Selecting soil hydraulic properties as indicators of soil health: Measurement response to management and site characteristics

Farmers, scientists, and other soil health stakeholders require interpretable indicators of soil hydraulic function. Determining which indicators to use has been difficult because of measurement disconformity, spatial and temporal variability, recently established treatments, and the effect of site...

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Autores: Bagnall, D.K.; Morgan, C.L.S.; Bean, G.M.; Liptzin, D.; Cappellazzi, S.B.; Cope, M.; Greub, K.L.H.; Rieke, E.L.; Norris, C.E.; 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, B.; 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.; Honsdorf, N.; 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, A.D.; Moore Jr., P.A.; 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.; Yichao Rui; Sadeghpour, A.; Sainju, U.M.; Sanford, G.R.; Schillinger, W.F.; Schindelbeck, R.R.; Schipanski, M.; Schlegel, A.; Scow, K.M.; Sherrod, L.A.; Shober, A.L.; 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.; Van Es, H.M.; 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:10883/22140
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22140
Nivel de acceso:Acceso abierto
Palabra clave:AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Soil Hydraulic Function
Spatial and Temporal Variability
Climatic Variables
Soil Health Indicators
AGRICULTURE
HEALTH
SOIL SURVEYS
MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
PROPERTY
ORGANIC CARBON
SOIL PROPERTIES
Sumario:Farmers, scientists, and other soil health stakeholders require interpretable indicators of soil hydraulic function. Determining which indicators to use has been difficult because of measurement disconformity, spatial and temporal variability, recently established treatments, and the effect of site characteristics on management practice differences. The North American Project to Evaluate Soil Health Measurements includes 124 sites uniformly sampled across a range of soil health management practices in North America in 2019. We compare and recommend indicators of hydraulic function that best characterize soil health. We assessed the relationship of each indicator to a suite of soil inherent properties and climate variables, the response of each indicator to soil health management practices, the effect that soil inherent properties (clay content, sand content, and pH) and climatic variables (10-yr mean annual precipitation and temperature) had on response to management practices, and the relationship among the responses of the indicators to soil health management practices. Field capacity measured on intact cores (θFC_INTACT) was the best measure of soil hydraulic function, because it responded to management, represents a direct measure of soil hydraulic function, is proximal to stakeholder values, and its response to management was not significantly influenced by inherent and climatic variables. Other suitable indicators are bulk density, soil organic carbon (SOC), and aggregate stability, which are not direct measures of soil hydraulic function but do respond to management and may be practical in situations in which measuring θFC_INTACT is not. This study informs selection of soil health indicators to measure soil hydraulic function.

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