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dc.contributor.authorEmmet-Booth, J.P.
dc.contributor.authorHolden, N.M.
dc.contributor.authorFenton, Owen
dc.contributor.authorBondi, G.
dc.contributor.authorForristal, P.D.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-16T11:32:05Z
dc.date.available2021-06-16T11:32:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-03
dc.identifier.citationEmmet-Booth, J. P., Holden, N. M., Fenton, O., Bondi, G., Forristal, P. D. Exploring the sensitivity of visual soil evaluation to traffic-induced soil compaction, Geoderma Regional, 2020, 20, e00243. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2019.e00243en_US
dc.identifier.issn2352-0094
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/2453
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_US
dc.description.abstractVisual Soil Evaluation (VSE) techniques are useful for assessing the impact of land management, particularly the identification and remediation of soil compaction. Despite an increasing body of VSE research, comparatively few studies have explored the sensitivity of VSE for capturing experimentally imposed compaction to estimate sensitivity and limit of detection. The aim of this research was to examine the ability of VSE techniques to indicate soil structure at different soil profile depths and to measure the associated soil productive function (yield) response to imposed compaction. A two-year experiment was conducted on sites with loam and sandy soils. Varying levels of wheeled traffic were imposed on plots in a randomised block design, prior to sowing winter barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Quantitative crop and soil measurements were taken throughout the season in conjunction with VSE techniques, which assessed to 25 cm (VESS), 40 cm (Double Spade) and 80 cm (SubVESS) depth. Graduated changes were observed by soil and some crop quantitative measurements as traffic treatment varied. VESS and Double Spade successfully identified a graduated treatment effect at all sites to 40 cm depth, although diagnosis translated into a yield response for the loam but not the sandy soil. Correlation between VESS Sq scores and crop yield were found. SubVESS gave mixed signals and indicated impacts lower in the profile in certain instances. These impacts were not captured by quantitative soil measurements. This work highlights the capacity for VSE techniques to indicate soil structural damage, which may cause a crop yield response, therefore allowing appropriate soil management strategies to be deployed before yield penalties occur.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier BVen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGeoderma Regional;20
dc.rightsAttribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectsoil qualityen_US
dc.subjectsoil structureen_US
dc.subjectsoil compactionen_US
dc.subjectvisual soil evaluationen_US
dc.subjectVESSen_US
dc.titleExploring the sensitivity of visual soil evaluation to traffic-induced soil compactionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2019.e00243
dc.contributor.sponsorDepartment of Agriculture, Food and the Marineen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber13/S/468en_US
dc.source.volume20
dc.source.beginpagee00243
refterms.dateFOA2021-03-01T00:00:00Z


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