The effect of quinoid and phenolic compounds on urease and dehydrogenase activity and nitrification in soil

Summary 1,4-Naphthoquinone; 2-methyl-1,4-napthoquinone; 2,3-dichlorohydroquinone; 4,6-di-tert.butyl-o-benzoquinone; 4,6-di-tert.butylpyrocatechol and 4-tert.butylpyrocatechol at concentrations of 10 and 20 ppm inhibit mineralization of urea N by reducing urease activity and/or nitrification in soils. Coating of urea with these chemicals was more effective than direct application to the soil. There was no adverse effect of any of the chemicals either on germination or on the growth of wheat plants at concentrations of 20 and 50 ppm added to soil.     

4种理化因子对菌株XH1硝化效果的影响

【背景】基于硝化菌群的富集培养技术可高效稳定地去除养殖水体中的有害氮素,而当前在水产养殖领域有关硝化菌群定向培育及硝化功能菌株的研究较少。【目的】研究不同盐度、pH、温度、通气量条件下硝化菌群分离菌株XH1的生长及其对氨氮和亚硝氮的去除效果。【方法】设置不同梯度的盐度、pH、温度、通气量条件,通过计数菌量、测定氨氮及亚硝氮的浓度变化,比较不同条件下菌株XH1的生长及其对氨氮和亚硝氮的影响。【结果】菌株XH1可在盐度5‰-35‰、pH 6.0-9.0、温度15-45°C和通气量0.5-1 V/(V·min)的条件下生长良好,菌量最高可达2.34×109cells/mL;在盐度5‰-35‰、pH 6.0-9.0、温度15-30°C、通气量0.5 V/(V·min)的条件下,对氨氮的去除效果显著(P0.05),在第1-3天对培养液中氨氮的最高去除率可达86%-97%,但培养液中的氨氮浓度先降后升;对亚硝氮的最高去除率达68%。【结论】菌株XH1对盐度、pH、温度等主要环境因子具有良好的适应性,其对水体氨氮的去除效果良好,可作为中低盐度养殖池塘水体氨氮防控菌剂产品研发的备选菌株。     

Effects of organic matter on sulphur oxidation in soil and influence of sulphur oxidation on soil nitrification

Summary The effects of wheat straw and pressed sugar beet pulp on sulphur oxidation were determined in a loam soil amended with 1% (w/w) elemental sulphur. Wheat straw stimulated the oxidation of elemental sulphur over the first 2 to 3 weeks of the incubation period, resulting in an increase in LiCl-extractable sulphate. After 4 to 7 weeks incubation however, the only significant increase in soil sulphate followed the 1% straw addition, while at week 7 sulphate concentrations in the 0.25% and 5.0% straw amended soils were lower than the control. Pressed sugar beet pulp (1% w/w) initially stimulated the oxidation of elemental sulphur in the soil, but by weeks 3 to 7 of the incubation period rates of oxidation in pulp-amended soils were lower than the control. Towards the end of the incubation period however, sulphate concentrations in the amended soils exceeded the control values, significantly so by week 11. The concentration of thiosulphate and tetrathionate also increased in soils receiving sugar beet pulp. Nitrification was inhibited in soils in which sulphur oxidation was actively occurring. Although possible alternatives are mentioned, such inhibition appears to result from a decrease in soil pH brought about by the oxidation of elemental sulphur to sulphuric acid.     

Effect of organic loading on nitrification and denitrification in a marine sediment microcosm

