Soil compaction response to wheel traffic in the Rolling Pampas region of Argentina

Authors

  • Enrique Ernesto Contessotto Universidad Nacional de Luján. Ruta 5 y Avenida Constitución. Luján. C.P 6700., Provincia de Buenos Aires. Argentina
  • Guido Fernando Botta
  • Marcos Esteban Angelini Instituto de Suelos. CIRN. INTA. De los Reseros y N Repetto s/n. Hurlingham. C.P. 1636. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Argentina.
  • Fernando Bienvenido Universidad de Almería. Ctra. Sacramento s/n. La Cañada de San Urbano. 04120. Almería. España.
  • David Rivero Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Agronomía. Ruta 35 - Km 334 Santa Rosa. C. P. 6300. Provincia de La Pampa. Argentina.
  • Federico Matías Pelizzari Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Agronomía. Ruta 35 - Km 334 Santa Rosa. C. P. 6300. Provincia de La Pampa. Argentina.
  • Diego Gabriel Ghelfi Universidad Nacional de Luján. Ruta 5 y Avenida Constitución. Luján. C.P 6700., Provincia de Buenos Aires. Argentina
  • Ayelén Ileana Nistal Universidad Nacional de Luján. Ruta 5 y Avenida Constitución. Luján. C.P 6700., Provincia de Buenos Aires. Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.39.011

Keywords:

presión de inflado, índice de cono, compactabilidad del suelo

Abstract

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The present work shows the effects of the different agricultural wheels traffic on the soil physical properties on a Typic Argiudoll soil worked under no-tillage cropping system. Soil compaction produced by traffic was quantified through these parameters: a) cone index, b) rut depth and c) soil water content at the traffic moment. Grain chaser, sprayer, harvester combine and tractor equipped with commonly used wheels in the study area were tested. The main results obtained showed that the tyres with the highest inflation pressure and tyre ground pressures produced the highest values of cone index and rut depth. Typic Argiudoll soil worked under continuous no-tillage cropping system is not able to constrain topsoil and subsoil compaction when it is wheeled by tyre with ground pressures greater than 77.6 kPa.

Highlights

  • Soil compaction causes a reduction in root growth and yield in many crops.
  • Soil under a no-tillage system does not limit topsoil and subsoil compaction when wheeled by tyres with ground pressures greater than 77.6 kPa
  • When the machinery load increases on soils with high bearing capacity (soils under a long-term no-tillage system), the subsoil compaction problems increase.

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Published

07-07-2021

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Ecophysiology and crop management

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