Effects of Biochar Combined with Subsoiling on Soil Aggregates and Organic Carbon
Author:
Affiliation:

Clc Number:

S158.3

Fund Project:

  • Article
  • |
  • Figures
  • |
  • Metrics
  • |
  • Reference
  • |
  • Related
  • |
  • Cited by
  • |
  • Materials
  • |
  • Comments
    Abstract:

    [Objective] The effects of applying biochar combined with subsoiling on soil bulk density, soil structure stability, and organic carbon in farmland topsoil were comprehensively analyzed to provide scientific and reasonable control measures and a theoretical basis for soil structure improvement. [Methods] A field experiment was conducted from 2017 to 2019 based on a winter wheat and summer corn rotation system. Biochar was applied at rates of 0, 3 000, and 6 000 kg/hm2 (B0, B1, and B2) during the wheat season in conjunction with two tillage treatments 〔traditional stubble sowing (P) and subsoiling tillage sowing (S)〕 imposed during the corn season to produce a total of six combined treatments of B0P, B1P, B2P, B0S, B1S, and B2S. [Results] ① After two crop rotations, under the same tillage method, soil bulk density decreased with increasing biochar application rate, and bulk density under B2S was significantly lower than under B0S by 13.59%. Under the same biochar application level, soil bulk density under subsoiling was less than under traditional stubble sowing, and the subsoiling bulk density was 4.95% lower than the bulk density under traditional stubble sowing; ② After two years of continuous application of biochar combined with subsoiling tillage, the organic carbon content of B2S was the highest, and was 42.15% greater than observed for B0P and 1.03% greater than observed for B2P; ③ After two crop rotations, the mechanical aggregate content (DR0.25), the water-stable aggregate content (WR0.25), and the mean weight diameter (MWD) showed an upward trend with increasing biochar application rate. In contrast, soil aggregate destruction rate (PAD) and soil unstable aggregate index (ELT) showed a decreasing trend, and B2S produced better results than the other treatments, indicating that high biochar application rates combined with subsoiling tillage more effectively improved aggregate stability than traditional tillage. [Conclusion] A basic application of 6 000 kg/hm2 of biochar during the wheat season combined with corn season subsoiling could improve the stability of soil aggregates and the soil structure of farmland in the North China Plain.

    Reference
    Related
    Cited by
Get Citation

张雨萌,郭艳杰,张丽娟,刘婷,吉艳芝.生物炭配合深松对土壤团聚体及有机碳的影响[J].水土保持通报英文版,2022,42(5):368-375,385

Copy
Share
Article Metrics
  • Abstract:
  • PDF:
  • HTML:
  • Cited by:
History
  • Received:January 05,2022
  • Revised:March 10,2022
  • Adopted:
  • Online: November 22,2022
  • Published: