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Taxonomic and environmental implication of pedotechnique in large scale farming
Giuseppe Lo PapaCarmelo Dazzisubject
Vine010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesSoil SciencePedotechniqueQuality of the environment01 natural sciencesSoil functionsSoil classificationTable (landform)0105 earth and related environmental sciencesNature and Landscape ConservationWater Science and TechnologyUSDA soil taxonomybusiness.industryEcologyScale (chemistry)Environmental resource managementSoil classification04 agricultural and veterinary sciencesGeographyAgriculturelcsh:TA1-2040Settore AGR/14 - PedologiaSoil water040103 agronomy & agriculture0401 agriculture forestry and fisheriesPedotechniquesbusinesslcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)Agronomy and Crop Sciencedescription
Abstract Human activities that involve deep modifications of the soils and a substantial deterioration of their features are numerous and very diverse. Such activities are considered as pedotechniques and, in large-scale farming, are used only under the boost of significant economic returns. In these last decades, the pedotechniques used to tailor soils suitable for table vine cultivation in the Acate valley (Sicily, Italy), not only led to objective difficulties in the classification of these deeply transformed soils but also, to several environmental hazards. In this work after considering the pedotechniques used in tailoring suitable soil for table vine cultivation, we propose to introduce Anthrosols as a new taxonomic soil Order in Soil Taxonomy stressing that a correct soil classification of these deeply modified soils allow for a correct understanding of their features and of the environmental hazards that their management could originate.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-01 | International Soil and Water Conservation Research |