Cover crop effect on soil carbon fractions under conservation tillage cotton

Cover crops may influence soil carbon (C) sequestration and microbial biomass and activities by providing additional residue C to soil. We examined the influence of legume [crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.)], nonlegume [rye (Secale cereale L.)], blend [a mixture of legumes containing balansa clover (Trifolium michelianum Savi), hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth), and crimson clover], and rye + blend mixture cover crops on soil C fractions at the 0–150 mm depth from 2001 to 2003. Active fractions of soil C included potential C mineralization (PCM) and microbial biomass C (MBC) and slow fraction as soil organic C (SOC). Experiments were conducted in Dothan sandy loam (fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic, Plinthic Kandiudults) under dryland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in central Georgia and in Tifton loamy sand (fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic, Plinthic Kandiudults) under irrigated cotton in southern Georgia, USA. Both dryland and irrigated cotton were planted in strip tillage system where planting rows were tilled, thereby leaving the areas between rows untilled. Total aboveground cover crop and cotton C in dryland and irrigated conditions were 0.72–2.90 Mg C ha⁻¹ greater in rye + blend than in other cover crops in 2001 but was 1.15–2.24 Mg C ha⁻¹ greater in rye than in blend and rye + blend in 2002. In dryland cotton, PCM at 50–150 mm was greater in June 2001 and 2002 than in January 2003 but MBC at 0–150 mm was greater in January 2003 than in June 2001. In irrigated cotton, SOC at 0–150 mm was greater with rye + blend than with crimson clover and at 0–50 mm was greater in March than in December 2002. The PCM at 0–50 and 0–150 mm was greater with blend and crimson clover than with rye in April 2001 and was greater with crimson clover than with rye and rye + blend in March 2002. The MBC at 0–50 mm was greater with rye than with blend and crimson clover in April 2001 and was greater with rye, blend, and rye + blend than with crimson clover in March 2002. As a result, PCM decreased by 21–24 g CO₂–C ha⁻¹ d⁻¹ but MBC increased by 90–224 g CO₂–C ha⁻¹ d⁻¹ from June 2001 to January 2003 in dryland cotton. In irrigated cotton, SOC decreased by 0.1–1.1 kg C ha⁻¹ d⁻¹, and PCM decreased by 10 g CO₂–C ha⁻¹ d⁻¹ with rye to 79 g CO₂–C ha⁻¹ d⁻¹ with blend, but MBC increased by 13 g CO₂–C ha⁻¹ d⁻¹ with blend to 120 g CO₂–C ha⁻¹ d⁻¹ with crimson clover from April 2001 to December 2002. Soil active C fractions varied between seasons due to differences in temperature, water content, and substrate availability in dryland cotton, regardless of cover crops. In irrigated cotton, increase in crop C input with legume + nonlegume treatment increased soil C storage and microbial biomass but lower C/N ratio of legume cover crops increased C mineralization and microbial activities in the spring.     

我国水土保持宏观规划初探

通过对土壤侵蚀环境及侵蚀类型空间特征的分析，划分了我国水土保持类型区，依据土壤侵蚀强度、危害性及水保效益等进行了水土保持评价并编制了《１：１５００万中国水土保持图》，在些基础上对我国水土保持的宏观规划进行了讨论。     

Variation and phylogeny of the triploid cultivated potatoSolanum chaucha Juz. et Buk. based on RAPD and isozyme markers

Ninety four accessions of the cultivated triploid potatoS. chaucha were analyzed and classified in genotypic groups using 9 isozyme loci and RAPD markers disclosed by 20 arbitrary 10-mer primers. Eight isozyme loci out of nine were polymorphic. A total of 22 allozymes were analyzed but none of them were specific for any genotypic group. About half (52%) of the 102 RAPD markers scored, were polymorphic, all of them showing polymorphism among groups and rarely within groups. Eighteen RAPD markers were specific for certain genotypes. The isozyme markers showed a certain amount of intra group variation which made classification less reliable than with RAPD markers. A total of 10 triploid genetic groups were discriminated using both techniques together. A single primer was found to be sufficient to distinguish all 10 groups. All varieties of a single group are considered to have been derived from the same cross and then clonally propagated, even though there is a high amount of morphological variation within a single genotypic group due probably to somatic mutations. RAPD markers have been shown to be more reliable in the classification of triploid potato varieties than other genetic markers like isozymes, proteins and morphological traits.     

