Pedosphere 17(2): 165--171, 2007
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©2007 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
| Soil nutrients in intensive agricultural areas with different land-use types in Qingzhou County, China |
ZHAO Geng-Xing1 , LI Xiu-Juan1, WANG Ri-Yan1, LI Tao2 and YUE Yu-De3 |
1 College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018 (China). E-mail: zhaogx@sdau.edu.cn;
2 Soil & Fertilizer Working Station of Shandong, Jinan 250100 (China);
3 Qingzhou Agricultural Bureau, Qingzhou 262500 (China) |
| ABSTRACT |
| On the basis of the data obtained from a field survey, the relationship between land use and soil nutrients was evaluated in Qingzhou County, Shandong Province, China, through a statistical analysis of differences in 17 nutrients in five types of cultivated land. The results showed significant effects (P ≤ 0.05 or P ≤ 0.01) of land-use type on soil organic matter and concentration of macronutrients, secondary nutrients, and micronutrients, as well as total salt and soil pH. In vegetable land, because of the large amounts of fertilizer applied to vegetable crops, the concentrations of most soil nutrients, with exception of available Si and micronutrients, were higher than those in grain cropland. Grain cropland had a significantly lower total salt content (P ≤ 0.01) and tended to have a higher soil pH than vegetable land. Within subtypes of land use, dry land, irrigable land, and open-air vegetable land had the highest coefficient of variation (CV) for available P, whereas protected vegetable land had the highest CV for total N and available S. In general, land-use types had greater impact on macronutrients than on secondary nutrients and micronutrients. |
| Key Words: cultivated land, land-use type, Qingzhou County, soil nutrients |
| Citation: Zhao, G. X., Li, X. J., Wang, R. Y., Li, T. and Yue, Y. D. 2007. Soil nutrients in intensive agricultural areas with different land-use types in Qingzhou County, China. Pedosphere. 17(2): 165-171. |
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