Machinery induced compaction of agricultural soil and mitigation strategies in the Danube Region
Abstract
Agricultural soils can be affected in their ecological functions (production function, filter function) through usage of agricultural machinery. Soil fertility can be negatively influenced by soil compaction with farm machinery. Soil compaction reduces the pore distribution, air permeability, hydraulic conductivity in the soil and root and plant growth. Resulted effects are yield depression, rut formation, soil erosion and increased draft force and fuel consumption in soil tillage. A sustainable agriculture requires physical soil protection. This project will bring together agricultural engineering scientists from five CASEE partner universities to analyse the effects of soil compaction and the mitigation strategies. With a software tool the potential compaction risk in dependence of soil and machinery parameters for selected farm machinery are identified. Mitigation strategies are developed, which can be delivered to farmers. An additional scientific article will be written and presented at the CASEE-conference and published.
soil compaction farm machinery mitigation strategies Danube region
Publikationen
Project staff
Gerhard Moitzi
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Gerhard Moitzi
gerhard.moitzi@boku.ac.at
Project Leader
01.07.2015 - 01.07.2016
BOKU partners
External partners
University of Zagreb
none
partner
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
none
partner
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
none
partner
University of Novi Sad
none
partner