Comparison on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Enzyme Activities between Two Kinds of Shrub Lands in the Horqin Sandy Land
Received date: 2014-11-20
Revised date: 2014-12-31
Online published: 2015-07-20
Caragana microphylla and Artemisia halodendron are two typical shrubs for stabilization of sand dunes, and play an important role in combating desertification in the Horqin Sandy Land. We studied the differences of soil physicochemical properties and enzyme activities between C. microphylla and A. halodendron dominating shrub lands. The result showed that C. microphylla is better to improve soil physicochemical properties and enzyme activities in sand dunes than A. halodendron. Clay and silt content is 3 times higher in C. microphylla shrub land than that in A. halodendron shrub land; soil water content is 1.31 times more in C. microphylla than that in A. halodendron; soil organic carbon and total nitrogen is 1.35 and 1.36 time in C. microphylla of that in A. halodendron, respectively; soil enzyme (peroxidase and urease) activity is significantly higher (twice and triple) in C. microphylla than that in A. halodendron. After years of planting C. microphylla and A. halodendron in mobile dunes, both of the shrub species could improve soil fertility and enzyme activity, and better in C. microphylla shrub land than that in A. halodendron shrub land.
Wang Yongfu , Zhao Xueyong , Wang Shaokun , Bao Hasen-Gaowa . Comparison on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Enzyme Activities between Two Kinds of Shrub Lands in the Horqin Sandy Land[J]. Journal of Desert Research, 2015 , 35(4) : 937 -941 . DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2014.00193
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