Linking process capability analysis and least limiting water range for assessing soil physical quality

In the process of evaluating the physical quality of soil for crop production, measurable sources of stress that the soil imposes on growing crops must be identified. Approaches for monitoring or evaluating soil physical quality should then be based on properties or processes that relate to these stresses and must be measured against definable standards. We hypothesized that process capability analysis applied to measurements of soil water content and the least limiting water range (LLWR) would meet these requirements and could be used to evaluate the physical quality of soils for crop growth. Previously published data obtained over 3 years in a field with a variable landscape planted to corn under no-till were used to test the hypothesis. The temporal variability of soil water content was regarded as a process which aims to generate individual values for soil water content inside the limits specified by the LLWR. Process capability analysis successfully linked the temporal variability of soil water content in relation to the LLWR. The main process capability parameter, i.e. distance to nearest specification (DNS) varied by a factor of three across the landscape and was related to clay and organic carbon contents. Values of DNS were strongly correlated with shoot growth (R² = 0.97) suggesting that DNS effectively characterized the spatial variability in stresses imposed on plant growth by soil and described changes in the soil physical quality for crop growth across the site. The results supported our hypothesis.     

根据土壤粒径分形估计紫色土水分特征曲线

选择不同质地紫色土,分别根据土壤颗粒的数量和重量分布计算土壤粒径分形维数,并与Tyler和Wheatcraft土壤水分特征曲线模型的拟合分形维数进行比较分析。结果表明,三种途径获得的分形维数与土壤质地密切相关,均表现出土壤黏粒含量越高,质地越细,分形维数越高。土壤粒径数量分布分形维数(2.98～3.26)和土壤粒径重量分布分形维数(2.73～2.81)存在较大的差异,但二者间却存在显著的线性关系。土壤粒径分形维数与土壤水分特征曲线模型拟合分形维数(2.72～2.84)均存在显著的线性关系,尤其是土壤粒径重量分布分形维数与土壤水分特征曲线模型拟合分形维数数值十分接近。通过建立的土壤水分特征曲线模型分形维数与土壤粒径分布分形维数关系式,结合Tyler和Wheatcraft模型进行土壤水分特征曲线预测,预测值与实测值具有良好的一致性,因而根据土壤粒径分形预测紫色土水分特征曲线是可行的。     

Integral energy of conventional available water, least limiting water range and integral water capacity for better characterization of water availability and soil physical quality

Different approaches have been proposed for quantification of soil water availability for plants but mostly they do not fully describe how water is released from the soil to be absorbed by the plant roots. A new concept of integral energy (E_I) was suggested by Minasny and McBratney (Minasny, B., McBratney, A.B. 2003. Integral energy as a measure of soil-water availability. Plant and Soil 249, 253-262) to quantify the energy required for plants to take up a unit mass of soil water over a defined water content range. This study was conducted to explore the E_I concept in association with other new approaches for soil water availability including the least limiting water range (LLWR) and the integral water capacity (IWC) besides conventional plant available water (PAW). We also examined the relationship between E_I and Dexter's index of soil physical quality (S-value). Twelve agricultural soils were selected from different regions in Hamadan province, western Iran. Soil water retention and penetration resistance, Q, were measured on undisturbed samples taken from the 5-10 cm layer. The PAW, LLWR and IWC were calculated with two matric suctions (h) of 100 and 330 hPa for field capacity (FC), and then the E_I values were calculated for PAW, LLWR and IWC. There were significant differences (P < 0.01) between the E_I values calculated for PAW₁₀₀, PAW₃₃₀, LLWR₁₀₀, LLWR₃₃₀ and IWC. The highest (319.0 J kg⁻¹) and the lowest (160.7 J kg⁻¹) means of E_I were found for the E_I(IWC) and E_I(PAW330), respectively. The E_I values calculated for PAW₁₀₀, LLWR₁₀₀ and LLWR₃₃₀ were 225.6, 177.9 and 254.1 J kg⁻¹, respectively. The mean value of E_I(PAW330) was almost twice as large as the mean of E_I(IWC) showing that IWC is mostly located at lower h values when compared with PAW₃₃₀. Significant relationships were obtained between E_I(IWC) and h at Q = 1.5 MPa, and E_I(LLWR100) or E_I(LLWR330) and h at Q = 2 MPa indicating strong dependency of E_I on soil strength in the dry range. We did not find significant relationships between E_I(PAW100) or E_I(PAW330) and bulk density (ρ_b) or relative ρ_b (ρ_b-rel). However, E_I(LLWR100) or E_I(LLWR330) was negatively and significantly affected by ρ_b and ρ_b-rel. Both E_I(PAW100) and E_I(PAW330) increased with increasing clay content showing that a plant must use more energy to absorb a unit mass of PAW from a clay soil than from a sandy soil. High negative correlations were found between E_I(PAW100) or E_I(PAW330) and the shape parameter (n) of the van Genuchten function showing that soils with steep water retention curves (coarse-textured or well-structured) will have lower E_I(PAW). Negative and significant relations between E_I(PAW100) or E_I(PAW330) and S were obtained showing the possibility of using S to predict the energy that must be used by plants to take up a unit mass of water in the PAW range. Our findings show that E_I can be used as an index of soil physical quality in addition to the PAW, LLWR, IWC and S approaches.     

