Investigations of boron uptake at the cellular level

The efficiency of recovery of P by iron oxide-impregnated filter paper, as used in the new P_i test for soil phosphorus, was found to depend on the method used for impregnating the paper with iron oxide and could range from as little as 28% to more than 98%. The greatest efficiency of recovery was obtained with filter papers which had been washed with deionised water following iron oxide-impregnation. These filter papers were also found to give the most reproducible results. ei]{gnB E}{fnClothier}     

有机物料对滨海盐渍土重金属根际效应的影响Ⅱ.土壤内源铁形态分布

研究了排水条件下施用腐熟有机物料、种稻改良滨海盐渍土内源铁形态分布．结果表明,单淹水利于土中无定形氧化铁、络合态铁、有效态铁以及氧化铁活化度升高,并且络合态铁与有效态铁升高程度,低盐土壤显著;晶形氧化铁变化不明显,土中可能存在其它形态铁向晶形氧化铁转化．种稻不施有机物料,根际络合态铁和有效态铁富集;无定形氧化铁和晶形氧化铁亏缺．根际氧化铁活化度稍低于非根际．增施有机物料利于两种盐渍土根际内外铁形态向络合态铁和无定形氧化铁转化;有效态铁和氧化铁活化度提高,低盐土壤根际较明显     

Sorption of phosphorus by the iron oxide-impregnated filter paper (Pi soil test) embedded in soils

Incubation experiments were carried out to evaluate the feasibility of extracting phosphorus from soil by embedding iron oxide-impregnanted filter paper strips (P_i strips) in soils having a wide range in pH, texture, and extractable-P contents. Under flooded conditions, the amount of P extracted by the P_i strips increased with the period of submergence and embedding time of the P_i strips. Under unsaturated conditions, the P_i strips were found to extract P from soils over a wide range in moisture conditions; however, keeping the soil at moisture level between saturation and field capacity was found to result in maximal sorption of P by the strips. An embedding time of 16 h was found to be adequate.Phosphorus extracted by embedding P_i strips in soil columns for 16 h at field capacity moisture level correlated significantly with P extracted by shaking the soil with 0.01 M CaCl₂ solution and a P_i strip for 16 h in the laboratory (r=0.94^**). The P extracted by embedding P_i strips correlated best with Bray 1 P in acid soils (r=0.97^**) and with Olsen P in alkaline and calcareous soils (r=0.96^**). The results of the studies demonstrate the feasibility of developing a nondestructive method of monitoring changes in plant-available P in situ under field conditions.     

中亚热带不同母质发育森林土壤磷组分特征及其影响因素

本研究以福建三明砂岩和花岗岩发育的米槠林土壤和杉木林土壤为对象,分析土壤磷组分、铁铝氧化物、微生物生物量以及磷酸酶活性等指标,研究母质和森林类型对土壤磷组分的影响程度和机制.结果表明:母质和森林类型显著影响土壤不同磷组分含量.总体上,砂岩发育土壤全磷含量、活性无机/有机磷、中等活性无机/有机磷以及惰性磷含量均显著高于花...     

Responses of microbial components of the rhizosphere to plant management strategies in a semiarid rangeland

Summary Easily soluble heavy-metal fractions from different soils, a garbage-sewage sludge compost and peat were extracted by EUF. Blanks were determined by extracting distilled water. As the rubber seal of the extraction chamber contained Zn, the obtained Zn values were not reliable. The relative standard deviations of extracted micronutrients were 29.1% for Fe and 20.5% for Mn, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd and Cr were not only found in the filters but also in the extracts.The extraction of CrIII and CrVI solutions showed that CrVI mainly migrated into the anode extract. CrIII was found mainly in the cathode filter and cathode extract, a smaller part however was obviously oxidized to CrVI and migrated into the anode extract. Consequently, CrIII and CrVI in soils could not be distinguished unequivocally by EUF.The amounts of Zn, Cu, Pb and Cd extracted by EUF from various substrates were small compared with the quantities extracted by 2N HCl. The heavy metal contents of the leaves were mostly in the order of those of the EUF extract.Several vineyard soils as well as peat were mixed with increasing quantities of Grünsalz (green salt), a fertilizer consisting mainly of iron sulphate. High amounts of Grünsalz (100–200 g/200 g soil) were necessary to raise soluble Fe in calcareous soils. In peat, however, small Grünsalz additions (1 g/50 g peat) were sufficient. Soluble Mn and Cu increased too when Grünsalz was added to soil or peat. These results give valuable information on how grapevine chlorosis can be reduced by the use of Grünsalz or mixtures of peat and Grünsalz.     

