[Impact of Tillage Practices on the Organic Carbon Pool and Enzyme Stoichiometry Characteristics in Black Soil Farmland].

Huan Jing Ke Xue

Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Northeast China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Research Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Science (Northeast Agricultural Research Center of China), Changchun 130033, China.

Published: July 2025


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To investigate the impact of different tillage practices on the organic carbon pool and the stoichiometry characteristics of extracellular enzymes in black soil farmland, a continuous 6-year field experiment was conducted. This study evaluated the effects of conventional tillage (CT), no-till with straw mulching (NTS), subsoiling tillage with straw strip mulching (STS), and moldboard plowing with straw returning (MPS) on active organic carbon components, organic carbon pool, enzyme activity, and enzyme stoichiometric characteristics in the 0-40 cm soil layer. The results showed that compared with those in the CT treatment, the NTS, STS, and MPS treatments significantly increased the contents of easily oxidizable organic carbon (EOC), particulate organic carbon (POC), soil organic carbon (SOC), carbon pool index (CPI), and carbon pool management index (CPMI) in the 0-40 cm soil layer, with increases of 7.55%-19.81%, 31.75%-59.05%, 6.19%-21.42%, 7.00%-20.00%, and 6.45%-19.67%, respectively. The largest increase was observed in the NTS treatment. Furthermore, the MPS treatment significantly enhanced the activities of -1,4-glucosidase (BG) and leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) by 37.66%-47.38% and 9.57%-23.93%, respectively, compared to those in the other treatments. Additionally, the activities of acid phosphatase (ACP) in the STS and MPS treatments were 9.51%-15.18% higher than those in the CT and NTS treatments. The STS and MPS treatments significantly increased the vector angle (VA) in the 0-10 cm soil layer and the vector length (VL) in the 0-20 cm soil layer, while reducing VL and VA in the 20-40 cm soil layer. Redundancy analysis indicated that active organic carbon components and the organic carbon pool were the primary factors influencing enzyme stoichiometric characteristics. These findings are crucial for assessing the long-term effects of conservation tillage on soil organic carbon turnover and microbial nutrient utilization.

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