Increased microbial functional diversity under long-term organic and integrated fertilization in a paddy soil

Microbes play key roles in diverse biogeochemical processes including nutrient cycling. However, responses of soil microbial community and functional genes to long-term integrated fertilization (chemical combined with organic fertilization) remain unclear. Here, we used pyrosequencing and a microarray-based GeoChip to explore the shifts of microbial community and functional genes in a paddy soil which received over 21-year fertilization with various regimes, including control (no fertilizer), rice straw (R), rice straw plus chemical fertilizer nitrogen (NR), N and phosphorus (NPR), NP and potassium (NPKR), and reduced rice straw plus reduced NPK (L-NPKR). Significant shifts of the overall soil bacterial composition only occurred in the NPKR and L-NPKR treatments, with enrichment of certain groups including Bradyrhizobiaceae and Rhodospirillaceae families that benefit higher productivity. All fertilization treatments significantly altered the soil microbial functional structure with increased diversity and abundances of genes for carbon and nitrogen cycling, in which NPKR and L-NPKR exhibited the strongest effect, while R exhibited the least. Functional gene structure and abundance were significantly correlated with corresponding soil enzymatic activities and rice yield, respectively, suggesting that the structural shift of the microbial functional community under fertilization might promote soil nutrient turnover and thereby affect yield. Overall, this study indicates that the combined application of rice straw and balanced chemical fertilizers was more pronounced in shifting the bacterial composition and improving the functional diversity toward higher productivity, providing a microbial point of view on applying a cost-effective integrated fertilization regime with rice straw plus reduced chemical fertilizers for sustainable nutrient management.

     

长期施用不同无机肥对旱地红壤线虫群落的影响

红壤生态系统中土壤生物群落对于维持土壤功能的正常发挥具有重要作用.本研究基于持续25年的红壤旱地化肥定位试验,研究不同无机肥组合,包括氮磷钾(NPK)、氮磷钾补充石膏(NPKCaS)、氮磷(NP)、氮钾(NK)和磷钾(PK)对花生生长季土壤线虫群落的影响.结果表明： 土壤线虫总数、营养类群以及各生态指数在处理间差异显著(P<0.01).线虫总数由高到低的顺序为PK>NPKCaS>NPK>NP>NK.除5月外,NPK、NP、NK处理的线虫总数均显著低于NPKCaS和PK处理.NPKCaS处理的优势类群为食细菌线虫,平均丰度为42.1%,其他处理均以植食性线虫为优势营养类群,其平均丰度为38%~65%.NPKCaS处理线虫群落较高的成熟度指数、瓦斯乐斯卡指数和结构指数说明土壤食物网结构较为成熟和稳定,同时表明氮磷钾补充石膏通过缓解土壤酸化创建了良好的土壤健康状况.仅施氮钾的处理则相反.本研究证实了施用石膏和磷肥是改善红壤质量的有效措施,土壤线虫群落分析能较好地反映不同无机肥对红壤旱地生态系统的影响.
     

紫色土线虫对长期不同施肥措施的响应

土壤线虫在农田生态系统中数量丰富且对土壤环境变化敏感, 可用于评估不同田间管理条件下的土壤健康。本文探究了紫色土区长期不同施肥措施及土壤团聚体粒径对线虫群落的分布及其生态功能多样性的影响。试验设置了5个施肥处理: 不施肥(对照, CK)、单施化肥(NPK)、生物炭 + 化肥(BCNPK)、商品猪粪 + 化肥(OMNPK)和秸秆 + 化肥(RSDNPK)。团聚体粒径分为: 原状土(BS)、大团聚体(> 2 mm; LA)和小团聚体(0.25-2 mm; SA)。结果表明, 与对照相比, 施肥可促进线虫数量增长, 其中单施化肥处理下增幅最小(66%); 有机物料与化肥配施对线虫数量的提升更为显著, 秸秆 + 化肥处理下增幅达206%。不同施肥处理间线虫类群相对丰度差异显著, 大小均表现为: 食细菌线虫(BA) > 杂食/捕食线虫(OP) > 植食线虫(PP) > 食真菌线虫(FU)。小团聚体较其他土壤团聚体的杂食/捕食线虫丰度更低, 食细菌线虫丰度较高。秸秆与化肥配施处理下线虫群落结构指数和富集指数显著增加, 且各施肥处理下线虫功能足迹呈现明显差异。有机肥与化肥配施(尤其是秸秆 + 化肥)可提高土壤养分供应且有利于形成稳定健康的土壤生态系统, 助推区域农业的可持续发展。     

