Nitrogen mineralization indicators under semi-arid and semi-humid conditions: influence on wheat yield and nitrogen uptake

The objectives were i) to assess indicators for potential nitrogen (N) mineralization and ii) to analyze their relationships for predicting winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) growth parameters (yield and N uptake, N_up) in Mollisols of the semi-arid and semi-humid region of the Argentine Pampas. Thirty-six farmer fields were sampled at 0–20 cm. Several N mineralization indicators, wheat grain yield and N_up at physiological maturity stage were assessed. A principal component (PC) analysis was performed using correlated factors to grain yield and N_up. The cluster analysis showed two main groups: high fertility and low fertility soils. In high fertility soils, combining PCs in multiple regression models enhanced the wheat yield and N_up prediction significantly with a high R² (adj R² = 0.71–0.83). The main factors that explained the wheat parameters were associated with water availability and N mineralization indicator, but they differ according to soil fertility.

Abbreviations: N: nitrogen; SOM: soil organic matter; POM: particulate organic matter; SOC: soil organic carbon; SON: soil organic nitrogen; POM-C: particulate organic carbon; POM-N: particulate organic nitrogen; N_an: anaerobic nitrogen; N_hyd: hydrolyzable N; NO₃-N: cold nitrate; N₂₀₅: N determined by spectrometer at 205 nm; N₂₆₀: N determined by spectrometer at 260 nm; Pe: extractable P; N_up: wheat N uptake; NO₃-N: inorganic N in the form of nitrate; FR: fallow rainfalls (March-Seeding rainfall); FLR: flowering rainfalls (October-December rainfall); GFR: grain filling rainfall (November rainfall); CCR: crop growing season rainfall (June-December rainfall); PCA: principal component analysis; PC: principal component; MR: multiple regression     

长期施肥对黑土呼吸过程的影响

土壤呼吸是土壤有机C矿化分解,释放无机养分的重要生物化学过程。对公主岭地区长期有机肥(不施有机肥、施中量和高量有机肥处理)与化肥(不施化肥、施用N、NP、NPK化肥)配合施用的12个处理的黑土进行室内好气培养(196天),采用一级动力学方程模拟土壤的呼吸过程,结果表明,有机肥和化肥的施用能显著增加土壤呼吸释放的CO2 -C的累积量,提高土壤中潜在矿化的有机碳含量及其占土壤有机质的比例,促进土壤有机质中无机养分的释放,有利于提高土壤养分的有效性,改善黑土的供肥状况。有机肥与NPK化肥配合施用效果更为明显。     

长期不同植被覆盖和施肥管理对黑土活性有机碳的影响

【目的】阐明长期不同植被覆盖与施肥管理后,同一地块的黑土的总有机碳(TOC)、活性有机碳的变化。探讨黑土可持续利用的土地管理模式。【方法】第一个田间试验开始于1985年,研究不同植被覆盖(裸地、草地、耕地)下的黑土活性有机碳的含量和分布变化。第二个田间试验开始于1993年,研究了不同施肥处理(无肥对照(CK)、氮磷(NP)、氮磷配施有机肥(NPOM))对活性有机碳变化的影响。【结果】不同植被凋落物和根系分泌物及长期不同施肥管理均对黑土活性有机碳的形成产生明显的影响。与1985年相比,裸地TOC和全氮(TN)分别下降11.2%和15.3%,草地TOC和TN分别增长13.2%和5.8%,耕地TOC增长1.1%,而TN下降15.5%。与裸地相比,耕地和草地轻组有机氮分别增长13.9%和46.2%,轻组有机碳增长36.48%和62.0%。不同植被下热水浸提有机碳和高锰酸钾氧化碳总量的顺序为草地耕地裸地。在第二个试验中,施加有机肥能使TOC和TN分别增加了25.5%和18.6%。与对照相比,有机肥和氮磷肥的配施,使轻组有机氮分别增加了126.7%和12.17%,轻组有机碳增加了125.14%和17.14%。与对照和施氮磷肥相比,施加有机肥使颗粒有机氮分别增加了49.8%和23.2%,颗粒有机碳增加了6.5%和29.9%。高锰酸钾氧化有机碳和热水浸提有机碳含量的顺序为CKNPNPOM。【结论】草地与氮磷配施有机肥处理均有利于土壤TOC及活性有机碳的积累。     

Studies on the organo-mineral colloidal complexes of paddy soil (Part 2) Humus contained in G1 of the degraded paddy soil

Regarding paddy soil colloids as the so-called “organo-mineral colloidal complexes” of A. F. Tyulin, the authors separated the colloidal fractions after his method, and reported the characrzstics of each fraction, and content of humus and some characteristics thereof in the previous paper¹⁾.     

