MA Pengyi, ZHAO Jiarui, HE Weiming, et al. Evaluating the Vertical Distributions of Soil Moisture and Nitrate in Apple Orchards with Different Ages in the Loess Plateau[J]. 2019, 33(3): 192-198.
DOI:
MA Pengyi, ZHAO Jiarui, HE Weiming, et al. Evaluating the Vertical Distributions of Soil Moisture and Nitrate in Apple Orchards with Different Ages in the Loess Plateau[J]. 2019, 33(3): 192-198. DOI: 10.13870/j.cnki.stbcxb.2019.03.029.
Evaluating the Vertical Distributions of Soil Moisture and Nitrate in Apple Orchards with Different Ages in the Loess Plateau
To characterize the changes in vertical distributions of soil moisture and nitrate following conversion to apple orchard from cropland in the Loess Plateau
40 600 cm depth soil profiles were sampled from farmland (as control)
8
17 and 25 yr old apple orchards in Luochuan county to determine soil moisture content
nitrate concentration and their storage. The results showed that 8 yr old apple orchards were similar to cropland in soil nitrate concentrations (SNC) and residual soil nitrate (RSN)
and also presented equal (Jiuxian) or even higher (Huanbai) values of soil moisture content (SWC) and soil water storage (SWS) when compared with cropland. In contrast
the 17 and 25 yr old apple orchards significantly decreased SWS by 150 and 230 mm
respectively
which was mainly associated with the SWC changes in soils deeper than 300 cm. SNCs in the 0-500 cm layers increased significantly with the standing ages of apple orchard
and RSNs accumulated in the 0-600 cm profile were 6 830 and 8 370 kg/hm2
corresponding to 17 and 25 yr old apple orchards
respectively
which were appreciably higher than that of 8 yr old apple orchard (440 kg/hm2) and cropland (695 kg/hm2). Thus
we concluded that converting cropland to apple orchard could result in soil water deficit
especially in > 300 cm soil depth
and nitrate accumulation
so
the strategies including water-conserving and strict controls on N fertilizer should be adopted to mitigate the unfavorable impacts caused by the enlargement of apple orchard in the Loess Plateau.
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