Carbon-sensitive pedotransfer functions for plant available water

Currently accepted pedotransfer functions show negligible effect of management-induced changes to soil organic carbon (SOC) on plant available water holding capacity (θAWHC), while some studies show the ability to substantially increase θAWHC through management. The Soil Health Institute's North Ame...

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Autores: Bagnall, D.K.; Morgan, C.L.S.; Cope, M.; Bean, G.M.; Cappellazzi, S.B.; Greub, K.L.H.; Liptzin, D.; Norris, C.L.; Rieke, E.L.; Tracy, P.W.; Aberle, E.; Ashworth, A.; Bañuelos, O.; Bary, A.I.; Baumhardt, R.L.; Borbón Gracia, A.; Brainard, D.C.; Brennan, J.R.; Briones Reyes, D.; Bruhjell, D.; Carlyle, C.N.; Crawford, J.J.W.; Creech, C.F.; Culman, S.; Deen, W.; Dell, C.J.; Derner, J.D.; Ducey, T.F.; Duiker, S.W.; Dyck, M.F.; Ellert, B.; Entz, M.; Espinosa Solorio, A.; Fonte, S.; Fonteyne, S.; Fortuna, A.M.; Foster, J.L.; Fultz, L.M.; Gamble, A.V.; Geddes, C.M.; Griffin-LaHue, D.; Grove, J.H.; Hamilton, S.K.; Xiying Hao; Hayden, Z.D.; Howe, J.A.; Ippolito, J.A.; Johnson, G.A.; Kautz, M.A.; Kitchen, N.R.; Sandeep Kumar; Kurtz, K.; Larney, F.J.; Lewis, K.L.; Liebman, M.; López Ramírez, A.; Machado, S.; Maharjan, B.; Martinez Gamiño, M.A.; May, W.E.; McClaran, M.P.; McDaniel, M.D.; Millar, N.; Mitchell, J.P.; Moore Jr., P.A.; Moore, A.D.; Mora Gutiérrez, M.; Nelson, K.A.; Omondi, E.C.; Osborne, S.L.; Osorio Alcalá, L.; Owens, P.; Pena-Yewtukhiw, E.M.; Poffenbarger, H.J.; Ponce Lira, B.; Reeve, J.R.; Reinbott, T.M.; Reiter, M.S.; Ritchey, E.L.; Roozeboom, K.L.; Rui, I.; Sadeghpour, A.; Sainju, U.M.; Sanford, G.R.; Schillinger, W.F.; Schindelbeck, R.R.; Schipanski, M.; Schlegel, A.; Scow, K.M.; Sherrod, L.A.; Sidhu, S.S.; Solís Moya, E.; St. Luce, M.; Strock, J.S.; Suyker, A.E.; Sykes, V.R.; Haiying Tao; Trujillo Campos, A.; Van Eerd, L.L.; Verhulst, N.; Vyn, T.J.; Yutao Wang; Watts, D.B.; Wright, D.L.; Tiequan Zhang; Honeycutt, C.W.
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Estado:Published version
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:México
Institución:CIMMYT
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de Publicaciones Multimedia del CIMMYT
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.cimmyt.org:10883/22048
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22048
Nivel de acceso:Acceso abierto
Palabra clave:AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
AGRONOMY
ORGANIC CARBON
SOIL SURVEYS
WATER
FIELD CAPACITY
SOIL QUALITY
SOIL ORGANIC CARBON
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Sumario:Currently accepted pedotransfer functions show negligible effect of management-induced changes to soil organic carbon (SOC) on plant available water holding capacity (θAWHC), while some studies show the ability to substantially increase θAWHC through management. The Soil Health Institute's North America Project to Evaluate Soil Health Measurements measured water content at field capacity using intact soil cores across 124 long-term research sites that contained increases in SOC as a result of management treatments such as reduced tillage and cover cropping. Pedotransfer functions were created for volumetric water content at field capacity (θFC) and permanent wilting point (θPWP). New pedotransfer functions had predictions of θAWHC that were similarly accurate compared with Saxton and Rawls when tested on samples from the National Soil Characterization database. Further, the new pedotransfer functions showed substantial effects of soil calcareousness and SOC on θAWHC. For an increase in SOC of 10 g kg–1 (1%) in noncalcareous soils, an average increase in θAWHC of 3.0 mm 100 mm–1 soil (0.03 m3 m–3) on average across all soil texture classes was found. This SOC related increase in θAWHC is about double previous estimates. Calcareous soils had an increase in θAWHC of 1.2 mm 100 mm–1 soil associated with a 10 g kg–1 increase in SOC, across all soil texture classes. New equations can aid in quantifying benefits of soil management practices that increase SOC and can be used to model the effect of changes in management on drought resilience.