Soil biological activity and their seasonal variations in response to long-term application of organic and inorganic fertilizers

The objectives of this study were to explore the effects of long-term and continued application of fertilizers and manures on microbial biomass, soil biological activity and their seasonal variations in surface and subsurface soils in relation to soil fertility. For this, soils were sampled in spring, summer and autumn from Shenyang Long-term Experimental Station, northeastern China. The results showed that soil total nitrogen (N), organic carbon (C), basal respiration, microbial biomass and enzymatic activity increased in manure-amended surface soils, but decreased with soil depth. Long-term application of inorganic fertilizers significantly decreased soil pH value, sucrase activity and microbial biomass C, but increased soil metabolic quotient (qCO₂). However, no significant effect of inorganic fertilizers on soil total N, urease activity and microbial biomass N was observed in comparison with CK0 (neither tillage nor fertilization) and CK (no fertilizers). There was no significant difference between CK0 and CK in soil total N, organic C and microbial activity in surface soil layer (0–20 cm), but these parameters in subsurface soil layer (20–40 cm) were higher in CK than in CK0. Moreover, seasonal changes were observed in terms of soil nutrient contents, enzymatic activity, microbial biomass and soil respiration. There were significant correlations between soil microbial biomass C and N, between organic C and sucrase activity and between total N and urease activity, respectively. It is recommended that combined use of organic manure with inorganic fertilizers should be considered to maintain higher microbial biomass, soil biological activity and soil fertility. Considering considerably high nutrients reserve and microbial activity in subsurface layers of soil and wind-erosion-caused nutrient loss in spring in north China, we also propose that low tillage should be considered to make use of nutrients in soils.     

保护性耕作对土壤微生物量及活性的影响

研究保护性耕作对土壤微生物特性的影响对于土壤管理具有重要意义。试验研究了保护性耕作对麦田土壤微生物量碳、活跃微生物量、土壤呼吸、呼吸商的影响。前3项采用的方法分别是:基质诱导呼吸法、呼吸曲线数学分析法和CO2释放量法。结果表明,保护性耕作土壤微生物量碳0～10cm土层大于10～20cm土层,而常规耕作两土层间无明显差异。秸秆还田在播种前、越冬期和起身期能显著提高土壤微生物量碳,而开花期和收获期则降低土壤微生物量碳。少耕还田10～20cm土层微生物具有较强的养分调控作用。保护性耕作利于0～10cm土层活跃微生物量的提高。秸秆还田和保护性耕作在耕作作业初期(越冬期和起身期)能增强土壤呼吸速率;在耕作作业后期(开花期和收获期)能显著降低土壤呼吸速率。免耕秸秆覆盖在10～20cm土层呼吸商较高,而常规耕作无秸秆还田在0～10cm土层呼吸商较高。土壤微生物量碳和呼吸商是衡量土壤微生物特性的重要指标。     

不同耕作方式对内蒙古旱作农田土壤微生物量和作物指标的影响

研究了不同耕作方式下土壤微生物量碳、氮、磷及玉米全生育期叶面积指数、株高和干物质积累量的动态变化,并对土壤指标与作物指标之间的关系进行分析.结果表明:免耕有利于提高土壤微生物量碳、氮、磷含量.不同处理微生物量均表现为:免耕留高茬覆盖>免耕留低茬覆盖>免耕留高茬>免耕留低茬>传统耕翻;土壤微生物量碳、氮、磷含量随土层深度的增加而呈降低趋势.除传统耕翻微生物量碳在10～20 cm土层深度含量提高外,其他处理微生物量碳、氮、磷均表现为0～10 cm>10～20 cm>20～30 cm>30～40cm土层深度;土壤生物量碳、氮、磷随季节的变化趋势基本一致,不同处理土壤生物量含量均为7月份含量最高、6月份次之、10月份最低;叶面积指数全生育期呈单峰曲线变化,株高和干物质积累呈S曲线变化.不同处理之间作物指标均表现为免耕留高茬覆盖>免耕留低茬覆盖>免耕留高茬>免耕留低茬>传统耕翻;土壤微生物量与作物指标之间的相关度较高,特别是微生物量磷,土壤微生物量在一定程度上可以反映作物的生长状况.研究结果能够很好地揭示在黄河流域内蒙古农田旱作区实施免耕的优势.

