Characterization of subtropical soils by mineral magnetic measurements

Abstract

This paper reports the use of mineral magnetic measurement techniques to characterize the iron oxide assemblage within soils of varying parent material type and water regime from subtropical region in Zhejiang Province, China. Results show that dryland soils formed on Quaternary red clay, limestone, arenaceous shale, and diluvium, exhibit a distinct ferrimagnetic profile with a magnetic susceptibility (χ) enhancement in surface horizon. This enhancement is interpreted as being due to pedogenic superparamagnetic (SP) ferrimagnetic grains, which is supported by a higher frequency dependent susceptibility (χ_fd) values. The χ and χ_fd have highly significant positive linear relationship with dithionite‐citrate‐bicarbonate (DCB) extractable iron (Fed) content. The upper horizon of paddy soil has extremely lower χ and χ_fd values than dryland soils formed on the same parent material. Soil with poorly‐drained condition has distinctly lower absolute χ and saturation isothermal remanent magnetization (SIRM) value than associated well‐drained soil. It indicates that reduction state is an important factor responsible for loss of SP ferrimagnetic minerals in soils.     

Changes in profile distribution and chemical properties of natural nanoparticles in paddy soils as affected by long-term rice cultivation

Systematic studies on the genesis, properties, and distribution of natural nanoparticles(NNPs) in soil remain scarce. This study examined a soil chronosequence of continuous paddy field land use for periods ranging from 0 to 1 000 years to determine how NNPs in soil changed at the early stages of soil genesis in eastern China. Soil samples were collected from coastal reclaimed paddy fields that were cultivated for 0, 50, 100, 300, 700, and 1 000 years.Natural nanoparticles were isolated and characterized along with bulk soil samples( 2-mm fraction) for selected physical and chemical properties. The NNP content increased with increasing soil cultivation age at 60 g m-2 year-1, which was related to decreasing soil electrical conductivity(172–1 297 μS cm-1) and NNP zeta potentials(from-22 to-36 m V) with increasing soil cultivation age. Changes in several NNP properties, such as pedogenic iron oxide and total organic carbon contents, were consistent with those of the bulk soils across the soil chronosequence. Notably, changes in NNP iron oxide content were obvious and illustrated active chemical weathering, pedogenesis, and potential impacts on the microbial community. Redundancy analysis demonstrated that the soil cultivation age was the most important factor affecting NNP properties, contributing 60.7% of the total variation. Cluster and principal component analysis(PCA) revealed splitting of NNP samples into age groups of 50–300 and 700–1 000 years, indicating rapid evolution of NNP properties, after an initial period of desalinization(approximately 50 years). Overall, this study provides new insights into NNP evolution in soil during pedogenesis and predicting their influences on agriculture and ecological risks over millennial-scale rice cultivation.     

Redox control on carbon mineralization and dissolved organic matter along a chronosequence of paddy soils

Paddy soils are subjected to periodically changing redox conditions. In order to understand better the redox control on long‐term carbon turnover, we assessed carbon mineralization and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) of paddy topsoils sampled along a chronosequence spanning 2000 years of rice cultivation. Non‐paddy soils were used as references. We exposed soils to alternating redox conditions for 12 weeks in incubation experiments. Carbon mineralization of paddy soils was independent of redox conditions. Anoxic conditions caused increasing DOC concentrations for paddy soils, probably because of desorption induced by increasing pH. We assume desorption released older, previously stabilized carbon, which then was respired by a microbial community well adapted to anoxic conditions. This assumption is supported by the ¹⁴C signatures of respired CO₂, indicating larger mineralization of older carbon under anoxic than under oxic conditions. The increasing DOC concentrations under anoxic conditions did not result in an equivalent increase in carbon mineralization, possibly because of little reducible iron oxide. Therefore, net DOC and CO₂ production were not positively related under anoxic conditions. The overall 20–75% smaller carbon mineralization of paddy soils than of non‐paddy soils resulted from less respiration under oxic conditions. We conclude that carbon accumulation in paddy as well as in other wetland soils results from a microbial community well adapted to anoxic conditions, but less efficient in mineralizing carbon during transient oxic periods. Carbon accumulation might be even larger when mineralization under anoxic conditions is restricted by a lack of alternative electron acceptors.     

