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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (25): 102-107.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2021-0083

Special Issue: 生物技术 油料作物 马铃薯

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Effects of Cassava-Peanut Intercropping Patterns on Soil Fertility

LIU Zifan1(), SU Bimeng1, HUANG Jie2(), WEI Yunxia2, XIAO Zili3   

  1. 1College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 570228
    2Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, CATAS/ Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Cassava Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Danzhou, Hainan 571737
    3Institute of Agricultural Science Research, Hepu, Guangxi 536100
  • Received:2021-01-22 Revised:2022-04-02 Online:2022-09-05 Published:2022-08-26
  • Contact: HUANG Jie E-mail:jiangxilaobiao@163.com;hnhjcn@163.com

Abstract:

To explore the effects of different cassava-peanut intercropping patterns on soil fertility, four treatments were set, which were mono-cropping cassava (MC), one row of cassava intercropping with two rows of peanut (C1P2), two rows of cassava intercropping with three rows of peanut (C2P3) and two rows of cassava intercropping with four of rows peanut (C2P4). A total of 11 soil fertility indexes, such as pH, organic matter, alkali-hydrolyzable nitrogen, available phosphorus, available potassium, sucrase, urease, acid phosphatase, catalase, the number of culturable bacteria and the number of culturable fungi, in the 0-20 cm soil were measured, then the change rate of the 11 soil fertility indexes were assessed comprehensively by the principal component analysis (PCA). The results showed that: (1) the content of soil available P, available K and the number of culturable bacteria of C2P4 were significantly lower than those of MC, the content of soil available P of C1P2 was significantly lower than that of MC, the pH and urease activity of C2P3 were significantly higher than those of MC, while the number of culturable bacteria of C2P3 was significantly lower than that of MC; (2) according to the PCA scores of the comprehensive soil fertility, C1P2 could improve the soil fertility, while C2P3 and C2P4 could decrease the soil fertility. To promote the C2P4 pattern, additional nutrients should be applied to maintain the soil fertility of cassava field for yield increase, thus achieving the sustainable development cassava industry.

Key words: cassava, peanut, intercropping pattern, soil fertility, principal component analysis (PCA), comprehensive assessment

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