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Studding the Impacts of Technological Measures on the Biological Activity of Pluvial Eroded Soils

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Pedo-biological indicators, together with physical and chemical indicators, are important elements in the complex task of determining soil quality and reducing negative effects of soil degradation. In this chapter we present the results of the soil biology research on degraded lands by pluvial erosion, disposed in agroterraces, located in North–Eastern part of Romania. The experiment was established in a sloping field in Podu-Iloaiei, Iasy county on a Cambic Chernozem at 0–20 cm depth to study the seasonal evolution (spring-summer) of the biotic potential (soil respiration and cellulolysae) without irrigation. Our data deriving from this experiment indicate that disposed antierosional measures such as agroterraces, have produced lower values of the biological activity on top slope, in control section and, also, in various fertilized variants. Much better results of tenaces were recorded on lower slopes. The effects of pluvial erosion have a higher negative influence on soil biological activity. The excessively dry summer season had a stressing and restricting effect on biological activity of the soil as well. The Indicator of Vital Activities Potential (IVAP) was correlated with soil physical and chemical indicators to establish possible relationships.

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  1. Biological Research Institute, 700107, Iaşi, Romania

    Geanina Bireescu & Lazar Bireescu

  2. University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 700490, Iaşi, Romania

    Costica Ailincai & Lucian Raus

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Bireescu, G., Ailincai, C., Raus, L., Bireescu, L. (2010). Studding the Impacts of Technological Measures on the Biological Activity of Pluvial Eroded Soils. In: Zdruli, P., Pagliai, M., Kapur, S., Faz Cano, A. (eds) Land Degradation and Desertification: Assessment, Mitigation and Remediation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8657-0_39

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