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Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) represents a significant pool of soluble N in many soils and freshwaters. Further, the low molecular weight (LMW) component of DON represents an important source of N for microorganisms and can also be utilized directly by some plants. Our purpose was to determine which of the pathways in the decomposition and subsequent ammonification and nitrification of organic N represented a significant block in soil N supply in three agricultural grassland soils. The results indicate that the conversion of insoluble organic N to LMW-DON and not LMW-DON to NH4+ or NH4+ to NO3− represents a major constraint to N supply. We hypothesize that there are two distinct DON pools in soil. The first pool comprises mainly free amino acids and proteins and is turned over very rapidly by the microbial community, so it does not accumulate in soil. The second pool is a high molecular weight pool rich in humic substances, which turns over slowly and represents the major DON loss to freshwaters. The results also suggest that in NO3− rich soils the uptake of LMW-DON by soil microorganisms may primarily provide them with C to fuel respiration, rather than to satisfy their internal N demand. 相似文献
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Summary Several workers have reported that O2 has little, if any, effect on hydrolysis of urea by soil urease, but others have reported that it has a marked effect, hydrolysis being significantly faster in soils under aerobic conditions than in O2-depleted soils. In studies to account for these divergent results, we found that whereas plant residues and other readily decomposable organic materials markedly stimulated microbial production of urease in soils under aerobic conditions, they did not greatly stimulate production of urease in soils under anaerobic conditions. We also found that although anaerobic conditions retarded production of urease by soil microorganisms, they did not inhibit hydrolysis of urea by soil urease. These observations suggest that the divergent findings concerning the effect of O2 on hydrolysis of urea by soil urease may have resulted from differences in the amounts of readily decomposable organic materials in the soils studied. 相似文献
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长期添加外源有机物料对华北平原不同粒级土壤氮素和氨基糖的影响 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
华北平原是我国主要的粮食生产基地之一,农民为了追求高产,过量施用化肥的弊端日益凸显。本研究依托中国科学院栾城农业生态系统试验站有机养分循环再利用长期定位试验,开展不同外源有机物料对土壤氮素和氨基糖在不同粒级土壤库中分布的影响研究,为阐释不同农业管理措施下土壤氮素的物理保护机制和生物保护机制提供依据。定位试验设6个处理:无肥无秸秆处理(对照,CK)、单施猪圈肥(M)、单施化肥(NPK)、单施秸秆(SCK)、化肥配施猪圈肥(MNPK)和化肥配施秸秆(SNPK)。通过超声波分散-离心分离得到3种粒径土壤——砂粒级(2 000~53 μm)、粉粒级(53~2 μm)和黏粒级(<2 μm),分析全土及各粒级土壤中全氮和3种土壤氨基糖(氨基葡萄糖、胞壁酸和氨基半乳糖)的含量及变化;基于这3种土壤氨基糖的稳定性和异源性,以氨基糖作为微生物残留物标识物,了解真菌和细菌残留物的积累和转化,阐释真菌和细菌在养分转化中的作用。结果表明:添加有机物料(秸秆、猪圈肥)明显提升了土壤全氮和氨基糖含量,粒级间土壤氮素和氨基糖含量顺序均为黏粒级>砂粒级>粉粒级。添加有机物料对砂粒级土壤氮素影响最大,长期化肥配施猪圈肥中氮素主要在砂粒级中富集,长期化肥配施秸秆的氮素主要在黏粒级中富集。添加秸秆主要提高了真菌来源的氨基葡萄糖的含量,而添加猪圈肥主要提高了土壤中细菌来源的胞壁酸含量,表明添加不同有机物料可影响土壤微生物的群落结构。从各粒级中氨基葡萄糖/胞壁酸的比值来看,添加不同类型外源有机物料对砂粒级土壤微生物群落结构影响最为明显。由此可见,在长期秸秆还田措施下实施有机粪肥部分替代化肥不仅可以减少化肥用量,还可提升土壤养分含量和微生物多样性,改善土壤质量。 相似文献
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《Soil biology & biochemistry》2011,43(6):1285-1291