长期施肥对玉米生育期土壤微生物量碳氮及酶活性的影响

以小麦-玉米轮作长期肥料定位试验为平台,探讨不同养分管理对玉米生育期塿土微生物量碳、氮和酶活性动态变化的影响。试验包括6个处理,分别为不施肥(CK)、单施氮肥(N)、氮磷配合(NP)、氮磷钾配合(NPK)、NPK+秸秆(SNPK)以及有机肥+NPK(MNPK)。结果表明玉米生育期土壤微生物量碳、氮变化显著。不同施肥管理下土壤微生物量碳、氮的高低显著性分别为MNPK>SNPK、NP、NPK>N、CK。玉米生育期内土壤酶活性也变化显著,蔗糖酶、脲酶和纤维素酶在玉米抽雄期达到活性高峰,而磷酸酶在玉米拔节期出现活性高峰。不同施肥管理对土壤酶活性的影响总体表现为MNPK处理最高,其次为SNPK处理,再次为NPK和NP处理,N和CK处理最低。不同施肥处理间土壤微生物量碳、氮以及酶活性与土壤有机碳、全氮、速效磷水平密切相关。塿土长期施用氮磷或氮磷钾化肥可以提高土壤微生物量碳、氮以及酶活性。一季作物秸秆还田配合氮磷钾化肥与氮磷钾相比有提高土壤微生物量碳、氮以及酶活性的趋势。在等氮量下,有机肥配合化肥与其他施肥模式相比,均显著提升土壤化学肥力因素、微生物量碳氮和酶活性。因此,塿土上建议进行有机无机肥配合以提高土壤肥力,保持土壤生物健康。     

外源As(Ⅲ)在不同母质发育土壤中的老化过程

应用模拟试验方法,研究了外源As(Ⅲ)在第四纪红土、紫色砂页岩和花岗岩3种母质发育土壤中的老化过程,并分析了该过程中砷的有效性、结合态等的变化.结果表明: 经过120 d老化后,3种土壤中均只能检测到As(Ⅴ)的存在;伴随老化过程的进行,土壤中有效态砷的含量均呈下降趋势,且下降幅度为:紫色砂页岩发育土壤(RS₂)>花岗岩发育土壤(RS₃)>第四纪红土发育土壤(RS₁).应用准二级动力学方程可以较好地模拟3种土壤中有效态砷含量的变化(P＜0.05),土壤pH、有机质及铁铝锰氧化物是影响砷老化的主要因素,且锰氧化物的影响大于铁铝氧化物(P＜0.05).相关分析表明,非专性吸附态砷和专性吸附态砷是构成土壤有效砷的主要形态.     

长期施肥对红壤微生物生物量碳氮和微生物碳源利用的影响

采集湖南省祁阳县红壤长期定位施肥19年的土壤样品,分析长期不同施肥红壤的微生物生物量碳、氮和微生物碳源利用率,以揭示长期施肥对红壤微生物学性状的影响.结果表明：施肥19年后,有机肥单施或与化肥配合施用均显著提高土壤微生物生物量碳、氮和微生物碳源利用率.单施有机肥的土壤微生物生物量碳、氮含量分别为231和81 mg·kg^-1,化肥有机肥配施分别为148和73 mg·kg^-1,均显著高于化肥配施秸秆、不施肥和单施化肥;施用有机肥和化肥配施秸秆的土壤微生物生物量氮占全氮的比例平均为6.0%,显著高于单施化肥和不施肥.Biolog-ECO分析中,平均吸光值(AWCD)的大小为：化肥有机肥配施、单施有机肥>对照>单施化肥、化肥配施秸秆.单施有机肥或与化肥有机肥配施增加了红壤微生物对碳水化合物、羧酸、氨基酸、聚合物、酚类和胺类的碳源利用率;化肥配施有机肥的红壤微生物对聚合物类碳源利用率最高,化肥配施秸秆的红壤微生物对碳水化合物类碳源的利用率最高.表明施用有机肥能显著提高红壤的微生物生物量碳、氮和微生物碳源利用率,提高红壤肥力,保持作物高产.     

