Determinants of annual fluxes of CO2 and N2O in long-term no-tillage and conventional tillage systems in northern France

The greenhouse gases CO₂ and N₂O emissions were quantified in a long-term experiment in northern France, in which no-till (NT) and conventional tillage (CT) had been differentiated during 32 years in plots under a maize–wheat rotation. Continuous CO₂ and periodical N₂O soil emission measurements were performed during two periods: under maize cultivation (April 2003–July 2003) and during the fallow period after wheat harvest (August 2003–March 2004). In order to document the dynamics and importance of these emissions, soil organic C and mineral N, residue decomposition, soil potential for CO₂ emission and climatic data were measured. CO₂ emissions were significantly larger in NT on 53% and in CT on 6% of the days. From April to July 2003 and from November 2003 to March 2004, the cumulated CO₂ emissions did not differ significantly between CT and NT. However, the cumulated CO₂ emissions from August to November 2003 were considerably larger for NT than for CT. Over the entire 331 days of measurement, CT and NT emitted 3160 ± 269 and 4064 ± 138 kg CO₂-C ha⁻¹, respectively. The differences in CO₂ emissions in the two tillage systems resulted from the soil climatic conditions and the amounts and location of crop residues and SOM. A large proportion of the CO₂ emissions in NT over the entire measurement period was probably due to the decomposition of old weathered residues. NT tended to emit more N₂O than CT over the entire measurement period. However differences were statistically significant in only half of the cases due to important variability. N₂O emissions were generally less than 5 g N ha⁻¹ day⁻¹, except for a few dates where emission increased up to 21 g N ha⁻¹ day⁻¹. These N₂O fluxes represented 0.80 ± 0.15 and 1.32 ± 0.52 kg N₂O-N ha⁻¹ year⁻¹ for CT and NT, respectively. Depending on the periods, a large part of the N₂O emissions occurred was probably induced by nitrification, since soil conditions were not favorable for denitrification. Finally, for the period of measurement after 32 years of tillage treatments, the NT system emitted more greenhouses gases (CO₂ and N₂O) to the atmosphere on an annual basis than the CT system.     

秸秆还田对灌溉玉米田土壤反硝化及N2O排放的影响

运用乙炔抑制技术研究了不同施氮水平下秸秆还田对灌溉玉米田土壤反硝化反应和氧化亚氮(N2O)排放的影响。结果表明,土壤反硝化速率及N2O的排放受氮肥施用、秸秆处理方式及其交互作用的显著影响。与秸秆燃烧相比,不施氮或低施氮水平时,秸秆还田可刺激培养初期反硝化反应速率及N2O排放,增加培养期间N2O平均排放通量;高施氮水平时,秸秆还田可降低反硝化反应速率及反硝化过程中的N2O排放。秸秆还田可降低反硝化中N2O/N2的比例。     

Short-term effects of clearfelling on soil CO2, CH4, and N2O fluxes in a Sitka spruce plantation

We examined the effects of forest clearfelling on the fluxes of soil CO₂, CH₄, and N₂O in a Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) plantation on an organic-rich peaty gley soil, in Northern England. Soil CO₂, CH₄, N₂O as well as environmental factors such as soil temperature, soil water content, and depth to the water table were recorded in two mature stands for one growing season, at the end of which one of the two stands was felled and one was left as control. Monitoring of the same parameters continued thereafter for a second growing season. For the first 10 months after clearfelling, there was a significant decrease in soil CO₂ efflux, with an average efflux rate of 4.0 g m⁻² d⁻¹ in the mature stand (40-year) and 2.7 g m⁻² d⁻¹ in clearfelled site (CF). Clearfelling turned the soil from a sink (−0.37 mg m⁻² d⁻¹) for CH₄ to a net source (2.01 mg m⁻² d⁻¹). For the same period, soil N₂O fluxes averaged 0.57 mg m⁻² d⁻¹ in the CF and 0.23 mg m⁻² d⁻¹ in the 40-year stand. Clearfelling affected environmental factors and lead to higher daily soil temperatures during the summer period, while it caused an increase in the soil water content and a rise in the water table depth. Despite clearfelling, CO₂ remained the dominant greenhouse gas in terms of its greenhouse warming potential.     

Evidence of N<Subscript>2</Subscript>O emission and gaseous nitrogen losses through nitrification-denitrification induced by rice plants (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Oryza sativa</Emphasis> L.)

A greenhouse experiment was conducted with a specially designed apparatus consisting of an upper and lower chamber where the treatment with rice was carried out (treatment 1). The apparatus also had a single chamber where treatment 2, without rice plants, was carried out. The scope of this study was to elucidate the influence of rice plant growth on gaseous N losses as N₂ and N₂O produced by nitrification-denitrification in a flooded soil fertilized with (NH₄)₂SO₄ (with 56.50 atom% ¹⁵N). Gas samples were withdrawn weekly and analyzed for (N₂ + N₂O)-¹⁵N losses by mass spectrometer and for N₂O by gas chromatograph. The gaseous (N₂ + N₂O)-¹⁵N losses of the treatment with rice plants were significantly (P =0.01) higher than those of the treatment without rice plants, as were the amounts of N₂O emitted. Rice plants facilitate the efflux of N₂ and N₂O from soil to atmosphere, as about half of the total gaseous ¹⁵N loss as N₂ and N₂O was found in the upper chamber. The proportion of N₂O-¹⁵N to (N₂ + N₂O)-¹⁵N in the upper chamber was 10.56%, much higher than that of the lower chamber in treatment 1 and the headspace of treatment 2.     

