Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2017, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (3): 461-473.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2017.03.005

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Meta Analysis on Impact of No-Tillage and Subsoiling Tillage on Spring Maize and Winter Wheat Yield and Water Use Efficiency on the Loess Plateau

WEI HuanHuan1, 2, WANG ShiWen1, 3, YANG WenJia3, SUN HaiNi3, YIN Lina1,3, DENG XiPing1, 3   

  1. 1 Institute of soil and water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources/State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi; 2University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049; 3Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi
  • Received:2016-06-20 Online:2017-02-01 Published:2017-02-01

Abstract: 【Objective】The objective of the experiment was to clarify the adaptability of no-tillage and subsoiling tillage to spring maize and winter wheat planting in different areas of Loess Plateau, and the effects of no-tillage and subsoiling tillage on crop yield-increasing in Loess Plateau.【Method】A total of 209 databases were obtained from 45 published literatures, and then the effects of no-tillage and subsoiling tillage on the yield and water use efficiency of spring maize and winter wheat were quantified using a meta-analysis method in different areas, annual precipitations and annual average temperatures of Loess Plateau.【Result】Compared with those under conventional tillage, the yield and water use efficiency of spring maize under no-tillage conditions increased by more than 10% in north and middle of Loess Plateau; the yield and water use efficiency of spring maize under no-tillage conditions significantly increased by 13.4% and 13.6% (P<0.05) in areas with annual precipitation ≤500 mm and significantly increased by 7.6% and 9.3% (P<0.05) in areas with annual average temperature ≤10℃. Moreover, the yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat under subsoiling tillage conditions significantly increased in southeast and northwest of Loess Plateau. In areas with annual precipitation of 500-600 mm, the yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat under subsoiling conditions significantly increased by 14.5% and 12.2% (P<0.05), and the yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat under subsoiling conditions also increased significantly in areas with annual average temperature of ≤10℃ or >10℃. In various areas, annual precipitation, annual average temperature, the increases of the yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat under subsoiling tillage conditions were higher than that under no-tillage conditions.【Conclusion】In different areas of Loess Plateau, the adaptability of no-tillage and subsoiling tillage were different. No-tillage was beneficial to the yield and water use efficiency of spring maize in north and middle of Loess Plateau. The yield and water use efficiency of spring maize under no-tillage conditions increased more significantly in areas with annual precipitation of 500-600 mm and annual average temperature ≤10℃. Subsoiling tillage was beneficial to the yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat in southeast and northwest of Loess Plateau, and the effects of subsoiling tillage were better than that of no-tillage.

Key words: no-tillage, subsoiling tillage, crops, yield, water use efficiency, meta-analysis

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