PAN Yanbin1, 2, ZHU Qiaohong1, et al. Effects of Organic Materials on Soil Aggregation Stability in Red Soil[J]. 2017, 31(2): 209-214. DOI: 10.13870/j.cnki.stbcxb.2017.02.035.
This paper studied the dynamics of soil aggregation in responses to organic materials and their incorporation methods through a laboratory cultivating experiments. Five treatments were involved: no addition as a control (CK)
mixing straw (M-Str)
straw mulching (Str)
biochar (BC) and swine manure (SM). The results show that the M-Str and SM treatments significantly increased soil organic carbon (SOC)
hot water extractable carbon (HWC)
tensile strength (TS) and mean weight diameter (MWD) of aggregate stability (p<0.05)
whereas the Str treatment did not enhance SOC and MWD (p>0.05). Compared to the CK treatment
the BC treatment did not improve MWD although it increased SOC significantly (p<0.05). The aggregate stability in the M-Str and SM treatments was linearly related to soil respiration (CO2) (p>0.05). Our results demonstrate that organic materials and their incorporation methods played a critical role in soil aggregation stability.