The Relationship of Soil Organic Carbon and Nutrient Contents to Maize Yield as Affected by Maize Straw Return Modes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Field Trial Site and Design
2.2. Soil Sampling and Analysis
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Maize Grain Yield and Yield Components
3.2. SOC and Nutrient Contents
3.3. Relationships between Maize Straw Return Modes, Soil Depths, SOC and Nutrient Contents, and Maize Yield
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Soil Depth (cm) | pH | SOC (g/kg) | Total N (g/kg) | Total P (g/kg) | Total K (g/kg) | Available N (mg/kg) | Available P (mg/kg) | Available K (mg/kg) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0–20 | 5.39 | 9.56 | 0.81 | 0.24 | 11.3 | 193.1 | 20.4 | 144.1 |
20–40 | 5.73 | 9.41 | 0.76 | 0.20 | 10.9 | 147.5 | 17.9 | 153.8 |
Source of Variation | d.f. | SOC | Total N | Total P | Available N | Available P | |||||
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F | p | F | p | F | p | F | p | F | p | ||
Return modes (A) | 2 | 1675.1 | <0.01 | 396.3 | <0.01 | 63.2 | <0.01 | 1664.5 | <0.01 | 1020.1 | <0.01 |
Soil depths (B) | 3 | 3613.8 | <0.01 | 1260.0 | <0.01 | 853.8 | <0.01 | 3437.1 | <0.01 | 11,206.1 | <0.01 |
A × B | 6 | 232.0 | <0.01 | 83.2 | <0.01 | 21.1 | <0.01 | 201.0 | <0.01 | 395.0 | <0.01 |
Error | 24 |
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Wang, C.; Liang, Y.; Liu, J.; Yuan, J.; Ren, J.; Geng, Y.; Shao, Z.; Zhang, J.; Cai, H. The Relationship of Soil Organic Carbon and Nutrient Contents to Maize Yield as Affected by Maize Straw Return Modes. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 12448. https://doi.org/10.3390/app132212448
Wang C, Liang Y, Liu J, Yuan J, Ren J, Geng Y, Shao Z, Zhang J, Cai H. The Relationship of Soil Organic Carbon and Nutrient Contents to Maize Yield as Affected by Maize Straw Return Modes. Applied Sciences. 2023; 13(22):12448. https://doi.org/10.3390/app132212448
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Chuanyu, Yao Liang, Jianzhao Liu, Jingchao Yuan, Jun Ren, Yidan Geng, Zeqiang Shao, Jinjing Zhang, and Hongguang Cai. 2023. "The Relationship of Soil Organic Carbon and Nutrient Contents to Maize Yield as Affected by Maize Straw Return Modes" Applied Sciences 13, no. 22: 12448. https://doi.org/10.3390/app132212448