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Culumber, Catherine Mae.

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Soil nutrient cycling and water use in response to orchard floor management in stone-fruit orchards in the Intermountain West.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Soil nutrient cycling and water use in response to orchard floor management in stone-fruit orchards in the Intermountain West./
Author:	Culumber, Catherine Mae.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2016,
Description:	233 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-04(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-04B(E).
Subject:	Agriculture. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10163700
ISBN:	9781369183788

Soil nutrient cycling and water use in response to orchard floor management in stone-fruit orchards in the Intermountain West.
Culumber, Catherine Mae.

Soil nutrient cycling and water use in response to orchard floor management in stone-fruit orchards in the Intermountain West. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 233 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-04(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Utah State University, 2016.

Fruit growers in Utah and other areas across the Intermountain West are faced with growing production challenges stemming from declining soil quality and water resources. Population growth presents challenges in terms of the cost and availability of land, but also presents opportunities in the form of new marketing options such as organic fruit. Few certified organic fruit orchards are operating in Utah currently, which is attributed to a lack of locally tested and adapted organic management practices. An organic peach orchard trial evaluated the effectiveness of different organic management approaches to enhance soil quality and conserve water without compromise to fruit tree growth and fertility. Two tree-row treatments: 'straw mulch' (Triticum aestivum L.) and 'living mulch' ( Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv.) were tested in combination with two alleyway groundcovers: 'grass' (Festuca rubra L. with Lolium perenne L.) and a legume, 'Birdsfoot trefoil' (Lotus corniculatus L.). The novel systems were compared with industry standards, tillage and weed fabric tree-rows with grass alleyways. Trefoil alleyway biomass deposited into tree-rows contributed an estimated 6.24 kg biomass and 0.21 kg total N/tree annually. Trefoil treatments had higher levels of organic carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), inorganic N, microbial biomass and enzyme activities, suggesting trefoil alleyways enhanced soil nutrient cycling, as well as C and N reserves in comparison to grass and tillage treatments. A functional gene array analysis was conducted to describe the mechanisms, microbial functional composition and diversity underlying the observed soil processes, however few differences were detected in soil community structure between soils under different orchard floor management.

ISBN: 9781369183788Subjects--Topical Terms:

518588
Agriculture.

Soil nutrient cycling and water use in response to orchard floor management in stone-fruit orchards in the Intermountain West.
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