Grain yield increases in wheat and barley to nitrogen applied after transient waterlogging in the high rainfall cropping zone of western Australia

Nitrogen (N) is a major factor limiting grain production in the high rainfall zone (HRZ, 450–700 mm annual average rainfall of southwestern Australia (SWA). Transient waterlogging and leaching of applied N fertilizer are hazards faced in most years by crop producers. The major crops are wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), canola (Brassica napus L.) and lupin (Lupinus angustifiolius L.) grown in rotation. Two series of experiments involving, levels and timing of N fertilizer application and levels of plant population were done. The first series, in 2003–2004, consisted of 3 experiments in 3 growing seasons (early May to late-October) to measure the grain yield (GY) increase (response) of wheat and barley to various methods of N fertilizer application (methods of split N application were compared to N applied at sowing). The aim of the experiments was to determine the optimal N fertilizer application strategy for maximum GY and quality in situations where transient waterlogging was a frequent occurrence. The second series of four experiments, from 2007–2009, measured the GY of wheat sown at three levels of plant population to 4 levels of N applied after transient waterlogging (taken to be rainfall events in which >25 mm of rain was recorded in 24 to 48 hours).

Applying the N fertilizer after high rainfall and transient waterlogging (tactical N application) increased GY and protein percentage of grain compared to applying all of the N fertilizer at sowing. Where transient waterlogging was not frequent, applying the N after waterlogging was not always better than applying part of the N according to growth stage of the crop or according to fixed times after sowing. When the crop was water-logged three or more times, N uptake by the crop at anthesis and apparent fertilizer N recovery in the crop was substantially increased by applying the N after waterlogging compared to applying the entire N at sowing. This study found that a tactical N management strategy for the HRZ of SWA is to apply some N at sowing with subsequent applications made after heavy rainfall that leads to transient waterlogging. Split N fertilizer applied either according to time after sowing or to growth stage of the crop was equally effective for increasing GY in situations where waterlogging was less frequent.

The observation from these experiments, that grain yield increases due to splitting the N dose were associated with increases in ear numbers, lead to a further set of experiments where plant population was increased in conjunction with N applied after waterlogging events. The combined strategy of increased plant population with strategic N application decreased the amount of N required for maximum GY where more than 3 heavy rainfall events occurred in a growing season.

One practical outcome of this research is to indicate that farmers can withhold applications of N fertilizer after sowing in seasons when transient waterlogging does not occur.     

作物主动汲水技术内涵与研究进展

持续创新农田灌溉技术，有利于应对农业水资源短缺、耕地资源不足，也是确保中国粮食安全的重要技术基础。该研究提出了"作物主动汲水"（Crop Initiative Draw Water，CIDW）概念，并分析其得以实现的基本条件是：土壤水非饱和性、外界水水势始终小于大气压、外界水和作物根系的距离有效性、高效的水势能差转化界面。综合文献划分出了压力势差（Pressure Potential Difference, P-CIDW)、渗透势差 (Osmotic Potential Difference, O-CIDW)和重力势差作物主动汲水（Gravitational Potential Difference，G-CIDW）等3种形式的CIDW，并分析了它们的势能特征和基本实现途径。进一步，从硬件设备技术、作物表现、水盐运移与分布、土壤生境等几个方面，重点综述了P-CIDW的研究进展。近十多年来的研究表明，相比漫灌、沟灌、滴灌等传统灌溉技术，适宜参数的P-CIDW能够显著地提高作物产量与水分利用效率、养分吸收和肥料利用率、根际土壤酶活性和微生物多样性、水肥耦合效应，明显地影响了作物生理生化指标、土壤养分有效性和养分空间分布；土壤质地及其剖面构型显著地影响了P-CIDW下的水盐运移与分布；利用初始土壤含水率和基质势、渗水器导水率、供水压力以及时间等参数，可以半机理半经验地估测P-CIDW的累积入渗量。最后展望了CIDW研究的未来，认为，土壤水分-作物关系的基础理论急需要突破、研发高效的势能转化界面材料仍然是发展CIDW技术的关键任务、尽快制定P-CIDW技术标准、P-CIDW控压方法还需要革命性的创新。     

