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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (13): 89-96.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2024-0682

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Analysis of Soil Respiration Characteristics in Rape Field of Dry Slope Land Under Different Soil Fertility Conditions

YANG Tingting1(), TIAN Xiaoqin1,2,3, LI Zhuo1,2,3,4(), LIU Yonghong2, LI Haojie1,3   

  1. 1 Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610066
    2 Provincial Key Laboratory of Water-saving Agriculture in Hill Areas of Southern China, Chengdu 610066
    3 Environment-friendly Crop Germplasm Innovation and Genetic Improvement Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610066
    4 Chengdu Agricultural Technology Center, Chengdu 610200
  • Received:2024-10-30 Revised:2025-02-20 Online:2025-05-05 Published:2025-05-07

Abstract:

Soil fertility significantly influences soil respiration rate and carbon emission in farmland ecosystem. The study took four soils with different fertility levels as influencing factors, and they were named F1, F2, F3 and F4 according to fertility from low to high. The research focused on the change patterns of soil respiration rate (including microbial respiration rate, root respiration rate and total respiration rate) and their relationships with soil moisture and temperature during growth periods of rapeseed. The characteristics of soil respiration under different fertility conditions were elucidated. Correlation analysis showed that soil respiration rates were positively correlated with soil moisture and temperature, and highly significant correlations observed between microbial respiration rate, total respiration rate and moisture, temperature. The results indicated that soil moisture, temperature and soil respiration rates exhibited an increasing trend during the growth period of rapeseed, and the specific performance was: seedling stage (bud stage) < flowering stage (pod stage). The soil moisture, temperature and soil respiration rates were higher in F4 compared to the other three fertility levels, with soil respiration rates reaching a significant level. Total carbon emissions from F4 were the highest, being 71.83%, 43.35% and 25.98% higher than those from F1, F2, and F3, respectively. Additionally, the yield of F4 was significantly higher by 147.35%, 59.50% and 19.98% compared to F1, F2, and F3, respectively. In terms of carbon emission efficiency, F3 showed significantly higher efficiency (5.13%-57.70%) compared to the other three fertility levels, and its total carbon emissions were significantly lower by 25.98% compared to F4. In summary, while F4 achieved high rapeseed yields, it also had higher total carbon emissions; F3 demonstrated relatively low total carbon emission. These findings suggested that human intervention could regulate these outcomes in future studies. The results provided valuable insights into understanding carbon emission behavior and the sensitivity of soil respiration rates to soil moisture and temperature in rapeseed fields.

Key words: soil fertility, farmland ecosystem, carbon emissions, rapeseed yield, soil respiration rate