ICPA - Department of Soil Physics and Technology

Research Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry

ICPA Bucharest

DEPARTMENT

Soil Physics and Technology

Field of activity:

Inventory and complex characterization and quantification of the nation-wide soil resources;
Soil survey methodologies;
Inventories of soil profiles;
Base soil maps, thematic soil maps;
Soil analysis methods;
Researches on the main pedological processes (e.g. soil compaction, crusting, seedbed quality);

Technological recommendations for irrigation, drainage, tillage and control of soil erosion, salinity and compaction;

Application and development of simulation models for crop growth, mass and energy transfer in agricultural system;
Application and development of digital terrain models integrated with simulation models at the watershed level;
Estimation of traficability and workability using basic soil physical parameters;
Indirect methods for the estimation of pedotransfer functions using standard soil survey data;
Fractal analysis of soils and landscape;
Soil erosion susceptibility and extent;
Development of databases and GIS on soil/land resources and environment;
Statistical processing of data.
Developing drought response units characterizing the sensitivity of land units to water stresses.
Developing tillage systems adapted to soil and climate conditions;
Field experiments and simulation models for the estimation of the effects of compaction on soils and crop production;
Global climate change scenarios;
Development of expert systems and decision support systems on sustainable land use planning and technological recommendation;
Evaluation of the quality of the soil resources and establishing measures for their protection, conservation and amelioration;
Information for land reform and sustainable land use planning;
Rural development.

Contact person: Dr. Catalin SIMOTA (Head of department)

Phone/Fax: +40-1-222.59.79

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