关于黑土分类和分布问题的探讨

黑土的分布面积在文献中有不同的记载，这主要是由于不同的分类体系产生的，论述了在国内有影响的五个土壤分类体系对黑土的界定，并说明不同分类体系黑土的面积。     

基于稀土氧化物示踪法探究冻融循环对黑土团聚体周转的影响

为区分土壤团聚体形成和破碎过程,阐明冻融循环对黑土土壤结构的影响,本文利用稀土氧化物（REOs）示踪技术,通过室内模拟实验,探究不同初始含水量（50 %田间持水量（T50） vs. 100 %田间持水量（T100））和冻融循环次数（0次、3次、6次、12次和20次）对团聚体粒径分布、平均质量直径（MWD）以及团聚体周转过程的影响。研究结果表明：同一初始含水量下,随着冻融循环次数的增加,MWD、>0.25 mm和<0.053 mm团聚体含量显著降低,0.25～0.053 mm团聚体含量显著增加（P < 0.05）。6次冻融循环后,T50处理下的MWD显著高于T100处理（P < 0.05）,5～2 mm和<0.25 mm团聚体含量无显著差异。除5～2 mm团聚体外,相邻粒级团聚体之间周转更为激烈;在同一冻融循环次数下,5～2 mm团聚体向0.25～0.053 mm团聚体的破碎量在T100处理下显著高于T50处理（P < 0.05）。冻融循环促进了>0.25 mm团聚体的破碎和＜0.053mm的团聚,表现为0.25-0.053mm团聚体的累积,该变化与土壤初始含水量无关。冻融循环过程中,MWD与各粒径团聚体相对形成量呈显著正相关,与其相对破碎量呈显著负相关（P < 0.05）。随着冻融循环次数的增加,各粒径团聚体周转时间显著增加（P < 0.05）。同一冻融循环次数下,>0.25 mm团聚体的周转时间高于<0.25 mm团聚体,T100处理下的团聚体周转时间显著高于T50处理（P < 0.05）。综上所述,冻融循环次数和土壤初始含水量通过影响团聚体形成和破碎过程改变土壤结构的稳定性。本研究结果可为进一步探究冻融循环下黑土土壤结构变化提供理论依据。     

东北黑土有机碳、全氮空间分布特征

应用经典统计学方法,分析了东北黑土表层1100个样点的土壤有机碳(SOC)和全氮空间分布规律。结果表明土壤有机碳和全氮平均含量分别为19.25 g kg-1和1.89 g kg-1,从南到北随纬度增加而增加,土壤有机碳和全氮与纬度的相关系数分别为0.70和0.76;土壤有机碳、全氮与黏粒、砂粒在P<0.01水平上显著相关,其中与砂粒为显著负相关,而SOC与粉粒则在P<0.05水平下显著正相关;土壤全氮与粉粒没有相关性。     

Soil Bacterial Communities Under Different Long-Term Fertilization Regimes in Three Locations Across the Black Soil Region of Northeast China

Although soil bacteria play critical roles in agro-ecosystems, the knowledge of their response to long-term fertilization across the black soil region of Northeast China is limited. In this study, we sequenced 16 S rRNA genes to assess the effects of four long-term fertilization regimes—non-fertilization(NoF), chemical fertilizer(CF), manure(M), and chemical fertilizer plus manure(CFM)—on soil properties and bacterial communities in three locations, the northern, middle, and southern parts, across the black soil region. Results showed that the influence of fertilization regimes on soil properties varied significantly among the three locations. Manure fertilization significantly increased microbial biomass carbon and relative abundance of copiotrophic bacteria. Principal component analysis(PCA)showed that the total bacterial communities were separated into three groups according to the sampling location despite long-term fertilization, and that soil pH was the most important factor in shifting bacterial communities. In addition, similar fertilization regimes resulted in different influences on bacterial community composition, and the most influential soil properties varied among the three locations. Our results highlighted that geographical separation was a more dominant factor affecting bacterial communities than fertilization, and that long-term similar fertilization regimes did not induce consistent changes in bacterial community composition in the black soil region.     