滨海沉积物发育的水稻土时间序列母质均一性判定与特性演变

时间序列方法是研究土壤发生特性演变的重要途径,而比较土壤变化的重要前提之一是序列中的土壤具有相同的起源,即具有母质的相对均一性。本研究根据史料记载中浙江慈溪海塘修筑年代估计出水稻土的耕作年龄,选择了植稻年龄约为50、300、500、700、1000a以及一个未垦滩涂剖面组成的一个时间序列作为研究对象。利用各种土壤属性参数对该时间序列的母质不连续性(或母质均一性)以及水稻土相对年龄进行了判定和验证。结果表明,时间序列的6个剖面虽然具有微小的差异,但其剖面内与剖面间母质来源相同。在水稻土母质不连续性判定中,去除黏粒的粉粒与粉粒中稳定元素Ti/Zr比值具有较好的指示作用。相对易变的土壤属性参数如碳酸钙、磁化率以及游离铁的剖面分异程度在水稻土相对年龄的判定中具有较好的指示作用。综合这些参数在时间序列中的演化趋势,发现500a剖面与整个序列的变化趋势不相符合,可能是利用历史的差异所致,在相关的性质演变研究中应该从序列中剔除。     

节水灌溉稻田土壤呼吸变化及其影响因素分析

为了揭示节水灌溉稻田土壤呼吸变化特征及其影响因素,基于蒸渗仪试验结果,分析了不同灌溉模式对稻田土壤呼吸速率日变化的影响,阐明了土壤呼吸速率对节水灌溉干湿交替过程的响应;同时,分析了节水灌溉稻田土壤呼吸速率的影响因子。结果表明,在处理间土壤水分状况差异较小的生育阶段,节水灌溉和常规灌溉稻田土壤呼吸速率日变化规律基本一致;在处理间水分差异较大的生育阶段,控灌稻田土壤呼吸日变化幅度较大,且速率和变化幅度均要大于常灌稻田土壤。控灌稻田全生育期土壤呼吸速率日变化均值为常灌稻田的1.47倍。控灌稻田土壤一般在复水和脱水的临界点上会出现土壤呼吸速率峰值。控灌稻田土壤呼吸速率受土温和土壤水分影响较大。稻田土壤呼吸速率与5 cm土温有较好的指数相关性,控灌稻田土壤达到了显著水平(P0.05)。土壤体积含水率在35%~55%之间时,土壤体积含水率43%为控灌稻田土壤呼吸的一个临界值,当土壤体积含水率低于临界值时,土壤呼吸速率随着土壤含水率的升高而逐渐增大(P0.05),当土壤体积含水率超过临界值时,土壤呼吸速率随着土壤含水率的增大而降低(P0.05)。研究结果为更加全面地评价节水灌溉的生态环境效应,同时为准确评估稻田生态系统碳源/汇特征提供依据。     

Modeling within field variation of the compaction layer in a paddy rice field using a proximal soil sensing system

A key characteristic of flooded paddy fields is the plough pan. This is a sub‐soil layer of greater compaction and bulk density, which restricts water losses through percolation. However, the thickness of this compacted layer can be inconsistent, with consequences such as variable percolation and leaching losses of nutrients, which therefore requires precision management of soil water. Our objective was to evaluate a methodology to model the thickness of the compacted soil layer using a non‐invasive electromagnetic induction sensor (EM38‐MK2). A 2.7 ha alluvial non‐saline paddy rice field was measured with a proximal soil sensing system using the EM38‐MK2 and the apparent electrical conductivity (EC_a) of the wet paddy soil was recorded at a high‐resolution (1.0 × 0.5 m). Soil bulk density (n = 10) was measured using undisturbed soil cores, which covered locations with large and small EC_a values. At the same locations (within 1 m²) the depth of the different soil layers was determined by penetrometer. Then a fitting procedure was used to model the EC_a – depth response functions of the EM38‐MK2, which involved solving a system of non‐linear equations and a R² value of 0.89 was found. These predictions were evaluated using independent observations (n = 18) where a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.87 with an RMSEE value of 0.03 m was found. The EC_a measurements allowed the detail estimation of the compacted layer thickness. The link between water percolation losses and thickness of the compacted layer was confirmed by independent observations with an inverse relationship having a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.89. This rapid, non‐invasive and cost‐effective technique offers new opportunities to measure differences in the thickness of compacted layers in water‐saturated soils. This has potential for site‐specific soil management in paddy rice fields.     

