Enhancing cassava N/K use efficiency through Fenlong tillage: driving forces of soil porosity improvement and aerobic bacteria enrichment.

ABSTRACT: Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is continuously cultivated using the conventional tillage (CT) method in southern China, resulting in increasingly compact soil and decreased yield and fertilizer use efficiency (FUE) year after year. Compared to CT, Fenlong (FL) tillage, which uses spiral drill bits to replace traditional ploughshares, has been found to significantly increase crop yield ranged from 10% to 50% such as cassava, sugarcane, maize, cotton, rice, and wheat without extra fertilizer input. However, previous studies have primarily elucidated the mechanism behind yield increases from FL by examining changes in soil physicochemical properties and microbial communities. Research on how it enhances FUE remains scarce. Thus, the current study aimed to investigate how FL influen

SUBMITTER: Li G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12932608 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature