黄土高原苜蓿草地在不同种植方式下的土壤水分变化

在长期定位试验的基础上,通过田间实地测定0~400 cm土壤含水量,分析和比较了不同种植方式下苜蓿草地土壤水分的变化。结果表明,连作苜蓿地、轮作苜蓿地的400 cm土层平均土壤含水量分别为10.6%和11.4%,均低于土壤稳定湿度,其干燥化指数为24.6%和37.2%,分别属强烈干燥化和严重干燥化,而小麦连作的干燥化指数为86.4%,属轻度干燥化。连作苜蓿地土壤干层最厚,400 cm处仍十分干燥,而轮作苜蓿地和连作小麦地到240 cm以下时,土壤水分开始有所恢复。连作苜蓿地和轮作苜蓿地通过降雨可恢复部分土壤水分,可恢复的土壤深度为40 cm和60 cm,而连作小麦地可达100 cm。不同施肥措施下连作苜蓿地土壤干燥化程度都很严重,施肥措施不是造成土壤干燥化的主要原因。轮作系统中不同轮作年限苜蓿地的土壤水分状况有一定的差异,但是均没有形成深厚的土壤干层。与连作苜蓿相比,轮作苜蓿不会大量消耗土壤深层水分而形成深厚的土壤干层,有利于土壤水分的可持续利用。

Based on the long-term experiment started in 1984,soil water contents in 0~400 cm soil layers of alfalfa grasslands under different planting patterns were measured and the soil water variation was analyzed and compared.The results showed that average soil water content in 0~400 cm soil layers of the continuous cropping alfalfa field and alfalfa rotation field were 10.6% and 11.4% respectively,which were obviously lower than soil stable moisture.Their soil desiccation indexes were 24.6% and 37.2%,which belon...