Abstract The effects of organic additions on nitrification and dentrification were examined in sediment microcosms. The organic material, heat killed yeast, had a C/N ratio of 7.5 and was added to sieved, homogenized sediments. Four treatments were compared: no addition (control), 30 g dry weight (dw) m⁻² mixed throughout the 10 cm sediment column (30M), 100 g dw m⁻² mixed throughout sediments (100M), and 100 g dw m⁻² mixed into top 1 cm (100S). After the microcosms had been established for 7–11 days, depth of O₂ penetration, sediment-water fluxes and nitrification rates were measured. Nitrification rates were measured using three different techniques: N-serve and acetylene inhibition in intact cores, and nitrification potentials in slurris. Increased organic additions decreased O₂ penetration from 2.7 to 0.2 mm while increasing both O₂ consumption, from 30 to 70 mmol O₂ m⁻² d⁻¹, and NO₃⁻ flux into sediments. Nitrification rates in intact cores were similar for the two methods. Highest rates occurred in the 30M treatment, while the lowest rate was measured in the 100S treatment. Total denitrification rates (estimated from nitrification and nitrate fluxes) increased with increased organic addition, because of the high concentrations of NO₃⁻ (40 μM) in the overlaying water. The ratio of nitrification: denitrification was used as an indication of the importance of nitrification as the NO₃⁻ supply for denitrificaion. This ratio decreased from 1.55 to 0.05 iwth increase organic addition.     

Effect of ferrous sulphate on nitrification during simultaneous phosphorus removal from domestic wastewater using a laboratory scale anoxic/oxic reactor

In the present study a laboratory scale anoxic/oxic reactor was used to remove the important eutrophication nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen from synthetic domestic wastewater. Phosphorus was removed through simultaneous precipitation and was carried out using the coagulant ferrous sulphate FeSO₄ · 7H₂O. Total phosphorus in the effluent was controlled to below 1 mg/l using a ferrous to phosphorus molar ratio of 2.1. pH after the addition of coagulant plays a major role in determining the molar ratio of the precipitant. Nitrogen was removed biologically in the anoxic/oxic system and the effect of simultaneous precipitation on nitrification and denitrification was investigated. The nitrification rate of the system remained unaffected during simultaneous precipitation and varied from 0.046 to 0.059 g N–NH₄ ⁺/g VSS/day. Denitrification was complete and was not affected by the coagulation process. The nitrogen removal efficiency varied from 78% to 85%. COD removal efficiency was not affected during simultaneous precipitation and was varied from 94% to 98%. The highly efficient nitrogen removal in the presence of simultaneous precipitant ferrous sulphate makes the process an ideal option for nutrient removal.     

Human influences on mobility of nitrogen in the environment: Needs for research and management

Nitrogen (N) cycles through air, water and soil and plays an important role in the synthesis of complex N compounds in all forms of life on the planet earth by combining with carbon, hydrogen and oxygen (O). Besides, natural fixation of N by microorganisms, advertent and inadvertent fixation of N by human activities (e.g. landscape transformations, fossil fuel burning and use of N in agricultural fields) are altering the global cycle of N. As a result of human activities, N enters in water bodies (e.g. streams, estuaries and coastal regions) making them hostile for aquatic life and contaminates ground water (used for drinking) through nitrate () leaching which causes a number of health problems to human beings and animals. Hence, reduction in level of in water bodies and ground water is a prerequisite that can be met through sustainable management of natural and modified ecosystems. More specifically, agricultural management practices need to be better designed to synchronize the availability of with that of the crop N demand. These management goals can be achieved by thorough understanding of the origin and fate of N, by using isotopic analysis of N and O in , which can provide the best management options for N in the environment. Overall, an integrated approach would be required to limit N production/use and release to prevent critical environmental limit being exceeded.     

Human influences on mobility of nitrogen in the environment: Needs for research and management

Nitrogen (N) cycles through air, water and soil and plays an important role in the synthesis of complex N compounds in all forms of life on the planet earth by combining with carbon, hydrogen and oxygen (O). Besides, natural fixation of N by microorganisms, advertent and inadvertent fixation of N by human activities (e.g. landscape transformations, fossil fuel burning and use of N in agricultural fields) are altering the global cycle of N. As a result of human activities, N enters in water bodies (e.g. streams, estuaries and coastal regions) making them hostile for aquatic life and contaminates ground water (used for drinking) through nitrate (NO₃^-) leaching which causes a number of health problems to human beings and animals. Hence, reduction in level of NO₃^- in water bodies and ground water is a prerequisite that can be met through sustainable management of natural and modified ecosystems. More specifically, agricultural management practices need to be better designed to synchronize the availability of NO₃^- with that of the crop N demand. These management goals can be achieved by thorough understanding of the origin and fate of N, by using isotopic analysis of N and O in NO₃^-, which can provide the best management options for N in the environment. Overall, an integrated approach would be required to limit N production/use and release to prevent critical environmental limit being exceeded.     