Changes in magnetic properties and their pedogenetic implications for paddy soil chronosequences from different parent materials in south China

It remains unknown whether there is a consistent relationship between magnetism dynamics and pedogenesis for paddy soils. In this study, three paddy soil chronosequences, derived from purple sandy shale (PS), Quaternary red clay (RC) and red sandstone (RS) in the hilly regions of south China, were studied to identify changes in magnetism during soil development and to understand their implications for pedogenesis. The results show that magnetic susceptibility (MS) and soft isothermal remanent magnetization (IRM_s) simultaneously decreased to extremely small values in the anthrostagnic epipedons during the initial stages of cultivation. In contrast, this decrease was limited in the hydragric horizons of the young paddy soils and even increased in some. These changes suggest that MS and IRM_s can be enhanced by the oxidation of Fe²⁺ in acid paddy soils (between pH 5 and 6) or be depressed by anaerobic transformations of ferrimagnetic minerals. The main influence on magnetic properties was time duration and especially reducing degree of artificial submergence, while parent materials played a supportive role. Magnetic enrichments generally occurred in the clay fraction. Ferrimagnetic clay minerals were more easily altered than minerals in the silt and sand fractions. The study also shows that there was no fixed pattern in the relationship between magnetism and paddy pedogenesis and magnetic properties should be used with care when applying them to environments in which redox processes occur.     

Evaluation of slag application to decrease methane emission from paddy soil and fate of iron

Abstract

Organic carbon in paddy soil is oxidized to carbon dioxide by reducing electron acceptors for a certain period after submerging. Methane production commences after the reduction of iron oxide which is the most important electron acceptor in the soil. We aimed to study the long-term suppression of the methane emission from the paddy soil by single application of iron slag. A revolving furnace slag (RFS; 248 g Fe kg^?1) was applied to the potted soil at the rate of 0 (control) or 20 ton ha^?1 in 2000. Rice plants were successively cultivated on the potted soils for 3 years without further application of the RFS. Methane emissions from the potted soils with rice plants were measured by the closed chamber method during these cultivation periods. Total flux of CH₄ emission from the pot applied with ,FS decreased by 5–30% compared with the control. The RFS supplied free iron oxide to the potted soil, and its iron acted as the oxidizing agent as evidenced by the increase in ferrous iron content in the soil. The amount of iron lost from leaching at the bottom of the pots was estimated as 54–59 kg Fe ha^?1 year^?1 at the percolation rate of 20 mm d^?1. Accordingly, half-life of the iron in the applied RFS was calculated as 42–46 years. Therefore, there is a possibility that the suppressing effect of RFS on CH₄ emission is sustained for a half-century, Contents of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, and Zn) in the brown rice harvested from the pot applied with RFS were not significantly different with those from the control pot.     

红壤稻田土壤理化及生物学性状的动态变化特征

Rice production plays a crucial role in the food supply of China and a better understanding of the changes in paddy soil fertility and the management effects is of practical importance for increasing rice productivity. In this study, field sampling in a typical red soil region of subtropical China, Jiangxi Province, was used to observe changes in the soil physical, chemical, and biological properties in a cultivation chronosequence of paddy fields. After cultivation, clay (< 0.002 mm) content in the soil, which was 39% in the original uncultivated wasteland, decreased, to 17% in the 80-year paddy field, while silt (0.02--0.002 mm) content increased. Additionally, macroporosity increased and pore shapes became more homogeneous. Soil Ph generally increased. Soil organic C and total N content of the 0-10 cm layer increased from 4.58 and 0.39 g kg-1 to 19.6 and 1.62 g kg-1, respectively in the paddy fields after 30-year cultivation and then remained stable. Soil total P content increased from 0.5 to 1.3 g kg-1 after 3 years of rice cultivation, indicating that application of phosphate fertilizer could accelerate phosphorous accumulation in the soil. Total K content in the 0--10 cm soil layer for the 80-year paddy fields decreased by 28% compared to that of the uncultivated wasteland land. Total Fe and free Fe contents declined with years of cultivation. The bacterial population increased and urease activity noticeably intensified after years of cultivation. In this chronosequence it appeared that it took 30 years to increase soil fertility to a relatively constant value that was seen after 80 years of cultivation.     

