MAO Hailan, FU Xin, ZHAO Dandan, et al. Seasonal Dynamics of Soil Nitrogen Fractions in Dryland Spring Maize Field Under Straw and Plastic Film Mulching[J]. 2018, 32(4): 246-254.
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MAO Hailan, FU Xin, ZHAO Dandan, et al. Seasonal Dynamics of Soil Nitrogen Fractions in Dryland Spring Maize Field Under Straw and Plastic Film Mulching[J]. 2018, 32(4): 246-254. DOI: 10.13870/j.cnki.stbcxb.2018.04.039.
Seasonal Dynamics of Soil Nitrogen Fractions in Dryland Spring Maize Field Under Straw and Plastic Film Mulching
potentially mineralizable nitrogen and particulate organic nitrogen during crop growing stages are important to understand the nitrogen cycling responding to mulching practices in dryland cropping systems. Based on a long-term mulching experiment in the Losses Plateau
this study investigated the dynamics of soil nitrogen fractions at different crop growth stages under straw and plastic film mulching conditions. Three treatments as straw mulching at a rate of 9 000 kg/hm2 (SM)
plastic film mulching (PM) and no mulching (CK) were included. The results showed that:(1) The contents of soil total nitrogen
microbial biomass nitrogen
potentially mineralizable nitrogen
particulate organic nitrogen and mineral nitrogen showed a tendency of decreasing at seedling stage
increasing at jointing stage
decreasing again at belling-heading stage and recovering at filling and harvest stages
except for nitrate nitrogen and ammonium nitrogen which increased at seedling stage. (2) Compared with CK
straw mulching effectively increased the contents of soil total nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen in 0-40 cm soil layer and soil ammonium nitrogen in 0-20 cm soil layer at most growth stages of spring maize
and increased soil microbial biomass nitrogen
potentially mineralizable nitrogen
and particulate organic nitrogen in 0-40 cm soil layer at nearly all growth stages. (3) Compared with CK
plastic film mulching improved soil nitrate nitrogen in 0-40 cm soil layer and ammonium nitrogen in 0-20 cm soil layer at most growth stages of maize
and decreased soil total nitrogen in 0-20 cm soil layer and particulate organic nitrogen in 0-40 cm soil layer at the later growth stages
and decreased microbial biomass nitrogen in 0-40 cm soil layer and potentially mineralizable nitrogen in 10-20 cm soil layer at most stages of maize. (4) Soil microbial biomass nitrogen
potentially mineralizable nitrogen and particulate organic nitrogen under mulching all had an important contribution to the dynamics of total nitrogen
except for the ratio of particulate organic nitrogen to total nitrogen in 20-40 cm layer under plastic film mulching. In conclusion
straw mulching in the Loess Plateau has a significant role in increasing the contents of soil nitrogen and its fractions in spring maize field
which is conducive to improve the soil fertility and nitrogen fixation levels as well as crop production. While plastic film mulching would reduce soil nitrogen fractions at the later growth stages of maize. Higher soil nitrate nitrogen level with plastic film mulching would increase the nitrogen leaching risk in maize field.
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