Fractal Binding and Dissociation Kinetics of Heart-Related Compounds on Biosensor Surfaces

A fractal analysis is presented for the binding and dissociation of different heart-related compounds in solution to receptors immobilized on biosensor surfaces. The data analyzed include LCAT (lecithin cholesterol acyl transferase) concentrations in solution to egg white apoA-I rHDL immobilized on a biosensor chip surface (), native, mildly oxidized, and strongly oxidized LDL in solution to a heparin-modified Au-surface of a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor (), and TRITC-labeled HDL in solution to a bare optical fiber surface (). Single-and dual-fractal models were used to fit the data. Values of the binding and the dissociation rate coefficient(s), affinity values, and the fractal dimensions were obtained from the regression analysis provided by Corel Quattro Pro 8.0 (). The binding rate coefficients are quite sensitive to the degree of heterogeneity on the sensor chip surface. Predictive equations are developed for the binding rate coefficient as a function of the degree of heterogeneity present on the sensor chip surface and on the LCAT concentration in solution and for the affinity as a function of the ratio of fractal dimensions present in the binding and the dissociation phases. The analysis presented provided physical insights into these analyte-receptor reactions occurring on different biosensor surfaces.     

成熟期光强对烤烟理化特性和致香成分含量的影响

2004、2005年在四川凉山烟科所通过盆栽试验,在烤烟成熟期营造不同的光照强度,研究了成熟期光强不同对烤烟品质的影响。结果表明:成熟期随着光照强度的降低,叶片厚度降低,栅栏组织/海绵组织的比值降低,烤后烟叶单叶重、厚度、叶质重降低,叶片含梗率增加,总糖和还原糖含量降低,总氮和烟碱含量升高,钾和氯含量增加,叶黄素、β-胡萝卜素和类胡萝卜素总量增加,中性致香成分含量呈增加趋势,增加到一定程度开始降低。     

重迎茬大豆根际土壤有机化合物的初步鉴定及对大豆种子萌发的化感作用

采用气相色谱－质谱联用技术（ＧＣ－ＭＳ）鉴定了用无水乙醇浸提的结荚期重迎茬大豆根际土壤有机化合物,并对其化感作用进行了初步研究,结果表明,重迎茬大豆根土壤中主要含有有机酸类、酯类、醇类、酮类、醛类、苯类、酚类、烃类及萘、呋喃类等有机化合物;其中包含很多普被报道过的化感物质,在本试验的根本土壤用量条件下,其醇提液对大豆种子萌发及胚根生长未表现出化感作用,这可能与其致害浓度有关,此外,本文还探讨了化感     

Influence of dolomitic lime on DOC and DON leaching in a forest soil

The influence of liming on leaching and distribution of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen (DON) in mineral soil was investigated in a leaching experiment with soil columns. Soil samples from separate horizons (O, A and B horizons) were collected from control and limed plots in a field liming experiment in a spruce forest in southern Sweden. The field liming (0.88 kg m^-2) had been carried out 8 years before sampling. To minimize the variation among replicates, soil profiles were reconstructed in the laboratory so that the dry weight was the same for each individual soil horizon regardless of treatment. Two soil column types were used with either the O+A horizons or the O+A+B horizons. One Norway spruce seedling (Picea abies (L.) Karst) was planted in each soil column. Average pH in the leachate water was greater in the limed treatment than in the control treatment (5.0 versus 4.0 for O+A columns and 4.3 versus 3.8 for O+A+B columns). After reaching an approximate steady state, the leaching of DOC was 3--4 times greater from the limed O+A and O+A+B columns than from the corresponding control columns but the leaching of DON increased (3.5 times) only in the limed O+A columns. There was a significant correlation between DOC and DON in the leachates from all columns except for the control O+A+B columns, which indicated a decoupling of DOC and DON retention in the B horizon in the control treatment. This might be explained by a selective adsorption of nitrogen poor hydrophobic compounds (C/N ratio: 32--77) while there was a lower retention of nitrogen rich hydrophilic compounds (C/N ratio: 14--20). Proportionally more hydrophobic compounds were leached from the limed soil compared to the unlimed soil. These hydrophobic compounds also became more enriched in nitrogen after liming so in the limed treatment nitrogen might be adsorbed at nearly the same proportion as carbon, which might explain the fact that there was no decoupling of leached DOC and DON from the B horizon after liming.     