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This paper studied the dynamic changes of soil microbial biomass and crop indices on a degraded rain-fed maize field in the Qingshuihe County of Inner Mongolia under no tillage with low stubble (NL), no tillage with high stubble (NH), no tillage with low stubble and residues (NLS), no tillage with high stubble and residues (NHS), and conventional tillage (CT). No tillage increased the soil microbial biomass C, N, and P, with the sequence of treatments NHS > NLS > NH > NL > CT. Except that the soil microbial biomass C in CT had an increase in 10-20 cm soil layer, the soil microbial biomass C, N, and P in all treatments decreased with soil depth. The soil microbial biomass C, N, and P had the same seasonal pattern, being the highest in July, secondly in June, and the lowest in October. The LAI in whole growth period varied in unimodal form, while the plant height and dry matter accumulation were in "S" form. All the crop indices followed the order of NHS > NLS > NH > NL > CT. Soil microbial biomass, its P in particular, had positive correlations with crop indices. Our results revealed the advantages of no tillage on rain-fed farmlands in Inner Mongolia.     

不同耕作方式对稻田土壤动物、微生物及酶活性的影响研究

以长期定位试验为基本材料,研究了不同耕作方式对土壤动物、微生物及酶活性的影响．结果表明,0～20cm土壤层内大、中、小型土壤动物垄作免耕为14700个·m^-22,冬水免耕为10450个·m^-22水旱轮作为7950个·m^-22常规平作为6275个·m^-22,垄作免耕处理土壤动物的数量是常规平作的2．34倍．土壤微生物数量和土壤微生物生物量氮因季节而异,总体上是春秋多而夏季少,土壤酶活性表现出表层高,底层低．土壤微生物数量、土壤微生物生物量氮及土壤酶活性不同处理间仍是垄作免耕>水旱轮作>冬水免耕>常规平作,表明垄作免耕有利于改善稻田土壤生态环境。有利于土壤肥力的提高。     

Distribution of soil carbon and microbial biomass in arable soils under different tillage regimes

We have measured total soil organic carbon (SOC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and microbial lipid contents (as indices of microbial biomass and community structure), and their distributions to 60 cm depth in soils from replicated medium-term (2003?C2008) experimental arable plots subject to different tillage regimes in Scotland. The treatments were zero tillage (ZT), minimum tillage (MT; cultivation to 7 cm), the conventional tillage (CT) practice of ploughing to 20 cm, and deep ploughing (DP) to 40 cm depth. In the 0?C30 cm depth range, SOC content (corrected for bulk density differences between tillage treatments) was greatest under ZT and MT, but over 0?C60 cm depth the SOC contents of these treatments were similar to the CT and DP treatments. DOC concentrations declined with increasing depth in ZT and MT above 20 cm, but there were no significant differences with depth in the CT and DP treatments. Beneath 20 cm, there was little change in DOC concentration with depth for all treatments, although for the MT treatment, there was less DOC beneath the depth of cultivation. The total microbial biomass decreased with increasing depth over the 0?C60 cm range in the ZT and MT treatments, whereas it decreased with depth only below 30?C40 cm in the CT and DP treatments. The microbial biomass was significantly different only between 0?C5 cm in the ZT, CT and DP treatments, but not for other depths between all treatments. The bacterial biomass was greater in the ZT treatment than in MT, CT and DP near the soil surface, but not significantly different over the whole profile (0?C60 cm). The fungal biomass decreased with depth in the ZT and MT treatments over the whole 0?C60 cm depth range, whereas it decreased with depth only below 20 cm in the CT and DP treatments.     

