Author:
Liu Qiaoling,Li Yangyang,Li Wangcheng,Su Qikun,Ma Bo,Mu Min,Jia Zhenjiang,Zhao Guangxing
Abstract
This study sought to evaluate the potential of mulched gravel to release nutrients in the field by conducting trials with three variations of wet-and-dry cycling of the soil beneath gravel mulch and bare soil. The results revealed that quartz, muscovite, clinochlore, and albite were the most abundant minerals in the gravels. Throughout the whole wet-and-dry cycle, the total content of 30 elements measured in the gravel-mulched soil was higher than in the bare soil treatment, and the content of the total element rose with increasing wet–dry cycle humidity. The enrichment ratio (Br) of each element in soil under gravel mulch relative to bare soil was in the sequence Mg > Ca > K > Cr > Na > Mn > V > Zn > Fe > Ti > Si > C > N > B> Co > (Br = 0) > Pb > Cu > Ga > P > Sn > Sr > Al > Be > Li > Mo > Ni > Se > As > S. Under gravel mulch, the elements impacted by the wet–dry cycle are primarily rock-forming, whereas the elements affected under bare soil are primarily trace elements. The wet-and-dry cycles of gravel affected soil nutrients mainly by increasing soil K, Ca, Na, and Mg contents. The differences in soil K and Ca contents significantly affected the growth of jujube trees and the jujube fruit yield. A dry/wet cycle level of 5 L/d per tree under gravel cover conditions can effectively improve soil nutrients and increase the jujube fruit yield without causing environmental problems.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Key Natural Science Projects of Ningxia
National Key Research and Development Program
Ningxia Key Research and Development Program
Ningxia First-class Discipline Construction Funding Project for Higher Education Institutions
Subject
Agronomy and Crop Science
Cited by
2 articles.
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