Биология почв
Почвоведение и агрохимия, №4, 2020
Table 3 – Percentage mechanical composition of the soil (2018)
Soil
Sampling
depth, cm
Particlesizes, mm
Sum of
particles
less than
0.001 mm
Physical sand
Physical clay
>3
3-1
1-
0,25
0,25-
0,05
0,05-
0,01
0,01-
0,005
0,005-
0,001
>0,001
Dark
brown
0-29
29-46
46-90
90-140
3,23
1,85
1,64
0.38
2,15
3,01
1,96
1,44
3,10
3,11
2,19
1,00
0,89
1,08
3,79
3,70
45,29
45,43
44,87
45,52
14,29
15,26
15,67
17,78
12,15
11,98
11,34
9,24
18,77
18,36
18,53
20,78
45,32
45,49
45,54
47,86
As shown in table 3, the studied soil
has favorable thermal and air regimes,
richer in food elements, which affects the
resettlement of soil mesofauna. The con-
tent of physical clay in dark brown soil in
the profile ranges from 45.3-47.8 %.
In the studied soil the predominant
fraction is the fraction of coarse dust (0.05-
0.01 mm) ranging from 45.2-45.5 %. Ac-
cording to the degree of stony properties
dark brown soils are weakly stony. Parti-
cles larger than 3 mm in diameter contain
0.38-3.23 %. Soil invertebrates are not ran-
dom inhabitants of the soil. The soil can
not exist without them, it was created by
them, and that is why soil is their main
habitat. Mesofauna activity is useful in that
it leads to the improvement of physical
properties, making them more loose, more
easily permeable to water and air. All of
these characteristics play an important
role in soil formation, as a factor of the soil
fertility creation. Physical properties are
represented in table 4.
Table 4 – Physical properties of the soil of ZailiAlatau under the vineyards of Almaly,
Aisulu (2018)
Soil type
Sampling depth,
cm
Volume weight,
g/cm
3
Specificweight,
g/cm
3
Total porosity, %
Dark brown
0-10
10-20
20-30
30-40
1,23
1,27
1,32
1,30
2,47
2,45
2,56
2,57
52
51
49
49
According to table4, the dark brown
soil’s average bulk density is 1.27 g/cm
3
,
specific gravity is 2.54 g/cm
3
and porosity
is 55-49 %. Volume weight in 30 cm soil
layer, the average specific gravity is 2.66
g/cm
3
and porosity is 47-45.
Kachynski N.A. [14] has established
that the higher the dispersion factor, the
less strong the microstructure. The disper-
sion factor does not exceed 10 %, in brown
soils is 10-20 %, and columnar saline in-
creases to 60-80 %. In full accordance with
this we have studied the dispersion factor.
So dark brown soil’s dispersion factor is
14.1 %. Obtained data indicate a high wa-
ter resistance of microaggregates. This is
due to the fact that there is a clear depend-
ence on the content of humus in the soil.
Sokolov A. [16] has established that
the coprolites of earthworms are much
more resistant to erosion than aggregates
formed only under the influence of plant
roots and microorganisms. The number of
aggregates larger than 0.25 mm in the up-
per horizons of mountain soils inhabited
by earthworms ranges from 75 % to 90 %.
The ability to resist the erosion ac-
tion of water is inherent in both micro-
aggregates and macroaggregates, and it
depends on the mechanical composition of
the soil and the amount of cementing
agents.
Microaggregate composition of the
soil affects the structure, its addition, and
finally affects the settlement and distribu-
tion of mesofauna in the soil. Therefore,
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