Effects of conservation tillage on soil enzymatic activities in rainfed wheat field
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DOI:10.7606/j.issn.1000-7601.2009.01.02
Key Words: conserv ation tillge  soil enzymatic activities  no-tillage  straw covering
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MIAO Lin College of Forestry Gansu Agricultural U niversity, Lanzhou, Gansu 730070China 
WANG Li College of Forestry Gansu Agricultural U niversity, Lanzhou, Gansu 730070China 
HUANG Gaobao College of AgronomyGansu Agricultural U niversityLanz hou, Gansu 730070China 
LUO Zhuzhu College of AgronomyGansu Agricultural U niversityLanz hou, Gansu 730070China 
LI Denghang College of Forestry Gansu Agricultural U niversity, Lanzhou, Gansu 730070China 
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Abstract:
      Based on conserv ation tillage experiment in Dingxi of Gansu, effects of conv entional tillage and five conservation tillage patterns, namely,conventional tillage(T ),conv entional tillage W ith st ubble incorpo- rating(TS),no till with no stubble(NT),no till with stubble retention(N TS), conventional tillage w ith plastic film mulching(TP) and no till w ith plastic film mulching(NTP) on soil enzy matic activities and grain yield in the rainfed farming system w ere studied. T he results show ed that soil Catalase activity w as reduced with the in-censement of soil depth. The activities of U rease,Alkaline phosphates and Invertase in T ,TS and TP treatments decreased from the soil profile of 0~5 cm to 5~ 10 cm and increased from 5~10 cm to 10~30 cm,while de-creased in NT,NTS and NTP treatments from soil surface to deep soil layers. Compared with T treat ment,NTS treat ment can improve Catalase, Alkaline phosphatase and Invertase by 11.7%,17.60% and 43.99%, respectively. For grain yield, it is the highest in NTS treatment,being 1.68 times higher than that in T treat- ment . Therefore, no till w ith st ubble ret ention w ould not only improve grain yield, but also can improve soil en-zymatic activities.