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DOI	10.1016/j.catena.2024.108264
	Cover cropping enhanced soil aggregation and associated carbon and nitrogen storage in semi-arid silage cropping systems
	Acharya, Pramod; Ghimire, Rajan; Idowu, Omololu J.; Shukla, Manoj K.
通讯作者	Ghimire, R
来源期刊	CATENA
ISSN	0341-8162
EISSN	1872-6887
出版年	2024
卷号	245
英文摘要	Wind and water erosion in arid and semi-arid regions significantly degraded soil, reduced soil organic carbon (SOC) storage, and exacerbated the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity. Cover cropping is one of the approaches to improve soil health and reduce climate change impacts, yet its impacts on soil aggregation and associated SOC and nitrogen (N) storage in water-limited environments are poorly understood. This study aimed to evaluate soil aggregate dynamics and aggregate-associated SOC and soil total N in irrigated silage sorghum [Sorghum bicolor L. (Moench)] - corn (Zea mays L.) rotations with various cover crop mixtures: grasses + brassicas + legumes (GBL), grasses + brassicas (GB), grasses + legumes (GL), and no cover crops (NCC). Results showed in the second year of the study that, at 0-0.1 m depth, mean weight diameter and geometric mean diameter of dry aggregates were 22-23 % and 6 % greater, respectively, with cover crops than NCC. At the same depth, cover crop treatments had 15-17 %, 15-16 %, and 13 % greater SOC in 0.25-2, 0.053-0.25, and < 0.053 mm aggregate classes, respectively, compared to NCC. Similarly, at 0-0.1 m depth, N in < 0.053 mm fraction was 8-10 % greater with cover crops than without. In the fourth year of the study, water-stable aggregates (WSA) percent did not differ among treatments, but WSA-associated SOC was 31-37 % and 12-16 % greater with cover crops at 0-0.1 and 0.1-0.2 m depths, respectively, than without. The WSA-associated N at 0-0.1 m was 21-33 % greater with cover crops than without. Despite the inconsistencies in soil aggregate stability results, cover crop-integrated silage systems showed greater SOC and N within aggregate classes and water stable aggregates. This insight is crucial for advancing sustainability in silage production systems, particularly in the context of increasing climate change and variability in erosion-prone soils of arid and semi-arid regions.
英文关键词	Aggregate stability Carbon sequestration Corn Irrigated systems Macroaggregates Microaggregates Mean weight diameter No-tillage Silage Sorghum
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001303134100001
WOS关键词	ORGANIC-MATTER ; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ; IMPROVE SOIL ; SEQUESTRATION ; CROPS ; STABILIZATION ; TILLAGE ; MECHANISMS ; STABILITY ; TURNOVER
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Soil Science ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向	Geology ; Agriculture ; Water Resources
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/403169
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Acharya, Pramod,Ghimire, Rajan,Idowu, Omololu J.,et al. Cover cropping enhanced soil aggregation and associated carbon and nitrogen storage in semi-arid silage cropping systems[J],2024,245.
APA	Acharya, Pramod,Ghimire, Rajan,Idowu, Omololu J.,&Shukla, Manoj K..(2024).Cover cropping enhanced soil aggregation and associated carbon and nitrogen storage in semi-arid silage cropping systems.CATENA,245.
MLA	Acharya, Pramod,et al."Cover cropping enhanced soil aggregation and associated carbon and nitrogen storage in semi-arid silage cropping systems".CATENA 245(2024).