Two common plant species of temperate wet grasslands, Carex acuta and Glyceria maxima, were tested for their preferences in the uptake of different nitrogen (N) sources (amino acid, ammonium, nitrate) and their ability to compete for these sources with soil microorganisms. The experiment was a one-day incubation study with plants growing in soil obtained from the field, which was supplied with a solution containing the three N sources, one at a time labeled with 15N. The bulk of the N demand of both species was covered by nitrate-N, which was the dominant N form in the soil at the time of the experiment. Ammonium-N was taken up less strongly, and organic N formed only a negligible part of their nutrition. The assimilated inorganic N was preferentially transported to apical meristem of the youngest leaf, while organic N remained mostly in the roots. The fast-growing Glyceria took up more N and was a better competitor vis-à-vis soil microbes for rarer N forms than Carex. However, both plants were poor competitors for N vis-à-vis soil microbes, irrespective of the N form. Microbes took up nitrate ca. five times faster and organic N more than a hundred times faster than plants. Correspondingly, the calculated turnover time of microbial N was 17 days, compared to 40 days for N in plant roots. A significant amount of added 15N was found at non-exchangeable sites in the soil, which points to the importance of microbial N transformation and abiotic N fixation for N retention in soil. In summary, the preferential assimilation of inorganic N by the wetland plants studied here and their poor ability to compete for N with soil microbes over the short term agree with the results of studies carried out with other species from temperate grasslands. 相似文献
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Summary A roller bed and rotary end-over-end shaker were compared for the extraction of mineral N from a variety of soil types; both were equally efficient with an optimum extraction time of 30 min. However, the roller bed permitted a greater operational capacity, a faster throughput of samples, and easier identification of sample bottles compared with the end-over-end shaker. More NH4
+-N and NO3
–-N (P<0.001) was recovered from soil by 2 M KCl than by any other extractant, in a soil: extractant ratio of 1 to 5 (w:v), except water, which was equally efficient at removing NO3
–-N from soils. 相似文献
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施用铵态氮对森林土壤硝态氮和铵态氮的影响 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
对取自武夷山的红壤、黄壤、黄壤性草甸土分别在对照(CK,N 0 mg/kg)、低氮(LN,N 50 mg/kg)、高氮(HN,N 100 mg/kg)3种氮(N)水平处理下开展培养实验,研究施加NH4+-N对森林土壤N转化的短期影响.结果表明,添加NH4+-N可显著(p<0.05)降低土壤NO3--N含量4.5%~25.7%,但LN与HN处理差异不显著,NO3--N降低可能与NO3--N反硝化和异氧还原有关;然而,黄壤性草甸土NO3--N没有降低.与培养前比较,在第56天红壤NO3--N含量显著增加5倍左右;桐木关黄壤增加40%左右,而黄冈山25 km黄壤仅在CK处理下增加16%,但是黄壤性草甸土显著降低;结果显示LN与HN处理土壤NO3--N含量变化幅度小于CK.与CK相比,LN和HN处理红壤NH4+-N分别显著(p<0.05)升高24.1% ~ 96.5%和68.7%~114.1%,且随培养进行没有累积,可能与微生物固N有关;桐木关NH4+-N分别升高17.6% ~ 39.6%和37.6%~95.8% (p<0.05),LN处理黄冈山25 km黄壤NH4+-N只有第7天升高17.8% (p<0.05),HN处理第7、14、28、42天显著升高17.5%~48.6%(p<0.05).LN处理黄壤性草甸土的NH4+-N在前3周显著降低11.6%~28.5% (p<0.01); HN处理在第7天和14天分别降低10.8%(p<0.01)和7.5%,但是在第28~56天显著增加17.6%~20.4%(p=0.002).随着培养进行,CK处理红壤NH4+-N逐渐降低,桐木关黄壤、黄冈山25 km黄壤和黄壤性草甸土升高;LN和HN处理黄壤和黄壤性草甸土NH4+-N逐渐升高.可见,不同海拔土壤类型对NH4+-N添加响应存在差异. 相似文献
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扩散法与质谱测定技术相结合,被广泛应用于环境、生态和农业领域中土壤、水等样品中无机氮15N同位素丰度的测定。为建立一套可快速、准确测定土壤无机氮15N同位素丰度的扩散培养体系,针对土壤样品无机氮量的变化特点,从培养温度、培养时间、试剂选择和用量等方面对扩散条件进行优化。结果发现,对于大部分无机氮浓度大于2 mg L~(-1)的土壤样品,20 ml土壤提取液,在不小于250 ml的蓝盖瓶中,悬挂两张各滴加了10μl 1 mol L~(-1)草酸的滤纸,加入0.1 g的Mg O,25℃下以140 r min-1的转速振荡培养24 h即可完成对样品中NH4+-N的扩散与回收;换入2张加酸滤纸继续摇培48 h可基本去除残余的NH4+-N;再换入2张加酸滤纸并加入0.1 g的戴氏合金振荡培养24 h即可。对于无机氮浓度低于2 mg L~(-1)的土壤提取液,需用50 ml提取液按以上条件进行扩散培养即可保证测定结果的准确性。本方法大大缩短了扩散法所需的实验周期,实现在一份样品内同时完成NH4+-N和NO3--N的扩散与回收,减少了样品的需要量,并通过优化Mg O、戴氏合金(Devarda’s alloy)的用量减少杂质氮可能带来的污染。 相似文献