Impact of the invasive polychaete Marenzelleria viridis on the biogeochemistry of sandy marine sediments

Strong correlations of soil total organic carbon (OC) with iron and aluminum phases reported frequently make it important to quantify these organic matter (OM) associations, but selective extractants sometimes contain OC. Soil nitrogen is often predominantly organic and might serve as a proxy for OM. We therefore investigated nitrogen associations with Fe and Al using several selective extractants that use reductive, complexation, and alkaline approaches. Total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) correlated strongly with extracted Fe and Al across seventeen samples, including highly- and weakly-weathered soils, iron-rich ultrabasic soils, podzolic, and volcanic soils. Typically a quarter to a third of total soil nitrogen was dissolved by the various extractions, though higher fractions (up to 60%) were found in spodic-horizon and volcanic surface-horizon samples. Similar proportions were found for OC, using three OC-free extractants, indicating that TDN provides a useful surrogate for assessing OM partitioning via extractants that contain OC. Use of TDN:metal ratios in extractant solutions allows estimation of extracted OM that could have been sorptively associated with metal oxide/hydroxides and poorly-crystalline aluminosilicates. These ratios were often high in extractions targeted at these adsorbents, and imply that usually most of the extracted TDN consists instead of organo–metal complexes. The dynamics of these complexes may have stronger control on accumulation/remobilization of soil OM than those of metal oxyhydroxides and poorly-crystalline aluminosilicates.     

Shifts in priming partly explain impacts of long‐term nitrogen input in different chemical forms on soil organic carbon storage

Input of labile organic carbon can enhance decomposition of extant soil organic carbon (SOC) through priming. We hypothesized that long‐term nitrogen (N) input in different chemical forms alters SOC pools by altering priming effects associated with N‐mediated changes in plants and soil microbes. The hypothesis was tested by integrating field experimental data of plants, soil microbes and two incubation experiments with soils that had experienced 10 years of N enrichment with three chemical forms (ammonium, nitrate and both ammonium and nitrate) in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau. Incubations with glucose–¹³C addition at three rates were used to quantify effects of exogenous organic carbon input on the priming of SOC. Incubations with microbial inocula extracted from soils that had experienced different long‐term N treatments were conducted to detect effects of N‐mediated changes in soil microbes on priming effects. We found strong evidence and a mechanistic explanation for alteration of SOC pools following 10 years of N enrichment with different chemical forms. We detected significant negative priming effects both in soils collected from ammonium‐addition plots and in sterilized soils inoculated with soil microbes extracted from ammonium‐addition plots. In contrast, significant positive priming effects were found both in soils collected from nitrate‐addition plots and in sterilized soils inoculated with soil microbes extracted from nitrate‐addition plots. Meanwhile, the abundance and richness of graminoids were higher and the abundance of soil microbes was lower in ammonium‐addition than in nitrate‐addition plots. Our findings provide evidence that shifts toward higher graminoid abundance and changes in soil microbial abundance mediated by N chemical forms are key drivers for priming effects and SOC pool changes, thereby linking human interference with the N cycle to climate change.     

