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Background and aims
Combination of rewetting and wetland crop cultivation (paludiculture) is pursued as a wider carbon dioxide (CO2) mitigation option in drained peatland. However, information on the overall greenhouse gas (GHG) balance for paludiculture is lacking. We investigated the GHG balance of peatlands grown with reed canary grass (RCG) and rewetted to various extents.Methods
Gas fluxes of CO2, methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) were measured with a static chamber technique for 10 months from mesocosms sown with RCG and manipulated to ground water levels (GWL) of 0, ?10, ?20, ?30 and ?40 cm below the soil surface. Gross primary production (GPP) was estimated from the above ground biomass yield.Results
The mean dry biomass yield across all water table treatments was 6 Mg ha?1 with no significant differences between the treatments. Raising the GWL to the surface decreased both the net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of CO2 and N2O emissions whereas CH4 emissions increased. Total cumulative GHG emissions (for 10 months) corresponded to 0.08, 0.13, 0.61, 0.68 and 0.98 kg CO2 equivalents m?2 from the GWL treatments at 0, ?10, ?20, ?30 and ?40 cm below the soil surface, respectively.Conclusions
The results showed that a reduction in total GHG emission can be achieved without losing the productivity of newly established RCG when GWL is maintained close to the surface. Further studies should address the practical constrains and long-term productivity of RCG cultivation in rewetted peatlands. 相似文献2.
Biochar’s effect on crop productivity and the dependence on experimental conditions—a meta-analysis of literature data 总被引:19,自引:0,他引:19
Xiaoyu Liu Afeng Zhang Chunying Ji Stephen Joseph Rongjun Bian Lianqing Li Genxing Pan Jorge Paz-Ferreiro 《Plant and Soil》2013,373(1-2):583-594
Background and aims
For the last decade, there has been an increasing global interest in using biochar to mitigate climate change by storing carbon in soil. However, there is a lack of detailed knowledge on the impact of biochar on the crop productivity in different agricultural systems. The objective of this study was to quantify the effect of biochar soil amendment (BSA) on crop productivity and to analyze the dependence of responses on experimental conditions.Methods
A weighted meta-analysis was conducted based on data from 103 studies published up to April, 2013. The effect of BSA on crop productivity was quantified by characterizing experimental conditions.Results
In the published experiments, with biochar amendment rates generally <30 t ha?1, BSA increased crop productivity by 11.0 % on average, while the responses varied with experimental conditions. Greater responses were found in pot experiments than in field, in acid than in neutral soils, in sandy textured than in loam and silt soils. Crop response in field experiments was greater for dry land crops (10.6 % on average) than for paddy rice (5.6 % on average). This result, associated with the higher response in acid and sandy textured soils, suggests both a liming and an aggregating/moistening effect of BSA.Conclusions
The analysis suggests a promising role for BSA in improving crop productivity especially for dry land crops, and in acid, poor-structured soils though there was wide variation with soil, crop and biochar properties. Long-term field studies are needed to elucidate the persistence of BSA’s effect and the mechanisms for improving crop production in a wide range of agricultural conditions. At current prices and C-trading schemes, however, BSA would not be cost-effective unless persistent soil improvement and crop response can be demonstrated. 相似文献3.
H. L. van Asperen A. M. C. Bor M. P. W. Sonneveld H. J. Bruins N. Lazarovitch 《Plant and Soil》2014,374(1-2):779-792
Background and aims
In the Central Negev hills (Israel) many ancient terraced wadis exist, which captured run-off and caused gradual soil aggradation, which enabled agricultural practices. In these terraces, dark colored soil horizons were observed, containing charcoal, as can be found in Terra Preta soils, suggesting higher fertility compared to natural soils. The aim of our investigation was to investigate these anthropogenic soils and to study the effects of charcoal and ash addition on soil properties and crop growth.Methods
We investigated 12 soil profiles, focusing on possible differences between light and dark colored soil horizons. We also investigated the effects of amendment of charcoal and ash on the growth of wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) in a 40-day pot experiment involving two water regimes.Results
Results show that charcoal content in light and dark horizons were both low (<0.2 %), but significantly lower bulk densities were found in dark colored horizons. In the crop experiment, charcoal addition resulted in decreased crop growth, while, in the water deficit regime, ash addition resulted in increased crop growth.Conclusions
Considering the observed charcoal and the results from the crop experiment, we hypothesize that, in ancient run-off capturing agricultural systems, ash was purposefully added as fertilizer. 相似文献4.