Microbial biomass C and N,and mineralizable-N,in litter and mineral soil under Pinus radiata on a coastal sand: Influence of stand age and harvest management

Microbial biomass C and N, and anaerobically mineralizable-N, were measured in the litter and mineral soil (0–10 cm and 10–20 cm depth) of Pinus radiata plantations in two trials on a nitrogen-deficient coastal sand. The trials comprised (a) stands of different age (1 to 33 years), with five of the seven stands studied being second rotation, and (b) a harvest-management trial, with stands established after different harvesting treatments of the first-rotation trees and understorey development controlled by manual weeding and chemical sprays. The harvest-management stands were sampled in the fifth year after the second-rotation establishment.In the stands of different age, the levels of microbial biomass C and N, and also mineralizable-N, in the litter and mineral soil showed no relationship with tree age and were similar to those in the oldest (33 years) stands of P. radiata. In the harvesting trial, five years after establishment of the second rotation, levels of microbial N and mineralizable-N in the litter and mineral soil were generally lowest where whole trees and the original forest floor had been removed; they were higher in associated plots in which the original forest floor had been removed but fertilizer N was regularly applied. No marked differences were then found between the other harvest treatments, viz. whole-tree harvest, stem-only harvest with slash remaining on site, and stem-only harvest plus extra added slash materials. In each trial, levels of microbial C and N and mineralizable-N were closely related to total C, and especially total N, in 0–10 cm depth mineral soil, but not generally in litter. Respiratory measurements strongly suggest that the microbial populations in mineral soil had a high metabolic activity.On an area basis in the harvest-management trial, total tree N and microbial N in the litter and mineral soil were lowest in stands where the original forest floor had been removed. In this particular treatment, microbial N in the litter plus mineral soil (0–20 cm depth) after five years of second-rotation growth comprised 7.3% of the total ecosystem N; values in the other treatments ranged between 5.6 and 6.0%.Our results emphasise the importance of slash and litter, and probably volunteer shrubs and herbaceous under-storey species, in conserving pools of potentially available N during the early stages of tree development.     

Exotic Earthworm Invasion and Microbial Biomass in Temperate Forest Soils

Invasion of north temperate forest soils by exotic earthworms has the potential to alter microbial biomass and activity over large areas of North America. We measured the distribution and activity of microbial biomass in forest stands invaded by earthworms and in adjacent stands lacking earthworms in sugar maple-dominated forests in two locations in New York State, USA: one with a history of cultivation and thin organic surface soil horizons (forest floors) and the other with no history of cultivation and a thick (3–5 cm) forest floor. Earthworm invasion greatly reduced pools of microbial biomass in the forest floor and increased pools in the mineral soil. Enrichment of the mineral soil was much more marked at the site with thick forest floors. The increase in microbial biomass carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in the mineral soil at this site was larger than the decrease in the forest floor, resulting in a net increase in total soil profile microbial biomass in the invaded plots. There was an increase in respiration in the mineral soil at both sites, which is consistent with a movement of organic matter and microbial biomass into the mineral soil. However, N-cycle processes (mineralization and nitrification) did not increase along with respiration. It is likely that the earthworm-induced input of C into the mineral soil created a microbial sink for N, preventing an increase in net mineralization and nitrification and conserving N in the soil profile.     

Turnover of residual 15N-labelled fertilizer N in soil following harvest of oilseed rape (t Brassica napus L.)

We studied the fate of ¹⁵N-labelled fertilizer nitrogen in a sandy loam soil after harvest of winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus L. cv. Ceres) given 100 or 200 kg N ha^-1 in spring, with or without irrigation. Our main objective was to quantify the temporal variations of the soil mineral N, the extractable soil organic N and soil microbial biomass N, and fertilizer derived N in these pools during autumn and winter. Nitrogen use efficiency of the oilseed rape crop varied from 47% of applied N in the 100N, irrigated treatment to 34% in the 200N, non-irrigated treatment. However, only in the latter treatment did we find significantly higher fertilizer derived soil mineral N than in the three other treatments which all had low soil mineral N contents at the first sampling after harvest (8 days after stubble tillage). Between 31% and 42% of the applied N could not be accounted for in the harvested plants or 0-15 cm soil layer at this first sampling. Over the following autumn and winter none of the remaining fertilizer derived soil N was lost from the 0–5 cm depth, but from the 5–15 cm depth a marked proportion of N derived from fertilizer was lost, probably by leaching. Negligible amounts of fertilizer derived extractable soil organic and mineral N (<1 kg N ha^-1, 0-15 cm) were found in all treatments after the first sampling.Soil microbial biomass N was not significantly affected by treatments and showed only small temporal variability (±11% of the mean 76 kg N ha^-1, 0- 15 cm depth). Surprisingly, the average amount of soil microbial biomass N derived from fertilizer was significantly affected by the treatments, with the extremes being 5.5 and 3.1 kg N ha^-1 in the 200N, non-irrigated and 100N, irrigated treatments, respectively. Also, the estimated exponential decay rate of microbial biomass N derived from fertilizer, differed greatly (2 fold) between these two treatments, indicating highly different microbial turnover rates in spite of the similar total microbial biomass N values. In studies utilising ¹⁵N labelling to estimate turnover rates of different soil organic matter pools this finding is of great importance, because it may question the assumption that turnover rates are not affected by the insertion of the label.     

Soil Biological and Chemical Properties in Restored Perennial Grassland in California

Restoration of California native perennial grassland is often initiated with cultivation to reduce the density and cover of non‐native annual grasses before seeding with native perennials. Tillage is known to adversely impact agriculturally cultivated land; thus changes in soil biological functions, as indicated by carbon (C) turnover and C retention, may also be negatively affected by these restoration techniques. We investigated a restored perennial grassland in the fourth year after planting Nassella pulchra, Elymus glaucus, and Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum for total soil C and nitrogen (N), microbial biomass C, microbial respiration, CO₂ concentrations in the soil atmosphere, surface efflux of CO₂, and root distribution (0‐ to 15‐, 15‐ to 30‐, 30‐ to 60‐, and 60‐ to 80‐cm depths). A comparison was made between untreated annual grassland and plots without plant cover still maintained by tillage and herbicide. In the uppermost layer (0‐ to 15‐cm depth), total C, microbial biomass C, and respiration were lower in the tilled, bare soil than in the grassland soils, as was CO₂ efflux from the soil surface. Root length near perennial bunchgrasses was lower at the surface and greater at lower depths than in the annual grass–dominated areas; a similar but less pronounced trend was observed for root biomass. Few differences in soil biological or chemical properties occurred below 15‐cm depth, except that at lower depths, the CO₂ concentration in the soil atmosphere was lower in the plots without vegetation, possibly from reduced production of CO₂ due to the lack of root respiration. Similar microbiological properties in soil layers below 15‐cm depth suggest that deeper microbiota rely on more recalcitrant C sources and are less affected by plant removal than in the surface layer, even after 6 years. Without primary production, restoration procedures with extended periods of tillage and herbicide applications led to net losses of C during the plant‐free periods. However, at 4 years after planting native grasses, soil microbial biomass and activity were nearly the same as the former conditions represented by annual grassland, suggesting high resilience to the temporary disturbance caused by tillage.     

秸秆覆盖免耕土壤细菌和真菌生物量与活性的研究

土壤微生物生物量在土壤生态系统中具有非常重要的作用。大量的试验研究表明 ,土壤微生物生物量是植物营养元素的一个重要的源与库 ,生物量对土壤养分的调控作用 ,已经成为土壤培肥、耕作制度改革和作物栽培实践中的重要理论依据之一。自从Jenkinson提出了测定土壤微生物量的原理和概念以来 ,Jenkinson和 Powlson提出了测定微生物生物量的方法[16] ,Van De Werf和 Verstraete提出了土壤微生物生物量可以分为全微生物量和活动微生物量[10 ] ,Anderson和 Domsch提出了生物量与生物活性中细菌与真菌的比例为 2 2 /78% [8]。虽然生物量的研…     

Immobilisation, remineralisation and residual effects in subsequent crops of dairy cattle slurry nitrogen compared to mineral fertiliser nitrogen

