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Non-invasive monitoring of soil water dynamics in mixed cropping systems: A case-study in Ratchaburi province, Thailand
Garré, Sarah; Coteur, Ine; Wongleecharoen, Chalemchart et al.
2013In Vadose Zone Journal, 12 (2)
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Abstract :
[en] Agriculture on shallow or steep soils in the humid tropics often leads to low resource use efficiency. Contour hedgerow intercropping systems have been proposed to reduce run-off and control soil erosion. However, competition for water and nutrients between crops and associated hedgerows may reduce the overall performance of contour hedgerow systems. Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is a valuable technique used to assess the distribution and dynamics of soil moisture noninvasively. In this study, we demonstrated its potential to measure soil water depletion in the field in distinct cropping patterns in Ratchaburi province, Thailand. The measurements showed that the soils of our experimental plots were very heterogeneous both along the slope as with depth. This observation highlighted some constraints of the ERT method for soil moisture monitoring in the field, such as the difficulty of defining a relationship between electrical conductivity and soil moisture in very heterogeneous soils. Nevertheless, spatial analysis of the data revealed contrasting water depletion patterns under monocropping and intercropping systems. In this way, ERT provides access to information about the vadose zone moisture dynamics that would be unavailable with classical soil moisture measurements.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Garré, Sarah  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences et technologie de l'environnement > Systèmes Sol-Eau
Coteur, Ine
Wongleecharoen, Chalemchart
Kongkaew, Thanuchai
Diels, Jan
Vanderborght, Jan
Language :
English
Title :
Non-invasive monitoring of soil water dynamics in mixed cropping systems: A case-study in Ratchaburi province, Thailand
Publication date :
08 March 2013
Journal title :
Vadose Zone Journal
ISSN :
1539-1663
Publisher :
Soil Science Society of America, United States
Volume :
12
Issue :
2
Peer reviewed :
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