Changes in water content of two agricultural soils does not alter labile P and C pools 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Clayton R. Butterly Ann M. McNeill Jeff A. Baldock Petra Marschner 《Plant and Soil》2011,348(1-2):185-201
Aims
An incubation study was conducted to investigate how changes in soil water content affect labile phosphorus and carbon pools, mineralisation patterns and microbial community composition.Methods
Two soils from different climatic histories were subjected to four long-term (15 weeks) soil water regimes (constant field capacity (m); 3 dry-rewet (DRW) cycles evenly spaced (intermittent, int); 3 DRW cycles with a shorter interval after a long dry period (false break, fb); constantly air-dry (d)) (incubation period 1). In the subsequent incubation period 2, a set of cores from each treatment were subjected to one DRW cycle (air-dry for 7 day; field capacity for 14 day) or maintained at field capacity.Results
Long-term soil water regime altered soil respiration with the largest CO2 pulse occurring in soil with the longest dry period. However, changing the distribution of the 3 DRW events within incubation period 1 (int/fb) did not alter cumulative CO2. In addition, DRW during incubation period 2 did not affect cumulative CO2 in either treatment (m, int, fb, d) (except for Hamilton int). Our results show that carbon and phosphorus availability and the size and community composition of the microbial biomass were largely unaffected by fluctuating soil water content.Conclusions
Changes in soil water content altered respiration, phosphatase activity and microbial C:P ratio and indicate physiological and/or functional changes in the microbial community. However, it appeared that these would have little impact on plant P availability. 相似文献5.
Background and aims
Nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) application is a promising technology for degradation of chlorinated contaminants in soil. Plants also play an important role in soil remediation and nZVI should not adversely affect plants growing on treated soils. Large amounts of DDT are still found in certain soils and means to remediate these soils are limited. Our aims were to investigate the effect of nZVI on DDT degradation and evaluate possible negative effects of nZVI on plants.Methods
Columns with spiked (20 mg DDT kg?1) soil were percolated with nZVI (1 g nZVI L?1) and leached with five pore volumes of water to assess leaching of nZVI and residual toxicity of leachates and soil to plants using seed germination and plant growth tests (barley, flax).Results
Addition of nZVI led to degradation of 45 % of the added DDT. Percolation with water significantly oxidized and transported iron through the columns. The first leachates had negative effects on plant development, but after leaching with 4 pore volumes, neither soil nor leachates affected plant negatively.Conclusions
nZVI is efficient for degradation of DDT and adverse effects of nZVI on plants seem ephemeral and are alleviated after oxidation mediated by percolating water. 相似文献6.
Background and aims
Members of the genus Pseudomonas are common inhabitants of rhizospheres and soils, and it is known that soil types and crop species influence their population density and structure. 20?×?106 ha are cultivated under no-tillage in Argentina and there is a need to find new biologically-based soil quality indexes to distinguish between sustainable and non-sustainable agricultural practices. Pseudomonads abundance and community structure were analyzed in no-till soils with different agricultural practices, in productive fields along 400 km of Argentinean Pampas.Methods
We sampled soils and root systems from agricultural plots in which sustainable or non-sustainable agricultural practices have been applied. Samples were collected in summer and winter during 2010 and 2011. Culturable fluorescent and total pseudomonads were enumerated by plating on Gould’s selective medium S1. Colonies from these plates served as DNA source to carry out PCR-RFLP community structure analysis of the pseudomonads-specific marker genes oprF and gacA.Results
Abundance of total and fluorescent culturable pseudomonads in bulk soils was influenced by seasonal changes and agricultural practices. Rhizospheric counts from the same crop were affected by agricultural treatments. Also, crop species influenced pseudomonads density in the rhizosphere. Combined PCR-RFLP profile of both genes showed a seasonal grouping of samples.Conclusions
Sustainable soil management seems to promote pseudomonads development in soils, favoring root colonization of crops from those plots. Crop species influence total pseudomonads load of rhizospheres and its community structure. Total or relative pseudomonads load could function as soil quality indicator of good agricultural practices. 相似文献7.
