Experiences with the impact of subsoil compaction on soil, crop growth and environment and ways to prevent subsoil compaction

• Forschungsstelle: EU FRP
• Projektnummer: 97.0442-1
• Projekttitel Englisch: Experiences with the impact of subsoil compaction on soil, crop growth and environment and ways to prevent subsoil compaction

Schlüsselwörter (Englisch)

Subsoil compaction; physical soil protection; database; assessment techniques; critical stress

Alternative Projektnummern (Englisch)

EU project number: FAIR5-CT97-3589

Forschungsprogramme (Englisch)

EU-programme: 4. Frame Research Programme - 4.3 Biomedical/Health research

Kurzbeschreibung (Englisch)

See abstract

Weitere Hinweise und Angaben (Englisch)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
ETH Zürich
Institut für Terrestrische Ökosysteme
ETH Zentrum CHN F 31.1

Partner und Internationale Organisationen (Englisch)

DLO-Staring Centre, Wageningen (NL)

Abstract (Englisch)

In recent years, subsoil compaction caused by heavy machinery has been recognized as a major threat to the fertility of agricultural soils. In order to assess the state of scientific knowledge on subsoil compaction, its consequences for agricultural production and further impacts on the environment, as well as to identify important knowledge gaps and to coordinate further research on these topics, the concerted action adresses the following tasks:
· exchange of experience by means of workshops
· construction of a literature database
· construction of a database on results of field experiments on subsoil compactions and its impacts
· construction of a database on soil mechanical properties
· recommendation of methods and harmonization of standards and guidelines, dissemination of results by joint publications
· initiation of collaborative research.

Datenbankreferenzen (Englisch)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 97.0442-1