Effects of applying different organic and inorganic soil amendments to improve the late stage of reclaimed soil from abandoned homesteads on soil nutrients and maize yield

Abandoned homesteads in hollow villages are important reclamation resources, and how to improve the fertility of reclaimed soil is an important issue. In this paper, the effect of maturing agent (ferrous sulfate), organic fertilizer (well-composted chicken manure) and fly ash on the post-amelioratio...

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Main Authors: Ruiqing Zhang, Tingting Meng, Zenghui Sun, Zhe Liu
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1542710/full
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description Abandoned homesteads in hollow villages are important reclamation resources, and how to improve the fertility of reclaimed soil is an important issue. In this paper, the effect of maturing agent (ferrous sulfate), organic fertilizer (well-composted chicken manure) and fly ash on the post-amelioration of soil maturation of the abandoned homesteads was investigated in different ratios using a field plot experiment by stripping topsoil, backfilling homesteads soil and adding clinker materials. The results of the study showed that the maturing agent + organic fertilizer (T1), fly ash + organic fertilizer (T2) and organic fertilizer (T3) treatments had a better effect on the improvement of organic matter, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, available phosphorus and available potassium of the reclaimed soil and were significantly higher than that of the inorganic treatments; and that the increase in soil nutrients showed a trend of increasing and then decreasing as the year lengthened in the period of 2019–2021. After 5 years of improvement, soil nutrient content increased from low level 5 to intermediate level 3. Maize yield under each treatment was also higher at T1, T2 and T3; comparing the time span, maize yield was highest in 2010 with an average of 7,724 kg/hm2; significantly higher than in 2019 and 2021. Correlation heat map analysis showed that maize yield had negative highly significant correlation with soil bulk density and positive highly significant correlation with soil organic matter. Based on the results of this study, it is recommended that at the later stage of raw soil maturation and soil improvement, it can be considered to reduce the addition of inorganic amendments and focus on increasing the organic and inorganic matter rationing, which can provide technical support for the rapid improvement of nutrients in reclaimed arable land.
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spelling doaj-art-61465a7a095c46cd8b7d56c4cd654c102025-08-20T02:06:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2025-03-01910.3389/fsufs.2025.15427101542710Effects of applying different organic and inorganic soil amendments to improve the late stage of reclaimed soil from abandoned homesteads on soil nutrients and maize yieldRuiqing Zhang0Ruiqing Zhang1Ruiqing Zhang2Tingting Meng3Tingting Meng4Tingting Meng5Zenghui Sun6Zenghui Sun7Zenghui Sun8Zhe Liu9Zhe Liu10Zhe Liu11Shaanxi Agricultural Development Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an, ChinaShaanxi Agriculture Development Oils & Fats Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an, ChinaKey Laboratory of Degraded and Unused Land Consolidation Engineering, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi’an, ChinaShaanxi Agricultural Development Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an, ChinaKey Laboratory of Degraded and Unused Land Consolidation Engineering, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi’an, ChinaInstitute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an, ChinaShaanxi Agricultural Development Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an, ChinaKey Laboratory of Degraded and Unused Land Consolidation Engineering, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi’an, ChinaInstitute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an, ChinaShaanxi Agricultural Development Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an, ChinaKey Laboratory of Degraded and Unused Land Consolidation Engineering, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi’an, ChinaInstitute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an, ChinaAbandoned homesteads in hollow villages are important reclamation resources, and how to improve the fertility of reclaimed soil is an important issue. In this paper, the effect of maturing agent (ferrous sulfate), organic fertilizer (well-composted chicken manure) and fly ash on the post-amelioration of soil maturation of the abandoned homesteads was investigated in different ratios using a field plot experiment by stripping topsoil, backfilling homesteads soil and adding clinker materials. The results of the study showed that the maturing agent + organic fertilizer (T1), fly ash + organic fertilizer (T2) and organic fertilizer (T3) treatments had a better effect on the improvement of organic matter, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, available phosphorus and available potassium of the reclaimed soil and were significantly higher than that of the inorganic treatments; and that the increase in soil nutrients showed a trend of increasing and then decreasing as the year lengthened in the period of 2019–2021. After 5 years of improvement, soil nutrient content increased from low level 5 to intermediate level 3. Maize yield under each treatment was also higher at T1, T2 and T3; comparing the time span, maize yield was highest in 2010 with an average of 7,724 kg/hm2; significantly higher than in 2019 and 2021. Correlation heat map analysis showed that maize yield had negative highly significant correlation with soil bulk density and positive highly significant correlation with soil organic matter. Based on the results of this study, it is recommended that at the later stage of raw soil maturation and soil improvement, it can be considered to reduce the addition of inorganic amendments and focus on increasing the organic and inorganic matter rationing, which can provide technical support for the rapid improvement of nutrients in reclaimed arable land.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1542710/fullorganic and inorganic soil conditionerssoil total nutrientssoil nutrient availabilitymaize yieldlate soil improvement
spellingShingle Ruiqing Zhang
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Zenghui Sun
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Zhe Liu
Zhe Liu
Effects of applying different organic and inorganic soil amendments to improve the late stage of reclaimed soil from abandoned homesteads on soil nutrients and maize yield
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
organic and inorganic soil conditioners
soil total nutrients
soil nutrient availability
maize yield
late soil improvement
title Effects of applying different organic and inorganic soil amendments to improve the late stage of reclaimed soil from abandoned homesteads on soil nutrients and maize yield
title_full Effects of applying different organic and inorganic soil amendments to improve the late stage of reclaimed soil from abandoned homesteads on soil nutrients and maize yield
title_fullStr Effects of applying different organic and inorganic soil amendments to improve the late stage of reclaimed soil from abandoned homesteads on soil nutrients and maize yield
title_full_unstemmed Effects of applying different organic and inorganic soil amendments to improve the late stage of reclaimed soil from abandoned homesteads on soil nutrients and maize yield
title_short Effects of applying different organic and inorganic soil amendments to improve the late stage of reclaimed soil from abandoned homesteads on soil nutrients and maize yield
title_sort effects of applying different organic and inorganic soil amendments to improve the late stage of reclaimed soil from abandoned homesteads on soil nutrients and maize yield
topic organic and inorganic soil conditioners
soil total nutrients
soil nutrient availability
maize yield
late soil improvement
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1542710/full
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