不同施肥处理对玉米秸秆碳氮比及其矿化特性的影响

以两个长期定位试验不同施肥处理玉米秸秆为对象,采用室内培养试验研究了其碳、氮养分在土壤中的矿化特性.结果表明：与未施肥处理相比,施用化肥（NPK）或化肥与有机肥配施（MNPK）处理明显增加了玉米秸秆的氮素含量,降低了其C/N.不同处理秸秆碳、氮矿化量和被微生物固持的碳、氮量因培养时期不同而异,NPK、MNPK和240 kg N·hm^-2处理秸秆在培养期间碳的矿化率显著高于相应不施肥处理;60 d培养期结束后,NPK处理秸秆的有机碳矿化量最大,占加入总有机碳的13.24%.各施肥处理玉米秸秆施入土壤后引起的土壤矿质氮固持量均较不施肥秸秆低,其中MNPK处理最低.施用秸秆增加了土壤微生物的代谢熵（qCO₂）,但不同处理间qCO₂的差异较小;各处理土壤微生物生物量碳、氮含量因培养时期不同而异.因此,生产中利用秸秆时应考虑不同施肥处理秸秆养分含量的差异.     

Effects of long‐term straw return on soil organic carbon storage and sequestration rate in North China upland crops: A meta‐analysis

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is essential for soil fertility and climate change mitigation, and carbon can be sequestered in soil through proper soil management, including straw return. However, results of studies of long‐term straw return on SOC are contradictory and increasing SOC stocks in upland soils is challenging. This study of North China upland agricultural fields quantified the effects of several fertilizer and straw return treatments on SOC storage changes and crop yields, considering different cropping duration periods, soil types, and cropping systems to establish the relationships of SOC sequestration rates with initial SOC stocks and annual straw C inputs. Our meta‐analysis using long‐term field experiments showed that SOC stock responses to straw return were greater than that of mineral fertilizers alone. Black soils with higher initial SOC stocks also had lower SOC stock increases than did soils with lower initial SOC stocks (fluvo‐aquic and loessial soils) following applications of nitrogen‐phosphorous‐potassium (NPK) fertilizer and NPK+S (straw). Soil C stocks under the NPK and NPK+S treatments increased in the more‐than‐20‐year duration period, while significant SOC stock increases in the NP and NP+S treatment groups were limited to the 11‐ to 20‐year period. Annual crop productivity was higher in double‐cropped wheat and maize under all fertilization treatments, including control (no fertilization), than in the single‐crop systems (wheat or maize). Also, the annual soil sequestration rates and annual straw C inputs of the treatments with straw return (NP+S and NPK+S) were significantly positively related. Moreover, initial SOC stocks and SOC sequestration rates of those treatments were highly negatively correlated. Thus, long‐term straw return integrated with mineral fertilization in upland wheat and maize croplands leads to increased crop yields and SOC stocks. However, those effects of straw return are highly dependent on fertilizer management, cropping system, soil type, duration period, and the initial SOC content.     

Carbon Sequestration Efficiency of Organic Amendments in a Long-Term Experiment on a Vertisol in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain,China

Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration is important for improving soil fertility of cropland and for the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. The efficiency of SOC sequestration depends on the quantity and quality of the organic matter, soil type, and climate. Little is known about the SOC sequestration efficiency of organic amendments in Vertisols. Thus, we conducted the research based on 29 years (1982–2011) of long-term fertilization experiment with a no fertilizer control and five fertilization regimes: CK (control, no fertilizer), NPK (mineral NPK fertilizers alone), NPK+1/2W (mineral NPK fertilizers combined with half the amount of wheat straw), NPK+W (mineral NPK fertilizers combined with full the amount of wheat straw), NPK+PM (mineral NPK fertilizers combined with pig manure) and NPK+CM (mineral NPK fertilizers combined cattle manure). Total mean annual C inputs were 0.45, 1.55, 2.66, 3.71, 4.68 and 6.56 ton/ha/yr for CK, NPK, NPKW1/2, NPKW, NPKPM and NPKCM, respectively. Mean SOC sequestration rate was 0.20 ton/ha/yr in the NPK treatment, and 0.39, 0.50, 0.51 and 0.97 ton/ha/yr in the NPKW1/2, NPKW, NPKPM, and NPKCM treatments, respectively. A linear relationship was observed between annual C input and SOC sequestration rate (SOCsequestration rate  = 0.16 Cinput –0.10, R = 0.95, P<0.01), suggesting a C sequestration efficiency of 16%. The Vertisol required an annual C input of 0.63 ton/ha/yr to maintain the initial SOC level. Moreover, the C sequestration efficiencies of wheat straw, pig manure and cattle manure were 17%, 11% and 17%, respectively. The results indicate that the Vertisol has a large potential to sequester SOC with a high efficiency, and applying cattle manure or wheat straw is a recommendable SOC sequestration practice in Vertisols.     

不同农田生态系统土壤碳库管理指数的研究

讨论不同农田生态系统的土壤活性碳库和碳库管理（ＣＰＭＩ）,结果表明,不同农田生态系统的土壤ＣＰＭＩ明显受施肥、气候、土壤利用方式,耕种年限等因素的影响。供试土壤的活性碳含量范围为０．４９～４．９９ｍｇ／ｇ,土壤ＣＰＭＩ为５１．６～１６５。不同施肥地红壤ＣＰＭＩ的影响顺序为绿肥（ＧＭ）〉概肥（ＦＹＭ）〉ＦＹＭ－ＮＰＤ〉参考（ＲＥＦ）〉ＮＰＫ〉对照（ＣＫ）,在水稻土中,共相应的影响顺序为,稻草（ＲＳＣ     

平衡施肥对缺磷红壤性水稻土的生态效应

为了研究平衡施肥对缺磷水稻土的生态效应,对长期缺施磷肥水稻土进行了3.5年平衡施肥试验。试验采取盆栽水稻的方式,在长期缺施磷肥的红壤性水稻土上比较不施磷肥（NK）、平衡施用氮磷钾无机肥（NPK）、无机氮磷钾肥配施硅肥（NPKSi）、无机氮磷钾肥配施有机肥（无机肥占3/5）、NPK基础上增施磷肥（NKhP）、NPKM基础上增施磷肥（NKhPM）处理的土壤肥力、土壤微生物特性、土壤磷的渗漏量以及地上部水稻产量、养分利用率、磷肥利用率的变化。试验表明,平衡施肥处理NPK、NPKSi、NPKM、NKhPM显著提高水稻产量,比不施磷肥（NK）平均增产147%,其中NPKM提高152%;能提高土壤肥力,比不施磷肥土壤有机质含量平均提高18.5%,其中NPKM提高30.1%;显著提高土壤微生物生物量,比不施磷肥土壤微生物生物量碳（MBC）平均提高57.2%,其中NPKM提高87.1%;提高氮素、钾素养分利用率,比不施磷肥平均分别提高120.3%、33.6%,其中NPKM分别提高152%、43%。而长期重施无机磷肥处理（NKhP）虽然水稻产量比不施磷肥处理提高125.1%,但因土壤中磷酸根离子含量过高影响土壤微生物正常生长,土壤微生物活度比不施磷处理降低9.4%,土壤微生物量碳（MBC）降低2.4%,稻田土壤微生物生态系统质量劣化。此外,重施磷肥处理（包括NKhP、NKhPM）易导致稻田水体的磷污染。各处理比较,NPKM综合生态效应最佳,以下依次是NKhPM、NPKSi、NPK,NKhP,NKhP对稻田土壤微生物生态系统产生负效应。根据试验结果,平衡施肥是恢复缺磷水稻土的有效措施,其中在平衡施用氮磷钾化肥的基础上增施有机肥或硅肥效果较好。     