Effects of aerobic conditions in the rhizosphere of rice on the dynamics and availability of phosphorus in a flooded soil – A model experiment

The secretion of O₂ by rice roots results in aerobic conditions in the rhizoshere compared to the bulk flooded soil. The effect of this phenomenon on the adsorption/desorption behavior and on the availability of phosphorus (P) in a flooded soil was investigated in a model experiment. An experimental set‐up was developed that imitates both O₂ release and P uptake by the rice root. The results showed that O₂ secretion significantly reduced P adsorption/retention and increased P desorption/release in the “rhizosphere” soil, compared to the anaerobic bulk soil. The P uptake by an anion exchange resin from both unfertilized and P‐amended soil was significantly increased. The results confirm that the O₂ secretion is an important mechanism to enhance P availability and P uptake of rice under flooded conditions, where the “physico‐chemical” availability of P in the anaerobic bulk soil is strongly reduced. The decrease of P availability in the P‐amended flooded bulk soil was mainly associated with the almost complete transformation of the precedingly enriched Al‐P fraction into Fe‐bound P with extremely low desorption/release characteristics during the subsequent flooding.     

不同杀菌剂对苹果汁生产线耐酸耐热菌的杀菌效果研究

耐酸耐热菌存在于浓缩苹果清汁中,严重影响其加工产品饮料的风味。对浓缩苹果清汁生产中耐酸耐热菌的控制方法的研究结果表明,在生产中采用适当浓度的ClO2、NaOH、H2O2进行处理,可以有效地杀灭耐酸耐热菌。通过用ClO2清洗苹果原料,用NaOH对设备、罐群和管道进行清洗,用NaOH和H2O2对设备、罐群和管道进行联合杀菌,可使生产线的耐酸耐热菌逐级递减,直至杀灭。经过一个榨季的跟踪测试,该方法能够有效控制耐酸耐热菌,提高果汁产品质量。     

脂溶性有机锡杀螨剂的合成路线改进

报道了一类有机锡杀螨剂O，O－二烃基二硫代磷酸三环已基锡酯的制备方法，即以三环己基氢氧化为起始原料，与O，O－二烃基二硫代磷酸反应即可制得，它们能溶于大多数有机溶剂，因而可被制成乳油剂型。     

H2O2在采后果蔬冷害中的作用机制

冷害是冷敏感型果蔬产品在贮藏、包装和运输过程中经常发生的一种生理伤害。叙述活性氧代谢与采后果蔬冷害的关系,解析H2O2信号转导作用在采后果蔬冷害的发生中所起重要作用,对H2O2在采后果蔬冷害中的作用机制进行归纳,提出H2O2处理有望成为提高贮藏果蔬抗冷能力的新的御冷技术。     

Effects of nitrogen application and maize growth on N2O emission from soil

Using the pot experiment and closed static chamber-gas chromatography (GC) technique, this paper studied the effects of nitrogen application (150 and 300 mg/kg soil) and maize growth on N₂O emission from soil. In maize-planted soil, the N₂O emission rate increased with increasing N application rate, its peak appeared at the seedling stage, and there was no significant correlation between N₂O emission rate and air temperature. Contrarily, in exposed soil, the peak of N₂O emission rate occurred at the later stages of the experiment, and there was a significant exponential correlation between soil N₂O emission rate and air temperature, in which Q ₁₀ (the value of soil N₂O emission rate responding to temperature) was 4.4 and 3.2 in high and low N applications. The total amount of N₂O emission increased remarkably with increased N application rate in both planted and un-planted soils. N₂O emission inventory from exposed and maize-planted soils in high N application was 2.5 and 1.6 times as high as that in low N application, respectively. In the same N application rate, N₂O emission inventory in high and low N application from exposed soil was 12 and 7.5 times as high as that from maize-planted soil, respectively. As compared with exposed soil, maize growth reduced N₂O emission by 92% and 87%, respectively, at high and low N application rates. In summary, maize growth and nitrogen application not only affected the seasonal variation and magnitude of N₂O emission from soil, but also altered the relationship between air temperature and soil N₂O emission. __________ Translated from Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2005, 16(1): 100–104 [译自: 应用生态学报]     

农田氧化亚氮减排的关键是合理施氮

农业源氧化亚氮(N2O)排放量占全球人为源总排放量的2/3,是最大的人为排放源,氮肥和有机肥的施用是其主要贡献者。合理施氮是获得较高目标产量、维持土壤氮肥力和降低因施氮引起环境污染风险的关键,在减少农田土壤N2O排放、缓解温室效应中起重要作用。本文基于合理施肥的“4R”(Right amount,Right type,Right time,Right place)理念和技术,论述了施氮量与N2O排放量之间的数量关系,肥料品种、施肥时期和方法对N2O减排的影响。强调了氮素投入超过作物需氮量后,N2O排放量会呈现指数型增长;将施氮量控制在合理范围对N2O减排的重要性。建议在不同土壤-气候-作物体系下,同时开展产量、品质,氨挥发、硝酸盐淋洗、N2O排放和土壤肥力的长期系统研究,不能顾此失彼;形成同类地区能够机械操作的规范化种植模式与合理施肥措施,包括与其他农艺措施的配合,如轮作与耕作、灌溉、有机肥和秸秆还田、磷钾肥和中微量元素管理等,以实现产量、品质、效益与环境效应相协调的可持续集约化作物生产目标。