PAM对土壤物理性状以及水分分布的影响

为了研究聚丙烯酰胺（PAM）在黄土高原自然条件下对土壤物理性状和水分分布的影响,采用表面撒施的方法研究了12个不同处理小区的土壤体积质量、饱和导水率以及水分分布的变化。结果表明,在0～2 g/m2范围内添加PAM可以减小土壤体积质量增加土壤饱和导水率,但用量超过2 g/m2土壤体积质量开始增加。饱和导水率开始降低。在0～ 3 g/m2均可用二次曲线进行描述,相关系数达到95%以上。表层土壤含水量随着PAM添加量的增加而升高,20～60 cm土层土壤含水率随着PAM用量的增加出现交叉现象,60～100 cm土层随着PAM用量的增加而增加,在2 g/m2用量时达到最高,再增加PAM用量土壤含水率反而有降低趋势。100 cm以下土层变化不明显。该研究为探明PAM在黄土高原地区的适应性和大规模应用提供依据。     

干湿循环强度与频度对花岗岩红壤孔隙分布的影响

为探明干湿循环频度与强度对花岗岩红壤孔隙分布的影响,该研究通过测定不同干湿循环条件下土壤水分特征曲线计算孔隙分布,并采用孔隙分形维数量化干湿循环效应对土壤孔隙结构变异的影响。结果表明：干湿循环对＜0.2 μm、＞3～15 μm和＞57 μm三类当量孔隙产生了显著影响。孔隙结构的再分布主要集中于前4次干湿交替之中,其后干湿交替的影响效应随着频度的增加逐渐减小并趋于稳定。随着强度增强,非活性孔隙（＜0.2 μm）和中孔隙（0.2～30 μm）逐渐发育成大孔隙（＞30 μm）。同时,干湿循环强度对大孔隙（＞30 μm）影响显著（P＜0.05）,贡献率达65.2%,而干湿循环频度对非活性孔隙（＜0.2 μm）影响显著（P＜0.05）,贡献率达91.9%。此外,土样孔隙分形维数D经干湿循环后逐渐减小,且与强度呈负相关（R2=0.868）,表明孔隙结构向大孔隙均质化方向发展。研究结果说明季节性降雨干旱引发的干湿循环效应主要影响大孔隙的生成,增强了土体的均质性和导水能力,加剧了岩土体失稳崩塌的风险。     

The effect of aggregate size on water retention and pore structure of two silt loam soils of different genesis

Aggregate size distribution and pore structure affect many soil functions and root growth. The aggregate structure is associated with soil genesis and management practices applied. In this study the effects of various size ranges of aggregates (<0.25, 0.25–0.5, 0.5–1, 1–3, 3–5, and 5–10 mm) and undisturbed soil from the plough layer (0–15 cm) of two types of soils (Haplic Phaeozem and Eutric Fluvisol) of the same silty loam textural group on water retention curves (WRC) and pore size distribution (PSD) were assessed. A greater bulk density and lower humus content characterized the Eutric Fluvisol as compared to the Haplic Phaeozem. The WRC was determined using standard Richards chambers in drying process and expressed as the degree of saturation. Equivalent PSD was derived from the WRC. Resin impregnated sections from the layer of 0–8 cm showed that the Eutric Fluvisol, compared with the Haplic Phaeozem, had coarser pores and aggregates. The degree of saturation in beds of aggregates <0.25, 0.25–0.5 and 0.5–1 mm compared to beds of aggregates 1–3, 3–5 and 5–10 mm was greater at higher values of pressure head for both soils, and for undisturbed soil it was greater for the Haplic Phaeozem than for the Eutric Fluvisol at lower values of pressure head. The inverse relationship was true at higher values of pressure head. The derivative curves of PSD showed that the beds of aggregates and undisturbed soils exhibited multi-peak PSD. The pore radius peaks within the textural (primary) pore system were more defined in beds of aggregates <0.25 mm than in beds of coarser aggregates, whereas in the case of the structural and macropore peaks it was often the reverse. Greater magnitude and narrower shape of the peaks in the undisturbed Haplic Phaeozem compared to the Eutric Fluvisol indicated a more heterogeneous nature of the pore system in the former. The PSD data are discussed in relation to aggregate size distribution and stability of the soil aggregates. The results of this study can be helpful in predicting storage and transmission functions of surface aggregated soils.     

