Intercropping <i>Vicia sativa</i> L. Improves the Moisture, Microbial Community, Enzyme Activity and Nutrient in Rhizosphere Soils of Young Kiwifruit Plants and Enhances Plant Growth
Drought, low nutrition, and weeds have become the major limiting factors of young kiwifruit orchards. In this study, the effects of intercropping <i>Vicia sativa</i> L. on the moisture, microbe community, enzyme activity, and nutrients in rhizosphere soils of young kiwifruit plants and t...
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| description | Drought, low nutrition, and weeds have become the major limiting factors of young kiwifruit orchards. In this study, the effects of intercropping <i>Vicia sativa</i> L. on the moisture, microbe community, enzyme activity, and nutrients in rhizosphere soils of young kiwifruit plants and their growth were investigated. The results show that intercropping <i>V. sativa</i> could effectively enhance soil moisture by 1.39–1.47 folds compared with clean tillage. Moreover, intercropping <i>V. sativa</i> could significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.01) increase the microbial community, enzyme activity and nutrient of kiwifruit rhizosphere soils, and improve plant height, stem girth, leaf number, maximum leaf length, maximum leaf width, and chlorophyll content of young kiwifruit plants by 43.60%, 18.68%, 43.75%, 18.09%, 21.15%, and 67.57% compared to clean tillage, respectively. The moisture, microbial quantity, enzyme activity, and nutrients in rhizosphere soils of young kiwifruit plants exhibited good correlations with their plant height, stem girth, leaf number, maximum leaf length, maximum leaf width, and chlorophyll content. This study highlights that intercropping <i>V. sativa</i> in young kiwifruit orchard can be used as an effective, labor-saving, economical and sustainable practice to improve the moisture, microbial community, enzyme activity, and nutrient of soils, and enhance kiwifruit plant growth and control weeds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-996617a0381a45f1a3844075518a925d2023-11-22T18:26:39ZengMDPI AGHorticulturae2311-75242021-09-0171033510.3390/horticulturae7100335Intercropping <i>Vicia sativa</i> L. Improves the Moisture, Microbial Community, Enzyme Activity and Nutrient in Rhizosphere Soils of Young Kiwifruit Plants and Enhances Plant GrowthQiuping Wang0Cheng Zhang1Jiaohong Li2Xiaomao Wu3Youhua Long4Yue Su5Department of Food and Medicine, Guizhou Vocational College of Agriculture, Qingzhen 551400, ChinaResearch Center for Engineering Technology of Kiwifruit, Institute of Crop Protection, Teaching Experimental Farm, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, ChinaResearch Center for Engineering Technology of Kiwifruit, Institute of Crop Protection, Teaching Experimental Farm, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, ChinaResearch Center for Engineering Technology of Kiwifruit, Institute of Crop Protection, Teaching Experimental Farm, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, ChinaResearch Center for Engineering Technology of Kiwifruit, Institute of Crop Protection, Teaching Experimental Farm, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, ChinaDepartment of Food and Medicine, Guizhou Vocational College of Agriculture, Qingzhen 551400, ChinaDrought, low nutrition, and weeds have become the major limiting factors of young kiwifruit orchards. In this study, the effects of intercropping <i>Vicia sativa</i> L. on the moisture, microbe community, enzyme activity, and nutrients in rhizosphere soils of young kiwifruit plants and their growth were investigated. The results show that intercropping <i>V. sativa</i> could effectively enhance soil moisture by 1.39–1.47 folds compared with clean tillage. Moreover, intercropping <i>V. sativa</i> could significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.01) increase the microbial community, enzyme activity and nutrient of kiwifruit rhizosphere soils, and improve plant height, stem girth, leaf number, maximum leaf length, maximum leaf width, and chlorophyll content of young kiwifruit plants by 43.60%, 18.68%, 43.75%, 18.09%, 21.15%, and 67.57% compared to clean tillage, respectively. The moisture, microbial quantity, enzyme activity, and nutrients in rhizosphere soils of young kiwifruit plants exhibited good correlations with their plant height, stem girth, leaf number, maximum leaf length, maximum leaf width, and chlorophyll content. This study highlights that intercropping <i>V. sativa</i> in young kiwifruit orchard can be used as an effective, labor-saving, economical and sustainable practice to improve the moisture, microbial community, enzyme activity, and nutrient of soils, and enhance kiwifruit plant growth and control weeds.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/10/335intercroppingkiwifruit<i>Vicia sativa</i> L.soil moisture and nutrientsoil microecologyenzyme activities |
| spellingShingle | Qiuping Wang Cheng Zhang Jiaohong Li Xiaomao Wu Youhua Long Yue Su Intercropping <i>Vicia sativa</i> L. Improves the Moisture, Microbial Community, Enzyme Activity and Nutrient in Rhizosphere Soils of Young Kiwifruit Plants and Enhances Plant Growth Horticulturae intercropping kiwifruit <i>Vicia sativa</i> L. soil moisture and nutrient soil microecology enzyme activities |
| title | Intercropping <i>Vicia sativa</i> L. Improves the Moisture, Microbial Community, Enzyme Activity and Nutrient in Rhizosphere Soils of Young Kiwifruit Plants and Enhances Plant Growth |
| title_full | Intercropping <i>Vicia sativa</i> L. Improves the Moisture, Microbial Community, Enzyme Activity and Nutrient in Rhizosphere Soils of Young Kiwifruit Plants and Enhances Plant Growth |
| title_fullStr | Intercropping <i>Vicia sativa</i> L. Improves the Moisture, Microbial Community, Enzyme Activity and Nutrient in Rhizosphere Soils of Young Kiwifruit Plants and Enhances Plant Growth |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intercropping <i>Vicia sativa</i> L. Improves the Moisture, Microbial Community, Enzyme Activity and Nutrient in Rhizosphere Soils of Young Kiwifruit Plants and Enhances Plant Growth |
| title_short | Intercropping <i>Vicia sativa</i> L. Improves the Moisture, Microbial Community, Enzyme Activity and Nutrient in Rhizosphere Soils of Young Kiwifruit Plants and Enhances Plant Growth |
| title_sort | intercropping i vicia sativa i l improves the moisture microbial community enzyme activity and nutrient in rhizosphere soils of young kiwifruit plants and enhances plant growth |
| topic | intercropping kiwifruit <i>Vicia sativa</i> L. soil moisture and nutrient soil microecology enzyme activities |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/10/335 |
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