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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (25): 84-88.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0756

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Influence of Rice-duck Integrated Farming Systems on Soil pH and Nutrients

GUO Yujiao1(), LUO Xuan1, JING Haoqi2, WENG Kaiqi1, CAO Zhengfeng1, ZHANG Yang1, WANG Xiaozhi2, CHEN Guohong1, XU Qi1()   

  1. 1 College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009
    2 College of Environment Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127
  • Received:2022-09-01 Revised:2023-01-12 Online:2023-09-05 Published:2023-08-28

Abstract:

To explore the effects of different rice-duck integrated farming systems on soil pH and nutrients, this experiment selected fields such as conventional rice-duck co-cropping, green fertilizer and rice-duck integrated farming and multi-year rice-duck integrated farming to study the changes of soil pH and nutrient levels in different plots. The results showed that compared with the control group of conventional rice cultivation method, the decrease of pH and nutrient level in the rice-duck integrated farming group was smaller than that in the control group. Even the level of alkaline nitrogen of the rice-duck integrated farming group increased by 8.6 mg/kg after harvesting compared to before ducking, while in the control group, the alkaline nitrogen level after harvesting ducks decreased by 4.98 mg/kg compared to before ducking. For green fertilizer and rice-duck integrated farming, the alkaline nitrogen level increased significantly (P<0.05) from the planting green fertilizer to the flowering stage, the levels of quick-acting phosphorus and quick-acting potassium decreased by 21.95% and 33.49%, respectively, and the soil pH decreased by 14.05%. In addition, through the monitoring of rice-duck integrated farming fields for many years, it was found that with the increase of the number of rice-duck integrated stubble, soil fertility, especially alkaline nitrogen level, could be improved, and the pH of the soil could also be better maintained at a stable level. The above results showed that the rice-duck integrated farming model could enhance soil fertility by improving soil alkaline nitrogen level, and the effect became more obvious with the increase of planting years. Planting green fertilizer in this model could also further improve soil alkaline nitrogen level. Therefore, the rice-duck integrated farming model was a planting model that could effectively maintain and improve soil fertility, which was worth popularizing and applying.

Key words: rice and duck integrated farming, soil pH, alkaline nitrogen, available phosphorus, quick-acting potassium