Effects of repeated urea doses on soil chemistry and nutrient pools in a Norway spruce stand

Pools of macro-nutrients in soil and vegetation were studied in an old fertilization experiment with a large previous input of N. Different doses of N, in the form of urea, had been added four times during a 20-year period. In total, between 480 and 2400 kg N ha⁻¹ had been given. The experiment was established in a relatively productive Norway spruce stand and the expectation was that the large N input would cause an accelerated leaching of N, especially nitrate, accompanied by soil acidification and losses of several nutrients. The aim was to test for possible residual effects. Thirteen years after the last N addition, samples from the aboveground part of trees, field layer, S-layer, humus layer and mineral soil (0–10 cm) were analyzed for concentrations of most major nutrients. Nutrient pools were calculated. In the humus layer, the concentration of N increased and the C/N-ratio decreased with increasing N dose. The calculated recovery of added N in soil including ground vegetation was complete for the lowest N dose, while it was 25–50% for higher doses. The amount of N retained was unaffected by the N dose. The amount of extractable P in the upper part of the mineral soil was negatively correlated with N dose, as was also the concentration of total P in the S-layer. Neither soil pH, nor concentrations or amounts of Ca, Mg and K were affected by the previous fertilization. The calculated total soil-plant pool was only influenced by N dose in the case of P, which was 20% lower at the highest N dose compared with unfertilized conditions. Despite the large extra N input, the nutritional changes in plants and soil of the actual study site seemed surprisingly small.     

食用菌富集微量元素的研究与展望

本文综述了食用菌富集微量元素的特点,研究所用的食用菌菌种及所富集微量元素的种类,富集微量元素的食用菌生理功能、应用前景与存在问题。     

二价金属阳离子对西瓜枯萎病菌厚垣孢子萌发的影响

研究了五种二价金属阳离子化合物，即ＣａＣｌ２，ＭｇＣｌ２，ＣｕＳＯ４，ＭｎＣｌ２和ＣｏＣｌ２对西瓜枯萎病菌厚垣孢子萌发及芽管生长的影响，２５℃培养８小时后发现５和０．５ｍｍｏｌ／ＬＭｇＣｌ２，５ｍｍｏｌ／ＬＭｎＣｌ２及０．５ｍｍｏｌ／ＬＣａＣｌ２能促进病菌厚垣孢子萌发和芽管生长，但０．５ｍｍｏｌ／ＬＣｏＣＬ２和ＣｕＳＯ４能抑制萌发和芽管生长．当浓度提高时，ＣｏＣｌ２和ＣｕＳＯ４抑制作用将加剧     

Interaction between Plant Nutrients: II. Effect of Chloride on Activities of Cations in Soil Solution and on Nutrient Uptake by Plants

Abstract

In soil solutions the sum of cations is equivalent to that of anions. Anions are soluble or precipitated as less soluble salts. Therefore, the sum of soluble anions are responsible for the sum of cations in the soil solution. Soluble nitrate anions are unstable as they immobilize in biological materials. Hydrogen carbonate is excreted from plant roots and decomposes into carbon dioxide and carbonate. Carbonate reacts with hydrogen ions and forms complexes and ion pairs with calcium ions. Sulphate and chloride are more stable in the soil solution as anions.

Chloride ions were found to increase the activity of cations in the soil solution and to increase uptake of cations through the entire growth period. Increased absorption of cations increased yield. In temperate climate regions the surplus of chloride leaches from the root zone during winter.     

Effects of nitrogen enrichment on belowground communities in grassland: Relative role of soil nitrogen availability vs. soil acidification

Terrestrial ecosystems worldwide are receiving increasing amounts of biologically reactive nitrogen (N) as a consequence of anthropogenic activities. This intended or unintended fertilization can have a wide range of impacts on the above- and belowground communities. An increase in high N availability has been assumed to be a major mechanism enhancing the abundance of above- and belowground communities. In addition to increasing available N, however, N enrichment causes soil acidification, which may negatively affect above- and belowground communities. The relative importance of increased N availability vs. increased soil acidity for above- and belowground communities in natural ecosystems experiencing N enrichment is unclear. In a 12-year N enrichment experiment in a semi-arid grassland, N enrichment substantially increased both above- and belowground plant biomass mainly via the N availability-induced increase in biomass of perennial rhizome grasses. N enrichment also dramatically suppressed bacterial, fungal, and actinobacteria biomass mainly via the soil acidification pathway (acidification increased concentrations of H⁺ ions and Al³⁺ and decreased concentrations of mineral cations). In addition, N enrichment also suppressed bacterial-, fungal-feeding, and omnivorous + carnivorous nematodes mainly via the soil acidification pathway (acidification reduced nematode food resources and reduced concentrations of mineral cations). The positive effects resulting from the increase in belowground carbon allocation (via increase in quantity and quality of plant production) on belowground communities were outweighed by the negative effects resulting from soil acidification, indicating that N enrichment weakens the linkages between aboveground and belowground components of grassland ecosystems. Our results suggest that N enrichment-induced soil acidification should be included in models that predict biota communities and linkages to carbon and nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems under future scenarios of N deposition.     