About 50–60% of dairy cattle slurry nitrogen is ammonium N. Part of the ammonium N in cattle slurry is immobilised due to microbial decomposition of organic matter in the slurry after application to soil. The immobilisation and the remineralisation influence the fertiliser value of slurry N and the amount of organic N that is retained in soil. The immobilisation and the remineralisation of 15 N-labelled dairy cattle slurry NH₄-N were studied through three growing seasons after spring application under temperate conditions. Effects of slurry distribution (mixing, layer incorporation, injection, surface-banding) and extra litter straw in the slurry on the plant utilisation of labelled NH₄-N from slurry were studied and compared to the utilisation of ¹⁵N-labelled mineral fertiliser. The initial immobilisation of slurry N was influenced by the slurry distribution in soil. More N was immobilised when the slurry was mixed with soil. Surface-banding of slurry resulted in significant volatilisation losses and less residual ¹⁵N in soil. Much more N was immobilised after slurry incorporation than after mineral fertiliser application. After 2.5 years the recovery of labelled N in soil (0–25 cm) was 46% for slurry mixed with soil, 42% for injected slurry, 22% for surface-banded slurry and 24% for mineral fertiliser N. The total N uptake in a ryegrass cover crop was 5–10 kg N/ha higher in the autumn after spring-application of cattle slurry (100–120 kg NH₄-N/ha) compared to the mineral fertiliser N reference, but the immobilised slurry N (labelled N) only contributed little to the extra N uptake in the autumn. Even in the second autumn after slurry application there was an extra N uptake in the cover crop (0–10 kg N/ha). The residual effect of the cattle slurry on spring barley N uptake was insignificant in the year after slurry application (equivalent to 3% of total slurry N). Eighteen months after application, 13% of the residual ¹⁵N in soil was found in microbial biomass whether it derived from slurry or mineral fertiliser, but the remineralisation rate (% crop removal of residual ¹⁵N) was higher for fertiliser- than for slurry-derived N, except after surface-banding. Extra litter straw in the slurry had a negligible influence on the residual N effects in the year after application. It is concluded that a significant part of the organic N retained in soil after cattle slurry application is derived from immobilised ammonium N, but already a few months after application immobilised N is stabilised and only slowly released. The immobilised N has negligible influence on the residual N effect of cattle slurry in the first years after slurry application, and mainly contributes to the long-term accumulation of organic N in soil together with part of the organic slurry N. Under humid temperate conditions the residual N effects of the manure can only be optimally utilised when soil is also covered by plants in the autumn, because a significant part of the residual N is released in the autumn, and there is a higher risk of N leaching losses on soils that receive cattle slurry regularly compared to soils receiving only mineral N fertilisers.     

Effect of long‐term mineral fertilisation on soil microbial abundance,community structure and diversity in a Typic Hapludoll under intensive farming systems

Fertiliser application can not only influence plant communities, but also the soil microbial community dynamics, and consequently soil quality. Specifically, mineral fertilisation can directly or indirectly affect soil chemical properties, microbial abundance and, the structure and diversity of soil microbial communities. We investigated the impact of six different mineral fertiliser regimes in a maize/soybean rotation system: control (CK, without fertilisation), PS (application of phosphorus plus sulphur), NS (application of nitrogen plus S), NP (application of N plus P), NPS (application of N, P plus S) and NPSm (application of N, P, S plus micronutrients). Soil samples were collected at the physiological maturity stage of maize and soybean in March of 2013 and 2014, respectively. Overall, mineral fertilisation resulted in significantly decreased soil pH and increased total organic carbon compared with the control (CK). The analysis of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T‐RFLP) revealed that mineral fertilisers caused a shift in the composition of both bacterial and fungal communities. In 2013, the highest value of Shannon diversity of bacterial terminal restriction fragments (TRFs) was found in control soils. In 2014, NPSm treated soils showed the lowest values of diversity for both bacterial and fungal TRFs. In both crop growing seasons, the analysis of phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) detected the lowest value of total microbial biomass under CK. As PLFA analysis can be used to evaluate total microbial community, this result suggests that fertilisation increased total microbial biomass. When the bacterial and fungal abundance were examined using real time polymerase chain reaction, the results revealed that mineral fertilisation led to decreased bacterial abundance (16S rRNA), while fungal abundance (18S rRNA) was found to be increased in both crop growing seasons. Our results show that mineral fertiliser application has a significant impact on soil properties, bacterial and fungal abundance and microbial diversity. However, further studies are needed to better understand the mechanisms involved in the changes to microbial communities as a consequence of mineral fertilisation.     

