| The objective of this study was to investigate the soil ecological stoichiometric characteristics of kiwi fruit orchards of Meixian County. The soil at different territories and kiwi fruit cultivars were selected to investigate the distribution patterns of moisture content, pH, soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorous (TP), and to examine the ecological stoichiometric characteristics of C, N and P within the soil. The results showed that the moisture content, pH, SOC, TN and TP varied in different territories and different kiwi fruit cultivars, with ranges of 1.12%～3.46%, 7.12～8.40, 4.22～13.90 g·kg-1, 0.77～1.84 g·kg-1 and 0.73～2.45 g·kg-1, respectively. And the mean were 2.73%, 7.83, 7.66 g·kg-1, 1.20 g·kg-1 and 1.40 g·kg-1, respectively, indicating that the elements of N and C were relatively scarce, and P was relatively rich. The soil ecological stoichiometric characteristics were significant difference in kiwi fruit orchards of Meixian County. The coefficients of variation of C/N, C/P and N/P were 28.30%, 35.71% and 21.15%, respectively, which were in the range of 3.06～11.99, 2.68～10.90 and 0.48～1.41, respectively. The mean of variation coefficients were 6.57, 5.91 and 0.90，respectively, all being below the national average. The correlation analyses revealed that the pH had highly significant positive correlation with C/P at 0.05 level; pH and TN, pH and TP, TN and C/N, TN and C/P, TP and C/N, TP and C/P, TP and N/P were all highly significant negative correlation at 0.01 level; pH and C/N, SOC and C/N, SOC and C/P, TN and TP, C/N and C/P, C/P and N/P were all highly significant positive correlation. |