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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (9): 91-98.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2024-0605

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Effect of Organic Amendment Combined with Moderate Deep Ploughing on Productivity Improvement of Hilly Reclaimed Rice Field

WANG Feng(), ZHU Shijun, YING Hong, CHAI Weigang, DAI Yaolu, YUAN Qing, JIN Shuquan()   

  1. Ningbo Key Laboratory of Testing and Control for Characteristic Agro-product Quality and Safety, Ningbo Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315040
  • Received:2024-09-14 Revised:2025-01-18 Online:2025-03-25 Published:2025-03-25

Abstract:

To solve the practical problems in the existing “non-grain” cultivated land improvement technology, such as high cost and poor regional suitability, a field experiment was carried out in the typical “non-grain” reclaimed rice field in the hilly area of eastern Zhejiang Province. The effects of different organic amendments and combinations (T1: biochar based fertilizer, T2: potassium fulvic acid, T3: organic fertilizer + biochar based fertilizer, T4: organic fertilizer + potassium fulvic acid), and tillage depth (D: deep tillage with 20 cm, S: shallow tillage with 15 cm) on topsoil properties, rice yield and economic benefits were analyzed. The results showed that the application of different organic amendments could significantly increase the yield of rice, among which T4 and T3 had the best effects, especially under the condition of deep ploughing. Compared with the conventional control (S-CK), they could increase the yield by 3.7 t/hm2 (48.8%) and 3.4 t/hm2 (44.5%) respectively, and the economic benefit reached 2391-3101 yuan/hm2 in the current season. Deep ploughing decreased soil pH by 0.2 units on average, but significantly increased soil organic matter (SOM), total nitrogen (TN), alkali-hydro nitrogen (AN), available phosphorus (AP) and cation exchange capacity (CEC). Among them, the SOM in D-T4 and D-T3 increased by 11.5% and 11.3%, respectively, compared with S-CK. The correlation analysis showed that rice yield was significantly positively correlated with agronomic characters (effective panicle, panicle length, spikelet per panicle and seed setting rate) and soil fertility indexes (SOM, TN, AN, AP, AK and CEC) (P<0.01). Therefore, the organic amendments combinations of organic fertilizer and biochar based fertilizer or potassium fulvic acid, with moderate mechanical deep ploughing, can simultaneously achieve tillage layer reconstruction and directional fertilizer cultivation, and promote soil improvement efficiency in reclamation area. This technology has great potential to be popularized in the “non-grain” reclaimed rice field in hilly areas.

Key words: “non-grain” cultivated land, tillage layer reconstruction, tillage depth, soil amendment, rice yield