长期施用化肥及秸秆还田对砂姜黑土细菌群落的影响

【目的】在施用化肥的基础上进行秸秆还田是提高砂姜黑土肥力的有效措施,以往的研究只注重秸秆还田对土壤结构、肥力等物理化学性状方面的研究,缺少施肥对砂姜黑土微生物群落影响的研究。本研究以安徽蒙城典型的砂姜黑土为研究对象,以期揭示长期施用化肥和秸秆还田对砂姜黑土细菌群落的影响。【方法】采用454高通量测序对砂姜黑土不同农业施肥措施下的细菌群落进行分析研究,并通过生物信息学的分析方法揭示影响砂姜黑土细菌群落的主要因素。【结果】通过对454高通量测序数据的分析,发现砂姜黑土主要的细菌门类为放线菌、变形菌、酸杆菌、绿弯菌和拟杆菌。长期施用化肥显著提高了砂姜黑土肥力和作物产量,但导致了细菌群落结构的显著变化和多样性的显著降低。秸秆还田有利于土壤肥力的进一步提高,但是并没有缓解长期施用化肥对土壤细菌群落产生的不利影响。分析发现土壤pH的变化是导致土壤细菌群落变异的主要因素。【结论】在施用化肥的基础上进行秸秆还田有利于砂姜黑土肥力的提升,然而并没有缓解由施肥导致的土壤酸化对土壤细菌群落组成和多样性产生的不利影响。这暗示秸秆还田可能并未对砂姜黑土微生物生态产生根本性的有益影响,对于秸秆农田的利用方式还需要进一步研究,以达到农业生产效益和生态效益的并重。     

施肥措施对不同母质发育的稻田生态系统土壤微生物量碳、氮的影响

以湖南省稻田土壤肥力监测点为基础,研究了稻田生态系统土壤微生物量碳、氮的特性.结果表明,不同施肥措施对不同地域和母质发育的稻田生态系统土壤微生物量碳、氮的影响程度不同.经过18年的不同施肥处理,不同母质发育的稻田生态系统土壤微生物量碳、氮的变化趋势基本一致,变化顺序为湖积物发育的水稻土>河流冲积物和第四纪红土发育的水稻土>石灰岩发育的水稻土>板页岩发育的水稻土.土壤微生物量碳为259.5～864.4 mg·kg^-1,土壤微生物量氮为8.7～70.7 mg·kg^-1.施肥可以明显提高稻田生态系统土壤微生物量碳、氮含量;有机肥是改善土壤微生物量碳、氮的主要基础物质,但以有机无机配合施用效果最好.与对照相比,施化肥和有机无机配施处理土壤微生物量碳、氮最大增量分别为407.6和59.2 mg·kg^-1,最大增长率分别为102.8%和514.8%.     

长期施肥对红壤和黑土硫形态演变的影响

以红壤和黑土肥力与肥料效益监测站土壤为研究对象,研究了长期(21年)不同施肥(不施肥对照、施用氮磷钾、氮磷钾配施有机肥)处理下,表层(0～20 cm)和亚表层(20～40 cm)土壤硫素形态组成、分布及演变规律.结果表明: 长期施用化肥及化肥配施有机肥处理下,表层土壤全硫比对照分别增加42%、33%(红壤)和6%、76%(黑土);除红壤氮磷钾处理外,亚表层土壤全硫受施肥影响较小,且明显低于相应表层土壤.有效硫和盐酸可提取态硫分别为红壤和黑土中的主要无机硫形态.施用化肥及化肥配施有机肥的红壤表层有效硫比对照分别增加了447%和102%,并促进了有效硫向亚表层的迁移、累积;而施用化肥及化肥配施有机肥处理的黑土表层有效硫仅比对照分别增加54%和93%,其对亚表层土壤有效硫的影响也不大.有机硫形态在两种土壤中都以酯键硫和残渣态硫为主.长期施肥影响下的表层和亚表层土壤中残渣态硫含量比对照分别增加了32%和55%以上;土壤中性质相对活跃的酯键硫和碳键硫受施肥影响不显著,而与土壤有机碳含量呈显著正相关关系(P<0.05).此外,长期施肥试验表明大气硫沉降对土壤硫素输入的影响值得重视.     

