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Soto Gómez, Diego 612dc3df-ac09-49c2-bd91-0ab069082992 600 Fernández Hernández, Juan A. 71f982a3-cf21-4017-8cc1-909b305fd854 600 Acosta, Jose A. 2f3aa589-22b5-4dc1-9aca-4bc79277be28 600 Martínez-Martínez, Silvia 9cb3cdf4-e7cb-4dc4-b1e4-8b59a6ba6e49 600 Contreras, Josefina db47bfb2-0feb-4633-859b-7c9f79016fe5 600 Almagro, María 52bdfbec-c092-470f-924a-55e229999ea8 600 Martínez-Mena, María 76c5348d-99c6-4e3b-aab1-56fd784cc47e 600 Boix-Fayos, Carolina 86ad1fd4-7d37-4013-b4dc-7934db5565f1 600 Díaz-Pereira, Elvira b2cb6230-236f-4b4f-95e7-237c691bd0e6 600 Temnani, Abdelmalek a7e8174d-0dd4-4f61-b6b4-75194773940c 600 Berrios, Pablo cc73e1a9-b8a4-4627-b4dd-306ec8a1f7ad 600 Pérez-Pastor, Alejandro fb38367d-6803-4f34-bf71-86aae6196ad0 600 Sánchez-Navarro, Virginia 8fb631f4-ceb4-4d2c-9025-d1a19bf77676 600 2026-05-25T08:27:24Z 2026-05-25T08:27:24Z 2026-02 0167-8809 https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11707 10.1016/j.agee.2025.109982 In the Mediterranean region, orchard aisles usually remain bare throughout the year, which causes soil degradation and erosion. Alley cropping could be a suitable strategy to improve soil physical quality while increasing land productivity. The aim of this study was to assess if alley cropping in a mandarin orchard can affect water content at field capacity, wilting point, available water, aggregates stability, bulk density, and saturated hydraulic conductivity and if there is a relationship between these and crop production and quality. For this, three different treatments were applied: i) a mandarin monoculture (MM); ii) a mandarin crop diversified with a multiple cropping of vetch/barley and fava bean (AC1), with regulated deficit irrigation (RDI); and iii) a mandarin crop diversified with a rotation of fava bean, purslane and cowpea, with RDI (AC2). After three crop cycles, we found an increase in the amount of available water in all treatments, being slightly higher in AC2. The mean weight diameter of soil aggregates was reduced in all treatments, especially in AC1 (> 45 %). Saturated hydraulic conductivity increased in all treatments, especially in MM. In addition, we observed an increase in moisture at field capacity and available water results in larger mandarins, with a lower proportion of soluble solids. Thus, the establishment of alley crops did not lead to a better evolution of the soil physical properties in the short-term. However, the effect of diversification systems on the soil physical properties would be appreciated with the establishment of the mandarin crop diversified with cover crops or perennial crops in a long-term period. This work was supported by the European Commission Horizon 2020 project Diverfarming [Grant agreement 728003]. Diego Soto-Gómez was supported by the Margarita Salas postdoctoral fellowship funded by the Spanish Ministry of Universities. application/pdf eng Elsevier Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 2026, V. 396, 109982 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.109982 Atribución 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Intercropping Irrigation deficit Physicochemical properties Crop yield Mandarin orchard Semiarid climate Agrosilvicultura Física de suelos Agroforestry Soil physics Effect of the implementation of alley crops on the soil physical properties of a mandarin crop with regulated irrigation deficit, in the Mediterranean region info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 396 109982 THUMBNAIL Soto-aee_2026.pdf.jpg Soto-aee_2026.pdf.jpg IM Thumbnail image/jpeg 5075 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11707/4/Soto-aee_2026.pdf.jpg 8c15ef65ab252a401930460c71f1b938 MD5 4 LICENSE license.txt license.txt text/plain; charset=utf-8 1362 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11707/3/license.txt 5d013bfa6e473ff0db22cd82a4d71a70 MD5 3 CC-LICENSE license_rdf license_rdf application/rdf+xml; charset=utf-8 908 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11707/2/license_rdf 0175ea4a2d4caec4bbcc37e300941108 MD5 2 ORIGINAL Soto-aee_2026.pdf Soto-aee_2026.pdf application/pdf 2611195 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11707/1/Soto-aee_2026.pdf f95b860d9a094f5828f8625d5cdeb394 MD5 1 10259/11707 oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/11707 2026-05-26 02:05:32.936 Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos bubrep@ubu.es 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