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: Received: 22 May 2024 / Approved: 23 May 2024 / Online: 23 May 2024 (07:35:24 CEST)
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Gaspareto, J. V.; Pires, L. F. X-ray Microtomography Analysis of Integrated Crop-Livestock Production Impact on Soil Pore Architecture. Preprints2024, 2024051501. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1501.v1
Gaspareto, J. V.; Pires, L. F. X-ray Microtomography Analysis of Integrated Crop-Livestock Production Impact on Soil Pore Architecture. Preprints 2024, 2024051501. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1501.v1
Gaspareto, J. V.; Pires, L. F. X-ray Microtomography Analysis of Integrated Crop-Livestock Production Impact on Soil Pore Architecture. Preprints2024, 2024051501. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1501.v1
APA Style
Gaspareto, J. V., & Pires, L. F. (2024). X-ray Microtomography Analysis of Integrated Crop-Livestock Production Impact on Soil Pore Architecture. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1501.v1
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Gaspareto, J. V. and Luiz Fernando Pires. 2024 "X-ray Microtomography Analysis of Integrated Crop-Livestock Production Impact on Soil Pore Architecture" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1501.v1
Abstract
Integrated crop-livestock production (ILP) is an interesting alternative for more sustainable soil use. However, more studies are needed to analyze soil pore properties under ILP at the micrometer scale. Thus, this study proposes a detailed analysis of soil pore architecture at the micrometer scale in three dimensions. For this purpose, samples of an Oxisol under ILP subjected to minimum tillage (MT) and no-tillage (NT) with ryegrass as cover crop (C) and silage (S) were investigated. The soil micromorphological properties of the soil were analyzed using X-ray microtomography. The MT(C) system showed the highest values of porosity (c. 20.4%), connectivity (c. 32.8×103), volume (c. 26%), and number of pores (c. 32%) in a rod-like shape. On the other hand, the MT(S), NT(C), and NT(S) systems showed higher tortuosities (c. 2.2, c. 2.0, and c. 2.1) and lower pore connectivities (c. 8.3×103, c. 6.9×103, and c. 6.2×103), especially in S use. Ellipsoidal and rod-shaped pores predominated over spheroidal and disc-shaped pores in all treatments. The results of this study show that the use of ryegrass as a cover crop improves soil physical properties, especially in MT. For S use, the type of soil management (MT or NT) did not show any differences.
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