Effect of potassium nutrition of rice on rhizosphere redox status

With four soils differing in K supplying power and with four rice cultivars (Oryza sativa L.) differing in K uptake kinetic parameters, the relationship between K fertilizer application and soil redox status in rhizosphere and; the distribution of ferrous iron and other toxic substances on the root surface and in the rhizosphere; and the effect of K supply on uptake of reduced iron by rice plants have been studied.The results show that K application on K-deficient soils reduced the content of active reducing substances and ferrous iron in the soil, raised the soil redox potential in the rhizosphere, increased the Eh value of rice roots and lowered the content of iron in the rice plants. These effects of K varied with different rice cultivars. When no K fertilizer was applied, active reducing substances and ferrous iron in rhizosphere soils were decreased more by the rice cultivars absorbing K strongly (e.g. Shanyou 64) than by cultivars absorbing K weakly (e.g. Zhongguo 91). Therefore, the diminution of the toxic substances by K application in the weakly K-absorbing cultivars was more significant.The observation of a rhizobox separated by a nylon screen showed that appreciably more iron oxides, compared with the control, were deposited at or adjacent to the root surfaces of the rice plant supplied with K fertilizer, fully demonstrating the relationship between K nutrition and the total oxidizing power of rice plants. According to the distribution of active reducing substances and ferrous iron, the oxidizing range of the rice root extended in K application treatment a few centimeters away from the root plane. K application to rice affected the soil redox status in rhizosphere in many ways. The main effect was an increase of the oxidizing power of the rice root. As a result, the value of soil Eh was increased, the contents of active reducing substances and ferrous iron were lowered, as well as the number of oxygen consuming microorganisms.     

不同土地利用方式下赤红壤生物学性状及其与土壤肥力的关系

以我国华南地区典型坡地的赤红壤为对象,研究了不同土地利用方式(新垦旱地、灌木林、桉树林及果园)下土壤微生物性状、酶活性及其与土壤肥力的关系.结果表明: 不同土地利用方式下土壤生物学性质差异极显著.其中,果园土壤的微生物数量和酶活性显著增加;新垦旱地土壤的呼吸速率显著增加,微生物数量、酶活性显著下降;灌木林和桉树林则介于果园和新垦旱地之间,且两者具有高度的相似性.不同土地利用方式下的土壤微生物数量和酶活性与土壤有机碳、大部分养分之间存在显著正相关;高有机质含量和高肥力水平的土壤有利于微生物的生长和酶活性的提高.     

Comparison of As sequestration in iron plaque and uptake by different genotypes of rice plants grown in As-contaminated paddy soils

Background and aims

Limited information is available on comparing the iron plaque formation capabilities and their effect on arsenic (As) uptake by different rice plant genotypes grown in As-contaminated soils. This study investigates the effect of iron plaque on As uptake in different rice genotypes grown in As-contaminated soils from the Guandu Plain of northern Taiwan.

Methods

Twenty-eight rice genotypes including 14 japonica and 14 indica genotypes were used in this study. Rice seedlings were grown in As-contaminated soils for 38 days. The iron plaque formed on the rice roots were extracted using dithionite–citrate–bicarbonate. The concentrations of As, Fe, and P in soil solutions, iron plaque, and plants were measured. The speciation of As in the root’s iron plaque was determined by As K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy (XANES).

Results

The amounts of iron plaque formation on roots were significantly different among 28 tested rice genotypes, and 75.7–92.8 % of As uptake from soils could be sequestered in iron plaque. However, there were no significant negative correlations between the amounts of Fe or As in the iron plaque and the content of As accumulated in rice plants of tested genotypes. XANES data showed that arsenate was the predominant As species in iron plaque, and there were difference in the distribution of As species among different rice genotypes.

Conclusions

The iron plaque can sequester most of As uptake from soils no matter what rice genotypes used in this study. However, the iron plaque alone did not control the extent of As accumulation in rice plants from As-contaminated soils among 28 tested rice genotypes. Low As uptake genotypes of rice selected from this study can be recommended to be grown in the As-contaminated soils.     

