Wei Zheng, Lei Hu, Yuanying Peng, Jinshui Wu, Wende Yan
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Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to evaluate the impact of peanut straw mulching on the N change and the functional genes in Camellia oleifera intercropping systems.
Methods
A field experiment with different types of straw mulch treatments (conventional tillage, whole, and crushed) and timing was (50 d and 150 d) established between 2018–2022; the soil N fractions, N transformation rates, the abundance and dominant species compositions of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA), nirK, and nirS-harboring genes were investigated.
Results
The whole peanut straw mulching of 150 d significantly improved (P < 0.05) the content of soil microbial biomass N (MBN), ammonia N (NH4+), and nitrate N (NO3-). The soil nitrification and ammonification rates increased by 96.8% and 132% in the 150 d of peanut crushed and whole straw mulching, respectively. Notably, the peanut straw mulching of 50 d mainly affects the diversity and relative abundance of AOA while the soil nirK and nirS-harboring genes were affected by 150 d crushed and whole peanut straw mulching, respectively. Redundancy analysis showed that crushed and whole peanut straw mulching affects nitrate reductase as the primary factor in regulating the soil N cycle via functional genes and soil variables.
Conclusions
Long-term whole peanut straw or whole and crushed mixed straw mulching could hence be recommended to dryland farming communities to increase the soil N cycle and crop productivity in the C.oleifera-peanut intercropping system.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Soils and Sediments (JSS) is devoted to soils and sediments; it deals with contaminated, intact and disturbed soils and sediments. JSS explores both the common aspects and the differences between these two environmental compartments. Inter-linkages at the catchment scale and with the Earth’s system (inter-compartment) are an important topic in JSS. The range of research coverage includes the effects of disturbances and contamination; research, strategies and technologies for prediction, prevention, and protection; identification and characterization; treatment, remediation and reuse; risk assessment and management; creation and implementation of quality standards; international regulation and legislation.