Comparison of the Effects of Straw on Physical Quality of Two Fine and Coarse-Textured Soils from Moghan Plain, NorthWest of Iran

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In this study, the effects of wheat straw on physical quality indices of two sandy loam and clay loam soils were compared. Factorial experiment was conducted as a randomized block design at 4 replicates. The first factor was straw used rates at 5 levels including 0, 1, 2, 3 and 5 mass percent; the second factor was 2 soil textural classes. Soil columns were incubated at the temperature of 22±4 °C and moisture of 50 to 75 percent of field capacity for 6 months then soil properties measured at the end of sixth month. The α and n parameters of van Genuchten model using RETC software, pore size distribution and Dexter Sp value using soil moisture curve data were calculated. Application of straw at the rates of 1 to 5%, significantly increased mean weight diameter (MWD) of aggregates from 87.5 to 358.3 and 27.87 to 104.92%, saturated hydraulic conductivity from 22.94 to 195.41 and 80 to 162.58%, available water capacity (AWC) from 16.27 to 105.7 and 10.94 to 96.35%, n parameter from 4.5 to 21.8 and 1.74 to 8.14% and Sp from 32.61 to 73.91 and 5.62 to 38.2% and decreased α parameter from 12.67 to 59.15 and 25 to 45% in sandy loam and clay loam soils, respectively. Consequently, improving effects of straw at the used rates on the sandy loam soil was more observable than clay loam soil.

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Applied Soil Research
Volume 4, Issue 1
September 2016
Pages 14-27

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