Blanca Sastre

Dr. Blanca Sastre

Applied Research Department, IMIDRA, Finca El Encín, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2017 in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
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AGAndrés García-Díaz
Andrés García-Díaz
RAMÓN BIENESRAMÓN BIENES
RAMÓN BIENES
Blanca SastreBlanca Sastre
Blanca Sastre
ANAgata Novara
Agata Novara
LGLuciano Gristina
Luciano Gristina
Artemi CerdaArtemi Cerda
Artemi Cerda

10 November 2016 in Journal of Soils and Sediments
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Blanca SastreBlanca Sastre
Blanca Sastre
CBCelia Barbero-Sierra
Celia Barbero-Sierra
RAMÓN BIENESRAMÓN BIENES
RAMÓN BIENES
Maria Jose MarquesMaria Jose Marques
Maria Jose Marques
AGAndrés García-Díaz
Andrés García-Díaz

1 April 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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AGAndrés García-Díaz
Andrés García-Díaz
MMMaría José Marqués
María José Marqués
Blanca SastreBlanca Sastre
Blanca Sastre
RBRamón Bienes
Ramón Bienes

1 July 2016 in Geoderma
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RAMÓN BIENESRAMÓN BIENES
RAMÓN BIENES
MMM.J. Marques
M.J. Marques
Blanca SastreBlanca Sastre
Blanca Sastre
AGAndrés García-Díaz
Andrés García-Díaz
MRM. Ruiz-Colmenero
M. Ruiz-Colmenero

1 December 2018 in CATENA
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Blanca SastreBlanca Sastre
Blanca Sastre
Maria Jose MarquesMaria Jose Marques
Maria Jose Marques
AGAndrés García-Díaz
Andrés García-Díaz
RBRamón Bienes
Ramón Bienes

5 February 2021 in Agronomy
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RAMÓN BIENESRAMÓN BIENES
RAMÓN BIENES
Maria Jose MarquesMaria Jose Marques
Maria Jose Marques
Blanca SastreBlanca Sastre
Blanca Sastre
AGAndrés García-Díaz
Andrés García-Díaz
IEIris Esparza
Iris Esparza
RVRemedios Alarcón Víllora
Remedios Alarcón Víllora
Long-term field trials are essential for monitoring the effects of sustainable land management strategies for adaptation and mitigation to climate change. The influence of more than thirty years of different management is analyzed on extensive crops under three tillage systems, conventional tillage (CT), minimum tillage (MT), and no-tillage (NT), and with two crop rotations, monoculture winter-wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and wheat-vetch (Triticum aestivum L.-Vicia sativa L.), widely present in the center of Spain. The soil under NT experienced the largest change in organic carbon (SOC) sequestration, macroaggregate stability, and bulk density. In the MT and NT treatments, SOC content was still increasing after 32 years, being 26.5 and 32.2 Mg ha−1, respectively, compared to 20.8 Mg ha−1 in CT. The SOC stratification (ratio of SOC at the topsoil/SOC at the layer underneath), an indicator of soil conservation, increased with decreasing tillage intensity (2.32, 1.36, and 1.01 for NT, MT, and CT respectively). Tillage intensity affected the majority of soil parameters, except the water stable aggregates, infiltration, and porosity. The NT treatment increased available water, but only in monocropping. More water was retained at the permanent wilting point in NT treatments, which can be a disadvantage in dry periods of these edaphoclimatic conditions.