The influence of continuous rice cultivation and different waterlogging periods on the morphology, clay mineralogy, Eh, pH and K in paddy soils

The effect of different rice plantation periods on the properties of selected soils on an alluvial plain was studied. Soils were sampled in fields cultivated for 6, 16, 26, and over forty years. In each rice cultivated and nonrice cultivated field, three soil profiles and six nearby auger holes were studied. This study indicated that continuous rice cultivation changed the soil moisture regime from xeric to aquic, the soil color from brown to grayish, and the surface horizons from mollic to ochric epipedon. With increasing duration of cultivation, the abundance of redoximorphic features increased and the soil structure changed from granular or blocky to massive. Therefore, the soil order changed from Mollisols to Inceptisols. No illuviation and eluviation of clay minerals occurred as a consequence of the rice cultivation. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the clay minerals in the nonrice cultivated field were illite, vermiculite, montmorillonite, kaolinite, and chlorite, and, in the rice field, they were illite, montmorillonite, kaolinite, and chlorite, respectively. However, with increasing the period of cultivation, the amount of illite and vermiculite decreased while the amount of montmorillonite increased. The pH values of the saturated soil surface during the middle stage of rice growth shifted toward neutrality. The Eh of the surface horizons of the paddy soils under the field conditions were +40, −12, −84, and −122 mV, respectively, while the Eh in the nonpaddy soils were close to +90 mV. The amounts of organic matter and available Fe, Mn, Zn, and Cu increased, while the available K decreased in the paddy soils. Published in Russian in Pochvovedenie, 2008, No. 1, pp. 95–101. The text was submitted by the author in English.     

Different response of silicate fertilizer having electron acceptors on methane emission in rice paddy soil under green manuring

Cultivation of green manure plants during the fallow season in rice paddy soil has been strongly recommended to improve soil properties. However, green manuring may impact greenhouse gas emission, methane (hereafter, CH₄) in particular, under the flooded rice cultivation and thus, application of chemical amendments being electron acceptors can be an effective mitigation strategy to reduce CH₄ emissions in irrigated rice (Oryza sativa L.) field amended with green manure. To investigate the effect of iron (Fe) slag silicate fertilizer (hereafter, silicate fertilizer), which was effective in reducing CH₄ emission and increasing rice productivity, in green manure-amended paddy soil, the aboveground biomass of Chinese milk vetch (hereafter, vetch) was added at rates of 0, 10, 20, and 40 Mg (fresh weight) ha⁻¹ before the application of silicate fertilizer, which was added at rates of 0 and 2.3 Mg ha⁻¹. Silicate fertilization reduced the seasonal CH₄ flux by ca. 14.5% and increased rice yield by ca. 15.7% in the control (no vetch application) treatment. However, CH₄ production was increased by silicate fertilization in vetch-treated soil particularly at the initial rice growing stage, which was probably due to the enhanced decomposition of added organic matters by the silicate liming effect. In conclusion, silicate fertilization is not effective in reducing CH₄ production in green manure-amended rice paddy soils and its use should be properly controlled.     

