Effect of Polyacrylamide Application on Runoff,Erosion,and Soil Nutrient Loss Under Simulated Rainfall

• Published in: Pedosphere 2011-10, Vol.21 (5), p.628-638
• Main Authors: WANG, Ai-Ping, LI, Fa-Hu, YANG, Sheng-Min
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: application rate; mass loss; molecular weight; nutrient concentration; PAM; sediment concentration; 土壤侵蚀; 土壤养分流失; 应用程序; 径流损失; 模拟降雨; 质量损失; 阴离子聚丙烯酰胺
• ISSN: 1002-0160; 2210-5107
• DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(11)60165-3

Soil erosion affects soil productivity and environmental quality.A laboratory research experiment under simulated heavy rainfall with tap water was conducted to investigate the effects of anionic polyacrylamide（PAM） application rates（0,0.5,1.0,and 2.0 g m-2） and molecular weights（12 and 18 Mg mol-1） on runoff,soil erosion,and soil nutrient loss at a slope of 5°.The results showed the two lower rates of PAM application decreased runoff while the highest rate increased runoff as compared with the control.Sediment concentration and soil mass loss increased significantly with the increasing PAM application rate.Compared with the control,PAM application decreased K＋,NH4＋,and NO3-concentrations in sediment and K＋ and NH＋4 concentrations in runoff,but significantly increased the mass losses of K＋,NH4＋,and NO-3 over soil surface except for the NH4＋ at PAM application rate lower than 1.0 g m-2.PAM application decreased the proportion of K＋ loss with runoff to its total mass loss over soil surface from 60.1% to 16.4%.However,it did not affect the NH4＋ and NO3-losses with runoff,and more than 86% of them were lost with runoff.A higher PAM molecular weight resulted in less soil erosion and K＋ mass loss but had little effect on runoff and NH＋4 and NO3-losses.PAM application did not prevent soil erosion and the mass losses of K＋ and NO3-under experimental conditions.