Least limiting water range indicators of soil quality and corn production, eastern Ontario, Canada

The least limiting water range (LLWR) attempts to incorporate crop-limiting values of soil strength, aeration, and water supply to plant roots into one effective parameter (on the basis of soil water content). The LLWR can be a useful indicator of soil quality and soil physical constraints on crop production. This study focused on assessing dynamic cultivation zone LLWR parameters between different cropping/tillage/trafficked clay loam plots at Winchester, Ont., to identify potential management impact on surficial soil physical conditions for contrasting growing seasons. This study also evaluated dynamic cultivation layer LLWR variables as indicators of corn (Zea mays L.) plant establishment and corn yield. The results suggest that no-till soils had lower average air-filled porosities (AFP) and O₂ concentrations than respectively managed tilled plots for both years of study. Potential trafficking effects on aeration properties were most evident in no-till relative to till; preferentially trafficked no-tilled plots had lower AFP and O₂ concentrations than respective non-preferentially trafficked no-till plots for both years of study. Corn establishment and yield variability were principally explained by cumulative differences between daily AFP and aeration threshold values, and the cumulative number of days daily AFP was below an AFP aeration threshold for specific corn growth stage periods. Lower AFP was linked to lower yields and plant establishments. Soil strength, as measured by cone penetration resistance, was important over certain sites, but not as important globally as AFP in predicting crop properties. Overall, conventional tilled soils that were not preferentially trafficked had most favorable aeration properties, and subsequently, greatest corn populations and yields. No-till soils were at greater risk of aeration limiting conditions, especially those in continuous corn and preferentially trafficked.     

Assessment of the usefulness of particle size distribution measured by laser diffraction for soil water retention modelling

Particle size distribution (PSD) is a major soil characteristic, which is essential and commonly used for the development of pedotransfer functions (PTFs) to estimate the water retention of soils. The laser diffraction method (LDM) became a popular alternative to the standard sieve‐hydrometer method (SHM) of PSD measurement. Unfortunately, PSDs determined with LDM and SHM methods differ sometimes substantially. Moreover, it is claimed that the laser diffraction method underestimates finer fractions in favor of coarser fractions. Several authors have tried to elaborate on methods to recalculate LDM PSD into its SHM counterparts, but no universal methodology has been developed to this date. In this paper, we use PSD determined by LDM directly for PTF development and compare it with the classical PTF approach based on PSD measured by SHM. Four different PTF models based on LDM particle size distribution data were developed, with different PSD characteristics taken as the models' input variables. The possibility of using alternative PSD characteristics, such as deciles, area moment mean and volume moment mean, for PTF development was examined. The accuracy of PTF models constructed on the basis of LDM‐measured PSD was comparable with that of the developed models using texture data obtained from SHM, giving approximately the same RMSE and R² values. Our study shows that LDM‐measured particle size distribution may be directly used for PTF developments without any recalculations to their sieve‐hydrometer counterparts.     

Effect of tillage and crop rotations on pore size distribution and soil hydraulic conductivity in sandy clay loam soil of the Indian Himalayas