Nitrous oxide emissions and nitrate leaching from a rain-fed wheat-maize rotation in the Sichuan Basin, China 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Minghua Zhou Bo Zhu Klaus Butterbach-Bahl Xunhua Zheng Tao Wang Yanqiang Wang 《Plant and Soil》2013,362(1-2):149-159
Aims
A 3-year field experiment (October 2004–October 2007) was conducted to quantify N2O fluxes and determine the regulating factors from rain-fed, N fertilized wheat-maize rotation in the Sichuan Basin, China.Methods
Static chamber-GC techniques were used to measure soil N2O fluxes in three treatments (three replicates per treatment): CK (no fertilizer); N150 (300 kg N fertilizer ha?1 yr?1 or 150 kg N?ha?1 per crop); N250 (500 kg N fertilizer ha?1 yr?1 kg or 250 kg N?ha?1 per crop). Nitrate (NO 3 ? ) leaching losses were measured at nearby sites using free-drained lysimeters.Results
The annual N2O fluxes from the N fertilized treatments were in the range of 1.9 to 6.7 kg N?ha?1 yr?1 corresponding to an N2O emission factor ranging from 0.12 % to 1.06 % (mean value: 0.61 %). The relationship between monthly soil N2O fluxes and NO 3 - leaching losses can be described by a significant exponential decaying function.Conclusions
The N2O emission factor obtained in our study was somewhat lower than the current IPCC default emission factor (1 %). Nitrate leaching, through removal of topsoil NO 3 ? , is an underrated regulating factor of soil N2O fluxes from cropland, especially in the regions where high NO 3 - leaching losses occur. 相似文献8.
Background and Aims
Crop residues are important for the redistribution of alkalinity within soils. A net increase in pH following residue addition to soil is typically reported. However, effects are inconsistent in the field due to confounding soil processes and agronomic practises.Methods
A column experiment investigated the effects of canola, chickpea and wheat residues, differing in alkalinity content and C:N ratio, on soil pH changes in a Podosol (Podzol; initial pH 4.5) and Tenosol (Cambisol; initial pH 6.2) under field conditions.Results
Residues (10 g dry matter kg-1 soil; 0–10 cm) increased soil pH, and temporal changes in alkalinity depended on the residue and soil type. Alkalinity was generated via abiotic association reactions between H+ and added organic matter and via ammonification and decarboxylation processes during decomposition. Alkalinity from canola and chickpea residues moved down the soil profile (10–30 cm) and was attributed to nitrate immobilisation and organic anion decomposition by soil microbes.Conclusions
The application of residues to acid and moderately acid soils increased the pH of both topsoil and subsoils, which persisted over 26 months. Maximal increase of pH observed at 3 months was correlated with the concentration of excess cations in the residues. 相似文献9.
Jinghua Fan Zhenli He Lena Q. Ma Yuangen Yang Peter J. Stoffella 《Plant and Soil》2014,374(1-2):993-1004
Background and aims
Long-term use of copper (Cu) based fungicides has accelerated Cu contamination in soils and subsequently its export to the environment. Field trials were conducted in representative commercial citrus groves in the Indian River area, South Florida to evaluate the effectiveness of calcium water treatment residue (Ca-WTR) for stabilizing Cu in soil and its subsequent influence on Cu loading in surface runoff and citrus growth.Methods
Soil and surface runoff samples were monitored over a 3-year period on two field sites under navel orange and Ruby Red grapefruit production.Results
Soil amendment with Ca-WTR generally raised soil pH and soil available Ca, but decreased available Cu. The mean concentrations of Cu in surface runoff water were reduced by 36 % and 28 % for the navel orange and grapefruit site, respectively. The results of species distribution of Cu in the runoff water using MINTEQ indicated that the application of Ca-WTR decreased the concentrations of free Cu2+ by 61 % and 39 % for the two sites. Fruit quality and yields were improved, because of the improved nutrient availability and other soil conditions.Conclusions
The results indicate that in situ application of Ca-WTR may provide a cost-effective remediation method for the Cu-contaminated soils without affecting citrus production. 相似文献10.
