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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (21): 88-93.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0601

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The Application of Soil Conditioner (CMC) in Soil Improvement of New Cultivating Farmland

LI Ting1(), ZHU Li'an1(), LIN Zi1, SHAO Shegang2, NI Dong2, LIN Lanwen1   

  1. 1 Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences/National-regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China/Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangzhou 510650
    2 Research Institute of Highway, Ministry of Transport/Key Laboratory of Road Traffic and Environmental Protection Technology, Beijing 100088
  • Received:2022-07-14 Revised:2022-11-12 Online:2023-07-25 Published:2023-07-24

Abstract:

Exploring the effects of different application rates of polymer materials on soil fertility in new cultivating farmland is helpful to provide a scientific basis for rapid maturation of new farmland. Bermudagrass was used as the research material and a pot experiment was conducted to explore the effects of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) (0.04%, 0.08%, 0.12%, 0.16% and 0.20%) mixed with vermicompost and compound biological inoculants on plant growth and soil nutrients in new cultivating farmland. The results showed that the overground part and root biomass of bermudagrass were significantly increased under different CMC treatments, which were 33.8-37.5 and 5.0-5.9 times than those of CK, respectively, and the root-shoot ratio was decreased by 84.1%-86.3%. The biomass of bermudagrass showed the highest value in 0.16% CMC treatment. The CMC treatments had significant effect on soil nutrient content, the content of soil organic matter and total phosphorus showed the maximum value in 0.16% CMC treatment, which were 187.9% and 19.2% higher than those of CK, respectively. The >0.25 mm water-stable aggregate content was significantly increased by 24.2%-138.9% in CMC treatment, and the highest value was found in 0.20% CMC treatment. In conclusion, the 0.16% CMC treatment had the best effect on the growth promotion of bermudagrass and the increase of soil organic matter and total phosphorus contents, while the best effect on the improvement of soil water-stable aggregate was achieved in 0.20% CMC treatment.

Key words: sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, new cultivating farmland, bermudagrass, soil nutrients, soil water-stable aggregate