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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (9): 85-94.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2020-0272

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The Improvement and Utilization of Bare Saline-alkali Soil in the Songnen Plain by Sand-covering

Hu Juan1(), Zhou Daowei1(), Guan Shengchao2, Zhang Dan3   

  1. 1Jilin Provincial Laboratory of Grassland Farming, Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS, Changchun 130102
    2College of Life Sciences, Tonghua Normal University, Tonghua Jilin 134000
    3College of Landscape Architecture, Changchun University, Changchun 130102
  • Received:2020-07-20 Revised:2020-09-25 Online:2021-03-25 Published:2021-04-09
  • Contact: Zhou Daowei E-mail:hujuan@iga.ac.cn;zhoudaowei@iga.ac.cn

Abstract:

The improvement and utilization of bare saline-alkali soil in the Songnen Plain were studied by different thickness of sand-covering and planting corps or forages. Two years results showed that SWC, pH and EC in sandy soil layer were significantly lower than that of saline-alkali soil layer, and increased with sandy soil depth. SWC, pH and EC in the same sandy soil layer decreased with the increase of sand-covering thickness. EC of surface saline-alkali soil was reduced from 621 μS/cm to 389-594 μS/cm under different sand-covering thickness treatments. The yield of maize with sand-covering of 30 cm in 2013 was 51.1% higher than that of 2012, and was 32.29% higher than that of sand-covering of 20 cm (P<0.05) and 8.9% lower than that of sand-covering of 40 cm (P>0.05), respectively. The yield and total root biomass of alfalfa with sand-covering of 30 cm in 2013 was 2.04 times and 3.65 times that of 2012, respectively. The yield of alfalfa with sand-covering of 30 cm was not significantly different from that of sand-covering of 20 cm and sand-covering of 40 cm, but the total root biomass of alfalfa increased by 55.9% and 106.3%, respectively. EC of alfalfa in sandy soil layer was decreased by 23.1% and 43.5% in 2012 and 2013 respectively under the sand-covering of 30 cm. Therefore, sand-covering has some improvement effects on saline-alkali soil, and planting maize and alfalfa under sand-covering of 30 cm has remarkable effects on yields.

Key words: saline-alkali soil, sand-covering thickness, crops, forages, EC, pH

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