SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE IMPACT OF LONG-TERM USE OF OILSEED RADISH AS AN INTERMEDIATE GREEN MANURE ON THE SOIL QUALITY INDEX
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https://doi.org/10.32782/naturaljournal.14.2025.24Keywords:
green manure potential, biological productivity, agrochemical soil properties, agrophysical soil properties, hydrological soil constants, soil quality indexAbstract
The study substantiates the effectiveness and significance of systematic green manuring in ensuring soil rehabilitation processes and reducing soil degradation within the active 0–30 cm layer of the soil profile. The aim of the research was to perform a long-term evaluation of the efficiency of using oilseed radish as a green manure crop in an intermediate (summer) application, with a recurrence once every two years in crop rotation, within a total 12-year experimental cycle. During the long-term field experiment (2014–2025), a comprehensive assessment was conducted on the use of the aboveground and root biomass of oilseed radish for improving agrochemical, agrophysical, and hydrological soil properties, compared to a control rotation with the same crop set but without green manuring or any additional fertilization. The results of the analysis of the main properties and regimes of grey forest soils demonstrated the efficiency of bio-organic intermediate green manuring applied once every two years using monoculture green manure agrocenoses of oilseed radish (Raphanus sativus L. var. oleiformis Pers.) under non-Brassicaceae crops. The incorporation of green biomass at a depth of 14–16 cm during the flowering stage contributed to the following average annual dynamics within the 0–30 cm soil layer over the 12-year period: humus content – +0,0024%/year, soil bulk density – −0,017 g/cm³ per year, soil packing density – −0,014 g/cm³ per year, soil hardness – −0,296 kg/cm² per year, total porosity – +0,570%/year, capillary porosity – +0,252%/year, non-capillary porosity – +0,319%/year, soil aeration porosity – +0,393%/year, water-holding capacity – +0,422%/year, pH –+0,021 per year, organic carbon – +0,0024%/year, total nitrogen – +0,001%/year, C/N ratio – +0,008 per year, easily hydrolyzable nitrogen – +0,897 mg/kg per year, available phosphorus – +1,092 mg/kg per year, and exchangeable potassium – +1,242 mg/kg per year. As a result, the mean Soil Quality Index (SOI) reached 0,657 compared to 0.460 in the baseline control at the beginning of the experiment.
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