Wastewater Chemistry and Fractionation of Bioactive Phosphorus in Dairy Manure

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Because manure organic phosphorus (P) is environmentally bioactive, a novel in situ enzyme hydrolysis assay was developed to identify water soluble‐ and labile complexed P and mechanisms controlling P solubilization in dairy manure. Water‐extractable P averaged 16% (±14.8%) of total P of 107 manures collected across five northeastern states of the USA. Adding a multidentate ligand solubilized inorganic complexed P (15±8.3%) primarily associated with calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg). An additional organic fraction (35.9±15.6%) was hydrolyzable by fungal phytases. The assay was more revealing about on‐farm P management than just knowing total P; the water‐extractable P distribution was skewed to the left, and two thirds were <2500 mg kg^?1; bioactive and total P were normally distributed, differing extensively between farms with a range spanning an order of magnitude. The assay's simplicity and robustness over the wide range of manure characteristics may increase routine evaluation of whole‐farm accumulation of environmentally sensitive P forms.     

Metal‐Associated Forms and Speciation in Biosolid‐Amended Oxisols

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The objective of this study was to determine the effects of pH and ionic strength on the distribution and speciation of zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), and cadmium (Cd) in surface soil samples from two Brazilian Oxisols amended with biosolids. Soils and biosolids were equilibrated in an experimental dual‐chamber diffusion apparatus that permits the soils and biosolids to react through a solution phase via diffusion across a membrane. After equilibrium was reached, soil and biosolids samples were sequentially fractionated to identify various solid forms of Zn, Cu, and Cd. Metal concentrations in the solution phase were determined and mass balance calculated. Equilibrating pH had no major effect on Cu solubility from biosolids and, at pH range from 4 to 7, most Cu remained in the biosolids. Soluble Zn and Cd concentration increased with decreasing pH because of the increased solubility of the biosolids. Copper and Zn were primarily associated with the residual fraction and Fe oxides in one soil, but were primarily associated with chemically unstable fractions, or adsorbed to the surface of oxides, in the other soil. In both soils, Cd was primarily associated with readily bioavailable fractions. The effect of pH on the metal distribution was more evident than the ionic strength effect. Free ions were the predominant metal species in solution, especially at lower pH values.     

Shortcut Approach Alternative to the Step‐by‐Step Conventional Soil Phosphorus Fractionation Method

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In an attempt to characterize the phosphorus (P)–supplying capacity of a soil and to understand the dynamics of soil P, a procedure was followed whereby consecutive extraction procedures were carried out on a soil sample, first by dialysis membrane tubes filled with hydrous ferric oxide (DMT‐HFO), followed by subsequent P fractionation procedure. However, this combined method is lengthy and time‐consuming, and an approach to shorten these P desorption studies in soils was important. The major objective of this article, therefore, was to present a shortcut method as an alternative approach to the combined fractionation method. Comparison of the sum of DMT‐HFO‐P_i, sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃)‐P_i, sodium hydroxide (NaOH)‐P_i, D/hydrochloric acid (HCl)‐P_i, and C/HCl‐P_i extracted by a conventional step‐by‐step method with the sum of DMT‐HFO‐P_i and a single D/HCl‐P_i extraction as a shortcut approach for all extraction periods resulted in a very strong and significant correlations. Both these methods were correlated with maize grain yield, and it was found to be highly significant. This study revealed that this shortcut approach could be a simplified and economically viable option to study the P dynamics of soils especially for soils where the P pool acting as a source in replenishing the labile portion of P is already identified.     

Characterization of the Soil Organic Matter in Agricultural Mine Spoils and Reclaimed Soils Treated with Organic Amendments

Recycling organic waste in agricultural soils is a valid solution. We performed short‐term experiments to investigate the fate of urban sludge and composts, in mine spoils, cultivated or uncultivated, and reclaimed soils located in Florence and Milan, Italy. The samples, either treated or untreated, were fractionated by density into light (<1.63 Mg m^?3) and heavy (>1.63 Mg m^?3) fractions. The fractions were analyzed for total carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) contents and for δ ¹³C and δ ¹⁵N isotopes, and they were characterized by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. Treatment increased the heavy fraction. The addition of sludge in the Florence area acts in synergy with the cultivation, increasing the light fraction (LF). In the Milan area, the LF tends to be decomposed and apparently transformed into HF. The addition of amendments or cultivation enhances the decomposition with release of carbon dioxide. For future research, we suggest lengthening the time of the experiments to integrate climatic variations.     

