Fertilization regimes affect the soil biological characteristics of a sudangrass and ryegrass rotation system |
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Authors: | WenXi Li JianWei Lu FangBai Li Yan Wang JunMing Lu XiaoKun Li |
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Institution: | (1) State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, East Beijing Road 71, Nanjing, 210008, People’s Republic of China;(2) Joint Open Laboratory of Soil and the Environment, Hong Kong Baptist University & Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, East Beijing Road 71, Nanjing, 210008, People’s Republic of China;(3) Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China; |
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Abstract: | The sudangrass (Sorghum sudanense) and ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.) rotation is an intensive and new cropping system in Central China. Nutrient management practices in this rotation system
may influence soil fertility, the important aspects of which are soil biological properties and quality. As sensitive soil
biological properties and quality indicators, soil microbial community activity, microbial biomass, enzyme activities, soil
organic matter (SOM) and total N resulting from different fertilization regimes in this rotation system were studied through
a four-year field experiment from April 2005 to May 2009. Treatments included control (CK), fertilizer phosphorus and potassium
(PK), fertilizer nitrogen and potassium (NK), fertilizer nitrogen and phosphorus (NP) and a fertilizer nitrogen, phosphorus
and potassium combination (NPK). Soil microbial community activities in the NK, NP and NPK treatments were significantly lower
than those in the CK and PK treatments after the sudangrass and ryegrass trial. The highest microbial biomass C, microbial
biomass N, SOM, total N, sucrase and urease activities were found in the NPK treatment, and these soil quality indicators
were significantly higher in the NK, NP and NPK treatments than in the PK and CK treatments. Soil microbial biomass and enzyme
activities were positively associated with SOM in the sudangrass and ryegrass rotation system, indicating that fertilization
regimes, especially N application, reduced microbial community activity in the soil. Proper fertilization regimes will increase
microbial biomass, enzyme activity and SOM and improve soil fertility. |
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