Effect of rock dust-amended compost on the soil properties, soil microbial activity, and fruit production in an apple orchard from the Jiangsu province of China
Effect of rock dust-amended compost on the soil properties, soil microbial activity, and fruit production in an apple orchard from the Jiangsu province of China
复制标题
岩粉改良堆肥对中国江苏省苹果园土壤性质、土壤微生物活性和果实产量的影响
DOI:
--
复制
发表时间:
2020
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
Yuan
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Jiangang Li;D. Mavrodi;Yuan
ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of compost fortified with rock dust on the soil properties, soil microbial activity, and yield and fruit quality in a mature apple orchard from the Jiangsu province of China. The incorporation of rock dust significantly improved the microelement contents of Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Zn, B, and Al, but without increasing phytotoxicity of the compost. The fortified compost had higher metabolic activity and functional diversity of microorganisms as determined by the community-level physiological profiling with Biolog EcoPlates. The two-year incorporation of the rock dust compost into a poor-quality soil led to a significant increase in the yield with the increase of 120% and 187% compared to untreated control in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Application of the rock dust compost obviously promoted superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and concentration of vitamin C in mature apple trees. The beneficial effects coincided with higher microbial activity and shifts in the composition of the soil microbiome. Our results demonstrate that the practice of combining the rock dust-fortified compost with NPK fertilizers provides a cost-effective way of supplying crops with macro-and micronutrients ensuring better vegetative growth and higher yields.
影响因子:
13.6
作者:
Wilson BR;Bogdan AR;Miyazawa M;Hashimoto K;Tsuji Y
通讯作者:
Tsuji Y