Predicting soil water movement in converted soybean fields under high moisture condition

Paddy and Water Environment - Crops adapt to variable soil moisture by varying the distribution of their roots and patterns of water absorption. Meanwhile, proper numerical model for predicting...     

Experimental study on the influence of percolation patterns on the removal of soluble elements in stratified alluvial-soil paddy fields for rice

The dynamics of substances in percolating water was investigated using paddy field models planted with rice and fertilized. Percolation patterns mimicking the plow layer and plow sole were set up in these models for closed system percolation. In one of these models, in which the groundwater level was kept high, the percolation pattern of the subsoil layer was set up as closed system percolation. In another model with a lower groundwater level, the percolation pattern of the portions above and below the groundwater level was set up as open and closed system percolation, respectively.The results show that the concentrations of nitrate nitrogen and nitrite nitrogen in percolating water were higher in the upper portion of the subsoil layer with open system percolation than in the plow layer and plow sole with closed system percolation, while these concentrations tended to be lower in the lower portion of the subsoil layer with closed system percolation than in the plow layer and plow sole. Iron and manganese concentrations in the subsoil layer were higher in the portion with closed system percolation than those in the portion with open system percolation. The concentrations of bases such as calcium tended to increase with the increase in iron concentrations in soil water.