Effects of organic mulching measures on soil moisture conservation of sloping farmland in karst areas of northwest Guizhou
LI Qinggui1, LI Rui1, SHANG Chongju2, ZHANG Yin1, CHEN Yang1
1. School of Karst Science, Guizhou Normal University, State Engineering Technology Institute for Karst Desertification Control, 550001, Guiyang, China; 2. Water Resources Research Institute of Guizhou Province, 550002, Guiyang, China
Abstract:[Background] Considering the problem of "engineering" water shortage in karst areas, understanding the effects of organic mulch on soil moisture of sloping farmland in karst areas is of great significance to improve the utilization efficiency of regional natural precipitation and to increase crop yield. [Methods] The maize monoculture was set as control (CK), 5 straw mulch treatments (SM1 by straw 1 111 kg/hm2,SM2 by straw 2 222 kg/hm2,SM3 by straw 3 889 kg/hm2, SM4 by straw 5 556 kg/hm2, and SM5 by straw 6 944 kg/hm2) and 4 biochar mulch treatments (BM1 by biochar 1 389 kg/hm2,BM2 by biochar 2 778 kg/hm2, BM3 by biochar 5 556 kg/hm2,and BM4 by biochar 11 111 kg/hm2) were set, and alfalfa (AI), chicory (CI) and ryegrass intercropping (RI) in maize were set as 3 grain and grass intercropping treatments according to the difference of intercropping plants, 13 treatments in total. During the whole growing season, the soil moisture dynamics in the cultivated layer was observed in the field and 46 observations were recorded in the whole year of 2018. [Results] 1) With the increase of straw mulch application rate, the soil moisture in tillage layer showed an upward trend. When the straw mulch application rate was up to SM5, the soil moisture reached the maximum, which was significantly higher than CK and SM1-SM3 (P<0.05), but not significantly higher than SM4, that was, when the straw mulch application rate increased from 5 556 (SM4) to 6 944 kg/hm2 (SM5), the soil moisture did not increase significantly. 2) With the increase of biochar mulch application rate, the soil moisture also showed an increasing trend, but did not reach a significant level (P>0.05). 3) Soil moisture under AI was higher than that of CK, CI and RI, but did not reach the significant level (P>0.05). 4) Among the three different organic mulches, the overall effect of SM on soil moisture conservation was better than that of BM and GI, but did not reach the significant level (P>0.05). [Conclusions] The straw mulch of about 6 000 kg/hm2presents promising effect on soil moisture conservation, and might be an appropriate reference mulch application rate for karst areas in Southwest China. The effect of biochar mulch and grain and grass intercropping on soil moisture conservation is not significant, however, biochar mulch might be a suitable organic mulch to conserve soil moisture during critical phenological or drought periods.
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