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Plants can take up intact amino acids, even in competition with soil microbes, yet we lack detailed information on which amino acids dominate the soil and whether amino acid composition varies seasonally. This study tested the hypotheses that 1) the pool of amino acid N is generally larger than inorganic N; 2) temporal changes in the concentration of amino acid N is related to changes in the size of the microbial N pool; and 3) amino acid N is dominated by simple, neutral amino acids during warm months, whereas during cold months the amino acid N is dominated by more complex aromatic and basic amino acids. Approximately every month for two years we collected soil from a temperate, sub-alpine grassland in the Snowy Mountains of Australia. We quantified exchangeable pools of amino acids, nitrate and ammonium in 1 M KCl extracts. Microbial N was quantified by chloroform fumigation. Averaged across the 21 monthly samples, nitrate was 13% of the quantified pool of soluble non-protein N, ammonium was 34% and amino acid N was 53%. These data are consistent with our hypothesis that the pool of amino acid N is larger than inorganic N. There was substantial variation between months in concentrations of amino acids and inorganic N, but no clear temporal pattern. Microbial N did not vary between months, and thus changes in amino acid N were unrelated to microbial N. Principal components analysis indicated multivariate groupings of the different pools of N that were broadly indicative of function and/or biosynthetic relationships. Thus PCA identified a grouping of aromatic amino acids (Phe and Try) with amino acids derived from oxaloacetate (Asp, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile), and a second group comprising microbial N, nitrate and glycine. The pool of exchangeable amino acid N was dominated by Arg (26% of amino N) Val (20%) Gln (18%), Try (8%) and Asn (8%). Contrary to our hypothesis, the composition of the amino acid pool did not vary in a consistent way between months, and there was no evidence simple amino acids were relatively more abundant in warm months and complex amino acids in cool months. 相似文献
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通过田间试验研究了不施肥(CK)、施氮360 kg?hm?2(T1)、施氮720 kg?hm?2(T2)处理下茶园土壤无机氮、p H、各形态氟含量的动态变化和春、夏、秋茶树新梢一芽四叶、一芽五叶氟含量,探讨茶园施氮对土壤和茶树新梢氟含量的影响。结果表明:1)茶园施氮后短期内(20~30 d)土壤水溶态氟含量显著降低,土壤交换态氟和铁锰结合态氟含量降低;长期(45~50 d)土壤水溶态氟含量的降低作用减弱,土壤交换态氟和铁锰结合态的含量增加;在试验结束时(164 d),与CK处理相比,T1处理0~20 cm土壤各形态氟含量降低,T2处理0~20 cm土壤各形态氟含量增加。2)0~20 cm茶园土壤水溶态氟、铁锰结合态氟与NH4+-N分别呈极显著负、正相关(P0.01),20~40 cm土壤水溶态氟、交换态氟与NO3?-N分别呈极显著正、负相关(P0.01)。土壤p H与土壤水溶态氟含量极显著负相关(P0.01),与其他3种形态氟含量相关性不显著。土壤铁锰结合态氟与交换态氟、有机结合态氟呈显著、极显著正相关,但与土壤水溶态氟均无显著相关性。3)春茶前后施氮可以降低春、夏、秋茶树新梢一芽四叶、一芽五叶氟含量,但未达显著水平。T1处理新梢氟含量的降低值为夏茶(25.15~27.95 mg?kg?1)秋茶(21.06~24.31 mg?kg?1)春茶(18.58~21.03 mg?kg?1),T2处理的降低值为秋茶(18.64~22.34 mg?kg?1)夏茶(7.79~14.14 mg?kg?1)春茶(3.52~7.30 mg?kg?1)。春、夏、秋茶树新梢氟含量主要受0~20 cm土壤无机氮和20~40 cm土壤p H的影响。因此推测施氮通过影响茶树根系氟的吸收和氟在叶片中的累积过程调控茶树新梢氟含量,该研究成果为合理利用施氮技术降低茶园土壤和茶树新梢氟含量提供了理论依据。 相似文献
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ABSTRACT Two cultivars of pea: ‘PS210713’ (‘PS’), sensitive to iron deficiency, and ‘Marveille de Kelvedon’ (‘MK’), tolerant, were cultivated in controlled climatic conditions during one month, on a nutrient solution containing either nitrate (NO3 ?, 4 mM) or ammonium (NH4 +, 4 mM) and in the presence of bicarbonate (10 mM). The effects of these nitrogen forms on the growth and the mineral nutrition, and especially iron nutrition are analyzed. The reduction of growth by bicarbonate was approximately 30% in case of NO3 ? nutrition in the two cultivars, whereas in ammoniacal treatment the reduction is only 6% and 18% respectively in ‘PS’ and ‘MK’ cultivars. In presence of bicarbonate, the plant growth is not stimulated by NO3 ?relatively to its growth on ammoniacal medium, as often noticed when plants are cultivated on medium without bicarbonate: In presence of this compound, the biomass production of plant pea, was not influenced by the nitrogen forms. The nitric source led to a ferric chlorosis in the sensitive cultivar plants whereas any chlorosis was noted when ammoniacal