长期施肥对红壤不同有机碳库及其周转速率的影响

通过土壤有机质物理分组和室内培养的方法,研究了长期定位施肥对红壤不同有机碳库及其周转速率的影响。结果表明:平衡施肥(NPK、2NPK)和施用有机肥(OM、NPKOM)显著提高玉米产量,降低产量年际变异系数,同时也显著提高了土壤有机碳(SOC)和活性有机碳(LOC)的含量。根据有机碳物理分组方法,将SOC分成五部分,其中,与矿物结合的有机碳占绝对优势,微团聚体中的粉黏粒(s+c_mM)和大团聚体中的粉黏粒(s+c_M)分别占SOC的31%～53%和28%～38%,其次为微团聚体间的细颗粒有机质(fPOM)和微团聚体中的细颗粒有机质(iPOM_mM),分别占8%～15%和7%～21%,粗颗粒有机质(cPOM)仅占5%～12%。施有机肥(OM、NPKOM)显著提高了颗粒有机碳组分,包括cPOM、fPOM和iPOM_mM组分碳的数量,但是对矿物结合态碳(s+c_M、s+c_mM)影响不明显。施无机肥对有机碳库组成(除s+c_mM外)影响不显著。在有机肥处理中(OM、NPKOM)土壤有机碳周转速率最快,相应的半衰期最短,是CK处理的0.47倍～0.70倍,是无机肥处理的0.11倍～0.95倍。原土有机碳周转时间与LOC/SOC呈显著正相关(r=0.66*)。研究表明平衡施肥和有机肥能提高土壤地力,同时还有利于土壤有机碳的积累。     

湿地土壤磷分级方法研究

磷是植物生长发育的必需营养元素之一。植物所利用的磷素主要来源于土壤。湿地作为响应全球变化和人类活动较为敏感的生态系统之一,湿地土壤磷分级越来越受到国内外学者的关注。本文综述了国内外湿地土壤无机磷和有机磷的形态划分、分级方法,对应用较广的磷分级方法进行了总结,以期为国内相关研究提供参考和借鉴。     

广东韶关主要矿区周边农田土壤铅、镉的形态分布及生物有效性研究

采用改进BCR法和DTPA提取法研究了韶关主要矿区周边农田土壤Pb、Cd的形态分布和生物有效性。结果表明,参照土壤环境质量标准二级标准,韶关主要矿区周边农田土壤Pb、Cd的超标率分别为14.1%和92.3%;参照食品中污染物限量标准,调查的5种蔬菜样品Pb、Cd的超标率分别为57.7%和48.7%。土壤Pb以可还原态为主,占到4种形态和的76.13%,Pb各形态的分布顺序为：可还原态〉残渣态〉可氧化态〉酸提取态;土壤Cd以酸提取态和可还原态为主,占到4种形态和近89%,Cd各形态的分布顺序为：酸提取态〉可还原态〉可氧化态〉残渣态。用DTPA提取得到的土壤Pb、Cd有效态均值分别为24.91、1.29 mg·kg-1。相关性分析表明,除了胡萝卜Cd,5种蔬菜Pb、Cd含量与土壤酸提取态、可还原态、可氧化态及土壤有效态含量显著相关,与土壤pH和有机质相关性不大。逐步回归分析表明,只有土壤残渣态含量对蔬菜Pb、Cd含量影响不显著。     

Calcium requirements for peanuts

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Surface soils from ten soil series representing five great groups were collected from Alaska. These soils were selected from the important agricultural areas covering a wide geographic distribution. These soils can be divided into two distinct groups based on their parent material: loess and volcanic ash. Phosphorus sorption maxima were calculated based on the Langmuir isotherms. The volcanic ash soils (Cryandept and Cryorthods) showed an average P‐sorption maxima of 10,122 mg/kg and loess soils averaged 3,934 mg/kg. Both groups have similar portions of phosphorus in the organic form (19%) and occluded form (8 to 9%). The nonoccluded‐P in the volcanic ash soils and the loess soils was 68% and 43% respectively, and the Calcium‐P was 4% and 29% respectively.

Regression analysis indicated that aluminum and iron are primarily responsible for P‐sorption. The dithionite extractable Al is responsible for P‐sorption in volcanic ash soils, while oxalate extractable Al is responsible for P‐sorption in loess soils. Dithionite and oxalate extractable Fe probably play a secondary role in P‐sorption. The sorption isotherm, regression analysis and the P‐fractionation data provide the agronomist with useful information to estimate P requirement of newly cleared soils.     

Extraction of calcium fractions from plant material

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Calcium was extracted from leaves sequentially with water, 0.5M sodium nitrate, 2M acetic acid and 2M hydrochloric acid. Water and hydrochloric acid removed well defined fractions; water soluble calcium was mostly present in complexed form; hydrochloric acid removed only calcium oxalate. The results show that some oxalic acid may be produced by acid hydrolysis of plant constitutents during extraction with hydrochloric acid.

Drying of leaves prior to analysis altered the distribution of calcium; water soluble calcium decreased while acetic and hydrochloric acid soluble calcium increased.     

土壤磷素形态及其生物有效性研究进展

土壤磷素形态及其生物有效性的研究对解决农业生产中所引起的经济、环境和资源问题有很重要的作用。结合国内外已有成果和最新研究进展,从土壤的形态、磷的分组以及测定方法,土壤各形态磷的生物有效性等几个方面综述了国内外土壤磷的研究现状,并提出了目前在土壤磷研究中存在的一些问题以及今后研究的热点。