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Journal of Desert Research ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 245-257.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2022.00080

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Soil hydrothermal dynamics and nitrate leaching characteristics in farmland in desert oasis

Jing Li1,2(), Zhibin He2(), Jianbing Wang1, Dengke Ma2,3, Lisha Wang2,3   

  1. 1.Gansu Academy of Social Sciences,Lanzhou 730070,China
    2.Linze Inland River Basin Research / Key Laboratory of Inland River Basin Science,Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resource,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Lanzhou 730000,China
    3.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049. China
  • Received:2022-05-24 Revised:2022-07-01 Online:2022-09-20 Published:2022-09-22
  • Contact: Zhibin He

Abstract:

Irrigation and nitrogen fertilizer application are the key measures to ensure farmland production in arid desert areas, but excessive nitrogen fertilizer will leach into deep soil or groundwater, resulting in nitrogen loss and groundwater pollution. In this study, two kinds of farmland soils with different reclamation years in the desert oasis transition zone in the middle reaches of Heihe River were taken as the research objects. Through soil column simulation experiment, the dynamic changes of soil moisture and temperature and the leaching law of nitrate nitrogen in maize growth period and leisure period were monitored and analyzed, and the differences of nitrate nitrogen loss in farmland soils with different cultivation years were revealed. The results showed that the soil water leakage and nitrate leaching of Newly cultivated sandy cropland mainly occurred in the seedling stage to elongation stage and the fallow stage. The annual loss of deep leakage ranged from 97.65 mm to 105.1 mm, accounting for 12%-13% of the total annual irrigation water (810 mm). The annual loss of NO3--N leaching ranged from 68.1 kg·hm-2 to 123.8 kg·hm-2, accounting for 18.7%-34.2% of the total annual nitrogen application. Irrigation in fallow period led to the accumulation of a large amount of nitrogen leaching in the soil during the growth period, and the NO3--N leaching loss was 2.2 times of that in the current growth period. Under the same irrigation and fertilization conditions, there were no deep seepage and NO3--N leaching occurred in the old oasis farmland. Moreover, the “water preservation” effect of old oasis farmland was better than newly cultivated sandy cropland. Therefore, we suggested that reduce the irrigation frequency or irrigation quota in spring during the growing period of newly cultivated sandy farmland, and reduce irrigation quota or no winter irrigation in winter fallow period, so as to ensure the optimal utilization of irrigation water resources and reduce nitrogen leaching loss in farmland.

Key words: oasis farmland, moisture content, temperature, nitrate nitrogen, leakage, leaching

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