Comparative assessment of fertility indicators of alluvial meadow soil with the use of different fertilization systems and its post-agrogenic analogue

Posted on 15.05.2026 by secretar
UDC 631.452
https://doi.org/10.25630/PAV.2026.17.41.003

Vasyuchkov I.Yu., Uspenskaya O.N., Kolomiets A.A.

The results of determining the indicators of post-agrogenic soil fertility of a piece of arable land after 15 years of its cultivation in comparison with the potential fertility of the same arable land (in variants without fertilizers) and the effective fertility of this arable land after the use of different fertilizer systems in the period from 2021 to 2024 are presented. Laboratory and field studies were conducted by the laboratory of Agrochemical Research at the VNIIO Testing Center, a branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, on alluvial meadow, medium loamy soil in the central part of the Moskvoretsky floodplain, Ramensky district of the Moscow Region. Field experiments to determine the effective fertility of modern arable land were carried out in a vegetable crop rotation with alternating crops: late cabbag - carrots – and beets - cauliflower. Fertilizer systems were used: mineral, organic, and organomineral. The indicators of postagrogenic fertility of the arable land after 15 years of its natural cultivation have been determined. In comparison with the potential (in the variants without fertilizers), the postagrogenic soil fertility under the meadow turned out to be significantly higher. Perennial grasses have replenished the organic matter of the soil due to the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil microbiota (biological nitrogen) and the accumulation of large amounts of root and crop residues in the soil with a high degree of their humification. The organic and organomineral systems proved to be the most supportive of the fertility of alluvial meadow soil. Humus increased by 7.8% when using an organic fertilizer system compared to non–fertilizer options, and by 6.8% when using an organomineral system. Alkaline hydrolyzable nitrogen increased by 20.4% and 19.9%, respectively, when using organic and organomineral fertilizer systems. To restore and increase the fertility of alluvial meadow soils, their natural tinning is as effective as artificial grass sowing.

Key words: alluvial meadow soil; postagrogenic soil; fertility of postagrogenic soil; soil restoration

Vasyuchkov I.Yu, Cand. Sci. (Agr.), leading research fellow, Agrochemical Research Sector

Uspenskaya O.N., Cand. Sci. (Biol.), leading research fellow, Agrochemical Research Sector

Kolomiets A.A, Cand. Sci. (Agr.), research fellow, Agrochemical Research Sector All-Russian research institute of vegetable growing – branch of FSBSI Federal scientific vegetable center

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For citing: Vasyuchkov I.Yu., Uspenskaya O.N., Kolomiets A.A. Comparative assessment of fertility indicators of alluvial meadow soil with the use of different fertilization systems and its post-agrogenic analogue. Potato and vegetables. 2026. No3. Pp. 31-36. https://doi.org/10.25630/PAV.2026.17.41.003 (In Russ.).

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