短期放牧对草甸草原土壤微生物与土壤酶活性的影响

【目的】为呼伦贝尔草甸草原生态系统的保护、恢复及重建提供微生物学基础数据。了解草原土壤微生物和酶活性对放牧强度的响应。【方法】分别采集六个不同放牧强度的土壤样品,测定土壤微生物数量、土壤微生物量和土壤酶活性,分析短时期不同放牧强度土壤微生物数量、土壤微生物量和土壤酶活性的变化特征及其相互关系。【结果】不同放牧强度下,菌群数量分布为细菌>放线菌>真菌;土壤微生物数量、微生物量均表现为放牧区高于对照区;在土壤表层(0 10 cm),土壤过氧化氢酶、转化酶和蛋白酶活性表现出随放牧强度的增加先上升后略降的趋势,且放牧区均高于对照区,与土壤表层比较,在较深层(10 cm 20 cm),土壤细菌、真菌的数量和微生物量碳、氮下降幅度随放牧强度的增大而增大。土壤微生物数量、微生物量及土壤酶活性的垂直分布为0 10 cm>10 cm 20 cm。相关分析结果表明:放牧干扰条件下,土壤微生物数量与微生物量之间均存在显著或极显著的相关性。土壤酶活性与微生物数量、微生物量密切相关,过氧化氢酶、转化酶与细菌、放线菌极显著相关(P<0.01)、与微生物量碳显著相关(P<0.05);蛋白酶与真菌及微生物量碳、氮极显著相关(P<0.01),与细菌显著相关(P<0.05)。【结论】适度放牧可使土壤微生物数量、微生物量和土壤酶活性增加。土壤微生物数量、微生物量与土壤酶活性之间具有密切关系。     

Changes in Soil Microbial Biomass and Residual Indices as Ecological Indicators of Land Use Change in Temperate Permanent Grassland

The relationship between microbial biomass, residues and their contribution to microbial turnover is important to understand ecosystem C storage. The effects of permanent grassland (100 % ryegrass—PG), conversion to modified grassland (mixture of grass and clover—MG) or maize monoculture (MM) on the dynamics of soil organic C (SOC), microbial biomass, fungal ergosterol and microbial residues (bacterial muramic acid and fungal glucosamine) were investigated. Cattle slurry was applied to quantify the effects of fertilisation on microbial residues and functional diversity of microbial community across land use types. Slurry application significantly increased the stocks of microbial biomass C and S and especially led to a shift in microbial residues towards bacterial tissue. The MM treatment decreased the stocks of SOC, microbial biomass C, N and S and microbial residues compared with the PG and MG treatments at 0–40 cm depth. The MM treatment led to a greater accumulation of saprotrophic fungi, as indicated by the higher ergosterol-to-microbial biomass C ratio and lower microbial biomass C/S ratio compared with the grassland treatments. The absence of a white clover population in the PG treatment caused a greater accumulation of fungal residues (presumably arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which do not contain ergosterol but glucosamine), as indicated by the significantly higher fungal C-to-bacterial C ratio and lower ergosterol-to-microbial biomass C ratio compared with the MG treatment. In addition to these microbial biomass and residual indices, the community level physiological profiles (CLPP) demonstrated distinct differences between the PG and MG treatments, suggesting the potential of these measurements to act as an integrative indicator of soil functioning.     

Burning in a New Zealand snow-tussock grassland: Effects on soil microbial biomass and nitrogen and phosphorus availability

