Abstract:The stability of soil aggregates provide physical protection for soil carbon, while soil carbon promotes the formation of soil aggregates. To evaluate the effects of long-term straw and quicklime application on soil aggregates stability and total carbon (TC) accumulation at aggregate, soils from plots amended with M (chicken manure), MR (chicken manure + straw), MCa (chicken manure + quicklime), MRCa (chicken manure + straw + quicklime) were collected compared with CK (no-fertilizer). Soil was separated into five size fractions (5~2, 2~1, 1~0.5, 0.5~0.25, < 0.25 mm) by wet-sieving. The results showed as follows:(1) Straw return or liming increased the distribution of > 0.25 mm size fractions, MR and MCa caused 123% and 37% increase relative to the M, respectively; while application of straw and quicklime together had a significant effect on the distribution of 5~2 mm size fraction, compared with MR, MCa and M, the MRCa caused 12%, 59% and 141% increase, respectively. (2) Application of straw and quicklime could increase the MWD, GMD and R0.25. MR treatment had the highest MWD, GMD and R0.25, followed by the MRCa treatment, MR and MRCa were significantly higher than those of MCa, M and CK. (3) Addition of straw and quicklime could increase the TC content, compared with MR, MCa and M, MRCa caused 20%, 40% and 55% increase, respectively; straw return and liming significantly increased the TC content of 5~2 mm size fraction; liming could increase the TC content of 0.5~0.25 mm size fraction; both straw and lime could significantly increase the contribution of TC in the >0.25 mm size fractions to the bulk soil TC. (4) TC content was positively correlated with the distribution of 5~2, 2~1, 1~0.5 mm size fractions, and negatively correlated with the distribution of < 0.25 mm size fraction. MWD, GMD and R0.25 were positively correlated with the distribution of > 0.25 mm size fractions, and negatively correlated with the distribution of < 0.25 mm size fraction. Therefore, straw return and liming could improve the soil structure and carbon level. These findings were beneficial to alleviate the problem of soil structural fission caused by long-term continuous cropping in the agricultural production of greenhouse.