Use of a Bioaugmented Organic Soil Amendment in Combination with Gypsum for Withania somnifera Growth on Sodic Soil

作     者：Manjul GUPTA Pankaj Kumar SRIVASTAVA SHIKHA Abhishek NIRANJAN Shri Krishna TEWARI 

作者机构：CSIR National Botanical Research Institute Rana Pratap Marg Lucknow 226001 (India) School of Environmental Sciences Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Vidya Vihar Rae Bareilly Road Lucknow 226025 (India) 

出 版 物：《Pedosphere》 (土壤圈（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第26卷第3期

页      面：299-309页

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学科分类：082802[工学-农业水土工程] 08[工学] 0828[工学-农业工程] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 0901[农学-作物学] 

基　　金：Luonnontieteiden ja Tekniikan Tutkimuksen Toimikunta 

主　　题：土壤改良剂 作物生长 苏打盐碱土 石膏 生物强化 碱性磷酸酶活性 β-葡萄糖苷酶 植物生长 

摘      要：Limited availability of organic matter is a problem to sustain crop growth on sodic soil. Organic soil amendments are a costeffective source of nutrients to enhance crop growth. A field study was conducted to evaluate the effect of an organic soil amendment bioaugmented with plant growth-promoting fungi(SF_(OA) ) in combination with gypsum on soil properties and growth and yield attributes of Withania somnifera, one of the most valuable crops of the traditional medicinal system in the world, on a sodic soil at the Aurawan Research Farm of CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India. The SF_(OA) used was prepared by pre-enriching farm waste vermicompost with plant growth-promoting fungi before mixing with pressmud and Azadirachta indica seed cake. The application of SF_(OA) at 10 Mg ha^(-1)after gypsum(25.0 Mg ha^(-1)) treatment significantly(P 0.05) increased root length(by 96%) and biomass(by 125%) of Withania plants compared to the control without SF_(OA) and gypsum. Similarly, the highest withanolide contents were observed in leaves and roots of Withania plants under 10 Mg ha^(-1)SF_(OA) and gypsum. Combined application of SF_(OA) and gypsum also improved physical, chemical and enzymatic properties of the soil, with the soil bulk density decreasing by 25%, water-holding capacity increasing by 121%, total organic C increasing by 90%, p H decreasing by 17% and alkaline phosphatase, β-glucosidase, dehydrogenase and cellulase activities increasing by 54%, 128%, 81% and 96%, respectively, compared to those of the control. These showed that application of the SF_(OA) tested in this study might reclaim sodic soil and further support Withania cultivation and results were better when the SF_(OA) was applied after gypsum treatment.