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Acta Agron Sin ›› 2012, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (08): 1504-1512.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1006.2012.01504

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Effects of No-Tillage with Rotation on Soil Water Retaining Properties and Crop Yield in Inner Mongolia

GUO Xiao-Xia, LIU Jing-Hui*, TIAN Lu, ZHANG Xing-Jie, LI Li-Jun, and ZHANG Xiang-Qian   

  1. Agronomy College, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Huhhot 010019, China
  • Received:2012-02-27 Revised:2012-04-20 Online:2012-08-12 Published:2012-06-04
  • Contact: 刘景辉, E-mail: cauljh@yahoo.com.cn; Tel: 0471-87281507

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Abstract: In 2005–2011, the effects of five tillage methods including no-tillage with high stubble mulching(NHS), no-tillage with low stubble mulching(NLS), no-tillage with high stubble(NH), no-tillage with low stubble(NL), and conventional tillage(T) combined with three rotation patterns(oat-soybean-corn, soybean-corn-oat, corn-oat-soybean) on waterretaining properties and crop yield were studied in Qing Shuihe county of Inner Mongolia. The results showed thatno-tillage combined with rotations increased the soil water retaining capacity, and there was a positive correlation between soil water storage and rainfall. Among different treatments, the two no-tillage with stubble mulching combined with oat-soybean-corn rotation had the biggest effect to increase the soil water storage that was 35.66–41.63% higher as compared with conventional tillage. All the no-tillage methods combined with rotation patterns were able to increase crop water use efficiency and crop yield that was positively correlated with rainfall. After the first rotation cycle, compared with conventional tillage, the soil water use efficiency of NHS, NLS, NH, and NL increased by 43.77%, 31.45%, 26.74%, and 13.91%, the crop yield increased by 29.68%, 27.69%, 18.05%, and 15.66%. In the second rotation cycle, the drought was serious, which resulted in the decreased effects of no-tillage combined with oat-soybean-corn rotation, but the crop water use efficiency of NHS, NLS, NH and NL increased by 29.83%, 20.51%, 6.18%, and 3.15%, the crop yield increased by 17.52%, 13.60%, 4.33%, and 1.95%, as compared with conventional tillage. So in the arid area of Inner Mongolia where the rainfall is the major source of soil water, no-tillage combined with rotation can improve the ability of storing moisture in soil, and increase crop yield, especially the no-tillage with stubble mulching combined with oat-soybean-corn rotation.

Key words: No-tillage with rotation, Soil water storage, yield, Crop water use efficiency, Rainfall

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