Paddy management on different soil types does not promote lignin accumulation

Paddy soil management is generally thought to promote the accumulation of soil organic matter (SOM) and specifically lignin. Lignin is considered particularly susceptible to accumulation under these circumstances because of the recalcitrance of its aromatic structure to biodegradation under anaerobic conditions (i.e ., during inundation of paddy fields). The present study investigates the effect of paddy soil management on SOM composition in comparison to nearby agricultural soils that are not used for rice production (non‐paddy soils). Soil types typically used for rice cultivation were selected, including Alisol, Andosol and Vertisol sites in Indonesia (humid tropical climate of Java) and an Alisol site in China (humid subtropical climate, Jiangxi province). These soil types represent a range of soil properties to be expected in Asian paddy fields. All upper‐most A horizons were analysed for their SOM composition by solid‐state ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and for lignin‐derived phenols by the CuO oxidation method. The SOM composition was similar for all of the above named parent soil types (non‐paddy soils) and was also not affected by paddy soil management. A substantial proportion (up to 23%) of the total aryl‐carbon in some paddy and non‐paddy soils was found to originate from condensed aromatic‐carbon (e.g ., charcoal). This may be attributed to the burning of crop residues. On average, the proportion of lignin was low and made up 20% of the total SOM, and showed no differences between straw, particulate organic matter (POM), and the bulk soil material. The results from CuO oxidation are consistent with the data obtained from solid‐state ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. The extraction of lignin‐derived phenols revealed low VSC (vanillyl, syringyl, cinnamyl) values for all investigated soils in a range (4 to 12 g kg⁻¹ OC) that was typical for agricultural soils. In comparison to adjacent non‐paddy soils, the data do not provide evidence for a substantial accumulation of phenolic lignin‐derived structures in the paddy soils, even for those characterized by higher organic carbon (OC) contents (e.g ., Andosol‐ and Alisol (China)‐derived paddy soils). We conclude that the properties of the parent soil types are more important for the lignin content of the soils than the effect of paddy management itself.     

中国亚热带稻田土壤碳氮含量及矿化动态

Dynamics of soil organic matter in a cultivation chronosequence of paddy fields were studied in subtropical China. Mineralization of soil organic matter was determined by measuring CO2 evolution from soil during 20 days of laboratory incubation. In the first 30 years of cultivation, soil organic C and N contents increased rapidly. After 30 years, 0-10 cm soil contained 19.6 g kg^-1 organic C and 1.62 g kg^-1 total N, with the corresponding values of 18.1 g kg^-1 and 1.50 g kg^-1 for 10-20 cm, and then remained stable even after 80 years of rice cultivation. During 20 days incubation the mineralization rates of organic C and N in surface soil （0-10 cm） ranged from 2.2% to 3.3% and from 2.8% to 6.7%, respectively, of organic C and total N contents. Biologically active C size generally increased with increasing soil organic C and N contents. Soil dissolved organic C decreased after cultivation of wasteland to 10 years paddy field and then increased. Soil microbial biomass C increased with number of years under cultivation, while soil microbial biomass N increased during the first 30 years of cultivation and then stabilized. After 30 years of cultivation surface soil （0-10 cm） contained 332.8 mg kg^-1 of microbial biomass C and 23.85 mg kg^-1 of microbial biomass N, which were 111% and 47% higher than those in soil cultivated for 3 years. It was suggested that surface soil with 30 years of rice cultivation in subtropical China would have attained a steady state of organic C content, being about 19 g kg^-1.     

水耕人为土磁性矿物的生成转化机制研究回顾与展望

随着环境问题的日益突出,人为活动对土壤的影响越来越深刻,需加强对"人为作用"的研究以便解释现代土壤磁性的过程和变化。水耕人为土在发育过程中人为作用的方式多种多样,明确其磁性矿物的生成和转化机制及其影响因素有利于理解人为活动对现代土壤磁性的作用。但目前水耕人为土磁学研究还比较零散,缺乏系统性,已有研究结果有待深入梳理。本文对已有的相关研究报道,包括水耕人为土磁性参数的演变特征、磁性矿物的生成转化机制以及对成土因素的响应等进行综合评述。最后,对当前研究的不足和存在问题进行总结,并对研究方向进行了展望,以期有助于环境磁学的发展。     

