Sustainability/resilience of soil organic matter components in an Argentinean arid region

This short communication presents a novel approach to determining the soil sustainability of productive practices in an Argentinean arid region, using the resilience degree of soil organic matter components. The study was conducted in four sites of the Arid Chaco region of the Cordoba province: one...

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Autores principales: Vázquez, Carolina, Merlo, Carolina, Noe, Laura Belén, Romero, Carlos Matías, Abril, Adriana, Carranza, Carlos
Formato: article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11086/23854
https://sjss.es/index.php/sjss/article/view/176/sustainability-resilience-soil-organic-matter-components-argentinean-arid-region-
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topic Suelo
Materia orgánica del suelo
Desmonte
Zona árida
Región chaqueña
Argentina
spellingShingle Suelo
Materia orgánica del suelo
Desmonte
Zona árida
Región chaqueña
Argentina
Vázquez, Carolina
Merlo, Carolina
Noe, Laura Belén
Romero, Carlos Matías
Abril, Adriana
Carranza, Carlos
Sustainability/resilience of soil organic matter components in an Argentinean arid region
topic_facet Suelo
Materia orgánica del suelo
Desmonte
Zona árida
Región chaqueña
Argentina
description This short communication presents a novel approach to determining the soil sustainability of productive practices in an Argentinean arid region, using the resilience degree of soil organic matter components. The study was conducted in four sites of the Arid Chaco region of the Cordoba province: one undisturbed site, two sites with livestock (with total and with selective clearing) and one site with agriculture. In each site three soil samples were taken and total soil organic matter, fulvic and humic acids, and non-humic substances were analyzed. Variations of each component (%) between each productive practice and the undisturbed site were calculated in order to establish the resilience degree. The livestock soils showed: a) moderate resilience for non-humic substances, b) low resilience for organic matter and humic acids, and c) no resilience for fulvic acids. The agricultural soils showed: a) low resilience for total organic matter and non-humic substances, and b) no resilience for fulvic and humic acids. We conclude that this approach is a powerful tool for establishing management practices according to each particular situation, allowing improved productivity in arid regions.
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author Vázquez, Carolina
Merlo, Carolina
Noe, Laura Belén
Romero, Carlos Matías
Abril, Adriana
Carranza, Carlos
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Merlo, Carolina
Noe, Laura Belén
Romero, Carlos Matías
Abril, Adriana
Carranza, Carlos
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title Sustainability/resilience of soil organic matter components in an Argentinean arid region
title_short Sustainability/resilience of soil organic matter components in an Argentinean arid region
title_full Sustainability/resilience of soil organic matter components in an Argentinean arid region
title_fullStr Sustainability/resilience of soil organic matter components in an Argentinean arid region
title_full_unstemmed Sustainability/resilience of soil organic matter components in an Argentinean arid region
title_sort sustainability/resilience of soil organic matter components in an argentinean arid region
publishDate 2022
url http://hdl.handle.net/11086/23854
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