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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (1): 53-61.DOI: 10.11686/cyxb2017265

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Effect of sowing density of Bromus inermis on soil microbial characteristics and enzyme activities

LI Da1, WANG Di1, CHEN Jin-qiang1, XIN Xiao-ping1, XU Li-jun1, *, YANG Gui-xia1, TANG Xue-juan2, GUO Ming-ying2   

  1. 1.Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hulunbuir Grassland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Beijing 100081, China;
    2.Hulunbuir Grassland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Hailar 021200, China
  • Received:2017-06-05 Revised:2017-09-11 Online:2018-01-20 Published:2018-01-20

Abstract: In this study, an experiment with different sowing densities of Bromus inermis: W1(7.5 kg·ha-1), W2(15 kg·ha-1), W3(22.5 kg·ha-1), W4(30 kg·ha-1) and W5(37.5 kg·ha-1) was conducted to investigate the effect of sowing density on soil microbial characteristics and enzyme (urease, phosphatase and catalase) activities. The aboveground biomass of B.inermis increased with sowing density to W4(30.0 kg·ha-1), and then was decreased at W5 compared to W4.There was no significant difference between the sowing densities in belowground biomass. For microbial biomass-C, the lowest values occurred at medium sowing densities. Microbial biomass-N in the 0-10 cm soil layer barely changed with sowing density, while in the 10-20 cm soil layer it decreased with increasing sowing density. The soil enzyme activity in the first cutting period was significantly higher than that in the second cutting period, but there was no significant difference among sowing densities within the same regrowth period. Soil microbial characteristics and enzyme activities were optimized at W4 (30.0 kg·ha-1).