15" ISCO CONGRESS »Soil and Water Conservation, Climate Change and Environmental Sensitivity” Book of Abstracts 18-23 May 2008 Budapest Geographical Research Insitute Hungarian Academy of Sciences BudapestEffect of tillage systems on glomalin related soil protein and physicals characteristics of an agroecosystem ‘Curaqueo. G.'— Acevedo, E.? — Rubio, R.” - Borie, F.* "rograma de Dactoradn en Cini do Rocwreos Narre, Universidad de La Frontera. Casila $4. . "Teen, Chile Tel =+S6e48-748240, Emagen 2 Facultad de Ciencia Agronémicas. Universidad de Chil. Casilla 1004. Sanciago, Chile ° Departaenuo de Ciencias Quimices. Universidad de La Fromera Casilla 54D. Temuco, Chie Glomalin isa glycoprotein produced by arbuscular mycortizal fungi (AMF) which is accumulated in the soil due to a high recaletrance. Its presence in the soil profile might contribute with a significant percentage of the carbon sequestered into the soil. Conventional tillage systems affect negatively the soil structure by the rupture of soil aggregates influencing soil bulk density, hydrophobicity, glomalin content, C flux and other’ microbiological characteristics, thetefore diminishing the C storage inthe agroecosystems. All these constraints are overcome when no tillage systems are applied, ‘We evaluated the influence of two tillage systems on glomalin related soil protein (GRSP), C content, AMF spores number, bulk density, aggregate water stability and soil hydrophobicity. All these parameters were contrasted in an experimental agroecosystem managed for 6 years by eoaventional tillage (CT). and no tillage (NT) in a wheat-com rotation ina Molisol (Entic Haploxerolls) in Central Chile ‘Mean values in the surface soil (5 em) for GRSP were CT-3.96 and NT-8.16 mg g, € content were CT=1.7% and NT 2.6 %, where the glomalin-C represented 6.9% and 9.9% of total C for CT and NT. respectively. The AMF spore numbers were lower in soils under CT than afk density wax ARE y em’ in NT and 1.005 y env” in CT. Soil under CL compared to CT. The aggregate water stability was higher in (NT, with $9% in contrast to CT with 32% of ageregation. Results showed thatthe conservation tillige systems exert a positive effect on all the characteristics measured but soil hydrophobicity ‘was not significantly affected by management systems. 316