Fire has been an important management tool in the pastoral use of New Zealand tussock grasslands. The effects of a farm-scale pastoral fire and subsequent grazing by sheep on soil biochemical properties in tussock grasslands dominated by the narrow-leaved snow tussock (Chionochloa rigida ssp. rigida) were investigated, 1.5 and 2.5 years after the fire event, in 0-2 cm depth mineral soil at a site at 975 m altitude in Central Otago, New Zealand. The nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations of C. rigida leaves were also measured. Comparisons were made with soil and tussock leaves from an adjacent unburned site. At both samplings, values of total soil organic carbon (C), extractable C, microbial biomass C, and basal respiratory activity were, on average, 14%, 18%, 23%, and 40%, respectively, lower at the burned than at the unburned site. In contrast, microbial N values were roughly similar at both sites, while microbial P values were 42% higher at the burned site after 1.5 years. Phosphomonoesterase and phosphodiesterase activities were then also similar at both sites, whereas invertase activity was higher at the burned site. The greater availability of N and P at the burned site was confirmed by the higher concentrations of N and P in C. rigida leaves sampled 2 years after the fire. Ratios of microbial C:microbial N and microbial C:microbial P were significantly lower at both samplings at the burned site, and emphasise the importance of the soil microbial biomass in conserving N and P after pastoral burning in a grassland ecosystem.     

陕西渭北柿子园种植白三叶草对土壤养分和生物学性质的影响

种植豆科绿肥可以有效增加氮肥来源,提高水土保持能力,改善生态环境与土壤质量,是促进农业生产可持续发展的重要措施之一.本试验研究了柿子园种植白三叶草对土壤养分和生物学性质的影响,以探明果园种植豆科绿肥在土壤肥力改良与经济效益提升方面的潜力.设柿子园清耕、种植白三叶草2个处理,于2017年9月14日分别采集0～10、10～20、20～30和30～40 cm土层样品,以分析两个处理对土壤有机质、速效氮、微生物生物量碳、氮和酶活性的影响.结果表明: 与清耕相比,生草后的整个被测土层的有机质、速效氮、微生物生物量碳、氮及脲酶、蔗糖酶、过氧化氢酶、碱性磷酸酶活性均增加,其中,0～10 cm土层生草处理的有机质、微生物生物量碳增加效果显著,10～20 cm土层速效氮含量增加效果显著,0～20 cm土层中脲酶活性显著增加,而过氧化氢酶活性、蔗糖酶及土壤酶活性的几何平均值(GME)则在整个被测土层都显著增加.表明果园生草能改善土壤肥力状况,在一定程度上可减少化肥氮投入量,提高果园经济效益,是一种优良的果园栽培模式.     

Dynamics of soil microbial biomass N under zero and shallow tillage for spring wheat,using15N urea

Summary Field studies to determine the effect of zero and shallow (10 cm) cultivation on microbial biomass were conducted on several Chernozemic soils in western Canada. Using the CHCl₃ fumigation method, the distribution of microbial biomass N and the immobilization and subsequent release of added¹⁵N (¹⁵N-urea) from the microbial biomass were determined in the A horizon, at the 0 to 5 and 5 to 10 cm depth, during the growing season for spring wheat.Temporal variation in microbial biomass N, associated with the development of the rhizosphere, was characterized by an increase between Feekes stage 1 and 5 or 10 and decrease at Feekes stage 11.4. Over the long term, the variation in biomass N between tillage systems corresponded with crop residue distribution. Immobilization of fertilizer N was related to the increase in biomass N from Feekes stage 1, which in turn, was associated with the incorporation of recent crop residues or levels of labile organic matter in the surface soil. The study demonstrated the relatively rapid remineralization of immobilized fertilizer N under field conditions and emphasized the role of the microbial biomass N as both a sink and source of mineral N.     

Weed development in spring wheat after contrasting soil tillage and nitrogen management

Soil tillage and nitrogen (N) management effects on weed species composition were evaluated in 2013 and 2014 on a clayey soil after 5‐years of organic management at the Royal Agricultural University's Harnhill Manor Farm, UK. Three tillage systems – Conventional Tillage (CT), and High and Low Intensity Non‐inversion Tillage (HINiT & LINiT) – were compared at four N fertiliser rates of 0, 70, 140 and 210 kg N ha^?1. Broad‐spectrum herbicide was applied before soil operations across the site in both years. Previous organic management legacy of high weed biomass promoted greater weed prevalence in 2013 while 2‐years of herbicide inclusion reduced weed biomass. Contrasting weather conditions across the seasons affected weed incidence. In the 2014 wet season, early weed dry weight (DM) was higher under HINiT than CT and LINiT, while no differences were observed in the 2013 dry year. At midseason, weed DM was higher under HINiT than CT and LINiT in both years, which was related to higher DM of the dominant weeds Stellaria media (L.) Vill. and Sinapis arvensis L. Grass weed DM was higher under non‐inversion tillage than CT. N fertilisation increased midseason total weed DM and weed prevalence at harvest. Spring wheat yield was the highest under CT while LINiT produced 17% higher yields than HINiT. Despite higher but still tolerable weed prevalence under both non‐inversion tillage systems and with the application of N, weeds alone was not the only yield‐limiting factor. However, results show that CT is the most reliable option for weed control in changing weather, while N fertilisation rates needs to be considered.     