玉米秸秆还田培肥土壤的效果

辽北地区玉米根茬还田、秸秆直接还田或间接还田的3年微区培肥试验研究结果表明,无机肥的增产效果特别明显,而施有机物料,更主要的作用是改善土壤的物理、化学性质、培肥地力,与无肥对照相比,有机无机肥料配合施用可使土壤有机质提高3．06％－27．78％,各有机物料对土壤有机质提高的顺序依次为100％秸秆＞50％秸秆＞土粪＞牛粪＞33％秸秆＞根茬。在含C量相等的条件下,秸秆对土壤有机质的保持和提高好于土粪,土粪好于牛粪。同时,与单施化肥比,有机无机肥料配合施用可使土壤易氧化有机质增加10．91％－20．67％,使浸提腐殖酸提高1．43％－14．28％,使结合态腐殖酸的松／紧比值提高0．07－0．19,HA／FA比值提高0．07－0．24,并且能改善土壤的N、P、K营养状况、土壤水分和土壤孔隙状况,这标志着土壤有机质活性的提高和土壤肥力状况的改善。因此,应该大力提倡玉米秸秆秋季直接还田,其最佳施入量应为当年生产量的30％－50％。     

不同施肥处理对玉米秸秆碳氮比及其矿化特性的影响

以两个长期定位试验不同施肥处理玉米秸秆为对象,采用室内培养试验研究了其碳、氮养分在土壤中的矿化特性.结果表明：与未施肥处理相比,施用化肥（NPK）或化肥与有机肥配施（MNPK）处理明显增加了玉米秸秆的氮素含量,降低了其C/N.不同处理秸秆碳、氮矿化量和被微生物固持的碳、氮量因培养时期不同而异,NPK、MNPK和240 kg N·hm^-2处理秸秆在培养期间碳的矿化率显著高于相应不施肥处理;60 d培养期结束后,NPK处理秸秆的有机碳矿化量最大,占加入总有机碳的13.24%.各施肥处理玉米秸秆施入土壤后引起的土壤矿质氮固持量均较不施肥秸秆低,其中MNPK处理最低.施用秸秆增加了土壤微生物的代谢熵（qCO₂）,但不同处理间qCO₂的差异较小;各处理土壤微生物生物量碳、氮含量因培养时期不同而异.因此,生产中利用秸秆时应考虑不同施肥处理秸秆养分含量的差异.     

长期施肥对紫色土农田土壤动物群落的影响

土壤动物在陆地生态系统物质循环和能量流动中起着重要作用,直接或间接的参与土壤有机质的分解与矿化;长期施肥对土壤理化性质产生影响的同时,改变了土壤动物群落组成.为查明紫色土长期施肥对土壤动物群落的影响及其响应关系,于2008年的5、7、9和11月分别对紫色土农田无肥对照(CK)、单施氮肥(N)、常规化肥氮磷钾(NPK)、有机肥(OM)、有机肥与化肥氮磷钾混施(OMNPK)、秸秆还田(RSD)和秸秆还田与化肥氮磷钾混施(RSDNPK)等7种长期施肥定位试验地的土壤动物群落进行调查,采用改良的干漏斗和湿漏斗两种方法,共获得土壤动物9454只,隶属7门17纲24目.分析表明,OM和RSDNPK两种施肥方式下土壤动物群落的多样性显著高于CK、N和NPK等3种施肥方式,说明有机物料的长期投入有利于提高土壤动物群落丰富度和多样性.方差分析表明施肥方式对土壤动物主要类群密度的影响差异性极显著(F=42.412,P=0.0001),对土壤动物群落类群影响存在不均衡性.施肥方式主要影响农田土壤动物类群的种群个体数量、线虫动物门个体数量、大蚓类个体数量、甲螨亚目个体数量、密度-类群指数DG及土壤动物群落类群数等六个指标,初步认为这些主要类群因素能够预测长期施肥引起的土壤肥力变化,可能对指示土壤质量的变化具有一定潜力.     