湿地林土壤的Fe2+,Eh及pH值的变化

通过在不同含水量 (田间持水量的 6 0 % :对照处理 ;田间持水量的 2 5 0 % :淹水处理 )和不同温度 (2 0℃ ,2 5℃ ,30℃ )条件下的室内培养 ,对江苏省里下河地区池杉湿地林土壤的二价铁离子 (Fe2 )浓度 ,氧化还原电位 (Eh)及 p H值进行了研究。结果表明 ,与对照处理相比 ,淹水土壤的 p H值和 Fe2 浓度明显提高 (P<0 .0 1) ,而 Eh值则明显降低 (P<0 .0 1)。在淹水条件下 ,高温处理的土壤 p H值和 Fe2 浓度明显高于低温处理土壤 (P<0 .0 1) ,Eh值则相反。研究表明 ,土壤 Eh值与 p H值之间存在着密切的 3次方程式关系 (P<0 .0 0 1)。就里下河地区湿地林土壤而言 ,Eh值下降至 2 0 0 m V以下时 ,才会有大量的铁元素被还原为Fe2 。     

Effects of dry and moist incubation of soils on the extractability of native and applied soil copper

Summary The amount of copper extracted from soils by EDTA was found to increase with the temperature of extraction. Under controlled conditions of extraction, the amount of applied copper extracted from soils by EDTA decreased during incubation of soils under both moist and dry conditions. The recovery of applied copper by EDTA appeared to be related to the amounts of manganese and iron oxides in the soil. On the basis of comparisons with calcium chloride-extractable copper and isotopically-exchangeable copper it is suggested that EDTA extraction could over-estimate the availability of soil copper to plants.     

Plant uptake of sulphur as related to changes in the HI-reducible and total sulphur fractions in soil

Although considerable progress has been made in relating extractable soil S to plant S availability, most of these studies determined the extractable soil S at the beginning of the experiment to use as an index of soil S status. This bears little or no relationship to the S taken up by plants during the entire growing season. The present study investigates the changes in extractable soil S with time and relates these to changes in plant S uptake. Six soils with different long-term fertiliser histories (0, 21, 42 kg of S as superphosphate ha^–1 applied since 1952) and animal camping treatments (camp and non-camp) were used in two pot systems (with and without plants). Carrier-free ³⁵SO₄–S was added to the soils, to provide the information on the transformations of recently added S between the different extractable S forms in soils and whether these transformations could predict plant-available S. The soils were pre-conditioned and then transferred to the glasshouse, where one set of pots were planted with perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) while the other set was left uncropped. Periodic plant harvests and soil samplings at four weekly intervals were conducted over a period of 20 weeks to determine plant S uptake and amounts of extractable soil S and ³⁵S forms using five extractants. Same extractions of soil S and ³⁵S were conducted for the initial soils. Results showed that HI-reducible and total soil S extracted by CaCl₂, KH₂PO₄ and by KCl at 40°C were utilised significantly by plants but not those extracted by NaHCO₃ and NaOH extractants. However, after the 8th week, plants continued to take up S even though levels of S extracted from the soil by CaCl₂, KH₂PO₄ and by KCl at 40°C remained low and unchanged. These results suggest that soil S taken up by plants after the 8th week period originated directly from the mineralisation of soil organic S from S pools other than those present in the extractable soil S forms. Similar results were shown by ³⁵S data, thereby confirming the complexity of determining plant S availability based on soil S extraction methods.     

