Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (2): 67-80. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195284

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Effects of Different Tillage Methods on Soil Moisture Dynamic Changes and Maize Yield

BAI Dongxing1,2,3, CHEN Xuanyi1,2, ZHANG Xiangqian2, , GE Guolong1,2, WANG Manxiu1,2, ZHANG Dejian1,3, , MENG Tiantian2,4, LUO Fang5, ZHANG Chuanling5   

  1. 1 School of Life Sciences,Inner Mongolia University,Hohhot 010020,China
    2 Inner Mongolia Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences,Hohhot 010031,China
    3 Key Laboratory of Forage and Characteristic Crops Biotechnology,Ministry of Education,Hohhot 010070,China
    4 Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001,China
    5 Arun Banner Agricultural Development Center,Arun Banner 162750,China
  • Received:2024-10-12 Published:2025-04-28

Abstract:

To clarify the effects of different tillage methods on soil moisture dynamics changes and maize yield under the condition of straw return to field in the black soil area along the foothills of Daxing'anling,based on six consecutive years of tillage positioning experiments,this study analyzed the effects of seven types of tillage methods,namely,full-crushing and deep-tillage (SCD),full-crushing and shallow-tillage (SSS),full-crushing and deep-tillage (SCS),full-crushing and re-harrowing (SCR),full-crushing and rotary tillage (STR),full-crushing and no-tillage (NTS),and conventional tillage without returning straw to the field (CK)on soil moisture characteristics,water consumption,water use efficiency,and agronomic traits and yield of maize in the 0—60 cm soil layer at different growth stages of maize in each treatment.The results showed a bimodal pattern of soil quality moisture content in 2022 and 2023.0—10 cm soil layer soil quality moisture content was significantly higher than that of CK,and the NTS treatment had the highest soil quality moisture content in several periods.10—20 cm soil layer soil quality moisture content was lower than that of CK in the SSS and NTS treatments at the jointing stage,and soil quality moisture content was higher than that of CK in the 20—40 cm and 40—60 cm soil layers in 2022 and 2023 for all the treatments.In 2022 and 2023,maize plant height in all treatments except NTS treatment was significantly higher than CK at different growth stages.The SCD treatment was the tallest and the NTS treatment was the shortest at mature stage.Leaf area index (LAI) varied little among treatments at seedling stage of maize,STR treatment had the highest LAI after the jointing stage,and all treatments had significantly higher LAI than NTS treatment at the big trumpet stage.Dry matter accumulation in all treatments except for the SCS,NTS treatment was significantly higher than in CK,and dry matter accumulation was highest in the SCD treatment and lowest in the NTS treatment at mature stage.All tillage treatments increased maize yield and water use efficiency compared with CK,but the SCD treatment was significantly higher than CK.Comprehensive analysis of the indexes showed that the two tillage methods of full-crushing and deep-tillage and full-crushing and shallow-tillage were favorable to improve soil structure,maize yield and water use efficiency in the black soil area along the foothills of Daxing'anling.

Key words: Maize, Farming method, Agronomic trait, Yield, Water use efficiency

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BAI Dongxing, CHEN Xuanyi, ZHANG Xiangqian, GE Guolong, WANG Manxiu, ZHANG Dejian, MENG Tiantian, LUO Fang, ZHANG Chuanling. Effects of Different Tillage Methods on Soil Moisture Dynamic Changes and Maize Yield[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2025, 40(2): 67-80. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195284.

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