The critical soil P levels for crop yield, soil fertility and environmental safety in different soil types 总被引:34,自引:0,他引:34
Zhaohai Bai Haigang Li Xueyun Yang Baoku Zhou Xiaojun Shi Boren Wang Dongchu Li Jianbo Shen Qing Chen Wei Qin Oene Oenema Fusuo Zhang 《Plant and Soil》2013,372(1-2):27-37
Background and aims
Sufficient soil phosphorus (P) is important for achieving optimal crop production, but excessive soil P levels may create a risk of P losses and associated eutrophication of surface waters. The aim of this study was to determine critical soil P levels for achieving optimal crop yields and minimal P losses in common soil types and dominant cropping systems in China.Methods
Four long-term experiment sites were selected in China. The critical level of soil Olsen-P for crop yield was determined using the linear-plateau model. The relationships between the soil total P, Olsen-P and CaCl2-P were evaluated using two-segment linear model to determine the soil P fertility rate and leaching change-point.Results
The critical levels of soil Olsen-P for optimal crop yield ranged from 10.9 mg kg?1 to 21.4 mg kg?1, above which crop yield response less to the increasing of soil Olsen-P. The P leaching change-points of Olsen-P ranged from 39.9 mg kg?1 to 90.2 mg kg?1, above which soil CaCl2-P greatly increasing with increasing soil Olsen-P. Similar change-point was found between soil total P and Olsen-P. Overall, the change-point ranged from 4.6 mg kg?1 to 71.8 mg kg?1 among all the four sites. These change-points were highly affected by crop specie, soil type, pH and soil organic matter content.Conclusions
The three response curves could be used to access the soil Olsen-P status for crop yield, soil P fertility rate and soil P leaching risk for a sustainable soil P management in field. 相似文献11.
Changes in some soil properties induced by re-conversion of cropland into grassland in the semiarid steppe zone of Inner Mongolia, China 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Zhi-Hua Zhang Xiao-Yan Li Zhi-Yun Jiang Hai-Ying Peng Liu Li Guo-Qin Zhao 《Plant and Soil》2013,373(1-2):89-106
Aims
“Grain for Green Program” (GGP), i.e., re-conversion of cropland into forest or grassland, initiated by Chinese government has a profound impact on mitigating environmental degradation. The objectives of this study were to assess the changes of some soil properties during the processes of re-conversion from cropland to grassland over time in the semiarid steppe region of north China.Methods
Two sites with different ages of re-conversion were selected for measurements of organic matter (SOM), total nitrogen (TN) and phosphorus (TP), bulk density (BD) and grain size distribution. Saturated hydraulic conductivity was determined by the constant hydraulic head method and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity by disc infiltrometer at tensions of 30, 60 and 150 mm. Soil water content was measured using the gravimetric method. Wetting front depths in the soil after rainfall were also recorded at the study sites.Results
Natural grasslands had higher belowground biomass than re-converted grasslands. Re-converted grasslands had lower SOM and TN at depths of 0–20 cm and higher saturated hydraulic conductivity at depths of 0–10 cm than natural grassland. The natural grassland soils had higher soil water contents in the surface soil (0–20 cm) and lower soil water contents at deeper depths than re-converted grassland soils. Soil aggregate stability reached the natural steppe level 12 years after re-conversion.Conclusions
The recovery of soil properties after GGP appeared to be slow, and these properties did not return to natural grassland status before cultivation after 12 years of re-conversion. 相似文献12.
