 6
CO2 emissions in a soil under different tillage practicesOriginal Paper
Gabriela Mühlbachová, Helena Kusá, Pavel Růžek, Radek Vavera
Plant Soil Environ., 2022, 68(6):253-261 | DOI: 10.17221/110/2022-PSE 
CO2 emissions represent one of the greenhouse gases significantly affecting climate change. Reduced tillage practices can contribute to the mitigation of CO2 emissions from soils. The effect of tillage practices with different straw incorporation on CO2 emissions was studied in field experiments in the years 2020 and 2021. The winter wheat straw was used in 2020, and spring barley straw in 2021. Treatments were: (1) chiselling to 10-12 cm; (2) shallow chiselling (5-6 cm depth); (3) straw mulch, and (4) stubble. The chiselling to 10-12 cm in the warm summer period of 2020 increased the CO2 emissions from soils even twice in comparison with other used...
Harvesting and phytosanitary parameters with particular regard to mycotoxin content of maize as a function of different seasonal, fertilisation and hybrid effectOriginal Paper
Sándor Keszthelyi, Sándor Kadlicskó, György Pásztor, András Takács, Éva Szolcsányi, Ferenc Pál-Fám, Helga Lukács, Zsolt Pónya, Richárd Hoffmann, Kinga Rudolf, Tamás Sipos, Éva Piszker, Mónika Treitz, Ákos Mesterházy, Katalin Somfalvi-Tóth, Ildikó Jócsák, Gabriella Kazinczi
Plant Soil Environ., 2022, 68(6):262-271 | DOI: 10.17221/80/2022-PSE
The aim of our three consecutive years (2017-2019) field trial was to obtain information as to the effect of weather conditions of the actual year as well as to assess the impact of some technological parameters such as fertilisation, the choice on the hybrid type on the yield parameters, phytosanitary conditions and mycotoxin contamination of maize. According to our results, the climatic characteristics of the years, the examined hybrid characters (FAO 310 and 490) and the fact of N-fertilisation had significant effects on yield parameters and grain moisture content. The additional N-supply did not affect the development or severity of stem rot in...
Effects of biochar on soil chemical properties: A global meta-analysis of agricultural soilOriginal Paper
Zenghui Sun, Ya Hu, Lei Shi, Gang Li, Zhe Pang, Siqi Liu, Yamiao Chen, Baobao Jia
Plant Soil Environ., 2022, 68(6):272-289 | DOI: 10.17221/522/2021-PSE
Improved soil properties are commonly reported benefits of adding biochar to agriculture soils. To investigate the range of biochar's effects on soil chemical properties (e.g., soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), cation exchange capacity (CEC), soil organic carbon (SOC), soil total carbon (TC), and soil carbon-nitrogen ratio (C:N ratio)) in response to varied experimental conditions, a meta-analysis was conducted on previously published results. The results showed that the effect of biochar on soil chemical properties varied depending on management conditions, soil properties, biochar pyrolysis conditions, and biochar properties. The effect size...
Suppressing Alopecurus myosuroides in winter cereals by delayed sowing and pre-emergence herbicidesOriginal Paper
Roland Gerhards, Miriam H. Messelhäuser, Bernd Sievernich
Plant Soil Environ., 2022, 68(6):290-298 | DOI: 10.17221/118/2022-PSE
Delayed sowing of winter cereals in Western Europe is a preventive method to reduce Alopecurus myosuroides infestations. Two series of on-farm studies including 36 experiments were conducted in South-Western Germany to analyse the combined effects of delayed sowing and pre-emergence herbicide application on A. myosuroides density, weed control efficacy and cereal grain yield. From 2006 until 2009, pendimethalin + flufenacet was applied one week after sowing winter barley and winter wheat. From 2018 until 2020, cinmethylin was used in winter wheat and winter triticale. Densities of A. myosuroides in the untreated early sown...