Optimizing phosphorus fertilization in an intensive vegetable-rice cropping system

A study was conducted in a sweet pepper-maize-rice cropping system in six farmers fields in Batac, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, to determine the optimum P fertilizer rate for sweet pepper that will benefit the succeeding crops, maximize system-level productivity and profitability, and reduce the excessive accumulation of P in the soil. Single super phosphate was applied to sweet pepper at rates of 0, 28, 56, 84, 112, and 140 kg P ha^–1 and the succeeding crops were grown without P fertilization. Maize residue was incorporated into the soil at puddling of soil for rice. Phosphorus fertilization at 56 kg P ha^–1 and above had a residual effect on maize and rice. A reduction in the P applied to sweet pepper from 140 to 84 kg P ha^–1 reduced extractable P in the soil at rice harvest from 52 to 29 kg P ha^–1. Phosphorus applied at 111 kg P ha^–1 to sweet pepper was optimum for maximum productivity and economic returns of the sweet pepper-maize-rice cropping system. This rate of P also significantly reduced P accumulation in the soil, thereby reducing the chances of negative effects on soil nutrient balance/availability. The results suggested the need for a cropping systems approach to conserve and effectively use native and fertilizer P in the sweet pepper-rice cropping system.     

粮果油经菜菌生态立体种植模式的研究

研究结果表明，粮果油经菜菌生态立体种植比传统禾谷类单一平作种植能创造更好的生态环境，光能利用率、植株体积、叶面积系数、植株干重均有不同程度的增长，且经济效益倍增。     

25年来种植业结构调整驱动的县域养分平衡状况的变化——以山东惠民县为例

本文以山东省惠民县为例,采用1984年全国第二次土壤普查和2004年土壤调查的实测数据以及历年农户调查结果和统计数据,系统分析了过去25年来惠民县种植业结构调整对该县养分平衡和土壤养分特征的影响。结果表明,惠民县种植业结构由以粮棉为主演变为以棉粮菜为主;该县的养分平衡状况为氮盈余6089～19405t,磷盈余259～7001t,钾亏缺2532～6712t;该县土壤有机质含量、全氮含量、速效磷含量分别增加了57%、22%、303%,速效钾含量则降低了6%。种植业结构的改变影响了农田氮、磷、钾养分的投入,进而影响到整个县域的养分收支平衡和土壤的养分含量,因此如何合理进行作物种植布局并优化不同种植体系的施肥技术将成为今后区域农业生产优质高效的主要方向。     

基于MODIS数据设计的中国土地覆盖分类系统与应用研究

该文阐述了国内外主要土地覆盖分类系统及其土地覆盖产品在中国的表现，依据中国植被编码体系在MODIS数据试验的基础上，对现有国内土地覆盖分类系统进行了重新设计，包括7大类22个二级类别，并利用2001～2002年MODIS1km时间序列NDVI数据和多波段反射率光谱数据对中国区域进行了土地覆盖分类，结果显示分类产品能较为准确地描述中国区域土地覆盖的实际情况。     

陕北丘陵区水坝地粮食高产栽培技术研究

根据最优设计原理,采用最优混合设计组合成11个处理试验研究表明,1998年小区最高产量为12.92t/hm~2,1999年小区最高产量达13~815t/hm~2,2000年小区最高产量达15.018t/hm~2。由计算机计算筛选出343个方案,其中15～17.625t/hm~2产量的最优组合方案为施有机肥60t/hm~2,追肥施N素462～483kg/hm~2,播前浇底墒水600t/hm~2,补灌1377～1458t/hm~2,马铃薯套种高粱种植密度为马铃薯7.2705～8.3415万株/hm~2,高粱6.5205～7.5915万株/hm~2。