Let’s Get Down and Dirty!
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Let’s Get Down and Dirty!
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Soil is a mixture of eroded rock, mineral nutrients, decaying organic matter, water, air, and living organisms
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5 Soil Forming Factors
• Parent material• Climate• Living organisms• Topography• Time
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Soil texture is an important soil characteristic that drives crop production and field management. The textural class of a soil is
determined by the percentage of sand, silt, and clay.
Soil texture determines the rate at which water drains through a saturated soil; water moves more freely through sandy soils than it does through clayey soils.
Silty clay – rolls into a ball; dark in color
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Mature soils are arranged in a series of zones called
soil horizons
Most mature soils have at least three of the possible
horizons
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In forests you will find the O Horizon (surface litter layer)
Topsoil layer (humus)
Subsoil layer (inorganic matter)
Parent material (inorganic matter)
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The A and O Horizons is where the interaction with bacteria, fungi, earthworms, and small worms take place
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Fertile soil that produces high crop
yields has a thick topsoil layer with
lots of humus
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Dark brown or black topsoil is nitrogen rich and high in organic matter
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Gray, bright yellow, or red topsoil is low in organic matter and needs Nitrogen enrichment
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It can take 200 to 1000 years to develop an inch of topsoil
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Soil permeability is a measurement of the rate water moves through soil. Soil permeability is governed by the makeup of the soil. Sandy and rocky soils have a high rate of soil permeability, while clay types of soils have a low rate. The rate of soil permeability can affect engineering and planning for structures such as sewer systems and earthen dams. It also is used to determine footings in buildings to prevent settling.
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Porosity is the open space between soil grains. Soil scientists use porosity measurements to determine how effectively air and water move through the subsurface. Large pore spaces within a soil column help promote infiltration allowing the water to uptake into the root system of plants without mounding and becoming boggy.
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There are three ways that wetland soils may filter contaminants from water:
Physical filtration occurs when moving water containing suspended sediments floods a wetland. Often, the water’s movement is slowed, perhaps even to a stand still. Sediments then settle out of the water.
Biological filtration occurs with nitrates. In the case of NO3-, anaerobic bacteria use the nitrate molecule as their final electron acceptor, reducing it to N2 gas or various nitrogen oxides (also gases). This process is especially important when agricultural fields are adjacent to waterways.
Chemical filtration occurs because wetland soils are often high in CEC (cation exchange capacity). Positively charged particles are selectively removed from the water.
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Soil Problems• Acidic soil – decrease uptake of nutrients
• add lime and organic fertilizer
• Alkaline soil -western and southwestern United States• Add sulfur – converted by bacteria to sulfuric acid
• Soil erosion• Sheet erosion• Rill erosion• Gully erosion
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Soil removed in uniform layer; slowest moving water
at top of hill
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Flowing water coalesces into small channels; tiny
gullies form
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Channels coalesce into larger channels; water increases
velocity and volume; erodes into larger gully
Gully Erosion
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Harmful Effects of Soil Erosion
• Loss of soil fertility• Loss of ability to hold water• Pollutes water, kills fish and shellfish• Clogs irrigation ditches, boat channels• Fills lakes and reservoirs with silt
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Providence Canyon resulted from poor farming practices – Lumpkin, GA
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Global Soil Erosion
• Topsoil is eroding faster than it forms on about one third of the world’s croplands
• 15% of land scattered across the globe are too eroded to grow crops because
• Overgrazing (35%)• Deforestation (30%)• Unsustainable farming (28%)
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Global Soil Erosion
• About 40% of world’s land used for agriculture is seriously degraded by
• Erosion• Salinization• Waterlogging
• Soil degradation has reduced food production on about 16% of world’s cropland
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Practices That Leave Soil Vulnerable to Desertification
• Overgrazing on fragile arid and semi-arid land• Deforestation without reforestation• Surface mining without reclamation• Irrigation techniques that lead to increase erosion• Salt buildup from irrigation• Farming on land with unsuitable terrain or soils• Soil compaction by farm machinery and cattle
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Symptoms of Desertification
• Loss of native habitat• Increased erosion• Salinization• Lowering of water table• Reduced surface water supply
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Consequences of Desertification
• Worsening drought• Famine• Declining health standards• Environmental refugees
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Which of the following ecosystems best characterizes a thick O horizon?
A. ChaparralB. DesertC. GrasslandD. Semi-desertE. Taiga
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Which of the following ecosystems best characterizes a thick O horizon?
A. ChaparralB. DesertC. GrasslandD. Semi-desertE. Taiga
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How does soil compaction affect the use of the land?
A. Compacted soils have negligible effects on land use.B. Compacted soils help reduce the threat of invasive
species taking over.C. Although compacted soils reduce the flow of water
through the soil, there is an increase in the availability of oxygen.
D. Soil compaction helps to keep the topsoil from eroding.
E. Compaction reduces space between soil particles, obstructing the flow of gases, nutrients, and water through the soil.
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How does soil compaction affect the use of the land?
A. Compacted soils have negligible effects on land use.B. Compacted soils help reduce the threat of invasive
species taking over.C. Although compacted soils reduce the flow of water
through the soil, there is an increase in the availability of oxygen.
D. Soil compaction helps to keep the topsoil from eroding.
E. Compaction reduces space between soil particles, obstructing the flow of gases, nutrients, and water through the soil.
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Deforestation, overgrazing, and the overworking of soil for crop production can lead to which of the following>
A. SalinizationB. MonocultureC. DesertificationD. Increased crop rotationE. Depletion of aquifers
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Deforestation, overgrazing, and the overworking of soil for crop production can lead to which of the following?
A. SalinizationB. MonocultureC. DesertificationD. Increased crop rotationE. Depletion of aquifers
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Soil Conservation
• Conservation tillage farming (no till)
• Terracing• Contour farming• Strip cropping
• Alley cropping• Gully reclamation• Windbreaks or
shelterbreaks• Land classification
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No till farming or Minimum tillage farming
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Terrace Farming
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Strip Cropping – a row of crop such as corn alternates in strips with another crop, such as grass-legume mixture,
that completely covers the soil
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Alley cropping or agroforestry – several crops are planted together in strip or alleys
between shrubs and trees
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Windbreaks or shelterbreaks – reduce wind erosion (retain soil moisture, fuelwood, and provide a habitat
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Restoring Soil FertilityOrganic Fertilizers
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Restoring Soil Fertility
Commercial Inorganic Fertilizer
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Green Manure – plowing into soil plants currently growing
Composting
Restoring Soil Fertility
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Restoring Soil Fertility
Crop Rotation – plant areas or strips with nutrient-depleting crops (tobacco, corn, and cotton deplete soil of nitrogen) one year and the
next year they plant the same areas with legumes
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Not crop rotation – center pivot irrigation
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Which of the following factors did NOT contribute to the Dust Bowl in the United States?
A. No-till agricultureB. Removal of vegetative coverC. Soil erosionD. DesertificationE. Drought
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Which of the following factors did NOT contribute to the Dust Bowl in the United States?
A. No-till agricultureB. Removal of vegetative coverC. Soil erosionD. DesertificationE. Drought
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If you were to practice crop rotation which of the following crops would be best for you rotate with corn?
A. TobaccoB. CottonC. MaizeD. SoybeansE. Sugarcane
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If you were to practice crop rotation which of the following crops would be best for you rotate with corn?
A. TobaccoB. CottonC. MaizeD. SoybeansE. Sugarcane
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Questions?