Standing corn residue effects on soil frost depth, snow depth and soil heat flux in Northeast China

Abstract 1 Standing corn residue has been proven to reduce wind erosion in Northeast China, but how standing corn residue affects soils during winter remained unclear. Our objective was to compare soil frost depth associated with two zero-tillage methods [i.e., chopping corn stalks into small sections then spread them on soil (hereafter referred to as ‘CCR’) and standing corn residue (hereafter referred to as ‘SCR’)]. Frost tubes were used to determine soil frost depth, and soil heat flux plates were used to measure soil heat flux 8-cm beneath the soil surface. Compared with CCR treatment, SCR reduced maximum soil frost depth significantly ( p

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