Abstract
Plastic mulching is considered as a simple, yet effective land management measure to modify microclimate in semi-arid areas. However, the influence of plastic mulching on local soil nematodes and soil quality needs to be investigated more deeply. To fill the knowledge gap, we compared the characteristics of soil nematode communities (density, trophic structure), soil enzyme activities, soil physicochemical properties, and their relationships between maize fields cultivated with use of plastic film mulching and no film mulching, under the same land conditions in Chifeng region, Inner Mongolia. The results showed that the total number of nematodes in most of the film mulched (FM) fields was lower than in no film mulched (nFM) fields. Most of soil chemical properties showed no significant difference between nFM samples and FM samples. Only 0–10 cm soil layer in nFM samples had significantly higher urease activity than in FM samples in June. Plastic film mulching may have an adverse effect on soil quality. Thus, the correct and effective use of plastic film mulch is one of the important measures for future agricultural development in semiarid areas.
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Claim · model-written summary
Plastic film mulching in maize fields lowered the total number of soil nematodes in most mulched fields.
- Treatment
- plastic film mulchinge1
- Outcome
- total number of nematodese2
- Direction
- lowere2
- Qualifier
- most of the film mulched (FM) fieldse2
- Comparator
- no film mulched (nFM) fieldse2
- Setting
- Chifeng region, Inner Mongoliae1
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“between maize fields cultivated with use of plastic film mulching and no film mulching, under the same land conditions in Chifeng region, Inner Mongolia”
e2“The results showed that the total number of nematodes in most of the film mulched (FM) fields was lower than in no film mulched (nFM) fields”
Claim · model-written summary
Most soil chemical properties did not differ significantly between mulched and unmulched maize fields.
- Treatment
- plastic film mulchinge1
- Outcome
- soil chemical propertiese2
- Direction
- no significant differencee2
- Comparator
- nFM samplese2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“between maize fields cultivated with use of plastic film mulching and no film mulching, under the same land conditions in Chifeng region, Inner Mongolia”
e2“Most of soil chemical properties showed no significant difference between nFM samples and FM samples”
Claim · model-written summary
Urease activity in the 0–10 cm soil layer was significantly higher in unmulched maize fields than in mulched fields in June.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“between maize fields cultivated with use of plastic film mulching and no film mulching, under the same land conditions in Chifeng region, Inner Mongolia”
e3“Only 0–10 cm soil layer in nFM samples had significantly higher urease activity than in FM samples in June”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic film mulching may have an adverse effect on soil quality in maize fields.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“between maize fields cultivated with use of plastic film mulching and no film mulching, under the same land conditions in Chifeng region, Inner Mongolia”
e4“Plastic film mulching may have an adverse effect on soil quality”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend correct and effective use of plastic film mulch in maize production in semiarid areas.
- Outcome
- correct and effective use of plastic film mulche5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“between maize fields cultivated with use of plastic film mulching and no film mulching, under the same land conditions in Chifeng region, Inner Mongolia”
e5“the correct and effective use of plastic film mulch is one of the important measures for future agricultural development in semiarid areas”
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