Conservation agriculture against climate change
I believe that due to the climate change perspectives, it is urgent to promote agricultural practices that help to confer a greater stability of agricultural systems.
We are studying the influence of organic matter on the resistance of soils to droughts mediated by its effects on soil organisms.
Projects
- Vulnerability of agricultural systems to drought under different types of tillage: effects on the soil microbial community. Funded by: FEDER Operational Program of the Junta de Andalucía. January 2020 – December 2022.
- Conservation agriculture for increasing carbon sequestration and improving soil quality and crop development in semi-arid conditions. Funded by: C.I.C.Y.T. (Spanish Commission for Science and Technology). January 2010 – December 2012.
- Conservation Tillage: short and long-term effects on soil quality and crop development. Funded by: C.I.C.Y.T. (Spanish Commission for Science and Technology). January 2007 – December 2009.
Publications
- Panettieri, M., Jiménez-González, M.A., De Sosa, L.L., Almendros, G., Madejón, E. (2021) Chemical diversity and molecular signature of soil humic fractions used as proxies of soil quality under contrasted tillage management. Spanish Journal of Soil Science, 2021, 11(1), pp. 39–54. DOI: 10.3232/SJSS.2021.V11.N1.04.
- Panettieri, M., de Sosa, L.L., Domínguez, M.T., Madejón, E. (2020) Long-term impacts of conservation tillage on Mediterranean agricultural soils: shifts in microbial communities despite limited effects on chemical properties Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 2020, 304, 107144. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2020.107144
- Carmona, I., Griffith, D.M., Soriano, M.A., Murillo, J.M., Madejón, E., Gomez-Macpherson, H. (2015). What do farmers mean when they say they practice conservation agriculture? A comprehensive case study from southern Spain. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 213, 164-177. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.07.028
- Panettieri, M., Knicker, H., Berns, A.E., Knicker, H., Murillo, J.M., Madejón, E. (2015). Evaluation of seasonal variability of soil biogeochemical properties in aggregate-size fractioned soil under different tillages. Soil and Tillage Research, 151, 39-49. DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2015.02.008.
- López-Garrido, R., Madejón, E., Moreno, F., Murillo, J.M. (2014). Conservation tillage influence on carbon dynamics under Mediterranean conditions. Pedosphere, 24, 65-75. DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(13)60081-8.
- López-Garrido, R., Madejón, E., León-Camacho, M., Girón, I., Moreno, F., Murillo, J.M. (2014). Reduced tillage as an alternative to no-tillage under Mediterranean conditions: A case study. Soil and Tillage Research, 140, 40-47. DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2014.02.008.
- Panettieri, M., Knicker, H., Murillo, J.M., Madejón E., Hatcher, P.G. (2014). Soil organic matter degradation in an agricultural chronosequence under different tillage regimes evaluated by organic matter pools, enzymatic activities and CPMAS 13C NMR. Soil Biology &Biochemistry, 78, 170-181. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.07.021.
- Álvaro-Fuentes, J., Morell, F.J., Madejón, E., Lampurlanés, J., Arrúe, J.L., Cantero-Martínez, C. (2013). Soil biochemical properties in a semiarid Mediterranean agroecosystem as affected by long-term tillage and N fertilization. Soil and Tillage Research, 129, 69-74. DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2013.01.005.
- Panettieri, M., Carmona, I., Melero, S., Madejón, E., Gómez-Macpherson, H. (2013). Effect of permanent bed planting combined with controlled traffic on soil chemical and biochemical properties in irrigated semi-arid Mediterranean conditions. Catena, 107, 103-109. DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.02.008.
- Panettieri, M., Knicker, H., Berns, A.E., Murillo, J.M., Madejón, E. (2013). Moldboard plowing effects on soil aggregation and soil organic matter quality assessed by 13C CPMAS NMR and biochemical analyses. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 177, 48-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.025.
- Panettieri, M., Lazaro, L., López-Garrido, R., Murillo, J.M., Madejón, E. (2013). Glyphosate effect on soil biochemical properties under conservation tillage. Soil and Tillage Research, 133, 16-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2013.05.007.
- López-Garrido, R., Deurer, M., Madejón, E., Murillo, J.M., Moreno, F. (2012). Tillage influence on biophysical soil properties: the example of a long-term tillage experiment under Mediterranean rainfed conditions in South Spain. Soil and Tillage Research, 118, 52-60. DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2011.10.013.
- López-Garrido, R., Madejón, E., Murillo, J.M., Moreno, F. (2011). Mouldboard ploughing application in a commercial farm devoted to no-tillage under rainfed, Mediterranean conditions: direct and residual effects on soil and crops. Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment, 140, 182-190. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.12.001.
- López-Garrido, R., Madejón, E., Murillo, J.M., Moreno, F. (2011). Short and long-term distribution with depth of soil organic C and nutrients under traditional and conservation tillage in a Mediterranean environment (south-west Spain). Soil Use and Management, 27, 177-185. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00329.x.
- Melero, S., Panettieri, M., Madejón, E., Gomez-Macpherson, E., Moreno, F., Murillo, J.M. (2011). Implementation of Chiseling and Moldboard plowing in dryland under medium-term managed by direct drilling (SW, Spain). Soil and Tillage Research, 112, 107-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.12.001.
- López-Garrido, R., Díaz-Espejo, A., Madejón, E., Murillo, J.M., Moreno, F. (2009). Carbon losses by tillage under semi-arid Mediterranean rainfed agriculture (SW Spain) Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 7(3), 706-716.
- Melero, S., López-Garrido, R., Madejón, E., Murillo, J.M., Vanderlinden, K., Ordoñez, R., Moreno, F. (2009). Long-term effects of conservation tillage on organic fractions in two soils in southwest of Spain. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 133 68–74. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.05.004.
- Melero, S., Vanderlinden, K., Ruiz, J.C., Madejón, E. (2008). Long-term effect on soil biochemical status of a Vertisol under conservation tillage system in semi-arid Mediterranean conditions European Journal of Soil Biology. 44 (4), 437-442. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2008.06.003.
- Melero, S., Vanderlinden, K., Ruiz, J.C., Madejón, E. (2008). Soil biochemical response after 23 years of direct drilling under a dryland agriculture system in southwest Spain. Journal of Agricultural Science, 146, 1–7. DOI: 10.1017/S0021859608008204.
- Madejón, E., Moreno, F., Murillo, J.M., Pellegrin, F. (2007). Soil Biochemical Response to Long-term Conservation Tillage under Semi-Arid Mediterranean Conditions. Soil and Tillage Research. 94 (2) 346-352. DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2006.08.010
- Murillo, J.M., Moreno, F., Madejón, E., Girón, I.F., Pelegrín, F. (2006). Improving soil surface properties: A driving force for conservation tillage under semi-arid conditions. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 4(1), 97-104.
PhD supervisions
Title: Carbon sequestration and soil quality improvement under conservation tillage in semi-arid conditions
Student: Marco Panettieri
University of Seville faculty/school: Chemistry
Year: 2013
Rating: “cum laude” European doctoral degree
Title: Conservation tillage: short and long-term effects on soil quality and crop development
Student: Rosa López Garrido
University of Seville faculty/school: Biology
Year: 2010
Rating: “cum laude”