Trace elements in Bangladesh paddy soils

Abstract

A study was carried out to investigate the status of four micronutrients, iron (Fe), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), and zinc (Zn), and five other trace elements, cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), and strontium (Sr), in paddy soils of Bangladesh. Soil samples were digested by hydrofluoric acid (HF)‐nitric acid (HNO₃)‐perchloric acid (HClO₄) for determination of total contents of the nine elements, while DTPA, ASI and 0.1 Mhydrochloric acid (HC1) methods were used for determination of available Fe, Cu, Mn, and Zn. Total trace element contents were found to vary with physiography on which soils are distributed. In general, Ganges Tidal Floodplain soils had the highest content, whereas terrace soils had the lower content. Among the soil properties examined, clay content had a good relation with total trace element contents in the topsoil, except for Sr. Based on the variation with physiography or clay content, the nine trace elements could be grouped into six groups: Cu, Fe and Zn, Pb, Co and Cr and Ni, Mn, Sr. According to the extractable levels of four micronutrients, Bangladesh paddy soils had the medium to optimum amounts of Fe and Cu, but were deficient sporadically in Mn and extensively in Zn. It was indicated that paddy soils of Bangladesh are yet to be polluted with heavy metals.     

Restoration of methane oxidation abilities of desiccated paddy soils after re-watering

Restoration of CH₄-oxidation activities of desiccated paddy soils and the NH₄⁺ effect after watering were investigated in laboratory incubations. Fresh paddy soil collected from an intermittently flooded rice field in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, showed a parabolic relationship between CH₄-oxidation activity and soil moisture with an optimum CH₄-oxidation rate at 71% water-holding capacity (WHC), while the paddy soil collected from a permanently flooded rice field in Yingtan, Jiangxi province, showed a much smaller CH₄-oxidation ability, which increased exponentially with soil moisture increasing from 28% WHC to 95% WHC at an initial CH₄ concentration of ~2,200 µl l^-1 and at room temperature (25°C). CH₄-oxidation ability was inversely related to N₂O emission and related positively with CO₂ emission in response to the change in soil moisture. Desiccated paddy soils lost their CH₄-oxidation abilities. However, this was recovered after the soils were re-watered. The restoration of CH₄-oxidation ability was directly dependent upon soil moisture and the rate of its restoration increased with increasing soil moisture content from 40% to 90% WHC. Addition of NH₄Cl at rates of 0-3.57 µmol g^-1 soil inhibited the restoration of CH₄-oxidation ability significantly (P<0.01), but the inhibitory effect was alleviated by a high soil moisture content. The restoration of CH₄-oxidation ability was much slower in the Yingtan soil than in the Wuxi soil. The studies show that the optimum moisture content of paddy soils for CH₄ oxidation depends on the methanotrophic bacteria in relation to the prevailing water regime; desiccation damages the CH₄-oxidation ability of permanently flooded paddy soil more severely than that of frequently well-drained soils.     

Populations of methanogenic bacteria in paddy field soil under double cropping conditions (rice-wheat)

The methanogenic populations able to use H₂–CO₂, methanol, and acetate were investigated in paddy field soil in situ under double cropping conditions [rice (Oryza sativa L.) as a summer crop under flooded conditions and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) as an upland winter crop] over 2 years approximately bimonthly by the most probable number method. Three fields, one without fertilizer, one treated with inorganic fertilizer (mixed fertilizer including urea, ammonium phosphate, and potassium sulfate), and one treated with wheat straw plus inorganic fertilizer, were examined. The population of H₂–CO₂, methanol, and acetate utilizers in the paddy field soil at a depth of 1–6 cm was 10³–10⁴, 10⁴–10⁵, and 10⁴–10⁵ g^-1 dry soil, respectively. These values were almost constant during the 2 years irrespective of moisture regime (flooded or nonflooded), crop (rice or wheat), fertilizer treatment, and soil depth (0–1, 1–10, and 10–20 cm).     

