Abstract:
Abstract: Reasonable interspecific configuration can improve the efficiency of resource utilization, reduce environmental risks of crop production, and achieve the goal of resource saving and carbon emission reduction. In this paper, a two-year field experiment (2014 and 2015) was carried out in a typical oasis irrigation region to determine the effects of different previous straw returning treatments and plastic film mulching patterns combined with tillage patterns on crop yields, water utilization, and carbon reduction, and quantify the resource input reduction potential and cycle efficiency, for providing the theory and practice basis on compound production pattern and building related technology. The results showed that, compared with conventional wheat and maize monoculture, wheat-maize intercropping production pattern increased grain yield by 162.9% and 10.4%, respectively. Especially, wheat-maize intercropping coupled with 25 to 30 cm height of straw standing and plastic film mulching for two years (i.e., NTSSI2), and 25 to 30 cm height of straw covering and plastic film mulching for two years (i.e., NTSI2) had the best effect on the increasing of grain yield, 13.0% and 13.8% greater than conventional treatment. Similarly, NTSSI2, NTSI2 had higher water use efficiency, with 12.6% and 14.8% higher than CTI. The NTSSI2, NTSI2 treatments can improve carbon emission reduction, which decreased total soil CO2 emission by 598 and 670 kg/hm2 compared with CTI, and the decreasing ratio was 11.5% and 12.9%, respectively. Meanwhile, NTSSI2 and NTSI2 increased solar energy utilization efficiency by 6.5% and 7.1%, respectively. The straw cyclic utilization ratio of the wheat-maize intercropping production pattern was 29.2% to 32.6% greater than CTI. Similarly, the cycle efficiency of N, P, K was 7.1% to 8.0%, 8.1% to 9.1%, and 10.0% to 11.5% greater than CTI, respectively. Meanwhile, NTSSI2 and NTSI2 had obvious resources saving potential, and compared with local conventional intercropping production pattern, they can decrease irrigation amount by 240 mm, and the decreased ratio was 28.6%. NTSSI2 and NTSI2 reduced N, P input by 190 and 40 kg/hm2, and the reduced ratio was 35.8% and 16.0%, respectively. NTSSI2 and NTSI2 reduced plastic film input by 38 kg/hm2, reduce by 50%. Overall, these practices reduced total input by 4423 yuan/hm2, and increased net return by 10341yuan/hm2. Therefore, wheat-maize intercropping compound production pattern combined with no-till with the height of 25 to 30 cm straw retention and plastic film mulch mulching for two years can be used as the high-efficiency model of farming system for resources saving and carbon emission reduction in arid oasis irrigation area.