长期不同施肥方式对黄潮土肥力特征的影响

依托黄潮土35 年长期定位试验,以2种土壤物理肥力指标、8种土壤化学肥力指标和5种土壤生物肥力指标进行主成分分析,最后将各主成分得分系统进行聚类分析.结果表明: 不同施肥方式对土壤肥力指标影响显著.施用有机肥处理(M、MN、MNP、MNPK)与NPK处理相比,土壤容重显著降低,而土壤孔隙度、有机质、全氮、碱解氮、全磷、有效磷、微生物生物量和过氧化氢酶、脲酶、碱性磷酸酶活性均显著增加;通过主成分分析可将原15个土壤指标降维,提取出2个主成分,反映了原信息量的85.5%,且无原变量丢失.土壤容重、孔隙度、有机质、全氮、碱解氮、全磷、有效磷、速效钾、微生物生物量、过氧化氢酶、脲酶、碱性磷酸酶、蔗糖酶活性在第1主成分上有较高因子负荷,全钾和pH在第2主成分上有较高因子负荷;以2个主成分得分为新指标进行聚类,得到长期不同施肥方式对黄潮土的培肥效果排序为MNPK＞MNP＞M、MN＞NPK＞N、NP＞CK.可见施用有机肥对黄潮土培肥效果更显著,以有机肥配施氮磷钾化肥方式效果最优.     

Improving fertility and productivity of a highly-weathered upland soil in subtropical China by incorporating rice straw

The transfer of rice straw from paddy fields to upland areas was proposed in our study as an innovative practice to improve the fertility of the highly-weathered and poor upland soils, as well as to mitigate environmental impacts from rice production system (e.g., the large application of chemical fertilizers, straw burning, CH₄ emission from decomposed straw) in the subtropical China. Data from an 8-year field experiment with sweet potato and rapeseed show that, the contents of organic matter and total nitrogen (N) in the surface soil (0–20 cm) with rice straw incorporation were increased by 13%, and the amounts of soil microbial biomass carbon (C), N, and phosphorus (P) by 18–43%, compared with the values when chemical fertilizers (NPK) were applied alone. Physical conditions and crop productivity of the test soil were effectively promoted with the straw incorporation, as indicated in significant changes in soil field water-holding capacity, total porosity, and bulk density in the 10–15 cm soil layer, and the rise (about 10% and 20%, respectively) of sweet potato and rapeseed yields. In conclusion, these results suggest that the practice shift from conventional rice straw management (‘on the spot’ incorporation) to upland incorporation is effective in improvement in fertility and productivity of the upland soil, which has potentials to reduce the amounts of chemical fertilizers applied and to increase soil C storage in farmlands in the region.     

Effect of Different Fertilizer Application on the Soil Fertility of Paddy Soils in Red Soil Region of Southern China

Appropriate fertilizer application is an important management practice to improve soil fertility and quality in the red soil regions of China. In the present study, we examined the effects of five fertilization treatments [these were: no fertilizer (CK), rice straw return (SR), chemical fertilizer (NPK), organic manure (OM) and green manure (GM)] on soil pH, soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN), C/N ratio and available nutrients (AN, AP and AK) contents in the plowed layer (0–20 cm) of paddy soil from 1998 to 2009 in Jiangxi Province, southern China. Results showed that the soil pH was the lowest with an average of 5.33 units in CK and was significantly higher in NPK (5.89 units) and OM (5.63 units) treatments (P<0.05). The application of fertilizers have remarkably improved SOC and TN values compared with the CK, Specifically, the OM treatment resulted in the highest SOC and TN concentrations (72.5% and 51.2% higher than CK) and NPK treatment increased the SOC and TN contents by 22.0% and 17.8% compared with CK. The average amounts of C/N ratio ranged from 9.66 to 10.98 in different treatments, and reached the highest in OM treatment (P<0.05). During the experimental period, the average AN and AP contents were highest in OM treatment (about 1.6 and 29.6 times of that in the CK, respectively) and second highest in NPK treatment (about 1.2 and 20.3 times of that in the CK). Unlike AN and AP, the highest value of AK content was observed in NPK treatments with 38.10 mg·kg⁻¹. Thus, these indicated that organic manure should be recommended to improve soil fertility in this region and K fertilizer should be simultaneously applied considering the soil K contents. Considering the long-term fertilizer efficiency, our results also suggest that annual straw returning application could improve soil fertility in this trial region.