Paper · 2025 · Agronomy

Straw Deep Burial and Returning to Farmland: Mechanistic Study on Enhancing Albic Soil Fertility

Qiuju Wang; Yuxin Liu; Yuping Liu; et al.

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Abstract

This study developed an innovative model integrating straw subsoil deep burial (SD) and mixing plow to mitigate albic soil’s physical and chemical constraints and enhance crop yield. A field experiment with four treatments, including conventional tillage (CT), straw mulching (SM), straw subsoil deep burial (SD), and straw burning (SR), was conducted to assess impacts on soil enzyme activity, nutrient dynamics, crop yield, and soil physical properties. Results showed that SD treatment significantly improved albic soil properties compared to conventional tillage: catalase activity in the albic horizon decreased by 13.51%, reducing peroxide toxicity. In the albic horizon, alkaline hydrolysis nitrogen, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, total phosphorus, available potassium, total potassium, and organic matter increased by 29.98%, 58.70%, 36.86%, 20.46%, 5.00%, 21.70%, and 40.46%, respectively. Correspondingly, maize and soybean yield under SD reached 8686.6 kg/ha and 2245.3 kg/ha, increasing by 15.39% and 19.94% compared to CT, respectively. Additionally, SD treatment improved physical properties of the albic horizon: soil hardness reduced by 43.56%, with enhanced water-holding capacity, permeability coefficient, porosity, and hydraulic conductivity. Its findings not only boost agronomic productivity by improving crop yields but also support environmental sustainability by enhancing soil fertility, which is of great significance for ensuring food security.

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Claims 13

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Straw subsoil deep burial decreased catalase activity in the albic horizon by 13.51% relative to conventional tillage.

Treatment
SDe0
Outcome
catalase activity in the albic horizone1
Direction
decreasede1
Value
13.51%e1
Comparator
conventional tillagee0

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“SD treatment significantly improved albic soil properties compared to conventional tillage”

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“catalase activity in the albic horizon decreased by 13.51%”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Straw subsoil deep burial increased alkaline hydrolysis nitrogen in the albic horizon by 29.98% relative to conventional tillage.

Treatment
SDe0
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alkaline hydrolysis nitrogene2
Direction
increasede2
Value
29.98%e2
Comparator
conventional tillagee0

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e0

“SD treatment significantly improved albic soil properties compared to conventional tillage”

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“In the albic horizon, alkaline hydrolysis nitrogen, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, total phosphorus, available potassium, total potassium, and organic matter increased by 29.98%, 58.70%, 36.86%, 20.46%, 5.00%, 21.70%, and 40.46%, respectively”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Straw subsoil deep burial increased total nitrogen in the albic horizon by 58.70% relative to conventional tillage.

Treatment
SDe0
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total nitrogene2
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increasede2
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58.70%e2
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conventional tillagee0

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e0

“SD treatment significantly improved albic soil properties compared to conventional tillage”

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“In the albic horizon, alkaline hydrolysis nitrogen, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, total phosphorus, available potassium, total potassium, and organic matter increased by 29.98%, 58.70%, 36.86%, 20.46%, 5.00%, 21.70%, and 40.46%, respectively”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Straw subsoil deep burial increased available phosphorus in the albic horizon by 36.86% relative to conventional tillage.

Treatment
SDe0
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available phosphoruse2
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increasede2
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36.86%e2
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conventional tillagee0

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e0

“SD treatment significantly improved albic soil properties compared to conventional tillage”

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“In the albic horizon, alkaline hydrolysis nitrogen, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, total phosphorus, available potassium, total potassium, and organic matter increased by 29.98%, 58.70%, 36.86%, 20.46%, 5.00%, 21.70%, and 40.46%, respectively”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Straw subsoil deep burial increased total phosphorus in the albic horizon by 20.46% relative to conventional tillage.

Treatment
SDe0
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total phosphoruse2
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increasede2
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20.46%e2
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conventional tillagee0

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e0

“SD treatment significantly improved albic soil properties compared to conventional tillage”

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“In the albic horizon, alkaline hydrolysis nitrogen, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, total phosphorus, available potassium, total potassium, and organic matter increased by 29.98%, 58.70%, 36.86%, 20.46%, 5.00%, 21.70%, and 40.46%, respectively”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Straw subsoil deep burial increased available potassium in the albic horizon by 5.00% relative to conventional tillage.

