Effects of mulching for water conservation on soil carbon, nitrogen and biological properties

Xiaomin Pi; Tongxun Zhang; Benhua Sun; Quanhong Cui; Yun Guo; Mingxia Gao; Hao Feng; David W. Hopkins

doi:10.15302/J-FASE-2017136

Effects of mulching for water conservation on soil carbon, nitrogen and biological properties

Xiaomin Pi
, Tongxun Zhang
, Benhua Sun^*
, Quanhong Cui
, Yun Guo
, Mingxia Gao
, Hao Feng
, David W. Hopkins

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The effect of mulching with straw, white plastic film and black plastic film for improving soil water storage and on the soil properties was examined in a wheat-maize rotation system on Loess soil in northwestern China. All the mulches improved the water storage to some extent and led to warmer soils. However, the organic C and total N contents of the soils declined significantly under the mulches, particularly the plastic film mulches, and this could have long-term detrimental effects on soil quality and the sustainability of the some mulching practices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	146-154
Number of pages	9
Journal	Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering
Volume	4
Issue number	2
Early online date	1 Mar 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2017136
Publication status	Print publication - 7 Jun 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biomass
Carbon
Mulch
Nitrogen
Plastic films
Soil
Straw
Water storage

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