退化高寒草甸土壤微生物及酶活性特征

采用Biolog等方法,分析不同退化程度(未退化ND、轻度退化LD、中度退化MD、重度退化SD和黑土滩ED)高寒草甸0～10和10～20 cm土层土壤微生物量碳氮、碳代谢指纹和酶活性.结果表明: 所有草甸土壤微生物量、多样性指数和蔗糖酶活性在0～10 cm土层均显著高于10～20 cm土层,0～10 cm土层脲酶活性则显著低于10～20 cm土层.土壤微生物量C/N随草地退化程度加重显著降低.0～10 cm土层,ND和LD微生物量碳、氮均显著高于其他草地,MD、SD和ED微生物量碳无显著差异,MD微生物量氮显著低于其他草地;平均颜色变化率(AWCD)和McIntosh指数(U)随草地退化程度加重曲线下降,ND与MD间差异显著,其他草地间无显著差异;Shannon指数(H)和Simpson指数(D)在不同草地间均无显著差异;MD和SD脲酶活性最高,ED磷酸酶和蔗糖酶活性最低,与其他草地相比均差异显著.10～20 cm土层,ND和LD微生物量碳显著高于其他草地,MD、SD和ED间无显著差异,LD和ED微生物量氮显著高于其他草地,ND和SD间差异不显著;MD碳代谢指数最低,与LD和SD相比差异显著,ND和LD的AWCD和U指数均显著高于ED,H指数和D指数在ND、LD、SD和ED间差异不显著;ND和MD脲酶活性显著高于其他草地,LD、SD和ED间无显著差异;MD磷酸酶活性最高,与LD、SD和ED相比差异显著;MD蔗糖酶活性显著低于其他草地,ND、LD、SD和ED间差异不显著.不同退化程度高寒草地的地下生物量均与微生物量、碳代谢指数和磷酸酶呈显著正相关;脲酶与微生物量氮、H指数和D指数呈显著负相关.     

不同耕作方式下草甸栗钙土燕麦田土壤微生物特征

河北坝上地区高寒半干旱的独特生态环境,土地沙化风蚀严重,作物产量低,土壤微生物的活动尚未有深入研究,尤其是人为干扰下的土壤微生物在作物生长季的动态变化。为了明确耕作方式对草甸栗钙土土壤微生物性状的影响特征,依托定位12a的免耕、深松、常规耕作田间试验基础,通过辅助设置12a免耕、深松后的翻耕处理,监测了燕麦田土壤微生物量碳、活跃微生物量和土壤呼吸速率等性状。结果表明,土壤微生物量碳与活跃微生物量围绕燕麦抽穗期为"W型"时序变化,长期免耕与深松下呈现0—10 cm表层土壤富集微生物量碳的空间分布特征。免耕与深松有利于提高0—10 cm土层土壤微生物量,多年免耕和深松后翻耕能使土层间土壤活跃微生物量差异减小。燕麦田土壤呼吸速率呈现"U型"时序变化,免耕0—10 cm土层呼吸速率具有较其他耕作方式更高的趋势。在燕麦生育期内,土壤呼吸商一直处于较低而平稳的水平,燕麦收获后进入土壤微生物的高活性期;0—10 cm土层翻耕与多年免耕与深松后的翻耕处理土壤呼吸商有高于免耕处理的趋势。翻耕对于促进冷凉区土壤库存养分的活化与适时供应具有重要作用。