棉花花铃期短期干旱下氮素对干物质及氮素累积分配的影响

通过盆栽试验进行水分(正常灌水和干旱后复水)和施氮处理(0、240、480kgN·hm-2),研究花铃期短期干旱再复水后氮素对棉花各器官干物质重、氮素累积与分配及产量与品质的影响.结果表明:花铃期土壤干旱显著降低了棉株各器官的干物质重与氮素累积量,而增大了棉株各器官的氮素含量,同时亦降低了棉株干物质与氮素在叶片中的分配指数,但提高了在根系的分配指数,从而增大了根冠比;增施氮肥可以提高干旱条件下棉株的干物质重与氮素累积量,但亦增大水分胁迫指数.复水对干旱处理棉株生长具有明显的补偿效应,尤其是根系的干物质重与氮素累积量显著高于相应正常灌水处理,且增施氮肥可以提高棉株的补偿效应.花铃期干旱结束时与复水后第10天,干旱处理棉株均以240kgN·hm-2水平下的生殖器官干物质重与分配指数最高,而根冠比最小,地上部与地下部生长最为协调,最终籽棉产量最高、纤维品质最优;而施氮不足(0kgN·hm-2)或过量(480kgN·hm-2)均不利于棉花产量的提高与纤维品质的改善.     

不同氮肥基追比例对高温胁迫下小麦籽粒产量和品质的影响

选用强筋小麦品种济麦20、烟农19、藁麦8901做试验材料,设置不同氮肥基追比例和籽粒灌浆中后期高温胁迫处理,研究了不同氮肥基追比例对高温胁迫条件下小麦籽粒产量和品质的影响.研究结果表明,追氮比例由50%增加到70%,3个品种的千粒重、籽粒产量、粗蛋白含量、湿面筋含量、醇溶蛋白含量、谷蛋白含量、HMW-GS含量、LMW-GS含量、HMW-GS/LMW-GS比值显著提高.济麦20和烟农19的谷蛋白大聚合体含量、谷蛋白大聚合体体积加权平均粒径和表面积加权平均粒径因追氮比例提高而升高, 藁麦8901则无显著变化.济麦20和烟农19的面团形成时间、面团稳定时间因追氮比例提高而延长, 藁麦8901基本不受影响.追氮比例由50%增加到70%,3个品种的籽粒支链淀粉/直链淀粉比值显著降低,淀粉糊化高峰黏度、低谷黏度、稀懈值、最终黏度和反弹值相应降低.总之,提高氮肥追施比例可在一定程度上缓解灌浆期高温胁迫对小麦粒重和蛋白质质量的不利影响,但对淀粉质量产生负面效应,且品种间存在差异.     

