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Responses of soil nutrients, enzyme activities, and maize yield to straw and plastic film mulching in coastal saline-alkaline

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  • Zhen Liu

    (Shandong Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Science for Yellow River Delta, Shandong University of Aeronautics, Binzhou, P.R. China
    Key Laboratory of Crop Water Physiology and Drought-Tolerance Germplasm Improvement of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, P.R. China)

  • Mengkun Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of Crop Water Physiology and Drought-Tolerance Germplasm Improvement of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, P.R. China)

  • Zengjiao Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Crop Water Physiology and Drought-Tolerance Germplasm Improvement of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, P.R. China)

  • Ying Shen

    (Key Laboratory of Crop Water Physiology and Drought-Tolerance Germplasm Improvement of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, P.R. China)

  • Deheng Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of Crop Water Physiology and Drought-Tolerance Germplasm Improvement of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, P.R. China)

  • Shenghao Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of Crop Water Physiology and Drought-Tolerance Germplasm Improvement of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, P.R. China)

  • Xingchao Qi

    (Shandong Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Science for Yellow River Delta, Shandong University of Aeronautics, Binzhou, P.R. China)

  • Xuepeng Zhang

    (Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, P.R. China)

  • Tao Sun

    (State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Key Laboratory of Wastes Matrix Utilisation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, P.R. China)

  • Shenzhong Tian

    (State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Key Laboratory of Wastes Matrix Utilisation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, P.R. China)

  • Tangyuan Ning

    (Key Laboratory of Crop Water Physiology and Drought-Tolerance Germplasm Improvement of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, P.R. China)

Abstract

To address the issue of low soil nutrients and low crop yields in coastal alkaline salines, a field experiment of straw combined with plastic film mulching in coastal alkaline salines was conducted in this study to explore the effects of different treatments on soil nutrients, enzyme activities and maize yield. Four treatments, including no mulching (NM), straw mulching (SM), plastic film mulching (PM), and straw mulching combined with plastic film mulching (SP), were set up during 2019-2020. In the 0-20 cm soil layer, compared with NM, the soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil catalase activity (SCA) of SM significantly increased by 23.4% and 46.2%, respectively (P < 0.05). The soil total nitrogen (STN), soil available phosphorus (SAP), available potassium (SAK), sucrase activity, urease activity, alkaline phosphatase activity, and maize yield (MY) of SP significantly increased by 40.7, 26.8, 13.9, 34.6, 73.8, 36.2 and 19.0%, respectively (P < 0.05). SOC, STN, SAP, SAK and SCA were significantly correlated with MY. Therefore, straw mulching combined with plastic film mulching has the best effect on increasing soil nutrients, soil enzyme activity, and maize yield and is suitable for promotion and application in coastal alkaline salines.

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  • Zhen Liu & Mengkun Zhang & Zengjiao Wang & Ying Shen & Deheng Zhang & Shenghao Zhang & Xingchao Qi & Xuepeng Zhang & Tao Sun & Shenzhong Tian & Tangyuan Ning, 2024. "Responses of soil nutrients, enzyme activities, and maize yield to straw and plastic film mulching in coastal saline-alkaline," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 70(1), pages 40-47.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlpse:v:70:y:2024:i:1:id:284-2023-pse
    DOI: 10.17221/284/2023-PSE
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