有机物料对滨海盐渍土重金属根际效应的影响 Ⅰ.土壤内源Zn形态分布

研究了排水条件下施用腐熟有机物料、种稻改良滨海盐渍土内源Zn形态分布。结果表明,单淹水使土中各形态Zn一定程度上向生物有效性较低的Zn形态转化,有效态Zn降低。土壤盐分量不同,明显影响无定形氧化铁结合态、紧结有机态以及硅酸盐矿物态Zn变化。种稻不施有机物料,根际交换态和硅酸盐矿物态Zn亏缺;碳酸盐结合态、氧化锰结合态和无定形氧化铁结合态Zn富集。根际Zn形态转化强度大于非根际,其有效态Zn量接近临界值并高于非根际。有机物料利于根际内外土壤中硅酸盐矿物态Zn的转化,低盐土壤根际更强烈。随有机物料用量增加,促使根际硅酸盐矿物态、碳酸盐结合态及氧化锰结合态Zn向交换态、紧结有机态和无定形氧化铁结合态Zn转化,低盐土壤较明显。     

Sequestration Enhancement of Metals in Soils by Addition of Iron Oxides Recovered from Coal Mine Drainage Sites

Iron oxides recovered from abandoned coal mine drainage (AMD) sites (Lowber, Scrubgrass, and Horner) as a soil amendment were investigated in this laboratory study for their effectiveness in the stabilization of cadmium, copper, and zinc in two metal-contaminated soils. The adsorption experimental results demonstrated that all three AMD iron oxides possess significant capacity for adsorption of Cd(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II). Horner iron oxide exhibited the highest adsorption capacity. Both the adsorption and the extraction experimental results showed metal sequestration enhancement through addition of Horner iron oxide to soil (5% to 50% by weight). With soil pH of 4.5 to neutral range, AMD iron oxide addition worked best for strongly adsorbed metals such as Cu, not so well for more weakly adsorbed metals such as Cd and Zn. The more AMD iron oxide amendment added, the less the mobility of the cationic target metals. Addition of AMD iron oxide for metal sequestration was more effective for the contaminated soils with low organic content.     

Thallium Behavior in Soils Polluted by Pyrite Tailings (Aznalcóllar,Spain)

Thallium content and chemical speciation was studied at 91 sites contaminated by water and tailings spilled from the settling pond of a pyrite mine into the Agrio and Guadiamar rivers in Aznalcóllar (Spain). The contamination was highly heterogeneous, with 15% of the affected area seriously contaminated, 55% moderately contaminated and 30% uncontaminated. The total Tl content in the surface horizon increased with respect to the background level, more than 4-fold in the uppermost 10 cm of the soils, and clearly decreased with depth without contaminating either the subsoil or groundwater. Most of the Tl (approximately 75%) was in non-extractable forms, either as a component of the particles in the tailings or adsorbed to crystalline oxides. The remaining Tl was held on, or occluded in, amorphous or poorly crystallized oxides. In acidic soils, the adsorption of Tl was dominated by iron oxides (Feo) and, in neutral-alkaline soils, by aluminium oxides (Alo). A relatively high amount of the Tl adsorbed by amorphous oxides in the uppermost 10 cm of the soils was extracted with acetic acid, and was presumably bio-available (mean values approximately 15% of the Tlo). The EDTA is a strong extractant of inorganic forms of aluminium and, consequently, the quantity of Tl extracted by EDTA in neutral-alkaline soil (mean values more than 10% of the total Tl) could be higher than the truly bio-available fraction. Approximately 1% of the total Tl was extracted with calcium chloride, but only in the neutral-alkaline soil was the extraction significantly related to the cation-exchange capacity and, thus, adsorbed by the negative charges of the clay and organic matter. The Tl soluble in water (< 0.1%) declined with the pH in the neutral-alkaline soils, and was unrelated to any soil property in the acid soils. Thus, the behavior of Tl is determined by climatic conditions, soils properties and time.     

