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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Environ. Sci.
Sec. Drylands
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1362616
This article is part of the Research Topic Nutrition and Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land View all 9 articles

Effects of Autumn Tillage with Straw Return on Soil Physical Characteristics of Corn Fields in the Eastern Loess Plateau

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Yuchen Fan Yuchen Fan 1Yaqi Yuan Yaqi Yuan 1Tao Li Tao Li 1Wen Lin Wen Lin 1Xiwang Tang Xiwang Tang 2Gaimei Liang Gaimei Liang 1Nana Li Nana Li 1*
  • 1 Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, Shanxi Province, China
  • 2 Hebei University of Environmental Engineering, Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, China

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    Unreasonable tillage practices destroy the structure of the ploughed layer and affect soil physical parameters. Applying a reasonable tillage method allows improved soil physical quality. Three autumn tillage practices, i.e., autumn no-tillage with straw mulch (NTS), autumn rotary tillage with straw incorporation (RTS), and autumn plough tillage with straw incorporation (PTS), have been carried out at the Dongyang Experimental Station of Shanxi Agricultural University since 2016. The impact of autumn tillage practices on soil physical quality in the 0-30 cm profile of spring corn fields was assessed after the corn harvest in 2018 and 2019.

    Keywords: Tao Li: Visualization, Writingreview & editing. Yuchen Fan: Data curation, Writingoriginal draft. Gaimei Liang: Writingreview & editing. Nana Li: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writingreview & editing. Wen Lin: Writingreview & editing. Xiwang Tang: Writingreview & editing. Yaqi Yuan: Data curation, Writingoriginal draft Conservation tillage, Soil physical quality index, Soil porosity

    Received: 28 Dec 2023; Accepted: 17 Jun 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Fan, Yuan, Li, Lin, Tang, Liang and Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Nana Li, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, Shanxi Province, China

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