Potassium additions on ionic equilibria,selectivity and diffusion of cations in soils

Abstract

In a soil system variation in the concentration of any one ion as induced by external addition might bring changes in the ionic‐equilibria, diffusion rate and strength of adsorption of all the ions involved. In four Indiana soils the changes in ionic equilibria, selectivity coefficient and rate of diffusion coefficient for K, Na, Ca and Mg were investigated at 5 levels of added K. The experiments were carried out under controlled laboratory conditions by incubating soils for 3 weeks at 25C. All soils had a greater fraction of Ca and Mg on the exchange phase than in solution, whereas with K and Na the reverse occurred. Potassium adsorption isotherms for all the soils differed indicating the difference in the nature of soil materials involved. Chalmers soil with high clay content with high exchange capacity had high differential buffer value for K. In all the soils, K was adsorbed preferentially to Na at all the levels of K addition, Calcium was adsorbed preferentially to Mg on the Zanesville and Toronto soils. However, in Chalmers and Raub soils, reverse was observed when the level of K addition was exceeded 1.0 and 0.5 me K/100g soil, respectively. This difference in Mg for Ca is attributed to smaller proportion of Mg saturation on the exchange surface. Divalent cations were preferentially adsorbed over monvalent ions. Increasing levels of K addition increased the diffusion rates of all the ions under consideration. The rate of diffusion for K and Ca were governed by concentrations of these ions on the exchange and solution phase.     

Factors influencing the variability of Mg, Ca and K in waters of a mangrove creek in Bragança, North Brazil

Sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium and physicochemical parameters were monitored for one year in a mangrove tidal creek near Bragança, North Brazil, to determine their tidally induced and seasonal variations and the main parameters controlling the concentration of these cations. On a daily basis, cation concentrations showed a strong tidal rhythm due to the mixing of estuarine and mangrove waters. Mean concentrations were highest at the end of the dry season (December 1996) and lowest (April 1997) towards the end of the rainy season. Average values over one year were: Na+ = 329± 118mM, K+ = 6.9±2.5mM, Mg++=37 ±14 mM and Ca++= 6.9±2.4mM. Dissolved oxygen concentration was higher during the dry season due to enhanced aquatic primary production, with a maximum daily average value of 8.5mg/L in July 1996, and a minimum value of 4mg/L in June 1997. Cation concentrations were transformed relating them to the respective average values in standard seawater at salinity 35. Although cation concentrations and salinity tightly correlated, this standardization showed that the concentrations of K+, Ca++ and Mg++ did not depend solely on salinity and reflected the seasonal variation in aquatic primary production. It also allowed the discrimination of their sources (marine, riverine and groundwater). Thermodynamic equilibrium calculations indicate that phytoplankton may be regulating the concentration of these cations in the water column indirectly by inducing precipitation through pH increase and directly through metabolic uptake.     

Acidification and chemical properties of fagus sylvatica l forest soils

Exchangeable Al and acidity of Swedish beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forest soils are documented and discussed on the basis of known changes in soil chemical properties during recent decades. It is concluded that the pH and base saturation decrease, which has occurred in most forest soils of the region, has been accompanied by increases in the amount of exchangeable and soil solution Al and a greater decrease of the Ca: AI ratio, particularly in the B horizon. An adverse nutritional state now seems to prevail in most beech forest B horizons. Conditions are more favourable in the topsoil due to the formation of Al‐humus complexes which are less available to plant uptake, and in the case of very acid mor layers, a low Al content. However, in A (mull) horizons of intermediate acidity with a rather high clay content and low in humus, conditions approaching those of the B horizon may be found.     

采用微波消解-火焰原子吸收光谱法测定家蚕幼虫体中6种金属元素的含量

采用微波消解-火焰原子吸收光谱法,测定家蚕幼虫体中Ca、Mg、Fe、Cu、Mn、Zn 6种金属元素含量。结果表明家蚕幼虫体中不仅含有大量的常量元素Ca和Mg,同时也含有丰富的人体必需微量元素Fe、Cu、Mn、Zn,Ca、Mg、Fe、Cu、Mn、Zn 6种金属元素在家蚕幼虫体中的质量比分别为1 907.122、1 319.753、35.109、4.133、6.592、74.116μg/g。因此认为家蚕幼虫体适于作为药食资源进行开发。     

外源Ca2+、Mg2+、Cu2+和吖啶黄素对刺梨果实维生素C合成的影响

【目的】研究二价金属离子和传统抑制剂对刺梨果实维生素C合成的调控作用。【方法】以‘贵农5号’刺梨为材料,采用离体喂饲和活体注射相结合的方法,研究Ca2+、Mg2+、Cu2+等二价金属离子及吖啶黄素、石蒜碱等有机抑制剂对刺梨果实半乳糖内酯脱氢酶（GalLDH）活性和维生素C（AsA）合成的影响。【结果】Ca2+、Mg2+两种离子对初纯化的GalLDH酶活性有一定的促进作用,Cu2+则显著抑制其活性;当用金属离子与AsA合成底物半乳糖内酯（GalL）共同喂饲果肉时,Ca2+、Mg2+两种离子未有效促进AsA合成,Cu2+处理下的刺梨果肉中AsA含量甚至显著降低;在刺梨果实发育过程中,注射Ca2+对活体果实AsA合成有明显促进作用,Mg2+的作用不明显,而Cu2+依然表现出对AsA合成的抑制作用。吖啶黄素能抑制初纯化GalLDH酶液约70%的活性,而石蒜碱的抑制作用较小（约30%）,但两者在离体喂饲处理中对AsA合成表现出相似的抑制效果;活体注射处理时,吖啶黄素在处理后期对AsA合成表现出较明显的抑制作用,石蒜碱则无此效应。【结论】外源增Ca2+可促进刺梨果实AsA合成和积累,而Cu2+和吖啶黄素则有抑制作用。