Effects of Soil Amelioration on Photosynthetic Physiology and Soil Respiration of Blueberry

DOI

10.2991/bst-16.2016.32How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Blueberry, Soil conditioner, Photosynthesis, Soil physical and chemical properties, Soil respiration.

Abstract

The best soil for blueberries is a sandy loam that is well drained and contains lots of organic matter. And soil for blueberries should also be acidic. In order to modify the crop land to be fit for blueberry growth, we added several soil conditioners, peat, manure, commercial fertilizer slag, sawdust, pine needle and fungus, to test the abilities to provide nutrition for blueberry. Results showed that all experimental treatments have a role in promoting the growth of blueberry. Peat adding was proved the best soil conditioner here, that it improved soil organic matter content of 94.86%, raised photosynthetic rate of 96.5%, and enhanced soil respiration rate of 4.8%.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xia Qiu
AU  - Yun-Peng Zhang
AU  - Kai-Li Chen
AU  - Zhi-Hui Wang
AU  - Xun Wang
PY  - 2016/01
DA  - 2016/01
TI  - Effects of Soil Amelioration on Photosynthetic Physiology and Soil Respiration of Blueberry
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Biological Sciences and Technology
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 208
EP  - 214
SN  - 2468-5747
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/bst-16.2016.32
DO  - 10.2991/bst-16.2016.32
ID  - Qiu2016/01
ER  -