Soil genesis along a chronosequence on marine terraces in eastern Taiwan

Soil chronosequences developed on elevated marine terraces are ideal for studying changes in soil-forming processes with time. The coastal range of eastern Taiwan is a product of active arc–continent collision. Vertisols, Mollisols and Entisols are generally found on the different levels of marine terraces herein, but no detailed investigations of soil chronosequence have been conducted by integrating field morphology, physio-chemical characterization, micromorphology and mass-balance interpretations. Five soil pedons were selected on the three marine terraces including Tt-1 and Tt-2 pedons (Typic Hapluderts) on the first higher level with the oldest soil age (9–10 ka), Tt-3 (Vertic Hapludolls) and Tt-4 pedons (Typic Hapludolls) on the second intermediate level (5–6 ka), and Tt-5 pedon (Typic Udipsamments) on the third lower level with the youngest soil age (≤ 3.5 ka). The morphological characteristics showed that strongly developed angular blocky structures, pressure faces and slickensides are more common in higher terrace soils than in lower terrace soils. In this study, depth to C horizon, solum thickness, and thickness of the clay-enriched zone increase with relative terrace age. Although only one to two profiles per terrace were characterized, the following soil analytical characterizations increase with time: the degree of sand grains weathering, pH (H₂O), organic carbon, CEC, contents of Fe_d, Fe_o and Mn_d. Based on X-ray diffraction analysis of the clay-size fraction, soils on all terraces have a mixed mineralogy. Mica, smectite, and kaolinite have slightly increased with increasing terrace age. Furthermore, the dominant processes identified with mass-balance analysis include loss of bases (Ca and Mg), iron, and clay with time. The soil properties, including analytical and mineralogical characterizations, which do not have notable changes with time are primarily due to relatively young soil age (< 10 ka).     

Integration of Soil pH with Soil‐Test Values of Zinc for Prediction of Yield Response in Rice Grown in Mollisols

Seventeen Mollisols having pH_(1:2) in the range of 6.00 to 8.42 were analyzed with five extractants, and the extractable zinc (Zn) ranges were 0.84 to 2.75 mg Zn kg^?1 soil for diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) (pH 7.3), 0.91 to 2.72 mg Zn kg^?1 soil for DTPA + ammonium bicarbonate (pH 7.6), 1.82 to 7.18 mg Zn kg^?1 soil for Mehlich 3, 1.22 to 3.83 mg Zn kg^?1 soil for ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) + ammonium carbonate, and 0.88 to 1.18 mg Zn kg^?1 soil for 1 mol L^?1 magnesium chloride (MgCl₂) (pH 6.0). Zinc extracted by DTPA (pH 7.3) and Mehlich 3 showed significant positive correlation with sand content, whereas only Mehlich 3 showed negative correlation with soil pH. All extractants showed significant positive correlation with each other except for 1 mol L^?1 MgCl₂‐extractable Zn, which had significant positive correlation with only Mehlich 3– and EDTA + ammonium carbonate–extractable Zn. A greenhouse experiment showed that Bray's percentage yield of rice was poorly correlated to extractable soil Zn but had a significant and negative linear correlation with soil pH (r = ?0.662, significant at p = 0.01). Total Zn uptake by rice had a significant positive correlation with 1 mol L^?1 MgCl₂– and Mehlich 3–extractable Zn. A proposed parameter (p extractable Zn + p OH^?) involving both soil extractable Zn and pH terms together showed significant and positive correlation with Bray's percentage yield and total Zn uptake of rice. The calculated values of critical limits of soil Zn in terms of the proposed parameter were 14.1699 for DTPA (pH 7.3), 13.9587 for DTPA + ammonium bicarbonate, 13.7016 for Mehlich 3, 13.9402 for EDTA + ammonium carbonate, and 14.1810 for 1 mol L^?1 MgCl₂ (pH 6.0). The critical limits of Zn in rice grain and straw were 17.32 and 22.95 mg Zn kg^?1 plant tissue, respectively.