Influence of water retention ability after planting melilotus offcinalia on saline-alkaline soil

Author

Jianmin Bian ; Zhanmei Yang ; Rui Wang ; Nianfeng Lin

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Groundwater Resources & Environ., Jilin Univ., Changchun, China

Volume

2

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1024

Lastpage

1027

Abstract

By means of experimental study on saline-alkaline soil in the western of Jilin Province, samples of different salinity were collected in the areas of planting Melilotus Offcinalia (MO) in Jiangjiadian pasture. Soil bulk density, soil moisture content and field moisture capacity were determined. Based on the above data analysis, range and trend of change about these indicators after cultivating MO were discussed. The results indicated that MO may significantly improve the soil structure and increase water retention ability. Soil bulk density was reduced 0.02 ~ 0.45 g/cm³, field moisture capacity increased 0.03 ~ 9.56%. The study provided a more effective biological technology to improve the degraded vegetation and saline-alkaline field production in semi-arid area.

Keywords

data analysis; geochemistry; soil; vegetation; China; Jiangjiadian pasture; Jilin Province; Melilotus Offcinalia plant; data analysis; degraded vegetation; field moisture capacity; saline-alkaline field production; saline-alkaline soil; semiarid area; soil bulk density; soil moisture content; soil structure; water retention ability; Aluminum; Laboratories; Moisture; Moisture measurement; Soil measurements; Soil moisture; melilotus offcinalia; soil moisture; test; water rentention ability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Water Resource and Environmental Protection (ISWREP), 2011 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-339-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5893187

Filename

5893187