Tillage management can affect crop growth by altering the pore size distribution, pore geometry and hydraulic properties of soil. In the present communication, the effect of different tillage management viz., conventional tillage (CT), minimum tillage (MT) and zero-tillage (ZT) and different crop rotations viz. [(soybean–wheat (S–W), soybean–lentil (S–L) and soybean–pea (S–P)] on pore size distribution and soil hydraulic conductivities [saturated hydraulic conductivity (K_sat) and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity {k(h)}] of a sandy clay loam soil was studied after 4 years prior to the experiment. Soil cores were collected after 4 year of the experiment at an interval of 75 mm up to 300 mm soil depth for measuring soil bulk density, soil water retention constant (b), pore size distribution, K_sat and k(h). Nine pressure levels (from 2 to 1500 kPa) were used to calculate pore size distribution and k(h). It was observed that b values at all the studied soil depths were higher under ZT than those observed under CT irrespective of the crop rotations. The values of soil bulk density observed under ZT were higher in 0–75 mm soil depth in all the crop rotations. But, among the crop rotations, soils under S–P and S–L rotations showed relatively lower bulk density values than S–W rotation. Average values of the volume fraction of total porosity with pores <7.5 μm in diameter (effective pores for retaining plant available water) were 0.557, 0.636 and 0.628 m³ m⁻³ under CT, MT and ZT; and 0.592, 0.610 and 0.626 m³ m⁻³ under S–W, S–L and S–P, respectively. In contrast, the average values of the volume fraction of total porosity with pores >150 μm in diameter (pores draining freely with gravity) were 0.124, 0.096 and 0.095 m³ m⁻³ under CT, MT and ZT; and 0.110, 0.104 and 0.101 m³ m⁻³ under S–W, S–L and S–P, respectively. Saturated hydraulic conductivity values in all the studied soil depths were significantly greater under ZT than those under CT (range from 300 to 344 mm day⁻¹). The observed k(h) values at 0–75 mm soil depth under ZT were significantly higher than those computed under CT at all the suction levels, except at −10, −100 and −400 kPa suction. Among the crop rotations, S–P rotation recorded significantly higher k(h) values than those under S–W and S–L rotations up to −40 kPa suction. The interaction effects of tillage and crop rotations affecting the k(h) values were found significant at all the soil water suctions. Both S–L and S–P rotations resulted in better soil water retention and transmission properties under ZT.     

溶质类型与矿化度对半干旱盐渍化地区果园土壤水分有效性的影响

盐渍化土壤水分有效性是制约土地生产能力的关键因素之一。研究不同盐分类型及矿化度的盐溶液对土壤水分有效性的影响, 可为微咸水合理灌溉以及促进土壤生产潜力的发挥提供科学依据。本研究采用离心法在室内研究了脱水过程中灌溉水的溶质类型(NaCl和Na₂SO₄)与矿化度(0、1 g·L^-1、3 g·L^-1、5 g·L^-1、10 g·L^-1)对半干旱盐渍化地区果园土壤水分有效性的影响。结果表明: 不同矿化度的NaCl和Na2SO4处理均可使田间持水量、暂时萎蔫系数、永久萎蔫系数、迟效水和无效水较对照有所降低。不同矿化度的NaCl处理以及1 g·L^-1的Na₂SO₄处理土壤全有效水和速效水都较对照增加, 3 g·L^-1、5 g·L^-1和10 g·L^-1的Na₂SO₄处理土壤全有效水和速效水都较对照减小。不同矿化度的NaCl和Na₂SO₄处理均可使土壤通气孔隙和毛管孔隙相对减少, 非活性孔隙增大, 其中矿化度为5 g·L^-1的NaCl和Na₂SO₄处理对其影响最为明显, 通气孔隙分别较对照减小16.8%和14.8%, 毛管孔隙分别较对照减小5.2%和6.5%, 非活性孔隙分别较对照增加15.7%和14.4%。NaCl对于土壤比水容量和毛管断裂的延迟效果比NaSO₄明显。且土壤溶液盐分含量增加, 土壤持水能力下降、供水性能增加而土壤抗旱性降低。     

Field compaction at different soil-water status: effects on pore size distribution and soil water characteristics of a Rhodic Ferralsol in Western Cuba

