Plastic Film Mulching Sustains High Maize (Zea mays L.) Grain Yield and Maintains Soil Water Balance in Semiarid Environment
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作者: Li, Ming 1 ; Zhang, Kaiping 1 ; Eldoma, Ibrahim 2 ; Fang, Yanjie 3 ; Zhang, Feng 1 ;
作者机构: 1.Lanzhou Univ, Sch Life Sci, Inst Arid Agroecol, State Key Lab Grassland Agroecosyst, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China
2.Univ Zalingei, Fac Agr, Zalingei 79371, Sudan
3.Gansu Acad Agr Sci, Inst Dryland Farming, Key Lab High Water Utilizat Dryland Gansu Prov, Lanzhou 730070, Peoples R China
4.Key Lab High Water Utilizat Dryland Gansu Prov, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China
5.Sanming Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Res Ctr Low Carbon Econ Res Base Humanities & Soc, Sanming 365004, Peoples R China
关键词: ridge-furrow cultivation; sustainability yield index; soil water balance
期刊名称:AGRONOMY-BASEL ( 影响因子:3.417; 五年影响因子:3.64 )
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年卷期: 2020 年 10 卷 4 期
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收录情况: SCI
摘要: Ridge-furrow cultivation with plastic film mulching has been widely used for many years to increase crop yields in semiarid regions. The long-term effects of plastic mulching on crop yield and soil water balance need to be seriously considered to assess the sustainability of this widely used field management technique. A seven-year maize field experiment was conducted during 2012-2018 to estimate the yield sustainability and soil water balance with two treatments-mulching (yes; no) and nitrogen fertilization (yes; no). This resulted in the following four groups-no film mulching, no N application (M0N0); film mulching, no N application (M1N0); no film mulching, N application (M0N1); film mulching and N application (M1N1). Our results show that plastic mulching significantly increased maize yield. A combination of mulching and nitrogen application had the highest sustainability yield index (SYI) of 0.75, which was higher than the other three treatments, with SYI values of 0.31, 0.33, and 0.39, respectively. Plastic film mulching increased soil water content and water storage in both the sowing and harvesting periods and did not cause the formation of dry soil layers. Precipitation storage efficiency (PSE) in the nongrowing season played a key role in maintaining the soil water balance and it was positively affected by plastic film mulching. Our research indicates that plastic mulching and N application could maintain maize yield sustainability and the soil water balance of agriculture in semiarid regions. In addition, we highlight the importance of nongrowing season precipitation, and thus, we suggest that mulching the field land with plastic film throughout the whole year should be adopted by farmers to store more precipitation, which is important to crop growth.
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