Negative and Positive Impacts of Rape Straw Returning on the Roots Growth of Hybrid Rice in the Sichuan Basin Area
Incorporating oilseed-rape straw in soil is one of the effective methods for enhancing the use efficiency of agricultural resources in the rape-rice rotation system. However, the impacts of oilseed-rape straw incorporation on root growth and dynamic changes in soil are still unclear. In order to pro...
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author | Xuechun Wang Naseem Samo Changkun Zhao Hongni Wang Guotao Yang Yungao Hu Youlin Peng Fahd Rasul |
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description | Incorporating oilseed-rape straw in soil is one of the effective methods for enhancing the use efficiency of agricultural resources in the rape-rice rotation system. However, the impacts of oilseed-rape straw incorporation on root growth and dynamic changes in soil are still unclear. In order to provide a deeper understanding of the oilseed rape straw return on rice growth and productivity, the experiment was conducted in the field and in a specially-designed pots system from 2016 to 2017 by means of two straw returning methods and four straw returning amounts. In the early stage of rice growth (0−36 days after rice transplanting) the straw returning treatments decreased 1.0−8.6 mg/plant in bleeding density and 0.10−6.11, 0.06−0.31, and 0.52−0.84 μmol/(g h) in the activity of glutamine synthetase (GS), glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase (GOT), and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT), respectively. Oilseed rape straw returned by mulching induced negative impacts on new germinating roots in 0−10 cm of soil, while the negative impacts were observed on roots in 10−30 cm of soil for straw returned by plowing. In the later stage of rice growth (56−75 days after rice transplanting), oilseed rape straw returning produced some positive impacts on rice roots, which enhanced the yield of rice. Conclusively, our findings suggested that dynamic root growth and the activity of root enzymes are two major factors behind the slow reviving of rice after transplanting in the straw returning field. Plowing is a more appropriate method of straw returning than mulching in the rape-rice rotation system in the Sichuan basin area, with a straw incorporation rate of 3.0 t/hm<sup>2</sup>. |
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spelling | doaj.art-89d3f3d39ea74d38abdd6526327080e22022-12-21T21:33:08ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952019-10-0191169010.3390/agronomy9110690agronomy9110690Negative and Positive Impacts of Rape Straw Returning on the Roots Growth of Hybrid Rice in the Sichuan Basin AreaXuechun Wang0Naseem Samo1Changkun Zhao2Hongni Wang3Guotao Yang4Yungao Hu5Youlin Peng6Fahd Rasul7College of life science and engineering, Southwest University of science and technology, Mian Yang, Sichuan 621010, ChinaCollege of life science and engineering, Southwest University of science and technology, Mian Yang, Sichuan 621010, ChinaCollege of life science and engineering, Southwest University of science and technology, Mian Yang, Sichuan 621010, ChinaCollege of life science and engineering, Southwest University of science and technology, Mian Yang, Sichuan 621010, ChinaCollege of life science and engineering, Southwest University of science and technology, Mian Yang, Sichuan 621010, ChinaCollege of life science and engineering, Southwest University of science and technology, Mian Yang, Sichuan 621010, ChinaCollege of life science and engineering, Southwest University of science and technology, Mian Yang, Sichuan 621010, ChinaAgweathernet, Washington State University, Prosser, WA 99350, USAIncorporating oilseed-rape straw in soil is one of the effective methods for enhancing the use efficiency of agricultural resources in the rape-rice rotation system. However, the impacts of oilseed-rape straw incorporation on root growth and dynamic changes in soil are still unclear. In order to provide a deeper understanding of the oilseed rape straw return on rice growth and productivity, the experiment was conducted in the field and in a specially-designed pots system from 2016 to 2017 by means of two straw returning methods and four straw returning amounts. In the early stage of rice growth (0−36 days after rice transplanting) the straw returning treatments decreased 1.0−8.6 mg/plant in bleeding density and 0.10−6.11, 0.06−0.31, and 0.52−0.84 μmol/(g h) in the activity of glutamine synthetase (GS), glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase (GOT), and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT), respectively. Oilseed rape straw returned by mulching induced negative impacts on new germinating roots in 0−10 cm of soil, while the negative impacts were observed on roots in 10−30 cm of soil for straw returned by plowing. In the later stage of rice growth (56−75 days after rice transplanting), oilseed rape straw returning produced some positive impacts on rice roots, which enhanced the yield of rice. Conclusively, our findings suggested that dynamic root growth and the activity of root enzymes are two major factors behind the slow reviving of rice after transplanting in the straw returning field. Plowing is a more appropriate method of straw returning than mulching in the rape-rice rotation system in the Sichuan basin area, with a straw incorporation rate of 3.0 t/hm<sup>2</sup>.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/11/690root morphologyroot physiologyriceoilseed rapeyieldstraw incorporation |
spellingShingle | Xuechun Wang Naseem Samo Changkun Zhao Hongni Wang Guotao Yang Yungao Hu Youlin Peng Fahd Rasul Negative and Positive Impacts of Rape Straw Returning on the Roots Growth of Hybrid Rice in the Sichuan Basin Area Agronomy root morphology root physiology rice oilseed rape yield straw incorporation |
title | Negative and Positive Impacts of Rape Straw Returning on the Roots Growth of Hybrid Rice in the Sichuan Basin Area |
title_full | Negative and Positive Impacts of Rape Straw Returning on the Roots Growth of Hybrid Rice in the Sichuan Basin Area |
title_fullStr | Negative and Positive Impacts of Rape Straw Returning on the Roots Growth of Hybrid Rice in the Sichuan Basin Area |
title_full_unstemmed | Negative and Positive Impacts of Rape Straw Returning on the Roots Growth of Hybrid Rice in the Sichuan Basin Area |
title_short | Negative and Positive Impacts of Rape Straw Returning on the Roots Growth of Hybrid Rice in the Sichuan Basin Area |
title_sort | negative and positive impacts of rape straw returning on the roots growth of hybrid rice in the sichuan basin area |
topic | root morphology root physiology rice oilseed rape yield straw incorporation |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/11/690 |
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