A groundwater vulnerability to nitrates from agriculture regarding soil-rock environment

Pedosphere Research, vol. 3, 2023, no. 2: 115 – 121 Short communication A GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY TO NITRATES FROM AGRICULTURE REGARDING SOIL-ROCK ENVIRONMENT Radoslav Bujnovský1, Štefan Koco2,3, Pavol Bezák2 1Water Research Institute, Nábrežie arm. gen. L. Svobodu 5, 812 49 Bratislava, Slovak Republic2National Agricultural and Food Centre – Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, Trenčianska 55,…

The changes of selected soil chemical parameters after conversion of soil use

Pedosphere Research, vol. 3, 2023, no. 2: 101 – 114 Original Paper THE CHANGES OF SELECTED SOIL CHEMICAL PARAMETERS AFTER CONVERSION OF SOIL USE Božena Šoltysová, Martin Danilovič, Janka Danilovičová National Agricultural and Food Centre – Plant Production Research Institute – Institute of Agroecology in Michalovce, Špitálska 1273/12, 071 01 Michalovce, Slovak Republic Corresponding author: Ing. Božena Šoltysová, PhD.,…

Irrigation requirements and irrigation water use efficiency in slovakia in the period 1961–2020

Pedosphere Research, vol. 3, 2023, no. 2: 83 – 100 Original Paper IRRIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND IRRIGATION WATER USE EFFICIENCY IN SLOVAKIA IN THE PERIOD 1961–2020 Jozef Takáč, Pavol Bezák, Jaroslava Sobocká National Agricultural and Food Centre – Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute,Trenčianska 55, 821 09 Bratislava Slovak Republic Corresponding author: RNDr. Jozef Takáč, PhD.,…

Possibilities for assessing ecosystem services in an agrarian landscape

Pedosphere Research, vol. 3, 2023, no. 2: 65 – 82 Original Paper POSSIBILITIES FOR ASSESSING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN AN AGRARIAN LANDSCAPE Jarmila Makovníková1, Stanislav Kološta2, Boris Pálka1 1National Agricultural and Food Centre – Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute Bratislava, Mládežnícka 36, Regional Station, 974 04 Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic 2Matej Bel University, Faculty of…

Authigenic carbonates in Quaternary sediments and soils and related geochemical systems of Danube Lowland (SW Slovakia) II.

Pedosphere Research, vol. 3, 2023, no. 1: 43 – 62 Review AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES IN QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS AND SOILS AND RELATED GEOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS OF DANUBE LOWLAND (SW SLOVAKIA) II. Ján Čurlík1, Miroslav Kromka2 1 Assoc. professor, Svätoplukova 24, 902 01 Pezinok, Slovak Republic 2 National Agricultural and Food Centre – Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute…

Soil compaction and susceptibility to compaction in the agriculturally used soils

Pedosphere Research, vol. 3, 2023, no. 1: 30 – 42 Short communication SOIL COMPACTION AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO COMPACTION IN THE AGRICULTURALLY USED SOILS Beata Houšková National Agricultural and Food Centre – Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute Bratislava, Slovak Republic Corresponding author: RNDr. Beata Houšková, CSc., National Agricultural and Food Centre – Soil Science and…

The impact of current agricultural land management on groundwater pollution by nitrogen in the conditions of Chernozem on Podunajská lowland

Pedosphere Research, vol. 3, 2023, no. 1: 17 – 29 Short communication THE IMPACT OF CURRENT AGRICULTURAL LAND MANAGEMENT ON GROUNDWATER POLLUTION BY NITROGEN IN THE CONDITIONS OF CHERNOZEM ON PODUNAJSKÁ LOWLAND Vladimír Píš, Milan Kališ, Jozef Takáč, Zuzana Bezáková Národné poľnohospodárske a potravinárske centrum – Výskumný ústav pôdoznalectva a ochrany pôdyNational Agricultural and Food Centre –…

Pedoclimatic conditions of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) used for agroforestry systems in Slovakia

Pedosphere Research, vol. 3, 2023, no. 1: 3 – 16 Original paper PEDOCLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF SWEET CHESTNUT (CASTANEA SATIVA MILL.) USED FOR AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS IN SLOVAKIA Jaroslava Sobocká1, Martin Saksa1, Michal Pástor2,3, Eva Pekárová1 1National Agricultural and Food Centre – Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2National Forest Centre – Forest Research…

Genesis of authigenic carbonates in Quaternary sediments and soils of Danube Lowland I.

Pedosphere Research, vol. 2, 2022, no. 2: 106 – 118 Review GENESIS OF AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES IN QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS AND SOILS OF DANUBE LOWLAND I. Ján Čurlík1, Miroslav Kromka2 1Assoc. Professor, Svätoplukova 24, 902 01 Pezinok, Slovak Republic 2National Agricultural and Food Centre – Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute Bratislava, Slovak Republic Corresponding author: RNDr.…

Trends in the Soil Water Dynamics in the Period 1961 – 2020 in Agricultural Regions of Slovakia

Pedosphere Research, vol. 2, 2022, no. 2: 86 – 105 Original paper TRENDS IN THE SOIL WATER DYNAMICS IN THE PERIOD 1961 – 2020 IN AGRICULTURAL REGIONS OF SLOVAKIA Jozef Takáč, Jaroslava Sobocká National Agricultural and Food Centre – Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute Bratislava, Slovak Republic Corresponding author: RNDr. Jozef Takáč, PhD., National Agricultural and…