source was applied. On the other hand, nitric nitrogen form decreased the nitrogen feeding of plants and increased the potassium one, while the effect of the ammoniacal nitrogen form on these nutrients was quite the inverse. In addition, the later increased the allocation of iron towards shoots. Besides, with this nitrogen source there was not accumulation of nitrate in the plant tissues. In nitric feeding case, the nitrate is mainly accumulated in the roots of the two cultivars. It is noticeable that the sensitive cultivar (‘PS’) accumulates three times more nitrate than the tolerant one (‘MK’). On the level of the whole plant, the iron and phosphorus nutrition seems unaltered by the nitrogen form. 相似文献
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In the coastal sage scrub (CSS) community of southern California, Artemisia californica and other native shrubs are gradually being replaced by invasive annual grasses, especially Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens. This decline may be attributed, in part, to local atmospheric N deposition, which causes elevated soil NO3
–. Unaffected soils have low N with a relatively higher concentration of NH4
+ than NO3
–. The objectives in this study were: (1) to compare the short-term uptake of 15NO3
– and 15NH4
+ by B. madritensis and A. californica and (2) to discern whether 15NO3
– or 15NH4
+ uptake is influenced by the mycorrhizal status of either plant species. Analysis of 15N concentrations indicated that both A. californica and B. madritensis took up more 15NO3
– than 15NH4
+, but overall, B. madritensis took up 6–15 times more of both forms of 15N than A. californica. Mycorrhizal A. californica had an increased 15NH4
+ concentration in roots but not shoots. In B. madritensis, the only mycorrhizal response was a reallocation of 15NO3
–, with mycorrhizal plants retaining a higher proportion of 15NO3
– in roots. Overall, arbuscular mycorrhizae had a small effect on 15N uptake in this short-term study. However, the ability of B. madritensis to take up so much 15N may explain in part why it has been so successful in replacing A. californica in CSS. 相似文献
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旱地土壤硝态氮残留淋溶及影响因素研究 总被引:29,自引:1,他引:29
在我国北方旱地,施入土壤而未被作物吸收利用的肥料N,主要以NO3--N的形式残留于土壤中。残留的NO3--N如不及时被作物吸收利用,在降水或灌水的作用下,会淋入土壤深层,或随径流进入地表水体,或经反硝化形成N2O进入大气,对土壤、水体和大气环境构成严重威胁。本文分析了旱地农田生态系统中,NO3--N在土壤剖面的残留淋溶与施肥、灌溉/降水、耕作、土壤、植物等因素的关系。提出在今后的研究工作中应特别注意的问题:①建立长期定位试验,确定NO3--N淋溶阈值,评价和预测NO3--N残留和淋失的趋势;②优化作物栽培和养分资源管理措施,提高作物利用土壤NO3--N的能力;③改进N肥施用技术,加强N素管理,防止NO3--N在土壤中大量累积。 相似文献
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Microbial uptake and utilisation are the main transformation pathways of low molecular weight organic substances (LMWOS) in soil, but details on transformations are strongly limited. As various LMWOS classes enter biochemical cycles at different steps, we hypothesize that the percentage of their carbon (C) incorporation into microbial biomass and consequently stabilisation in soil are different.Representatives of the three main groups of LMWOS: amino acids (alanine, glutamate), sugars (glucose, ribose) and carboxylic acids (acetate, palmitate) – were applied at naturally-occurring concentrations into a loamy arable Luvisol in a field experiment. Incorporation of 13C from these LMWOS into extractable microbial biomass (EMB) and into phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) was investigated 3 d and 10 d after application. The microbial utilisation of LMWOS for cell membrane construction was estimated by replacement of PLFA-C with 13C.35–80% of initially applied LMWOS-13C was still present in the composition of soil organic matter after 10 days of experiment, with 10–24% of 13C incorporation into EMB at day three and 1–15% at day 10. Maximal