栽培番茄的塿土和黄绵土水分和温度变化规律

用土柱试验,研究了栽培樱桃番茄(Lycopersicon esculentum var.cerasiforme Alef.)的塿土和黄绵土水分运移和温度变化规律,水分运移模型选用土壤中水分分布的动力学模型,土壤温度、空气温湿度变化选用正弦曲线模型。结果表明:塿土在各个不同深度的平均含水量均高于黄绵土,塿土的入渗速率高于黄绵土,同一深度塿土温度高于黄绵土,土壤温度随着深度的增加具有明显的滞后性;黄绵土中樱桃番茄的水分利用效率大于塿土,空气温湿度、土壤温度和土壤含水量相互影响。水分运移模型在土壤浅层处可以得到很好的拟合效果,在拟合方程的变量范围内,根据时间可以较准确的确定樱桃番茄盛果期土壤浅层含水量,对于进一步提高农业干旱防御能力、有效制定节水灌溉计划、提高水分利用效率提供了理论依据。     

Effects of agronomic treatments on structure and function of ammonia-oxidizing communities

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of different agricultural treatments and plant communities on the diversity of ammonia oxidizer populations in soil. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), coupled with specific oligonucleotide probing, was used to analyze 16S rRNA genes of ammonia oxidizers belonging to the beta subgroup of the division Proteobacteria by use of DNA extracted from cultivated, successional, and native deciduous forest soils. Community profiles of the different soil types were compared with nitrification rates and most-probable-number (MPN) counts. Despite significant variation in measured nitrification rates among communities, there were no differences in the DGGE banding profiles of DNAs extracted from these soils. DGGE profiles of DNA extracted from samples of MPN incubations, cultivated at a range of ammonia concentrations, showed the presence of bands not amplified from directly extracted DNA. Nitrosomonas-like bands were seen in the MPN DNA but were not detected in the DNA extracted directly from soils. These bands were detected in some samples taken from MPN incubations carried out with medium containing 1,000 microg of NH(4)(+)-N ml(-1), to the exclusion of bands detected in the native DNA. Cell concentrations of ammonia oxidizers determined by MPN counts were between 10- and 100-fold lower than those determined by competitive PCR (cPCR). Although no differences were seen in ammonia oxidizer MPN counts from the different soil treatments, cPCR revealed higher numbers in fertilized soils. The use of a combination of traditional and molecular methods to investigate the activities and compositions of ammonia oxidizers in soil demonstrates differences in fine-scale compositions among treatments that may be associated with changes in population size and function.     

石油污染土壤的生物修复与土壤酶活性关系

研究了不同油浓度污染土壤经过两个为期125d的生物修复后的土壤中过氧化氢酶、多酚氧化酶和脂肪酶的酶活变化,分析了土壤中3种酶活性的变化特征与规律。结果表明,随着油浓度的增加,土壤中过氧化氢酶和多酚氧化酶的活性下降,脂肪酶活性增加;经过生物修复后,土壤中的过氧化氢酶和多酚氧化酶的活性在第二周期要比第一周期提高,而脂肪酶活性下降;这3种土壤酶活性变化受污染物浓度影响不显著,但不同浓度油污染土壤的修复对过氧化氢酶的影响要大于对多酚氧化酶和脂肪酶的影响。     

有机物料对滨海盐渍土重金属根际效应的影响Ⅰ.土壤内源Zn形态分布

研究了排水条件下施用腐熟有机物料、种稻改良滨海盐渍土内源Ｚｎ形态分布．结果表明,单淹水使土中各形态Ｚｎ一定程度上向生物有效性较低的Ｚｎ形态转化,有效态Ｚｎ降低．土壤盐分量不同,明显影响无定形氧化铁结合态、紧结有机态以及硅酸盐矿物态Ｚｎ变化．种稻不施有机物料,根际交换态和硅酸盐矿物态Ｚｎ亏缺;碳酸盐结合态、氧化锰结合态和无定形氧化铁结合态Ｚｎ富集．根际Ｚｎ形态转化强度大于非根际,其有效态Ｚｎ量接近临界值并高于非根际．有机物料利于根际内外土壤中硅酸盐矿物态Ｚｎ的转化,低盐土壤根际更强烈．随有机物料用量增加,促使根际硅酸盐矿物态、碳酸盐结合态及氧化锰结合态Ｚｎ向交换态、紧结有机态和无定形氧化铁结合态Ｚｎ转化,低盐土壤较明显．