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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2021, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (10): 59-70.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20211006

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Effects of Aerated Irrigation on the Growth and Rhizosphere Soil of Malus hupehensis

Yijun Yin,Yunfei Mao,Lu Yang,Lulu Zhang,Yanli Hu,Zhiquan Mao,Xuesen Chen,Xiang Shen*   

  1. National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University Tai'an 271018
  • Received:2020-11-12 Online:2021-10-25 Published:2021-12-11
  • Contact: Xiang Shen

Abstract:

Objective: The objective of this study is to explore the effect of aerated irrigation on the growth of Malus hupehensis and the rhizosphere soil environment, which would provide reference for the effects of this irrigation method on fruit trees under field cultivation. Method: In this study, one-year-old and two-year-old potted M. hupehensis seedlings were used as test materials. Three kinds of irrigation water with different oxygen content were set up to explore their effects on the growth of aboveground part, and the response of root systems to the treatments, and the differences of enzyme activity and microbial community in the rhizosphere soil were investigated. Result: The treatment with oxygen content of (5±0.1) mg·L-1 in the irrigation water had the best significance. The plant height, ground diameter and aboveground dry weight of one-year-old seedlings were significantly increased by 37.1%, 35.0% and 50.3%, and those parameters of two-year-old seedlings were significantly increased by 17.1%, 16.4% and 17.2%, respectively. This treatment promoted to different degrees the photosynthetic performance and fluorescence characteristics of plant leaves, and the contents of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc were significantly increased. The root length, root surface area, root tip number and root respiration rate of the seedlings treated with oxygen content of (5 ±0.1) mg·L-1 in the irrigation water were significantly higher than those in other treatments. The activities of root antioxidant enzymes such as SOD, POD, CAT in the treatment with oxygen content of (5±0.1) mg·L-1were higher than those in other treatments, and the treatment with oxygen content of (5±0.1) mg·L-1significantly increased the activities of soil sucrase, urease and phosphatase, increased soil micro bacteria and actinomycetes, and reduced fungi. Conclusion: The oxygen content in irrigation water ranges from (1±0.1) mg·L-1 to (5±0.1) mg·L-1. The higher the oxygen content is, the more obvious the effect on the improvement of potted M.hupehensis growth. The higher the oxygen content the more obvious the effect on soil environment in root area and soil microbial structure.

Key words: aerated irrigation, vegetative growth, mineral elements, root structure, root soil environment

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