Cow Manure Compost Promotes Maize Growth and Ameliorates Soil Quality in Saline-Alkali Soil: Role of Fertilizer Addition Rate and Application Depth
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Site Description
2.2. Experimental Design and Crop Management
2.3. Analytical Methods
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Effect of Cow Manure Compost on Saline-Alkali Soil Salt Content and pH
3.2. Cow Manure Compost Enhances Soil Organic Matter, Total Nitrogen, Available Phosphorus and Available Potassium of the Surface Soil
3.3. Cow Manure Compost Promotes Maize Growth of Plant Height, Stem Diameter, Fresh Weight of Shoot and Fresh Weight of Root
3.4. Cow Manure Compost Improves Maize Yield
3.5. Redundancy Analysis of Relationships among Fertilizer Regime, Soil Properties, Maize Growth and Maize Yield Parameters in Saline-Alkali Soil
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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No. | Treatment | Compost Addition Rate (t·ha−1) | Compost Application Depth (cm) | Mineral Fertilizer Addition Rate (t·ha−1) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CK | - | - | 0.6 |
2 | L1 | 6 | 5 | 0.6 |
3 | L2 | 12 | 5 | 0.6 |
4 | L3 | 18 | 5 | 0.6 |
5 | L4 | 24 | 5 | 0.6 |
6 | H1 | 6 | 20 | 0.6 |
7 | H2 | 12 | 20 | 0.6 |
8 | H3 | 18 | 20 | 0.6 |
9 | H4 | 24 | 20 | 0.6 |
Compost Addition Rate | Compost Application Depth | Soil Salt Content | Soil pH | Soil Organic Matter | Total Nitrogen | Available Phosphorus | Available Potassium | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plant height | 0.956 ** | 0.375 | −0.887 ** | −0.951 ** | 0.953 ** | 0.925 ** | 0.756 * | 0.921 ** |
Stem diameter | 0.843 ** | 0.537 | −0.955 ** | −0.750 * | 0.842 ** | 0.937 ** | 0.634 | 0.737 * |
Fresh weight of shoot | 0.929 ** | 0.488 | −0.918 ** | −0.847 ** | 0.854 ** | 0.927 ** | 0.691 * | 0.869 ** |
Fresh weight of root | 0.636 | 0.758 * | −0.646 | −0.886 ** | 0.764 * | 0.704 * | 0.190 | 0.654 |
Compost Application Rate | Compost Application Depth | Salt Content | pH | Soil Organic Matter | Total Nitrogen | Available Phosphorus | Available Potassium | Plant Height | Stem Diameter | Fresh Weight of Shoot | Fresh Weight of Root | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ear length | 0.792 * | 0.653 | −0.801 ** | −0.775 * | 0.828 ** | 0.788 * | 0.507 | 0.832 ** | 0.777 * | 0.759 * | 0.876 ** | 0.728 * |
Ear diameter | 0.918 ** | 0.346 | −0.815 ** | −0.917 ** | 0.933 ** | 0.861 ** | 0.748 * | 0.940 ** | 0.959 ** | 0.686 * | 0.803 ** | 0.686 * |
Number of kernels per ear | 0.980 ** | 0.351 | −0.916 ** | −0.947 ** | 0.946 ** | 0.950 ** | 0.791 * | 0.950 ** | 0.976 ** | 0.804 ** | 0.901 ** | 0.737 * |
Maize yield | 0.935 ** | 0.714 * | −0.913 ** | −0.932 ** | 0.919 ** | 0.939 ** | 0.653 | 0.905 ** | 0.926 ** | 0.864 ** | 0.978 ** | 0.834 ** |
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Li, S.; Liu, Z.; Li, J.; Liu, Z.; Gu, X.; Shi, L. Cow Manure Compost Promotes Maize Growth and Ameliorates Soil Quality in Saline-Alkali Soil: Role of Fertilizer Addition Rate and Application Depth. Sustainability 2022, 14, 10088. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141610088
Li S, Liu Z, Li J, Liu Z, Gu X, Shi L. Cow Manure Compost Promotes Maize Growth and Ameliorates Soil Quality in Saline-Alkali Soil: Role of Fertilizer Addition Rate and Application Depth. Sustainability. 2022; 14(16):10088. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141610088
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Shuyan, Zhijun Liu, Jiao Li, Zhanwei Liu, Xuhan Gu, and Lianhui Shi. 2022. "Cow Manure Compost Promotes Maize Growth and Ameliorates Soil Quality in Saline-Alkali Soil: Role of Fertilizer Addition Rate and Application Depth" Sustainability 14, no. 16: 10088. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141610088