AGRICULTURAL SOILS EVALUATION, AFTER USE OF DIATOMITE AS AN ECOLOGICAL INSECTICIDE

Soil quality is best defined in relation to the functions that soils perform in natural systems and agroecosystems. The quality of soil resources has historically been closely related to soil productivity. Indeed, in many cases the terms soil quality and soil productivity have been nearly synonymous...

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Published inActa Technica Corvininesis Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 77 - 80
Main Authors Coman, Vasile, Laslo, Lucian, Enache, Natalia Andreea, Rotaru, Anda Irena, Matei, Mihai, Bara, Norbert, Deák, György
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hunedoara Faculty of Engineering Hunedoara 01.04.2021
Subjects
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Beans
Biological activity
Chemical elements
Chemical indicators
Climate change
Crop diseases
Crops
Diatomaceous earth
Earth
Flowers & plants
Insect ecology
Insecticides
Natural resource management
Natural resources
Nutrients
Onions
Pathogens
Pests
Phosphorus content
Productivity
Resource management
Soils
Sustainable development
Water conservation
Water quality
Water resources
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Summary:Soil quality is best defined in relation to the functions that soils perform in natural systems and agroecosystems. The quality of soil resources has historically been closely related to soil productivity. Indeed, in many cases the terms soil quality and soil productivity have been nearly synonymous. Soils have important direct and indirect impacts on agricultural productivity, water quality and the global climate. Soils make plant growth possible by mediating biological, chemical and physical processes that provides plants with nutrients, water and other elements. Limited availability and quality of water resources are important aspects of natural resource management, and the protection and conservation of water resources is a key requirement in the principles of sustainable development. Climate change is just one of the responsible factors for the emergence and spread of diseases and pests in vegetable crops. Plant pests continue to be one of the biggest constraints on food and agricultural production. In order to protect the soil, and implicitly the environment, it is necessary to choose ecological methods to combat them. Thus, a model of eco-sustainable technology for reducing and preventing diseases and pests was developed, in which diatomite was selected as an ecological insecticide. The main chemical indicators were analyzed, both in the year of application and in the next year, in order to establish the long-term effect.
ISSN:2067-3809