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Soil Salinity Weakening and Soil Quality Enhancement after Long-Term Reclamation of Different Croplands in the Yellow River Delta
Summary
Researchers examined how long-term agricultural reclamation of saline soils in China's Yellow River Delta affected soil salinity and quality, finding that reclamation progressively reduced salinity and improved soil quality indices across different cropping systems.
Saline soils are of great concern globally. Selecting the Yellow River Delta as a model site, the influence of reclamation on soil salinity and saline soil quality was investigated. Soil quality index (SQI) was applied to statistically analyze 210 soil profile samples collected at seven depth layers in 30 sampling sites among native saline soils and three croplands (peanut, cotton, and wheat) in May 2020. After reclamation, the soil salt content (SSC) reduced from 4.52 g/kg to 1.44 g/kg after reclamation, with the degree of soil salinity reducing from severe to slight. The nitrate nitrogen (NO3−-N) contents of peanut, cotton, and wheat croplands were 1.90, 2.02, and 4.29 times higher and the available phosphorus (AP) contents were 5.43, 3.57, and 8.77 mg/kg higher than that of the saline soils, respectively, while the soil ammonium nitrogen (NH4+-N) and available potassium (AK) contents were decreased. The NO3−-N, AN, and AP contents of the three croplands showed a significant surface aggregation at depth of 0–30 cm. SQI increased by 0.10, 0.09, and 0.02 after the reclamation with the enhancement effect of wheat and cotton was more pronounced. It was discovered that reclamation notably improved the soil quality as a result of crop growth and field management of fertilization and irrigation.
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