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Evaluation of optimal straw incorporation characteristics based on quadratic orthogonal rotation combination design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2018

Guohua Rong ,
Yucui Ning ,
Xu Cao ,
Ye Su ,
Jing Li ,
Lei Li ,
Liyan Liu  and
Dongxing Zhou
Guohua Rong
Affiliation:
College of Resources and Environmental Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
Yucui Ning
Affiliation:
College of Resources and Environmental Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
Xu Cao
Affiliation:
Institute of Microbiology, Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences, Harbin, China
Ye Su
Affiliation:
College of Resources and Environmental Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
Jing Li
Affiliation:
College of Resources and Environmental Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
Lei Li
Affiliation:
College of Resources and Environmental Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
Liyan Liu
Affiliation:
Publicity and United Front Work Department, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
Dongxing Zhou*
Affiliation:
College of Resources and Environmental Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
*
Author for correspondence: Dongxing Zhou, E-mail: zhboshi@163.com
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Abstract

For straw incorporation, three crucial factors affect the soil microbial community and various enzyme activities: straw length, amount and burial depth. To analyse the individual and interactive effects of these three factors on the soil microbial community and various enzyme activities, 23 treatments with five levels of the three variables (straw length, amount and burial depth) were applied in a quadratic orthogonal rotation combination design. A comprehensive indicator was constructed that could represent soil microbial functional diversity and enzyme activity by determining the weights of measured indicators and using Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). The results indicated that the soil microbiological indicators have a higher criteria weight than soil enzyme activity indicators. The final weight orders of indicators were as follows: Shannon–Weaver > invertase > Shannon evenness > urease > catalase > McIntosh index > Simpson diversity > phosphatase. The soil comprehensive values constructed by the TOPSIS method are reliable. The optimal combination for the improvement of soil microbial functional diversity and enzyme activity was a straw length of 13–24 cm, burial depth of 10–17 cm and straw amount of 370–650 g/m2.

Keywords

quadratic orthogonal rotation combination designsoil enzyme activitysoil microbial functional diversitystraw incorporation
Type
Crops and Soils Research Paper
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 156 , Issue 3 , April 2018 , pp. 367 - 377
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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