[1]YANG Lu,DU Feng,QIN Jingjing,et al.Research on Shear Strengths of Root-Soil Complexes of Three Dominant Shrubs in Loess Region[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2022,29(01):295-300+310.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
29
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2022 01
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295-300+310
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Public date:
2022-02-20
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Research on Shear Strengths of Root-Soil Complexes of Three Dominant Shrubs in Loess Region
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YANG Lu1, DU Feng1,2, QIN Jingjing1, CHENG Shuai1, LI Hongbin1
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(1.College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; 2.Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China)
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- Keywords:
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shrub; root system; tensile strength; root-soil complex; shear strength
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S157.1
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- Abstract:
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Soil erosion in the loess region is serious. Ecological slope protection is a more respected protection method. In particular, shrubs have a developed root system and have obvious shear resistance enhancement to the soil with roots. Therefore, comparing the shear strengths of the root-soil complexes of the regionally suitable dominant shrubs under natural conditions is of great significance for the rational selection of soil-fixing and slope-protecting plants. We took three dominant native shrubs in Loess Region, Lespedeza dahurica, Hippophae rhamnoides and Sophora viciifolia as the research samples, tensile test of single roots with different diameters and shearing test of root-soil columns were conducted. The results showed that:(1)the root systems of Lespedeza dahurica, Hippophae rhamnoides and Sophora viciifolia mainly distributed in the 0—40 cm soil layer; their root length densities, root surface area densities and biomass densities showed overall decrease with the increase of soil depth;(2)the tensile resistances(TR)and tensile strengths(TS)of Lespedeza dahurica, Hippophae rhamnoides and Sophora viciifolia had the power function(aDb)relations with the diameters(D), the tensile strength was positively correlated with the diameter(b>1), while the tensile strength was negatively correlated with the diameter(b<1);(3)the shear strengths of different shrubs root-soil complexes were different in the underground distribution; in the rhizosphere, the shear strength of Lespedeza dahurica root-soil complex showed a trend of first increasing, then decreasing, then increasing and decreasing with the increase of soil layer; the maximum shear strength was found in 20—30 cm and 50—70 cm soil layers; the shear strengths of root-soil complexes of Hippophae rhamnoides and Sophora viciifolia showed a trend of first increasing and then decreasing, the maximum shear strength was found in 30—50 cm and 0—20 cm soil layers, respectively. It can be seen that the fine roots of shrubs can better play the roles in soil consolidation and slope protection. It is suggested that Lespedeza davurica and Hippophae rhamnoides should be preferentially selected as slope protection plants in the loess area, so as to provide some references for ecological slope protection.