The level of compaction induced on cultivated fields through trafficking is strongly influenced by the prevailing soil-water status and, depending on the attendant soil degradation, vital soil hydraulic processes could be affected. Therefore, understanding the relationship between field soil-water status and the corresponding level of induced compaction for a given load is considered an imperative step toward a better control of the occurrence of traffic-induced field soil compaction. Pore size distribution, a fundamental and highly degradable soil property, was measured in a Rhodic Ferralsol, the most productive and extensively distributed soil in Western Cuba, to study the effects of three levels of soil compaction on soil water characteristic parameters. Soil bulk density and cone penetration index were used to measure compaction levels established by seven passes of a 10 Mg tractor at three soil-water statuses corresponding to the plastic (Fs), friable (Fc) and relatively dry soil (Ds) consistency states. Pore size distribution calculated from soil water characteristic curves was classified into three pore size categories on the basis of their hydraulic functioning: >50 μm (f_>50 μm), 50–0.5 μm (f_{50–0.5 μm}) and <0.5 μm (f_<0.5 μm). The greatest compaction levels were attained in the Fs and Fc soil water treatments, and a significant contribution to compaction was attributed to the existing soil water states under which the soil compaction was accomplished. Average cone index (CI) values in the range of 2.93–3.70 MPa reflected the accumulation of f_<0.5 μm pores, and incurred severe reductions in the volume of f_>50 μm pores in the Fs and Fc treatments, while an average CI value of 1.69 MPa indicated increments in the volume of f_{50–0.5 μm} in the Ds treatment. Despite the differential effects of soil compaction on the distribution of the different pore size categories, soil total porosity (f_Total) was not effective in reflecting treatment effects. Soil water desorption at the soil water potentials evaluated (0.0 to −15,000 cm H₂O) was adversely affected in the f_<0.5 μm dominated treatments; strong soil water retention was observed with the predominance of f_<0.5 μm, as was confirmed by the high water content at plant wilting point. Based on these findings, the use of field capacity water content as the upper limit of plant available soil water was therefore considered inappropriate for compacted soils.     

团聚体大小分布对孔隙结构和土壤有机碳矿化的影响

土壤团聚体在外部和内部因素影响下发生团聚和破碎过程,形成不同大小分布的团聚体。团聚体大小分布的变化会改变土壤孔隙结构,影响各种土壤物理、化学和生物学过程,进而影响土壤有机碳(SOC)的周转。选择三种长期施用不同量有机肥的红壤(不施肥,CK;施低量有机肥,LM;施高量有机肥,HM),过不同大小孔径筛(5 mm,S₅;2 mm,S₂;0.5 mm,S_0.5)改变团聚体的大小分布,然后填装土柱(直径2.9 cm、高度4 cm),填装容重为1.3 g·cm^-3。利用X射线显微CT(Computed Tomography)成像技术分析土壤的孔隙结构,采用室内培养法测定土壤有机碳矿化量。结果表明,团聚体大小对孔隙结构有极显著的影响。相较于S₅和S₂处理,S_0.5处理土壤的大孔隙度(>16μm)降低了83.0%～93.9%,孔隙连通性降低了95%以上。而S₅和S₂处理的大孔隙度和孔隙连通性只在HM土...     

干旱区盐碱地滴灌土壤基质势对土壤盐分分布的影

该文通过田间试验研究覆膜滴灌条件下土壤基质势对土壤盐分分布的影响。试验设3个水平的土壤基质势处理： -5 kPa (S1),-15 kPa (S2) 和-25 kPa (S3),每个处理重复3次,按随机区组布置。试验结果表明：垄作覆膜滴灌条件下各盐分离子的迁移和分布特性不同。Na+ 和Cl- 易被灌溉水淋洗,主要分布在湿润体的边缘,在滴头附近含量最低,远离滴头含量逐渐增大,土壤基质势越高,淋洗效果越明显,离子含量和土壤总盐量呈线性相关。Mg2+、Ca2+、HCO3-含量受土壤基质势影响较小,在土壤剖面分布相对均匀,离子含量和土壤总盐量之间没有明显相关关系。盐渍化土壤中总盐分的淋洗主要受到作物播种时第一次大水量灌溉和苗期阶段较高土壤基质势控制的灌溉影响,作物生育中后期不同土壤基质势处理对土壤总盐分的淋洗影响较小。该研究结果对盐碱地水盐调控和灌溉制度的制定具有理论意义和应用价值。     

蒸发和灌水频率对土壤水分分布影响的研究

通过室内均质土柱试验，对不同灌水频率下有无蒸发土壤中的水分分布规律进行了分析。结果表明，灌水频率可改变土壤水分的空间分布和土壤蓄水量。在相同灌水量条件下，灌水频率加大，上部土层水分含量在一定范围内增高，且湿润锋深度变浅，上部土层蓄水量增加；适宜的灌水频率可增加土壤蓄水量。有无蒸发条件下土壤水分差异在灌水初期主要体现在上部土层，随灌水次数增多，上部土层水分差异减少，且灌水频率越高，这种差异减少得越快，而下部土层水分差异增加。     

