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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (32): 82-87.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb20191200985

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Variation Characteristics of Soil Physical and Chemical Properties and Yield After Subsoiling in Drip Irrigated Cotton Fields in Xinjiang

Ma Jun1(), Cui Jianping1, Jin Liang2, Xu Haijiang1, Lin Tao1, Wang Liang1,2, Shi Weijun1, Guo Rensong1()   

  1. 1Institute of Economic Crops, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Physiological Ecology and Tillage of Desert Oasis, Ministry of Agriculture, Urumqi 830091
    2Upland Cotton Experimental Station of Kuqa, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kuqa Xinjiang 842000
  • Received:2019-12-23 Revised:2020-02-12 Online:2020-11-15 Published:2020-11-19
  • Contact: Guo Rensong E-mail:majun@163.com;songgr08@163.com

Abstract:

To investigate the effects of subsoiling on soil physical and chemical properties and yield of cotton field in oasis of Xinjiang, three treatments of 30 (S30), 40 (S40) and 50 (S50) of subsoiling were set in 2017 and 2018, and non-subsoiling was taken as control (CK). The results showed that compared with CK, the subsoiling could effectively reduce surface soil bulk density and soil compactness, and increase soil total porosity, and the difference was significant in the first year after the subsoiling. In 0-20 cm soil layer, compared with CK, the bulk density of S30, S40 and S50 decreased by 1.7%, 7.0% and 9.7%, respectively, and the soil compactness decreased by 36.1%, 5.8% and 21.1%, respectively, and the total porosity of soil increased by 2.2%, 9% and 12.4%, respectively in 2017. The subsoiling could improve soil moisture content and soil water storage capacity. In 0-20 cm soil layer, compared with that of CK, the soil water content of S40 increased by 18.7%, the soil water storage capacity increased by 10.5%, while the differences between S30, S50 and CK were not significant in 2017. The subsoiling could increase the content of organic matter and available phosphorus in the surface soil, while the content of available nitrogen in the soil increased in the first year (2017) after the subsoiling compared with CK, then decreased in the second year (2018), the change of available potassium in the soil showed an opposite trend, and 40 cm subsoiling had the best effect. The subsoiling significantly reduced soil salt content, and the average soil salt content of S30, S40 and S50 decreased by 21.6%, 33.3% and 49.6% compared with CK in two years. The subsoiling was beneficial to increase the yield of seed cotton, among the treatments, the yield of seed cotton in S40 increased the most compared with CK, by 15.4% and 9.7% respectively. Subsoiling the cotton field in Xinjiang oasis for 40 cm could improve the soil physical and chemical properties effectively, and increase the cotton yield significantly.

Key words: subsoiling, soil physical and chemical properties, cotton, yield, Xinjiang

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