GLTEN

Sustainable Agriculture Intensification in a Vertisol soil (Parana - Argentina)

Local identifier

Picto Vertisol

Years operational

2008—

Objective

 Evaluate the impact of crop sequences intensification on physical, chemical and biological properties of the soil, and on the productivity in a Vertisol soil from Entre Ríos. 

Data Access Statement

Available to collaborators only

Data license

Don't know

Data policy

Don't know

Organization

Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

research organisation

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/inta

People

Dr. Leonardo Novelli

principal investigator

INTA EEA Paraná, Argentina - National University of Entre Ríos - CONICET

Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Paraná

novelli.leonardo@inta.gob.ar

Leonardo Coll

experiment manager

INTA-Argentina

Site: INTA Parana - Argentina

Type

research station field

Local code

3101

Location

Oro Verde

Entre Ríos

Argentina

Geographic location

-31.8331222, -60.5444861111111

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Maps

Satellite

Elevation

63 Metres

Slope

5.2°

Visits permitted?

History

Before the LTE was established, soil management practices included wheat/soybean-maize rotation under no-tillage for more than 10 years.

Soil type

phaeozem

Soil description

Same experiment in a Mollisol and a Vertisols (USDA Soil Taxonomy)

Climatic type

humid subtropical climate

Climate properties

Variable	Time period	Value (range)	Units
air temperature		18.3	degree Celsius
precipitation		1100	millimeter

Design period: Picto Vertisol (2008—)

Design Type

Randomized complete block design

Description

This experiment is identical to the LTE Sustainable Agriculture Intensification in a Molisol soil (Paraná - Argentina). This site is spaced 2 km apart.

Number of plots

Number of replicates

Number of harvests per year

Crops

Crop	Years grown
soybeans
peas
maize
wheat

Crop Rotations

Sy 2008—

1
soybeans

Pea/Sy 2010—

1
peas
Between 2010 to 2018, peas was used as a cover crop
soybeans

M-W/Sy 2008—

1
maize
2
wheat

soybeans

W/Sy-Pea/M 2009—

1
wheat

soybeans
2
peas
Since 2010 to 2018, peas was used as a cover crop. Now, is used as a grain crop.
maize
Since 2010 to 2018 was in early sown. After that was in late sown.

W/Sy 2008—

1
wheat

soybeans

CCW/Sy 2008—

1
wheat
As cover crop. Between 2008 to 2010, was sown (wheat+white clover/soybean) and maize in the second year
soybeans

M-Sy 2010—

1
maize
Between 2008 to 2018, one plot was sown with with clover/soybean double crop by two consecutive years.
2
soybeans
In season 2012, was added an additional plot in order to include the two rotation phases.

M 2009—

1
maize
In early son (september)

Measurements

Variable	Material	Units	Frequency	Comment
grain yield trait	All crops	kg/ha	anually	Since 2008 to 2010, the experiment has 4 blocks. After that, it was reduced to 3 blocks.
stover biomass	Not specified	kilogram per hectare	anually
SOC, TN, P	Not specified	%	usually	In some years, were included physical, chemical and biological soil properties measurements.

Related publications

Increased cropping intensity improves crop residue inputs to the soil and aggregate-associated soil organic carbon stocks

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2016.08.008 [In English]

Crop sequence and P fertilization effects on soil P fractions under no-tillage

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-021-10148-3 [In English]