Treatment
SDe0
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available potassiume2
Direction
increasede2
Value
5.00%e2
Comparator
conventional tillagee0

Not reportedTaxon

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e0

“SD treatment significantly improved albic soil properties compared to conventional tillage”

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e2

“In the albic horizon, alkaline hydrolysis nitrogen, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, total phosphorus, available potassium, total potassium, and organic matter increased by 29.98%, 58.70%, 36.86%, 20.46%, 5.00%, 21.70%, and 40.46%, respectively”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 656–905 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Straw subsoil deep burial increased total potassium in the albic horizon by 21.70% relative to conventional tillage.

Treatment
SDe0
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total potassiume2
Direction
increasede2
Value
21.70%e2
Comparator
conventional tillagee0

Not reportedTaxon

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e0

“SD treatment significantly improved albic soil properties compared to conventional tillage”

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e2

“In the albic horizon, alkaline hydrolysis nitrogen, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, total phosphorus, available potassium, total potassium, and organic matter increased by 29.98%, 58.70%, 36.86%, 20.46%, 5.00%, 21.70%, and 40.46%, respectively”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Straw subsoil deep burial increased organic matter in the albic horizon by 40.46% relative to conventional tillage.

Treatment
SDe0
Outcome
organic mattere2
Direction
increasede2
Value
40.46%e2
Comparator
conventional tillagee0

Not reportedTaxon

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e0

“SD treatment significantly improved albic soil properties compared to conventional tillage”

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e2

“In the albic horizon, alkaline hydrolysis nitrogen, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, total phosphorus, available potassium, total potassium, and organic matter increased by 29.98%, 58.70%, 36.86%, 20.46%, 5.00%, 21.70%, and 40.46%, respectively”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Straw subsoil deep burial reduced soil hardness in the albic horizon by 43.56% relative to conventional tillage.

Treatment
SDe3
Outcome
soil hardnesse3
Direction
reducede3
Value
43.56%e3
Comparator
conventional tillagee0

Not reportedTaxon

Verbatim

e0

“SD treatment significantly improved albic soil properties compared to conventional tillage”

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e3

“SD treatment improved physical properties of the albic horizon: soil hardness reduced by 43.56%, with enhanced water-holding capacity, permeability coefficient, porosity, and hydraulic conductivity”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Straw subsoil deep burial enhanced water-holding capacity, permeability coefficient and porosity of the albic horizon relative to conventional tillage.

Treatment
SDe3
Outcome
water-holding capacity, permeability coefficient, porositye3
Direction
enhancede3
Comparator
conventional tillagee0

Not reportedTaxon

Verbatim

e0

“SD treatment significantly improved albic soil properties compared to conventional tillage”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 476–566 · show in text ↑
e3

“SD treatment improved physical properties of the albic horizon: soil hardness reduced by 43.56%, with enhanced water-holding capacity, permeability coefficient, porosity, and hydraulic conductivity”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Straw subsoil deep burial enhanced hydraulic conductivity of the albic horizon relative to conventional tillage.

Treatment
SDe3
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hydraulic conductivitye3
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enhancede3
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conventional tillagee0

Not reportedTaxon

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e0

“SD treatment significantly improved albic soil properties compared to conventional tillage”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 476–566 · show in text ↑
e3

“SD treatment improved physical properties of the albic horizon: soil hardness reduced by 43.56%, with enhanced water-holding capacity, permeability coefficient, porosity, and hydraulic conductivity”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Straw subsoil deep burial increased maize yield by 15.39% compared with conventional tillage, reaching 8686.6 kg/ha.

Taxon
maizeZea mayse4
Treatment
SDe0
Outcome
yielde4
Direction
increasinge4
Value
15.39%e4
Qualifier
reached 8686.6 kg/hae4
Comparator
conventional tillagee0

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

Zea mays
Zea mays · TaxonAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“SD treatment significantly improved albic soil properties compared to conventional tillage”

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e4

“maize and soybean yield under SD reached 8686.6 kg/ha and 2245.3 kg/ha, increasing by 15.39% and 19.94% compared to CT, respectively”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Straw subsoil deep burial increased soybean yield by 19.94% compared with conventional tillage, reaching 2245.3 kg/ha.

Taxon
soybeanGlycine maxe4
Treatment
SDe0
Outcome
yielde4
Direction
increasinge4
Value
19.94%e4
Qualifier
2245.3 kg/hae4
Comparator
conventional tillagee0

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

Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“SD treatment significantly improved albic soil properties compared to conventional tillage”

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e4

“maize and soybean yield under SD reached 8686.6 kg/ha and 2245.3 kg/ha, increasing by 15.39% and 19.94% compared to CT, respectively”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 924–1056 · show in text ↑

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