Aliaksandr Kolbas Lilian Marchand Rolf Herzig Erika Nehnevajova Michel Mench 《Plant and Soil》2014,376(1-2):377-397
Background and aims
The potential use of a metal-tolerant sunflower mutant line for both biomonitoring and phytoremediating a Cu-contaminated soil series was investigated.Methods
The soil series (21–1,170 mg Cu kg?1) was sampled in field plots at control and wood preservation sites. Sunflowers were cultivated 1 month in potted soils under controlled conditions.Results
pH and dissolved organic matter influenced Cu concentration in the soil pore water. Leaf chlorophyll content and root growth decreased as Cu exposure rose. Their EC10 values corresponded to 104 and 118 μg Cu L?1 in the soil pore water, 138 and 155 mg Cu kg?1 for total soil Cu, and 16–18 mg Cu kg?1 DW shoot. Biomass of plant organs as well as leaf area, length and asymmetry were well correlated with Cu exposure, contrary to the maximum stem height and leaf water content.Conclusions
Physiological parameters were more sensitive to soil Cu exposure than the morphological ones. Bioconcentration and translocation factors and distribution of mineral masses for Cu highlighted this mutant as a secondary Cu accumulator. Free Cu2+ concentration in soil pore water best predicted Cu phytoavailability. The usefulness of this sunflower mutant line for biomonitoring and Cu phytoextraction was discussed. 相似文献13.
Rhizobacteria (Pseudomonas sp. SB) assist phytoremediation of oily-sludge-contaminated soil by tall fescue (Testuca arundinacea L.) 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Wuxing Liu Jianying Sun Linlin Ding Yongming Luo Mengfang Chen Caixian Tang 《Plant and Soil》2013,371(1-2):533-542
Background and aims
The objectives of this study were to examine the effect of direct inoculation of seeds with the rhizobacteria Pseudomonas sp. SB on the growth of tall fescue and phytodegradation efficiency in an oily-sludge-contaminated soil.Methods
SB isolated from rhizosphere soil of tall fescue was evaluated for their plant-growth-promoting characters and ability to produce biosurfactant. A pot experiment was conducted to study the effect of inoculation of SB on phytoremediation.Results
SB reduced the surface tension of culture media and produced indole acetic acid, siderophores, and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase. Inoculation of SB increased shoot and root dry weights of tall fescue in oily-sludge-contaminated soil by 28 % and 19 %, respectively. Over 120 days, the content of total petroleum hydrocarbon in soil decreased by 33.9 %, 68.0 %, and 84.5 %, and of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by 32.9 %, 40.9 %, and 46.2 %, respectively, in the no-plant control, tall fescue, and tall fescue + SB treatments. Inoculation of SB also increased the activity and biodiversity of soil microbial communities in the planted treatments.Conclusions
SB could produce biosurfactant and exhibited a number of characters of plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria. Inoculation of SB to tall fescue led to more effective remediation of oily-sludge-contaminated soils. 相似文献14.
Ch. Srinivasarao Sumanta Kundu B. K. Ramachandrappa Sharanbhoopal Reddy Rattan Lal B. Venkateswarlu K. L. Sahrawat R. Prakash Naik 《Plant and Soil》2014,374(1-2):315-330
Aims
In Alfisols, potassium (K) deficiency limits productivity, as these soils are poor in K-bearing minerals such as mica. As nutrient management practices greatly influence K nutrition of crops especially in the longer term, we evaluated the effects of 27 (1978–2004) years of cropping fingermillet (Eleusine coracana G.) under different manure and mineral fertilizer treatments on K release, balance and yield sustainability on K deficient Alfisols in the semi-arid tropical region of southern India.Methods
Fingermillet (variety: PR-202) was grown each year under rainfed conditions with 5 different nutrient management treatments: control (no amendment), 10 Mg ha?1 farm yard manure (FYM), 10 Mg ha?1 FYM +50 % NPK, 10 Mg ha?1 FYM +100 % NPK and 100 % NPK. Potassium release characteristics in the soil profile were determined using 1 N boiling HNO3 (strong extracting solution), 0.01 M HCl (medium extracting solution) and 0.01 M CaCl2 (mild extracting solution).Results
Continuous cropping of Alfisols for 27 years resulted in a decrease in K supplying capacity due to soil K depletion through crop K uptake. In soils without K addition, inherent soil supply could not meet the K requirement of fingermillet; thus, a negative K balance following 27 years of cropping affected K nutrition of the crop in all the treatments. As a result, the highest sustainable yield index (SYI) was observed using an integrated nutrient supply (combined application of nutrients from organic and inorganic sources), and the lowest index was obtained without K additions.Conclusion
For balanced nutrient management in cereal production systems, K nutrition needs urgent attention in the K deficient Alfisol region of southern India. Addition of any amount of organic manures available at field level offers an alternative strategy for maintaining soil K fertility to improve and sustain crop productivity. 相似文献15.
