Extremes of Moisture: Potential for soil and crop management practices to rapidly increase soil organic matter on eroded land in Manitoba
Crop Types
- Whole Farm
Collaborating Locations
University of ManitobaBackground
This research project will examine the ability of soil management practices to increase SOM on eroded land, to rebuild its long-term productivity and profitability.
This project is a sub-project of a multi-collaborator project on the Extremes of Moisture.
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Objectives
- Assess management practices for their effectiveness to rapidly build and protect soil organic matter on eroded land in Manitoba
- More uniform and stable soil moisture levels and crop yields by increasing SOM in areas where it is depressed through soil erosion
- Greater crop productivity and profitability.
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Project Details
Field Issues
- Abiotic Stress,
- Soil