采用Gompertz函数的水稻土压缩特性研究

土壤压实模型是预测压实破坏的常用方法,但土壤压实模型的应用常因输入参数（土壤压缩特性及其与不同土壤物理性质之间的关系）的缺乏而受到限制。为定量地评价土壤水力学性质和土壤结构对土壤压缩特性的影响,该文利用土壤固结仪对25种不同含水率和容重的重塑土样进行单轴压缩试验,并采用Gompertz函数对试验数据进行拟合以获取土样的回弹指数、压缩指数和先期固结压力。试验结果表明,Gompertz函数对水稻土试验数据的拟合效果较优,决定系数为0.991～0.999。水稻土回弹指数为0.003～0.138,与容重呈负相关,与含水率呈正相关。水稻土压缩指数为0.115～0.839,与容重呈负相关,与含水率呈二次多项式关系。水稻土先期固结压力为33～127 kPa,与容重呈正相关,与含水率呈负相关。该研究建立的土壤压缩特性与含水率和容重之间的传递函数,可用于大尺度范围内水稻土压缩特性的预测;同时这些传递函数可作为土壤压实模型的输入参数,用于农业机械作业引起的压实破坏的量化和土壤压实风险的评估。     

Tillage Effects on Crop Yield and Physicochemical Properties of Sodic Soils

Tillage modifies soil structure and has been suggested as a practice to improve physical, hydrological and chemical properties of compacted soils. But little is known about effect of long‐term tillage on physicochemical soil properties and crop yield on sodic soils in India. Our objective was to investigate the effect of different tillage regimes on crop yield (wheat and paddy rice) and physicochemical properties of sodic soils. Two sodic sites under conventional tillage for 5 (5‐YT; 5‐year tillage) and 9 (9‐YT; 9‐year tillage) years were selected for this study. Changes in crop yield and physicochemical soil properties were compared with a control, sodic land without any till history, that is, 0‐year tillage/untilled (0‐YT). Five replicated samples at 0‐ to 10‐cm and 10‐ to 20‐cm soils depths were analysed from each site. In the top, 0‐ to 10‐cm soil depth 5‐YT and 9‐YT sites had higher particle density (Pd), porosity, water holding capacity, hydraulic conductivity, organic carbon, total nitrogen (N_t), available nitrogen (N_avail), phosphorus (P_avail) and exchangeable calcium (Exch. Ca⁺⁺) than 0‐YT, whereas bulk density (Bd), C : N ratio and CaCO₃ were significantly lower. Bd, pH, EC and CaCO₃ increased significantly with depth in all the lands, whereas Pd, porosity, water holding capacity, hydraulic conductivity, organic carbon, N_t, N_avail, P_avail and Exch. Ca⁺⁺ decreased. We conclude that continuous tillage and cropping can be useful for physical and chemical restoration of sodic soils. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

江南冷浸田治理利用研究进展

冷浸田是我国江南地区主要的一类低产水田,因其撂荒普遍,但增产潜力巨大且自然生态条件优越而受到关注。冷浸田形成是气候、地形、水文、人为管理等综合作用形成的结果。受常年地表水和地下水浸渍影响,冷浸田土壤物理、化学和生物学性质发生了系列变化,呈现"冷、烂、毒、瘦"障碍特征,如水土温度低、土壤浸水容重低、亚铁、有机酸及还原态硫等还原性物质含量高、有机碳含量高但活性有机碳及有效养分缺乏或失衡、微生物区系少等。通过稻田潜育层与土壤还原性物质、地下水位等指标可诊断冷浸田并可评价土壤质量。冷浸田的治理利用包括工程措施、农艺措施与生物措施等综合技术,涉及明沟暗管、适生品种、水旱轮作、垄畦耕作、平衡施肥与土壤改良剂等。除了传统的水稻种植方式外,因地制宜利用是提高冷浸田综合生产能力的有效措施。在总结前人基础上,基于农业可持续发展观点,展望了今后冷浸田治理利用的研究重点与对策建议,包括研究不同渍水状态与干湿交替下土壤结构和土壤有机质组分差异;加强长期渍水状态的冷浸田甲烷排放特征研究;加强冷浸田潜育化过程厌气性的微生物与其产生的相关酶的生态学过程研究,强化微生物学调控改良冷浸田;此外应针对不同生态类型与生产条件的冷浸田加强技术集成与政策扶持。