Abstract:
Objective A Rice-Crayfish Integrated System, centered on rice cultivation with straw returning and crayfish farming in flooded fields, is a compound ecosystem. This study aimed to explore the impact of this system under two soil moisture conditions (flooded crayfish farming and moist rice cultivation) on soil organic carbon SOC) mineralization in paddy fields.
Method Based on long-term experiments in the low lake area of Jianghan Plain, three treatments were set up: winter flooded fallow + no straw returning(W), winter flooded fallow + straw returning (WS), winter flooded fallow + crayfish cultivation + straw returning(WSC). Active carbon fractions in 0-10 cm and 10-20 cm soil layers were analyzed. Using a 25°C constant-temperature indoor simulation culture method, SOC mineralization rates, cumulative mineralization, and intensity were investigated under two moisture conditions (W1:70% field capacity; W2:1.5 cm shallow flooding). A first-order kinetic model was used to amount of potential mineralization C0, constant mineralization rate k, and half turnover period T1/2.
Result ① The winter flooded fallow + crayfish cultivation + straw returning treatment increased the total SOC in the 0-20 cm soil layer. ② Flooding (W2) increased the amount of potential mineralization and constant mineralization rate in the 0-20 cm soil layer. ③ Compared to winter flooded fallow + straw returning, the winter flooded fallow + crayfish cultivation + straw returning treatment decreased the mineralization intensity of SOC in the 0-20 cm soil layer at 70% field capacity, while significantly increasing the cumulative mineralization and mineralization intensity of SOC in the 0-10 cm layer under flooding conditions, raising the amount of potential mineralization and the half turnover period of SOC.
Conclusion increased The total organic carbon was increased, the mineralization of organic carbon was enhanced in the surface soil under shallow flooding conditions, and the mineralization was reduced at 70% field capacity, and the soil carbon sequestration capacity was enhanced in Rice-Crayfish integrated System (winter flooded fallow + crayfish cultivation + straw returning).