Tânia L. Costa Everardo V. S. B. Sampaio Margareth F. Sales Luciano J. O. Accioly Tiago D. Althoff Frans G. C. Pareyn Eliza R. G. M. Albuquerque Rômulo S. C. Menezes 《Plant and Soil》2014,378(1-2):113-123
Aims
Root and shoot biomasses and their ratio (R:S) were determined for three stages of forest regeneration (18, 40 and >?60 years.), and for open and dense vegetation, in four soil classes in the semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil.Methods
Shoot biomasses were estimated by allometry and roots were collected in 0.7?×?0.7?×?1 m trenches.Results
Root and shoot biomasses and the R:S ratio were over double in the >60 year-old vegetation (R:S?=?0.67) when compared to more recent regenerated areas (0.32). In dense vegetation the biomass of roots and shoots were also more than the double of those in open vegetation but the R:S ratios were not significantly different (0.51 and 0.49). Litholic Neosols had lower ratio (0.22) than the other soil classes (0.53 to 0.63) and dense and open vegetation did not differ. In all areas except in deep sandy Quartzarenic Neosols most of the roots (> 90 %) were in the upper 40-cm layer of the soil profile, and consisted of coarse roots.Conclusion
Root biomass accumulates more slowly than aboveground biomass and it takes several decades to stabilize in shallower soils. The R:S ratios are higher when compared to other dry land forests, probably due to low water availability. 相似文献16.
Aims
Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) is being restored across the U.S. South for a multitude of ecological and economic reasons, but our understanding of longleaf pine’s response to soil physical conditions is poor. On the contrary, our understanding of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) root and shoot growth response to soil conditions is well established.Methods
We performed a comparative greenhouse study which modeled root length density, total seedling biomass, and the ratio of aboveground:belowground mass as functions of volumetric water content, bulk density and soil fertility (fertilized or not).Results
Root length density was about 35 % greater in longleaf pine seedlings compared to loblolly pine seedlings, and was reasonably well modeled (R 2?=?0.54) for longleaf pine by bulk density (linear), volumetric water content (quadratic), soil fertility, and the interactions of bulk density, volumetric water content, species, and soil fertility. The aboveground:belowground mass ratio (ABR) increased at both extremes of water content.Conclusions
This research indicates that young longleaf pine seedling root systems respond more negatively to extremes of soil physical conditions than loblolly pine, and compacted or dry loamy soils should be ameliorated in addition to normal competition control, especially on soils degraded by past management. 相似文献17.
Jonathan M. Hancock Ann M. McNeill Glenn K. McDonald Robert E. Holloway 《Plant and Soil》2011,348(1-2):139-153
Background and Aims
Quantitative information on the fate and efficiency of nitrogen (N) fertiliser applied to coarse textured highly calcareous soils in semi-arid farming systems is scarce but, as systems intensify, is essential to support sustainable agronomic management decisionsMethod
A glasshouse study was undertaken to trace the fate of N fertiliser applied to wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv Yitpi) grown on a reconstructed profile (0 to 600 mm) of a grey highly calcareous (>35% CaCO3) sandy loam soil. Two watering treatments were applied (drier and wetter) equivalent to low (decile 2, 179 mm) and medium (decile 5, 234 mm) growing season rainfall for a location with typical semi-arid environment in southern Australia. 15 N-labelled urea fertiliser (35.4 mg N/pot) was applied in a split application - at sowing and 70 days after sowing, followed by immediate watering or watering after delay of 1 week.Results
Recovery of N fertiliser in grain (30 to 52%) was greater for the wetter treatment, and when water was applied immediately following fertiliser application. It was also similar for N applied at sowing and N applied during crop growth. Overall, more than 40% of the urea fertiliser N remained in the soil at anthesis, largely in the top 100 mm, indicating little movement of fertiliser N down the profile even with application of water. Losses of urea fertiliser N (13-24%) were considered relatively small given the highly calcareous nature of the soil; and were significantly greater from N applied during growth compared to at sowing, particularly where watering did not immediately follow application. There was no effect of fertiliser N on grain yield due to sufficient available N in soil at sowing (139mgN/pot), but N concentration and DM of stubbles was increased. Watering treatment did not affect shoot dry matter production up to anthesis, although root weight was higher in the wetter treatment, and grain yield was 9% greater.Conclusions
It is concluded that the potential for N losses from urea applied to highly calcareous coarse textured soils in semi-arid agricultural areas appears relatively low. Further, where there are relatively large amounts of plant available N present at sowing, a strategy of delayed or withheld applications of N to manage economic risk may have minimal effects on grain production in seasons with drier than average rainfall. 相似文献18.
