Enhancing Faba Bean Yields in Alpine Agricultural Regions: The Impact of Plastic Film Mulching and Phosphorus Fertilization on Soil Dynamics
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Site Description
2.2. Experimental Design and Field Management
2.3. Sampling and Measurements
2.3.1. Faba Bean Production Measurement
2.3.2. Soil Temperature and Water Measurement
2.3.3. Root Nodule Weight Measurement
2.3.4. Soil Biochemical Properties
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Grain Yield and Aboveground Biomass
3.2. Soil Temperature Dynamics
3.3. Soil Water Content and Storage
3.4. Root Nodule Weight per Plant
3.5. Soil Biochemical Properties
3.6. Relationships between Faba Bean Grain Yield, Soil Water Storage and Temperature, Nodule Dry Weight, and Soil Biochemical Properties
4. Discussion
4.1. Soil Temperature and Water
4.2. Soil Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen
4.3. Soil N and P Availability
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
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NMF | P0 | 16.63 ± 0.67 | 16.91 ± 1.33 | 15.92 ± 1.06 |
P1 | 16.92 ± 0.00 | 17.27 ± 0.51 | 16.20 ± 0.60 | |
P2 | 16.99 ± 0.04 | 17.32 ± 0.47 | 16.64 ± 0.72 | |
DRM | P0 | 19.66 ± 0.77 | 20.48 ± 1.18 | 19.46 ± 0.17 |
P1 | 19.64 ± 0.57 | 20.59 ± 0.27 | 19.93 ± 0.87 | |
P2 | 19.34 ± 0.15 | 19.95 ± 0.63 | 19.35 ± 0.53 | |
TRM | P0 | 19.43 ± 0.78 | 21.48 ± 0.33 | 20.27 ± 0.16 |
P1 | 19.97 ± 0.03 | 21.27 ± 0.05 | 19.64 ± 0.62 | |
P2 | 19.56 ± 0.63 | 20.58 ± 0.09 | 19.54 ± 0.27 | |
LSD0.05 of ANOVA in randomized block design | ||||
M | (0.49) *** | (0.64) *** | (0.60) *** | |
P | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | |
M × P | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
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NMF | P0 | 0.863 ± 0.026 | 1.53 ± 0.11 | 0.286 ± 0.053 | 0.199 ± 0.034 |
P1 | 1.37 ± 0.12 | 1.54 ± 0.12 | 0.349 ± 0.15 | 0.231 ± 0.011 | |
P2 | 1.53 ± 0.38 | 1.84 ± 0.19 | 0.372 ± 0.083 | 0.295 ± 0.019 | |
DRM | P0 | 0.871 ± 0.22 | 1.37 ± 0.18 | 0.189 ± 0.075 | 0.0246 ± 0.013 |
P1 | 0.927 ± 0.26 | 1.40 ± 0.016 | 0.334 ± 0.073 | 0.0383 ± 0.018 | |
P2 | 1.43 ± 0.064 | 1.65 ± 0.082 | 0.339 ± 0.077 | 0.0840 ± 0.019 | |
TRM | P0 | 1.05 ± 0.38 | 1.50 ± 0.19 | 0.275 ± 0.079 | 0.0978 ± 0.0098 |
P1 | 0.996 ± 0.075 | 1.43 ± 0.15 | 0.189 ± 0.021 | 0.0843 ± 0.020 | |
P2 | 0.782 ± 0.37 | 1.40 ± 0.13 | 0.107 ± 0.031 | 0.0330 ± 0.011 | |
LSD0.05 of ANOVA in randomized block design | |||||
M | (0.24) * | (0.13) * | (0.073) ** | (0.016) *** | |
P | (0.24) * | (0.13) * | n.s. | (0.016) ** | |
M × P | (0.42) * | n.s. | (0.13) * | (0.028) *** |
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Gu, Y.; Xu, Q.; Zhou, W.; Han, C.; Siddique, K.H.M. Enhancing Faba Bean Yields in Alpine Agricultural Regions: The Impact of Plastic Film Mulching and Phosphorus Fertilization on Soil Dynamics. Agronomy 2024, 14, 447. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14030447
Gu Y, Xu Q, Zhou W, Han C, Siddique KHM. Enhancing Faba Bean Yields in Alpine Agricultural Regions: The Impact of Plastic Film Mulching and Phosphorus Fertilization on Soil Dynamics. Agronomy. 2024; 14(3):447. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14030447
Chicago/Turabian StyleGu, Yanjie, Qiuyun Xu, Weidi Zhou, Chenglong Han, and Kadambot H. M. Siddique. 2024. "Enhancing Faba Bean Yields in Alpine Agricultural Regions: The Impact of Plastic Film Mulching and Phosphorus Fertilization on Soil Dynamics" Agronomy 14, no. 3: 447. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14030447