<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of gas transit pipeline temperature on soil moisture, soil temperature and yield of harvest crops. The study area was located in the village Ivanka pri Nitre (Nitra District, Southwestern Slovakia). Soil type in the site is Orthic Brown Chernozem. Temperature of the transported gas increased the soil temperature in the range of 2.07°C to 3.4°C measured in a depth ranging from 250 mm to 350 mm above the gas lines. The temperature also reduced soil moisture by 1.27‒3.18 percentiles of weight. Yield of the winter wheat grown above the gas lines was higher by 9.40% in 2004 and by 13.06% in 2006. Yield of the sunflower grown above the gas lines was higher by 8.05% in 2005. In treatment 1, organic fertilisation in a dose of 50 t/ha affected the yield of the winter wheat above the gas pipeline and the yield increased by 13.95% in 2004.</p></abstract>

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of gas transit pipeline temperature on soil moisture, soil temperature and yield of harvest crops. The study area was located in the village Ivanka pri Nitre (Nitra District, Southwestern Slovakia). Soil type in the site is Orthic Brown Chernozem. Temperature of the transported gas increased the soil temperature in the range of 2.07°C to 3.4°C measured in a depth ranging from 250 mm to 350 mm above the gas lines. The temperature also reduced soil moisture by 1.27‒3.18 percentiles of weight. Yield of the winter wheat grown above the gas lines was higher by 9.40% in 2004 and by 13.06% in 2006. Yield of the sunflower grown above the gas lines was higher by 8.05% in 2005. In treatment 1, organic fertilisation in a dose of 50 t/ha affected the yield of the winter wheat above the gas pipeline and the yield increased by 13.95% in 2004.

Impact of operating temperature of gas transit pipeline on soil quality and production potential of crops

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Agriculture (Pol'nohospodárstvo)

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The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of gas transit pipeline temperature on soil moisture, soil temperature and yield of harvest crops. The...

Impact of operating temperature of gas transit pipeline on soil quality and production potential of crops

Published Online: Oct 25, 2017

Page range: 120 - 127

Received: Jun 30, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agri-2017-0012

Keywords
gas pipeline, soil moisture, soil temperature, sunflower, wheat, yield

© 2017 Daniela Halmová et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Impact of operating temperature of gas transit pipeline on soil quality and production potential of crops

Published Online: Oct 25, 2017

Page range: 120 - 127

Received: Jun 30, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agri-2017-0012

Keywordsgas pipeline, soil moisture, soil temperature, sunflower, wheat, yield

© 2017 Daniela Halmová et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
gas pipeline, soil moisture, soil temperature, sunflower, wheat, yield