Estimating belowground nitrogen inputs of pea and canola and their contribution to soil inorganic N pools using 15N labeling 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Background and aims
Crop species grown in a diversified crop rotation can influence soil N dynamics to varying degrees due to differences in the quantity and quality of the residues returned to the soil. The aim of this study was to quantify the contribution of N rhizodeposition by canola (Brassica napus L.) and pea (Pisum sativum L.) to the crop residue N balance and soil inorganic N pool.Methods
Canola and pea were grown in a soil-sand mixture and were subject to cotton-wick 15N labeling in a greenhouse experiment. Nitrogen-15 recovered in the soil and roots were used to estimate N rhizodeposition.Results
Belowground N, including root N and N rhizodeposits, comprised 70 % and 61 % of total crop residue N for canola and pea, respectively. Canola released the greatest amount of total root-derived N to the soil, which was related to greater root biomass production by canola. However, root-derived N in the soil inorganic N pool was greater under pea (13 %) than canola (4 %).Conclusions
Our results show a significant belowground N contribution to total crop residue from pea and canola. Further investigation is required to determine whether input of the more labile N rhizodeposits of pea improves soil N supply to succeeding crops or increases the potential for N loss from the soil system relative to canola. 相似文献19.
Soil moisture effects on gross nitrification differ between adjacent grassland and forested soils in central Alberta, Canada 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Yi Cheng Zu-cong Cai Jin-bo Zhang Man Lang Bruno Mary Scott X. Chang 《Plant and Soil》2012,352(1-2):289-301
Background and aims
Changes in soil moisture availability seasonally and as a result of climatic variability would influence soil nitrogen (N) cycling in different land use systems. This study aimed to understand mechanisms of soil moisture availability on gross N transformation rates.Methods
A laboratory incubation experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of soil moisture content (65 vs. 100% water holding capacity, WHC) on gross N transformation rates using the 15N tracing technique (calculated by the numerical model FLUAZ) in adjacent grassland and forest soils in central Alberta, Canada.Results
Gross N mineralization and gross NH 4 + immobilization rates were not influenced by soil moisture content for both soils. Gross nitrification rates were greater at 100 than at 65% WHC only in the forest soil. Denitrification rates during the 9 days of incubation were 2.47 and 4.91 mg N kg-1 soil d-1 in the grassland and forest soils, respectively, at 100% WHC, but were not different from zero at 65% WHC. In the forest soil, both the ratio of gross nitrification to gross NH 4 + immobilization rates (N/IA) and cumulative N2O emission were lower in the 65 than in the 100% WHC treatment, while in the grassland soil, the N/IA ratio was similar between the two soil moisture content treatments but cumulative N2O emission was lower at 65% WHC.Conclusions
The effect of soil moisture content on gross nitrification rates differ between forest and grassland soils and decreasing soil moisture content from 100 to 65% WHC reduced N2O emissions in both soils. 相似文献20.
Yoichiro Kato Ryosuke Tajima Koki Homma Akiko Toriumi Junko Yamagishi Tatsuhiko Shiraiwa Poonsak Mekwatanakarn Boonrat Jongdee 《Plant and Soil》2013,368(1-2):557-567