鲁中南山地典型植被土壤颗粒与土壤水分特征曲线的分形学特征

土壤粒径分布与水分特征曲线是土壤的重要物理性质,对土壤侵蚀状况和土壤肥力有显著影响。以鲁中南山地典型植被下土壤为研究对象,运用分形学理论研究5种典型植被土壤颗粒与水分特征曲线的分形学特征。结果表明:1)不同植被类型的土壤颗粒单重分形维数、多重分形参数和土壤水分特征曲线分形维数具有显著差异,均表现为麻栎+刺槐混交林>黑松+黄连木混交林>黑松林>核桃林>荒草地;2)土壤分形维数有林地大于荒草地,混交林大于纯林;3)土壤分形维数与黏粒体积分数、粉粒体积分数呈显著正相关,与砂粒体积分数呈显著负相关;4)土壤颗粒单重分形维数与土壤水分特征曲线分形维数呈显著的正相关关系。说明土壤颗粒分布与土壤水分特征曲线的分形参数可以作为反映土壤结构性状变化的定量指标,可利用土壤颗粒分形与土壤水分特征曲线分形维数的相关关系来描述对应的土壤水分特征曲线。研究成果可为鲁中南山地退耕还林与生态造林工程建设及其生态效益评价提供理论参考。     

Improvement in estimation of soil water retention using fractal parameters and multiobjective group method of data handling

Soil water retention characteristic is required for modeling of water and substance movement in unsaturated soils and need to be estimated using indirect methods. Point pedotransfer functions (PTFs) for prediction of soil water content at matric suctions of 1, 5, 25, 50, and 1500 kPa were developed and validated using a data-set of 148 soil samples from Hamedan and Guilan provinces, Iran, by multiobjective group method of data handling (mGMDH). In addition to textural and structural properties, fractal parameters of the power-law fractal models for both particles and aggregates distributions were also included as predictors. Their inclusion significantly improved the PTFs’ accuracy and reliability. The aggregate size distribution fractal parameters ranked next to the particle size distribution (PSD) in terms of prediction accuracy. The mGMDH-derived PTFs were significantly more reliable than those by artificial neural networks but their accuracies were practically the same. Similarity between the fractal behavior of particle and void size distributions may contribute to the improvement of the derived PTFs using PSD fractal parameters. It means that both distributions of the pore and particle size represent the fractal behavior and can be described by fractal models.     

Effects of deficit irrigation and transplanting methods of irrigated rice on soil physical properties and rice yield

This study evaluated how deficit irrigation and method of transplanting irrigated rice affected soil physical properties in the short term and rice yields under cultivation that did not involve wet levelling (puddling). Field experiments were conducted in 2009 and 2010 at Sakha Agric. Res. Sta., Egypt. Planting methods were as follows: traditional transplanting into flat flooded soil (M₁), transplanting into furrows (M₂) and into beds (M₃). The deficit irrigation treatments were as follows: irrigation every 6 days between transplanting and 2 weeks before harvesting, reference method (I₁), irrigation as in I₁ but with a continuous period of 12 days without irrigation (i.e. one irrigation event missed) at heading (I₂), irrigation as in I₁ but with an event missed at the beginning of tillering and at the start of head development (I₃) and irrigation as in I₁ but with 3 missed events, one each at the beginning of tillering, the start of the head development and panicle initiation (I₄). Results showed that relative to soil conditions before planting, both rice transplanting methods and deficit irrigation decreased soil bulk density, water holding pores percentage, fine capillary pores percentage and soil shear strength, whereas drainable porosity percentage increased. Soil cracked more under the reference treatment than under the other treatments. Rice transplanting into beds and maintaining irrigation every 6 days without any irrigation skip, treatment (I₁ × M₃), appeared appropriate for growing rice. This combination resulted in soil physical properties favourable for plant growth, producing the largest grain and straw yields of all the treatments.     

水土保持对水资源量与水质的影响研究

 界定了水土保持的水资源与水环境效应的概念;采用基于物理机制的分布式水文模型(WEP-L模型),以黄河流域的重点水土流失治理区———河口镇至龙门区间为例,对水土保持的水资源量进行定量研究。结果表明,水土保持使广义水资源量增加72.6亿m3,增幅27.1%,使狭义水资源量减少9.0亿m3,减幅14.4%,使狭义水资源的构成发生了变化,即地表水资源量减小、不重复量和地下水资源量增加。以北京市为例定量分析了水土流失区域综合治理对水质的影响。结果说明,水土保持措施是防治非点源污染,保护水源水质,保障饮水安全的重要手段。