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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (5): 80-91.DOI: 10.11686/cyxb2023229

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Impact of high temperature on soil water, heat and salt in purple paddy fields under different tillage patterns

Zhong-yi YIN1(), Li-hua MA1,2(), Zhao-lei LI1,2, Hua FENG1,2, Xian-jun JIANG1()   

  1. 1.College of Resources and Environment,Southwest University,Chongqing 400715,China
    2.Interdisciplinary Research Center for Agriculture Green Development in Yangtze River Basin,Southwest University,Chongqing 400716,China
  • Received:2023-07-04 Revised:2023-08-11 Online:2024-05-20 Published:2024-02-03
  • Contact: Li-hua MA,Xian-jun JIANG

Abstract:

High-temperature events occurred more frequent in recent years than before in southwest China. The high temperature increases the soil temperature in paddy fields, and this has affected the paddy fields habitat. The aim of this study, therefore, was to explore the impact of high temperature on soil water, heat, and salt in purple paddy fields, and to compare the responses of paddy fields with different tillage patterns to high temperature. Three tillage patterns including ridge tillage (RT), conventional paddy-upland rotation tillage (CT), and flooded paddy field (FPF) were selected to carry out this study. The soil temperature, soil water content, and soil conductivity were monitored in 0-10 cm, 10-20 cm, 20-40 cm, and 40-60 cm soil horizons in 2021 and 2022. It was found that there was no significant difference among the three different tillage patterns in soil temperature (P>0.05) in the 0-40 cm soil horizon under the non-high-temperature conditions, but there were significant differences in soil water content and soil conductivity. Under high-temperature conditions, soil temperature and soil water content differed significantly among the four soil horizons (P<0.05) and among the three different tillage patterns in paddy fields. The tillage patterns were ranked, from highest soil temperature and soil water content to lowest, as follows: RT>FPF>CT, and from highest soil conductivity to lowest as follows: CT>FPF>RT. Under both non-high-temperature conditions and high-temperature conditions, the soil temperature and soil conductivity were significantly positively correlated under all three tillage patterns. Our results showed that high temperature affected the relationships among soil temperature, soil conductivity, and soil water content. Under high-temperature conditions, the highest soil water content and lowest soil conductivity were in the RT paddy field, indicating that ridge tillage results in better adaptability of paddy fields to high-temperature conditions.

Key words: high temperature, ridge tillage, soil temperature, soil water content, soil conductivity