incorporation of 13C into EMB was observed from sugars and the least from amino acids. Strong differences in microbial utilisation between LMWOS were observed mainly at day 10. Thus, despite similar initial rapid uptake by microorganisms, further metabolism within microbial cells accounts for the specific fate of C from various LMWOS in soils.13C from each LMWOS was incorporated into each PLFA. This reflects the ubiquitous utilisation of all LMWOS by all functional microbial groups. The preferential incorporation of palmitate into PLFAs reflects its role as a direct precursor for fatty acids. Higher 13C incorporation from alanine and glucose into specific PLFAs compared to glutamate, ribose and acetate reflects the preferential use of glycolysis-derived substances in the fatty acids synthesis.Gram-negative bacteria (16:1ω7c and 18:1ω7c) were the most abundant and active in LMWOS utilisation. Their high activity corresponds to a high demand for anabolic products, e.g. to dominance of pentose-phosphate pathway, i.e. incorporation of ribose-C into PLFAs. The 13C incorporation from sugars and amino acids into filamentous microorganisms was lower than into all prokaryotic groups. However, for carboxylic acids, the incorporation was in the same range (0.1–0.2% of the applied carboxylic acid 13C) as that of gram-positive bacteria. This may reflect the dominance of fungi and other filamentous microorganisms for utilisation of acidic and complex organics.Thus, we showed that despite similar initial uptake, C from individual LMWOS follows deviating metabolic pathways which accounts for the individual fate of LMWOS-C over 10 days. Consequently, stabilisation of C in soil is mainly connected with its incorporation into microbial compounds of various stability and not with its initial microbial uptake. 相似文献
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Nitrogen uptake and growth of two citrus rootstock seedlings in a sandy soil receiving different controlled-release fertilizer sources 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Understanding the fate of different forms of nitrogen (N) fertilizers applied to soils is an important step in enhancing
N use efficiency and minimizing N losses. The growth and N uptake of two citrus rootstocks, Swingle citrumelo (SC), and Cleopatra
mandarin (CM), seedlings were evaluated in a pot experiment using a Candler fine sand (hyperthermic, uncoated, Typic Quartzipsamments)
without N application or with 400 mg N kg–1 applied as urea or controlled-release fertilizers (CRF; either as Meister, Osmocote, or Poly-S). Meister and Osmocote are
polyolefin resin-coated urea with longevity of N release for 270 days (at 25°C). Poly-S is a polymer and sulfur-coated urea
with release duration considerably shorter than that of either Meister or Osmocote. The concentrations of 2 M KCl extractable
nitrate nitrogen (NO3
–-N) and ammonium nitrogen (NH4
+-N) in the soil sampled 180 days and 300 days after planting were greater in the soil with SC than with CM rootstock seedlings.
In most cases, the extractable NH4
+ and NO3
– concentrations were greater for the Osmocote treatment compared to the other N sources. For the SC rootstock seedlings, dry
weight was greater with Meister or Poly-S compared with either Osmocote or urea. At the end of the experiment, ranking of
the various N sources, with respect to total N uptake by the seedlings, was: Meister = Osmocote > Poly-S > Urea > no N for
CM rootstock, and Meister = Poly-S = Osmocote > Urea > no N for SC rootstock. The study demonstrated that for a given rate
of N application the total N uptake by seedlings was greater for the CRF compared to urea treatment. This suggests that various
N losses were lower from the CRF source as compared to those from soluble fertilizers.