返青期休牧对三江源区土壤微生物量碳、氮和氮矿化的影响

返青期休牧措施可以有效提高高寒草甸生产力,为了解其对氮矿化及微生物的影响。以玛沁县大武镇高寒草甸为试验样地,设立5个休牧时间,分别为CK(放牧)、休牧20d、30d、40d、50d,在牧草生长季(5-9月)研究了土壤微生物量和有效氮素的动态变化。结果表明:土壤微生物量碳(SMBC)和土壤微生物量氮(SMBN)均随着休牧时间的增加而呈现上升趋势。SMBC在生长初期(5月、6月)休牧50d处理下较CK分别增加了22.49%、123.33%,生长末期休牧40d处理下含量较高。5月份SMBN在休牧40d下显著高于其他处理,其余月份均在休牧50d处理下含量较高。土壤铵态氮(NH⁺₄-N)、硝态氮(NO^-₃-N)在生长季呈现先升高后降低的趋势。多数情况下,休牧30d土壤NH⁺₄-N含量高于CK处理;不同休牧时间对土壤NO^-₃-N含量影响不明显。土壤氮矿化速率在不同月份间差异显著,但总体上呈现休牧30-40d土壤氮矿化速率较高、CK较低的趋势。因此,在返青期对三江源区高寒草甸进行适当的休牧活动利于其有机氮的转化。     

板栗扦插生根过程的解剖结构和生理变化研究

以5年生和30年生板栗插穗以及30年生板栗母树不同月份(5、6、7月)插穗为材料,进行不同浓度(0、200和500mg/L)吲哚丁酸(IBA)处理,观测各类处理材料的生根情况,并对扦插前插穗(初始茎)和扦插后插穗愈伤组织的碳氮代谢物质、褐化相关物质和解剖学结构进行分析观察,探讨不同年龄母树及不同月份插穗扦插生根能力,为板栗扦插生根技术体系奠定理论基础。结果表明:(1)5年生板栗的初始茎和愈伤组织中碳氮代谢相关物质淀粉和可溶性糖含量明显高于30年生板栗,而其可溶性蛋白含量30年生高于5年生板栗,但其γ-氨基丁酸(GABA)含量在不同年龄母树间无明显变化;30年生板栗插穗初始茎中可溶性蛋白、GABA和可溶性糖含量均随着月份的增加而逐渐降低,但是在愈伤组织中GABA、可溶性糖和淀粉含量随着月份增加而逐渐升高。(2)板栗插穗初始茎和愈伤组织的褐化相关物质单宁、酚类和类黄酮含量均表现为30年生不同程度低于5年生;除类黄酮含量在7月份的愈伤组织中有显著升高外,不同月份板栗的单宁、酚类、类黄酮含量均没有明显变化。(3)生根状况及解剖学观察结果显示,5年生板栗插穗的愈伤率和生根率高于30年生的插穗,且30年生插穗6月份扦插的愈伤率最高;板栗插穗属于诱导生根类型,皮层中存在环状厚壁组织;5年生板栗插穗的木质素含量低于30年生板栗,但形成层细胞层数高于30年生。研究认为,板栗扦插生根过程中插穗褐化现象严重,生根率较低;不同年龄母树和不同月份的板栗插穗在扦插过程中的碳氮代谢相关化合物含量都有明显的差异,而褐化相关物质含量仅在不同年龄母树间有较大的差异,不同月份间大部分无明显差异。     

Effects of chemical composition on N,Ca, and Mg release during incubation of leaves from selected agroforestry and fallow plant species

Nitrogen, Ca and Mg release from leaves of ten selected plant residues with varying chemical compositions was studied under laboratory conditions. Three patterns of N-release were observed over a seven week incubation period: (a)Gliricidia sepium, Leucaena leucocephala, Mucuna pruriens andCentrosema pubescens leaves showed rapid N release, (b)Acioa barteri andDialium guineense leaves immobilized N, and (c)Alchornea cordifolia, Anthonata macrophylla, Cassia siamea andPterocarpus santalinoides leaves initially showed N immobilization which gradually changes to net mineralization after about four weeks of incubation. Nitrogen mineralization rate constant (k) ranged from –0.0018 (A. barteri) to 0.0064 day^–1 (G. sepium). Statistical analysis of data showed that N mineralization rate constants are significantly correlated with initial N, polyphenol and lignin contents of leaves. Nitrogen release increased with increasing N content and decreased with increasing contents of polyphenols and lignin.Addition of leaves from all species significantly increased soil exchangeable Ca and Mg levels.L. leucocephala, G. sepium, C. pubescens andM. pruriens showed relatively high Ca and Mg release rates. Calcium release rate was related to N release rate rather than to initial Ca content.