Paper · 2025 · Agronomy

Effects of Fertilizers and Soil Amendments on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Carbon Sequestration of Oat (Avena sativa L.) Planted in Saline–Alkaline Land

Jiao Liu; Yiming Zhu; Hao Wu; et al.

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Abstract

The coastal tidal flat area of Jiangsu Province, China, is vast and has great potential for carbon sequestration. Planting oat in saline–alkaline land can increase carbon sequestration from the atmosphere into soil and, thus, improve soil quality. Harvesting oats can act as a biological desalination mechanism, and long-term planting may transform saline–alkaline land into high-quality arable land. Our experiment selected two oat varieties, Caesar (V1) and Menglong (V2), and used urea, organic fertilizer, microbial inoculant, and biochar as experimental factors to investigate the effects of fertilizers and soil amendments on soil improvement and carbon sequestration when cultivating oats. The results showed that when planting V1, the carbon sequestration of the farmland ecosystem was the highest with microbial inoculant and organic fertilizer treatments, and the soil salinity decreased the most with biochar treatment. When planting V2, the carbon sequestration of the farmland ecosystem was the highest with the urea + biochar treatment, the soil salinity decreased the most with organic fertilizer + microbial inoculant treatment, and the soil organic carbon content increased the most with organic fertilizer + biochar treatment. We found that the application of organic fertilizer and biochar significantly increased soil organic carbon (SOC) content by 22.03% compared to the control treatment. Additionally, the combined treatment of urea and biochar resulted in the highest agricultural carbon sink, with a 74.62% increase in oat carbon storage compared to conventional fertilization.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

For oat variety V1, farmland ecosystem carbon sequestration was highest with the microbial inoculant and organic fertilizer treatments.

Taxon
Avena sativa L.Avena sativat0
Material
V1e1
Treatment
microbial inoculant and organic fertilizer treatmentse1
Outcome
carbon sequestration of the farmland ecosysteme1
Direction
higheste1

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Avena sativa L.”

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“when planting V1, the carbon sequestration of the farmland ecosystem was the highest with microbial inoculant and organic fertilizer treatments, and the soil salinity decreased the most with biochar treatment”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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For oat variety V1, soil salinity decreased the most with the biochar treatment.

Taxon
Avena sativa L.Avena sativat0
Material
V1e1
Treatment
biochar treatmente1
Outcome
soil salinitye1
Direction
decreased the moste1

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“Avena sativa L.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 111–126 · show in text ↑
e1

“when planting V1, the carbon sequestration of the farmland ecosystem was the highest with microbial inoculant and organic fertilizer treatments, and the soil salinity decreased the most with biochar treatment”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 721–929 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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For oat variety V2, farmland ecosystem carbon sequestration was highest with the urea + biochar treatment.

Taxon
Avena sativa L.Avena sativat0
Material
V2e1
Treatment
urea + biochar treatmente1
Outcome
carbon sequestration of the farmland ecosysteme1
Direction
higheste1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Avena sativa L.”

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e1

“When planting V2, the carbon sequestration of the farmland ecosystem was the highest with the urea + biochar treatment, the soil salinity decreased the most with organic fertilizer + microbial inoculant treatment, and the soil organic carbon content increased the most with organic fertilizer + biochar treatment”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 931–1243 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

For oat variety V2, soil salinity decreased the most with the organic fertilizer + microbial inoculant treatment.

Taxon
Avena sativa L.Avena sativat0
Material
V2e1
Treatment
organic fertilizer + microbial inoculant treatmente1
Outcome
soil salinitye1
Direction
decreased the moste1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“Avena sativa L.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 111–126 · show in text ↑
e1

“When planting V2, the carbon sequestration of the farmland ecosystem was the highest with the urea + biochar treatment, the soil salinity decreased the most with organic fertilizer + microbial inoculant treatment, and the soil organic carbon content increased the most with organic fertilizer + biochar treatment”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 931–1243 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

For oat variety V2, soil organic carbon content increased the most with the organic fertilizer + biochar treatment.

Taxon
Avena sativa L.Avena sativat0
Material
V2e1
Treatment
organic fertilizer + biochar treatmente1
Outcome
soil organic carbon contente1
Direction
increased the moste1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“Avena sativa L.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 111–126 · show in text ↑
e1

“When planting V2, the carbon sequestration of the farmland ecosystem was the highest with the urea + biochar treatment, the soil salinity decreased the most with organic fertilizer + microbial inoculant treatment, and the soil organic carbon content increased the most with organic fertilizer + biochar treatment”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 931–1243 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Applying organic fertilizer and biochar significantly increased soil organic carbon (SOC) content by 22.03% compared with the control treatment.

Taxon
Avena sativa L.Avena sativat0
Treatment
application of organic fertilizer and biochare1
Outcome
soil organic carbon (SOC) contente1
Direction
increasede1
Value
22.03%e1
Comparator
control treatmente1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“Avena sativa L.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 111–126 · show in text ↑
e1

“the application of organic fertilizer and biochar significantly increased soil organic carbon (SOC) content by 22.03% compared to the control treatment”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1259–1410 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The combined urea and biochar treatment gave the highest agricultural carbon sink, a 74.62% increase in oat carbon storage compared with conventional fertilization.

Taxon
Avena sativa L.Avena sativat0
Treatment
combined treatment of urea and biochare1
Outcome
carbon storagee1
Direction
increasee1
Value
74.62%e1
Comparator
conventional fertilizatione1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“Avena sativa L.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 111–126 · show in text ↑
e1

“the combined treatment of urea and biochar resulted in the highest agricultural carbon sink, with a 74.62% increase in oat carbon storage compared to conventional fertilization”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1426–1602 · show in text ↑

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