Land use changes may have great impacts on dryland agriculture in the Loess Plateau of China, one of the most fragile agro-ecosystems
in the world. Here we investigated the variation of soil organic carbon(SOC)and crop yields in dryland under long-term different
fertilization in Guanzhong plain area during 20 years using DNDC model. There were five treatments including no fertilization control(CK),
inorganic fertilizers(NPK), NPK combined with straw(SNPK), NPK combined with low manure(M1NPK), and NPK combined with high
manure(M2NPK). In the CK treatment, SOC and crop yields were significantly reduced. The NPK treatment promoted crop production, but
had little effect on SOC, which was similar to that in CK. However, both SOC and crop yields were increased in the SNPK, M1NPK and
M2NPK treatments, with the greatest effect observed in the M2NPK. These observed data were used to calibrate and verify DNDC model.
The model showed good fitting to measured SOC and crop yields, and thus could be used to predict SOC and crop yields dynamics. The pre-diction by the model indicated that combination of inorganic fertilizers and manure could not only enhance crop aboveground and underground
biomass and heterotrophic respiration, but also increase soil carbon storage. This result would shed light on fertilization practices in
this region.
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