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Effects of Wheat and Rapeseed Production on Soil Water Storage in Mongolian Rangeland

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  • Katori Miyasaka

    (College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa-shi 252-0880, Kanagawa, Japan)

  • Takafumi Miyasaka

    (Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi 464-8601, Aichi, Japan)

  • Jumpei Ota

    (College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa-shi 252-0880, Kanagawa, Japan)

  • Siilegmaa Batsukh

    (School of Geology and Mining Engineering, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 46/338, Ulaanbaatar 210646, Mongolia)

  • Undarmaa Jamsran

    (Center for Ecosystem Studies, Mongolian University of Life Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 17024, Mongolia)

Abstract

In recent years, Mongolia has witnessed an increase in not only wheat fields, which have been present for a long time, but also rapeseed fields. This has led to increasing concerns about soil degradation due to inappropriate cultivation. This study aims to determine the impacts of rapeseed production on soil water storage in Mongolia. The soil water content and matric potential were measured in wheat and rapeseed fields and adjacent steppe rangeland for five years, including crop production and fallow years, and the soil water storages in the fields were compared. The results demonstrated that the matric potential below the root zone in the rapeseed field and both rangelands was drier than the wilting point, whereas the potential in the wheat field was usually almost the same or wetter than this point. The comparison of the amount of soil water storage during the fallow year with that of the adjacent rangeland showed it to be 5–10% higher for the wheat field and almost equal for the rapeseed field. Field management must consider the fact that rapeseed fields use more water than is required by wheat fields and that less water is stored during fallow periods.

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  • Katori Miyasaka & Takafumi Miyasaka & Jumpei Ota & Siilegmaa Batsukh & Undarmaa Jamsran, 2021. "Effects of Wheat and Rapeseed Production on Soil Water Storage in Mongolian Rangeland," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-21, September.
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