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Journal of Agriculture ›› 2025, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (3): 45-50.doi: 10.11923/j.issn.2095-4050.cjas2023-0259

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Responses of Soil Forming Environment, Genetic Properties and Soil Type to Land Use Change

ZHOU Ping1(), XIAO Huacui2, LIANG Wandong2, LUO Feixue2, XIE Min3, SHENG Hao2   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125
    2 College of Resources, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128
    3 Monitoring Center of Agricultural Product Quality of Liuyang City, Liuyang Hunan 410399
  • Received:2023-11-15 Revised:2024-02-19 Online:2025-03-20 Published:2025-03-18

Abstract:

High-intensity land conversion and persistent land use activities exert dual effects on soil development, which can significantly influence pedodiversity. We first reviewed the influences of various types of land use on the source of parent materials, microclimate, microrelief, vegetation cover, management practices and soil age. Then based on our systematical analyses of the effects of land use change on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties, we summarized the effects of land conversions on soil genetic, morphological, and diagnostic characteristics. We also comprehensively evaluated soil type evolution trends in different classification categories in response to land conversions. Finally, we proposed three research priorities: (1) an overall understanding of the effect of diverse land use activities on the soil properties and formation processes; (2) deep exploration of dynamic soil genetic responses to land cover conversions and modifications; (3) and development of new technologies for exact and high-efficiency identification of soil type change with land use change.

Key words: soil classification, high-intensity human activity, land conversion and modification, soil genetic property, soil-forming factor, land use patterns, soil diversity, soil formation processes, soil properties