简介:TheroleoforganicmatterintheformationandstabilityofsoilaggregatesinmulberryplantationintheHang-Jia-HuPlain,northernZhejiangProvince,wasevaluatedinthisstudy.Apositivecorrelationwasfoundbetweenwater-stableaggregatecontentsandorganicmattercontentsinthemulberryplantationsoils,whichsupportedthehypothesisthatorganicmatterwasthemaincementingagentinformationofaggregates.Aclosecorrelationwasalsofoundbetweenstabilityofaggregateandorganicmattercontents.Regressionanalysisshowedthattotalnitrogencontentwasalsoanindicatorofwater-stableaggregatecontentandstability.Theaggregatesizedistributionindicatedthatthewater-stableaggregates1~0.25mmindiameterwerethemajorcomponentoftheaggregatesinthemulberryplantationsoils.Theorganicmattercontentsofaggregatesrangingfrom5to0.25mmindiameterincreasedwiththedecreaseofaggregatesizes,andtheaggregates1~0.25mmindiameterhadthemaximumorganicmattercontent.