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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (28): 83-93.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2023-0747

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Effects of Long-term Subsoiling Combined with Straw Returning on Carbon Sequestration Capacity and Inorganic Stability Mechanism of Soil Aggregates

WANG Ning(), ZHANG Renzheng, LIU Zhen, LV Jinling, SHEN Ying, YANG Qian, LI Geng, NING Tangyuan()   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Wheat Breeding/ National Engineering Research Center for Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer/Key Laboratory of Crop Water Physiology and Drought Resistant Germplasm Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong 271018
  • Received:2023-10-20 Revised:2024-07-09 Online:2024-09-29 Published:2024-09-29

Abstract:

The effects of long-term tillage and straw returning on soil aggregate carbon sequestration capacity was analyzed, the inorganic stability mechanism of Fe and Al oxides in aggregates was explored, and theoretical basis for selecting appropriate farmland management measures was provided. Four treatments were set up in the experiment including subsoiling with straw returning (STs), subsoiling without straw returning (ST0), no-tillage with straw returning (NTs) and no-tillage without straw returning (NT0). The water-stable aggregates were measured by wet sieve method. Soil organic carbon and aggregate organic carbon were measured by TOC analyzer. Various forms of iron aluminum oxides were measured by colorimetric method. The effect of four treatments on each index was analyzed and compared. The results showed that compared with subsoiling, the mean weight diameter and geometric mean diameter in no-tillage were increased by 18.6% and 6.8%, respectively. Compared with no-tillage, the soil organic carbon of >2, 1-2, 0.5-1, 0.25-0.5 and 0.106-0.25 mm in subsoiling was increased by 27.9%, 28.8%, 16.9%, 11.0% and 5.5%, respectively. The total carbon storage of subsoiling was increased by 11% than that of no-tillage. The total carbon storage of straw returning increased by 11% than that of no straw returning. The content of free iron oxide in the surface soil was increased by 50% than that of other treatments. Compared with no-tillage, the amorphous iron and complex aluminum in subsoiling were increased by 43% and 65%, respectively. Therefore, long-term subsoiling combined with straw returning could effectively improve soil carbon sequestration capacity and inorganic stability of aggregates.

Key words: subsoiling, straw returning, aggregate, carbon reserve, iron and aluminium oxide, soil carbon sequestration capacity, inorganic stability of aggregates