种植木薯对土壤肥力的影响

Is Cassava Cultivation Degrades Soil Fertility

长期以来,人们认为种植木薯会使土壤衰竭,同时,许多试验也证明木薯从土壤中吸收了很多大量元素,但是与其它作物相比较,生产等量的干物质,除了钾以外,木薯从土壤中吸收的养分并不比其它作物高。这个事实说明不应该认为木薯会降低土壤肥力。人们认为木薯会降低地力,可能是由于木薯能够生长在贫瘠的土壤,而其它的作物却不能在这种环境下生长,所以在种植过木薯的土地上,其他的农作物不能生长。在土壤贫瘠的土地上,木薯也不可能达到它预期的产量,除非补充新的养料,甚至在低于中等肥力的土地上,木薯的产量也会大大低于其预期产量。在亚洲,尤其是在人口密度大的地区,农民在作物种植密度和控制土壤肥力等栽培管理方面都有一些经验。同时,人们也在探索一些预防土壤流失的技术,有些方法已经被农民采用了。目前的主要问题是如何采取有效的方法,使人们获得短期利润并能长期受益,"农民参与式"是目前解决问题的较好方法。

Cassava has been thought to deplete the soil. Many trails have shown that cassava does extract significant amounts of nutrients from the soil. Per unit of dry matter produced. However,the quantity of nutrients,other than potassium,that it takes from the field is no greater than that extracted by many other crops. This fact suggests that cassava s reputation for depleting the soil is undeserved. It probably comes from cassava s ability to grow on soils already so depleted that most other crops cannot be grow...