Received: 11 April 1997 相似文献
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有机肥对油菜硝酸盐含量和土壤盐分累积的影响 总被引:6,自引:1,他引:6
探讨了不同C/N的有机肥对油菜生物量、硝酸盐含量以及土壤EC的影响。结果表明:施用低量氮肥,增施M1能够增加油菜的生物量,硝酸盐含量无显著变化;增施M2、M3,能够降低油菜生物量和硝酸盐含量。当N用量为N0.067g kg-1土时(300kg hm-2),增施M1,油菜生物量和硝酸盐含量无显著变化;增施M2、M3时,显著降低生物量和硝酸盐含量。施用高氮肥,增施三种有机肥显著增加油菜生物量,硝酸盐含量无显著变化。三种不同C/N的有机肥在低量氮肥时对土壤EC的影响不显著,在高氮量时,增施M1能够增加土壤EC,增施M2、M3能够降低土壤EC。 相似文献
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Free amino acids (AA's) represent a significant source of available N for some plants and soil microorganisms. It can be expected, however, that significant competition will exist between plants and microorganisms for this organic N resource. Our study indicated that microbial capture and utilization of glycine was very rapid at a range of soil solution concentrations (0.1 μM to 10 mM) indicating that significant competition will exist between roots and soil microorganisms. Plant capture of free AA's was maximal at high soil solution concentrations where microbial utilization was slowest. Our results suggest that plant capture of soil dissolved organic N may primarily occur in organic rich patches in soil where concentrations of free AA's are high. 相似文献
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A. Perez-Espinosa J. Moreno-Caselles R. Moral M. D. Perez-Murcia I. Gomez 《Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science》2013,59(3):273-278
The effects of increased cobalt additions (0, 50, 100 and 200 v mg v kg m 1 soil) in sewage sludge-amended soil on organic matter, N Kjeldahl, ammonium and nitrate were studied in this experiment. Three different rates of sewage sludge were applied (0, 30 and 60 v tn v ha m 1 ) to soil as main plots, using tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill var. Ramy) such testing cultivation. Plant biomass and nitrogen content in tomato leaf were also monitored. The organic matter in the soil was clearly affected by the fertilization. N Kjeldahl, ammonium and nitrate were favoured by organic treatments. Co seemed to reduce the transformation of ammonium to nitrate on amended soils, with accumulation of ammonium forms, especially at the higher application rates of sewage sludge. This incidence of Co on nitrogen species in soil decreased with the time of experiment, probably due to the reduction of availability of the pollutant. Aerial biomass production and nitrogen content in leaf were increased for the organic fertilization compared to the control. Only very high levels of Co in soil reduced significantly the aerial biomass production of tomato plants in amended soils. Co seemed to induce a decrease of the nitrogen in leaf in the amended soils, but not for the non-fertilized soils. 相似文献
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A laboratory experiment was designed to challenge the idea that the C/N ratio of forest soils may control gross N immobilization, mineralization, and nitrification rates. Soils were collected from three deciduous forests sites varying in C/N ratio between 15 and 27. They were air-dried and rewetted to induce a burst of microbial activity. The N transformation rates were calculated from an isotope dilution and enrichment procedure, in which 15NH4Cl or Na15NO3 was repeatedly added to the soils during 7 days of incubation. The experiments suggested that differences in gross nitrogen immobilization and mineralization rates between the soils were more related to the respiration rate and ATP content than to the C/N ratio. Peaks of respiration and ATP content were followed by high rates of mineralization and immobilization, with 1-2 days of delay. The gross immobilization of NH4+ was dependent on the gross mineralization and one to two orders of magnitude larger than the gross NO3− immobilization. The gross nitrification rates were negatively related to the ATP content and the C/N ratio and greatly exceeding the net nitrification rates. Taken together, the observations suggest that leaching of nitrate from forest soils may be largely dependent on the density and activity of the microbial community. 相似文献
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pH is known to be a primary regulator of nutrient cycling in soil. Increasing soil acidity in agricultural systems has the potential to slow down N cycling and reduce N losses from leaching thereby enhancing sustainability and reducing pollution. We conducted a field experiment to investigate the impact of acidity on N leaching in arable and grassland agricultural systems. The results showed that nitrate (NO3−) concentrations in soil water were greater under arable than under grassland. Soil acidification significantly lowered NO3− concentrations in soil water over winter and spring under grassland, whilst in cereal plots a similar effect was only observed in spring. Our results suggest that soil acidification decreased nitrification causing an accumulation of NH4+ which was not subject to leaching. Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) concentrations in soil water were significantly greater under arable than grassland. Soil acidification lowered concentrations of DON in soil water, usually to a greater extent in grassland than in arable plots. It was concluded that it may be possible to use careful soil pH management as a tool to control NO3− leaching without compromising the quality of drainage water, and that this may be more effective on grassland than on arable crops. 相似文献