ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Short Term Effects of Preceding Crops and Tillage
Methods on Soil CO2 Fluxes in the Cropland
of the North China Plain
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College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, 46 Jianshe Road E., Xinxiang, China
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Research Center for Ecological Management and Protection of the Yellow River Basin,
46 Jianshe Road E., Xinxiang, China
Submission date: 2021-06-25
Final revision date: 2021-09-23
Acceptance date: 2021-10-21
Online publication date: 2022-02-14
Publication date: 2022-03-22
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Cuicui Hou
Henan Normal University, 46# East of Construction Rd, Xinxiang, 453007, Chi, 453007, Xinxiang, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(2):1705-1711
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The influence of tillage method and crop rotation on soil respiration (SR) has been widely studied.
However, very few studies have investigated the combined effects of different preceding crop types
and tillage methods on SR rates of the same crop in the following season. In this study, two tillage
methods including no-till (NT) and conventional tillage (CT) and three preceding crops (maize, peanut
and soybean) were selected to study their combined effects on SR. The results showed that (1) for the
same preceding crop, the total amount of soil respiration (TSR) of NT treatment was significantly higher
than that of CT treatment; (2) under the same tillage method, preceding maize treatment generally had
higher SR rates than other preceding crop treatments; (3) the temperature sensitivity (Q10) values of
preceding soybean crops were significantly lower than that of preceding maize and peanut crops under
CT treatment, but the values of preceding soybean crops were higher than that of preceding maize and
peanut crops under CT treatment, and the difference between preceding soybean and peanut crop was
significant. Overall, the results indicated that NT method and preceding maize potentially increased SR
by changing soil temperature and soil water content in our study area, further studies should strengthen
to reveal the microbiological mechanism under different tillage methods and preceding crops.