Abstract:
In the potato production practice, long-term single application of chemical fertilizers or excessive application of chemical fertilizers, and other unreasonable fertilization measures lead to the deterioration of soil carbon pool activity and the reduction of soil biological activity. Based on the field experiments, different fertilization methods for 5 consecutive years, such as no fertilization (CK), single application of chemical fertilizer (NPK), single application of organic fertilizer (M), combined application of organic and inorganic fertilizers (NPKM), were applied in the potato farmland to investigate their influences on soil organic carbon composition and carbon pool management index. The results showed that the M and NPKM treatments significantly increased the contents of soil occluded particulate organic carbon (OPOC) and soil particulate organic carbon (POC), and reduced soil mineral-associated organic carbon (MOC) content, compared with CK and NPK treatments. Compared with CK and NPK treatments, the OPOC contents in M and NPKM treatments increased by 32.52% and 30.39%, and 27.09% and 24.78%, respectively. The content of particulate organic carbon (POC) increased by 31.52% and 29.65%, and 25.18% and 23.15%, respectively. The addition of organic fertilizer significantly increased the content of total soil organic carbon (TOC), microbial biomass carbon (MBC), and readily oxidized organic carbon (ROC), compared with CK and NPK treatments, showing TOC in M and NPKM treatments increased by 15.28% and 13.64%, MBC increased by 21.82% and 19.17%, and ROC content increased by 32.45% and 31.35%, respectively. Moreover, the applications of organic fertilizer, and organic combined inorganic fertilizer significantly increased the carbon pool management index (CPMI) by 28.8% and 35.65%, respectively, compared with single application of chemical fertilizer. In summary, the application of organic fertilizer in the potato farmland soil was beneficial to the accumulation of soil active organic carbon and could change the distribution characteristics of soil organic carbon components.