Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-361-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-361-2015
Research article
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27 Mar 2015
Research article |  | 27 Mar 2015

Soil physical quality changes under different management systems after 10 years in the Argentine humid pampa

J. L. Costa, V. Aparicio, and A. Cerdà

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Several experiments have confirmed the improvements in soil aggregation and infiltration achieved by no-tillage (NT) management associated with increases of bulk density. An increase in bulk density implies a reduction of the porosity that is in contradiction with the increased infiltration that occurs in macro and mesopores. We found that the reduction in total porosity under NT is mainly a product of a reduction of the mesopores. The results indicate NT did not affect the crop yields.