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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (16): 13-21.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb19040046

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Effect of Different Mulching Types on Soil Temperature and Moisture and Tobacco Growth

Zheng Meiying1, Zhang Jiguang1, Cheng Sen2, Zhu Qifa3, Xue Lin3, Huang Zhongjiang4, Dong Yubing1, Wang Shengcai5, Xiao Yansong5, Cai Xianjie2,*   

  1. 1.Tobacco Research Institute of CAAS, Qingdao Shandong 266101
    2.Shanghai Tobacco Group Limited Liability Company, Shanghai 200082
    3.Anhui Wannan Tobacco Leaf Co., Ltd., Xuancheng Anhui 242000
    4.China Tobacco Shaanxi Industrial Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710065;
    5.Chenzhou Branch of Hunan Tobacco Corporation, Chenzhou Hunan 423000
  • Received:2019-04-11 Revised:2019-09-09 Online:2020-06-05 Published:2020-05-20
  • Contact: Cai Xianjie

Abstract:

The effect of different mulching types on soil environment and growth of flue-cured tobacco was studied by field experiment. The no coverage, ordinary film mulching, three-dimensional film covering and straw mulching were carried out to clarify their ecological effect in tobacco field. The results showed that the soil temperature of different soil layers under different mulching types had similar trend, and the soil temperature decreased with the increase of soil depth, and the temperature changes of different soil layers under the same mulch type were consistent. The heat insulation effect of ordinary film mulching on soil temperature was the best, which could promote tobacco seedlings to grow quickly and early, but the high surface temperature at the rosette stage under mulching might affect the root growth. The effect of straw mulching on soil temperature during the growth period was relatively good, and the soil temperature of three-dimensional covering was the lowest of all during the early growth of flue-cured tobacco. Ordinary film mulching was not conducive to absorption the atmospheric rainfall into ridge soil, its soil water content was the lowest, meanwhile, it could avoid the soil nutrient leaching. Straw mulching had the best effect on soil moisture storage, followed by three-dimensional film covering. The ordinary film mulching was the most conducive to the growth of flue-cured tobacco at the rosette stage, followed by the straw mulching, and then the three-dimensional covering. The worst tobacco growth was found in the non-mulching treatment. And the straw mulching treatment had the highest root shoot ratio among all treatments. The results indicate that the effect of three-dimensional mulching on soil temperature and humidity and the growth and development of flue-cured tobacco at rosette stage is lower than that of ordinary film mulching. Further research should be carried out on the whole growth and development period of flue-cured tobacco, the characteristics of yield and quality, and the cost-benefit and environmental impact of mulching.

Key words: tobacco, ordinary film mulching, straw mulching, three-dimensional film covering, soil temperature, soil moisture content

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