Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (S1): 331-338. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194109

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Improving the Stability of Soil Aggregates and the Content of Organic Carbon in Paddy Fields in Southern China by Multiple Cropping Mode

ZHANG Wei1,2, ZHOU Mengyao1,2, ZHANG Leyan1,2, XIONG Rui1,2, GUO Huijuan1,2, XU Ying1,2, FU Zhiqiang1,2, LONG Pan1,2   

  1. 1 College of Agronomy,Hunan Agricultural University,Changsha 410128,China
    2 Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Molecular Biology,Changsha 410128,China
  • Received:2023-08-10 Published:2023-12-28

Abstract:

To explore the effects of long-term multi-cropping patterns on soil structure and organic carbon distribution in paddy fields. With fallow-rice-rice (WF-R-R) model as the control, four multi-cropping models were set up: rape-rice-ric (RP-R-R), Chinese milk vetch-rice-rice (MV-R-R), Potato-rice-rice (PO-R-R), ryegrass-rice-rice (RG-R-R). The results showed that in 5—10 cm soil layer, the contents of water-stable aggregates with size of >2 mm were increased in the multi-cropping pattern. The RG-R-R mode was 11.26 percentage points higher than the control, and the mean weight diameter (MWD) was significantly higher than the control. In 0—5 cm soil layer, the organic carbon content was increased by multi-cropping mode. The SOC content in RG-R-R mode was the highest in 0—20 cm soil layer, and the SOC content in each soil layer was increased by 9.57% (0—5 cm), 4.45% (5—10 cm) and 5.96% (10—20 cm), respectively, compared with the control. With the deepening of soil layer and the decrease of aggregate particle size, the soil organic carbon content in the multi-cropping model increased more significantly than that in the control. When the size was <0.053 mm, the soil organic carbon content in the RG-R-R model was significantly higher than that in the control. The contribution rate of soil aggregate organic carbon mainly came from the >2 mm grain size (59.03%—79.33%). In the 5—10 cm soil layer, the contribution rate of aggregate carbon in the >2 mm size of MV-R-R, PO-R-R and RG-R-R models was significantly increased by 8.5, 7.18 and 14.65 percentage points compared with the control. In conclusion, in this study, the ryegrass-rice-rice (RG-R-R) model was conducive to soil aggregate stability and organic carbon fixation in southern paddy fields.

Key words: Paddy field, Planting green manure in winter, Multiple cropping model, Soil aggregates, Soil organic carbon

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ZHANG Wei, ZHOU Mengyao, ZHANG Leyan, XIONG Rui, GUO Huijuan, XU Ying, FU Zhiqiang, LONG Pan. Improving the Stability of Soil Aggregates and the Content of Organic Carbon in Paddy Fields in Southern China by Multiple Cropping Mode[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2023, 38(S1): 331-338. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194109.

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