Abstract:
Objective The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of different exogenous additives on the stability of soil aggregates, and to provide reference for improving soil.
Methods The soils of three typical land use types (forest land, paddy field and dry field) in Jiangsu Province were selected as the research objects. The indoor soil culture experiment was conducted. Five treatments were set, including 1 control, 4 exogenous additives (1 g quicklime, 10 g fulvic acid, 250 g fish pond sediment and 15 g biochar per kilogram of soil, respectively). The content of soil aggregate in each particle size was determined by dry screening method, and the effects of different exogenous additives on the stability of soil aggregates were studied.
Results The effects of different exogenous additives on soil macro aggregate content (DR0.25), mean weight diameter (MWD), and geometric mean diameter (GMD) in different land use patterns were significantly different. Among them, quicklime could significantly improve the soil DR0.25, MWD and GMD of forest land, with an average increase of 13.03%, 22.71% and 55.91% respectively. Fulvic acid could significantly improve the soil DR0.25, MWD and GMD of forest land, paddy field and dry land. The average increases of DR0.25, MWD and GMD in forest land soil were 4.60%, 18.44% and 33.26%, respectively. The average increases of DR0.25, MWD and GMD in paddy field and dry land soil were 11.61%, 41.23%, 141.48% and 10.94%, 24.52%, 47.47%, respectively. Fish pond sediment could significantly improve the content of soil macro aggregates in forest land, paddy field and dry land, with an average increase of 9.09%, 4.42% and 9.99%, respectively. Biochar could significantly improve the soil DR0.25, MWD and GMD of paddy field and dry land, with an average increase of 11.96%, 29.62%, 124.06% and 10.16%, 19.01%, 25.05%, respectively. Correlation analysis showed that soil DR0.25 was significantly positively correlated with MWD and GMD ( P < 0.01 ), and the correlation coefficients were 0.74 and 0.80, respectively. MWD was significantly positively correlated with GMD ( P < 0.01 ), and the correlation coefficient was 0.95.
Conclusion The effects of different exogenous additives on the stability of soil aggregates in different land use patterns were significantly different. Among them, the application of fulvic acid had the best effect on improving the stability of soil aggregates in forest land, paddy field and dry land.