地膜覆盖的玉米地的土壤空气状况

The effects of plastic mulching on soil aeration at the soil depth of 0-100 cm were studied in a corn field. The results indicated that the CO₂ concentration of unmulched soil in the 0-100 cm layer ranged from 0.001 to 0.016 m³/m^3, and that of mulched soil 0.002 to 0.018m³/m³, about 32.39% higher than the former on the average. Such a CO₂ concentration in the soil air is still suitable for crop growth. The O₂ concentration was inversely correlated with CO₂ concentration in the soil air (unmulching r=-0.92^**, mulching r=-0.79^*). O₂ concentration ranged from 0.11 to 0.17 m³/m³ in the mulched soil and 0.13 to 0.18 m³/m³ in the unmulched soil. By contrast, N₂ concentration in soil air remained relatively steady, with no difference between the two treatments. The relationship between the soil respiratory intensity and the depth of a soil layer appeared to be a power function. At the layer of 0-20 cm, the soil respiration intensity in the mulched soil was obviously higher than that in the unmulched. Plastic mulching could also affect soil structure. In comparison with the unmulched soil, the content of >0.25 mm aggregate and 0.05-0.001 mm microaggregate in the mulched soil was reduced by 82.1% and 35.8%, respectively; the soil total porosity, gaseous phase rate and aeration porosity in the depth of 10-20 cm were reduced by 2.85%, 19.89% and 26.54% respectively, but contrary at the depth of 0-10 cm.     

宁南旱区沟垄覆盖改善土壤水热状况提高马铃薯产量

垄覆塑料地膜沟内覆盖集雨种植模式可影响土壤水热状况,促进作物生长,提高作物的产量和水分利用效率。为探讨旱作条件下沟垄二元覆盖的土壤水热效应对马铃薯产量的影响效果,于2015年在宁南旱区设置垄覆地膜沟内覆盖不同材料(普通塑料地膜、玉米秸秆、生物降解膜、麻纤维地膜及液态地膜),以垄覆地膜沟不覆盖为对照,研究沟垄二元覆盖模式对土壤水分、耕层土壤温度、马铃薯生长、产量及水分利用效率的影响。结果表明:垄覆地膜沟覆地膜处理在马铃薯前期、中期土壤蓄水量较对照显著增加(P0.05),垄覆地膜沟覆秸秆处理在马铃薯生育后期土壤蓄水量最高(P0.05)。垄覆地膜沟覆地膜处理增温效果明显,马铃薯全生育期0~25 cm土壤温度较对照显著增加(P0.05),而垄覆地膜沟覆秸秆处理较对照显著降低(P0.05)。在马铃薯整个生育期,垄覆地膜沟覆秸秆处理植株株高和茎粗均明显高于对照处理(P0.05),在马铃薯生育后期垄覆地膜沟覆秸秆处理的地上部生物量显著高于对照处理(P0.05)。沟垄二元覆盖模式下马铃薯增产效果以垄覆地膜沟覆秸秆处理最为显著,较对照增产56.1%(P0.05),且水分利用效率最高(81.1kg/(hm2·mm))。总之,垄覆地膜沟覆秸秆处理对改善土壤水热状况,提高马铃薯水分利用效率和产量的效果显著,建议在宁南旱区进行推广应用。     

旱地垄沟覆膜栽培对土壤硝酸盐时空分布和玉米产量的影响

通过大田试验,考察了旱地垄沟覆膜栽培对土壤硝酸盐时空分布和玉米生物性状及产量的影响。试验设计了垄沟覆膜、平作不覆膜、平作覆膜和裸地对照4个处理,并对其土壤水分、硝酸盐的时空分布和玉米产量进行研究。结果表明:在整个玉米生长季,垄沟覆膜栽培模式下土壤0~40 cm土层含水量显著高于平作不覆膜;NO_3~--N主要集中在0~40 cm土层,且垄沟覆膜-垄上NO_3~--N表聚现象比其它处理更明显,10 cm处垄上NO_3~--N含量是沟内的1.6倍、平作不覆膜的2倍;垄沟覆膜和平作覆膜比平作不覆膜处理单株干物质量分别增加了36.15%、16.11%;单株含氮量分别增加了13.97%、3.59%;垄沟覆膜产量高于其他处理。垄沟覆膜栽培能够在保持作物生长状况良好,获得较高产量的同时,增加作物对氮素的吸收利用,同时增加NO_3~--N的表层累积,将其保持在根区,从而降低了NO_3~--N淋洗的发生,降低环境风险,是旱区获得经济和环境双重效益的玉米栽培模式。     

Effects of ridge‐furrow and plastic mulching planting patterns on microflora and potato tuber yield in continuous cropping soil

Planting patterns have distinctive effects on the soil micro‐ecological environment and soil quality. To explore the effects of film mulch ridge‐furrow (FMRF) cropping on soil microbial properties and potato yield, a study was conducted in 2013 and 2014 in a continuously cropped field under nonfilm‐mulched flat plot (CK), half‐mulched flat plot (T1), fully mulched ridge cropping (T2), fully mulched furrow cropping (T3), half‐mulched ridge cropping (T4) and half‐mulched furrow cropping (T5) planting patterns. Our results indicate that T3 increased the average bacteria/fungi (B/F) ratio by 253% compared to CK. On average, half‐mulched ridge cropping increased the bacteria population and aerobic Azotobacter by 9 and 19%, respectively, compared with CK. On average, T3 had the greatest inhibitory effect on fungi populations. Half‐mulched furrow cropping had the most anaerobic Azotobacter and nitrifying bacteria. The study showed that FMRF increased soil bacteria, especially Azotobacter but reduced fungi and actinomycetes. Treatment T2 gave the greatest potato yield, followed by T4, whereas the greatest biomass yield was recorded in T4. Full‐mulch furrow cropping methods produced the greatest nutrient use efficiency. The findings of this study enhance our understanding of soil microbe and plant responses to plastic mulch and planting patterns under semi‐arid conditions.     

Temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition varies with biochar application and soil type

Biochar application has the potential to improve soil fertility and increase soil carbon stock, especially in tropical regions. Information on the temperature sensitivity of carbon dioxide(CO_2) evolution from biochar-amended soils at very high temperatures, as observed for tropical surface soils, is limited but urgently needed for the development of region-specific biochar management targeted to optimize biochar effects on soil functions. Here, we investigated the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration to the addition of different rates of Miscanthus biochar(0, 6.25, 12.5, and 25 Mg ha~(-1)) in two types of soils with contrasting textures. Biochar-amended soil treatments and their controls were incubated at constant temperatures of 20, 30, and 40℃. Overall, our results show that: i) considering data from all treatments and temperatures, the addition of biochar decreased soil CO_2 emissions when compared to untreated soils;ii) CO_2 emissions from biochar-amended soils had a higher temperature sensitivity than those from biochar-free soils; iii) the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration in sandy soils was higher than that in clay soils; and iv) for clay soils, relative increases in soil CO_2 emissions from biochar-amended soils were higher when the temperature increased from 30 to 40℃, while for sandy soils, the highest temperature responses of soil respiration were observed when increasing the temperature from 20 to 30℃. Together, these findings suggest a significantly reduced potential to increase soil organic carbon stocks when Miscanthus biochar is applied to tropical soils at high surface temperatures, which could be counteracted by the soil-and weather-specific timing of biochar application.     

Fluxes of climate‐relevant trace gases between a Norway spruce forest soil and atmosphere during repeated freeze–thaw cycles in mesocosms

For this century, an increasing frequency of extreme meteorological boundary conditions is expected, presumably resulting in a changing frequency of freezing and thawing of soils in higher‐elevation areas. Our current knowledge about the effects of these events on trace‐gas emissions from soils is scarce. In this study, the effects of freeze–thaw events on the fluxes of the trace gases CO₂, N₂O, and NO between soil and atmosphere were investigated in a laboratory experiment. Undisturbed soil columns were collected from a mature Norway spruce forest in the “Fichtelgebirge”, SE Germany. The influence of freezing temperatures (–3°C, –8°C, –13°C) on gas fluxes was studied during the thawing periods (+5°C) in three freeze–thaw cycles (FTCs) and compared to unfrozen controls (+5°C). Two different types of soil columns were examined in parallel—one consisting of O layer only (O columns) and one composed of O layer and mineral soil horizons (O+M columns)—to quantify the contribution of the organic layer and the top mineral soil to the production or consumption of these trace gases. During the thawing period, we observed increasing emissions of CO₂, N₂O, and NO from the spruce forest soil, but the cumulative emissions of these gases did mostly not exceed the level of the controls. The results show that the O layers were mainly involved in the gas production. Severe soil frost increased CO₂ fluxes during soil thawing, whereas repetition of the freeze–thaw events decreased CO₂ fluxes from the thawing soil. Fluxes of N₂O and NO were neither influenced by freezing temperature nor by freeze–thaw repetition. Stable‐isotope analysis indicated that denitrification was mostly responsible for the N₂O production in the FTC columns. Furthermore, isotope data demonstrated a consumption of N₂O through microbial denitrification to N₂. It was further shown, that production of N₂O also occurred in the mineral horizons. The NO emissions were mainly driven by increasing soil temperature during thawing. In this freeze–thaw experiment up to 20 times higher NO than N₂O fluxes were recorded. Our results suggest that topsoil thawing has little potential to increase the emissions of CO₂, N₂O, and NO in spruce forest soils.     

膜下滴灌对土壤CO2与CH4浓度的影响

在温室进行了马铃薯盆栽试验,采用静态暗箱气相色谱法比较了滴灌(D)和漫灌(F)两种不同灌溉制度对土壤CO2与CH4浓度的影响。在每种灌溉制度下再分设覆膜(M)与不覆膜两种农艺措施处理。覆膜滴灌(MD)下按土壤湿润比(P)不同,再设3个处理,分别为P1(P=25%)、P2(P=33%)、P3(P=50%),共6个处理,即DP1、MDP1、MDP2、MDP3、FC(不覆膜漫灌)和MF(覆膜漫灌),裸土(BS)和覆膜裸土(MBS)为对照。研究结果表明:覆膜的增温保湿作用及薄膜对土壤与大气间气体传输的自然阻隔作用使土壤CO2浓度升高10.4%~94.5%,CH4浓度降低5.1%~47.4%。滴灌的干湿交替现象以及漫灌对土壤通气性的降低使漫灌处理土壤中CO2浓度高于滴灌7.4%~49.7%,CH4浓度降低6.6%~68.2%。而土壤湿度通过影响土壤通气性和土壤溶解性有机质两方面来影响土壤温室气体排放,覆膜滴灌下湿润比越高,土壤中CO2浓度越低,其对CH4浓度的影响不确定。土壤温度是土壤呼吸的主要驱动因子,也会影响CH4的氧化过程。观察DP1处理灌水后土壤中温室气体浓度发现,CO2浓度与温度呈显著正相关关系,CH4浓度与温度呈显著负相关关系,土壤中CO2浓度与CH4浓度呈显著负相关关系。     

渭北旱塬区不同沟垄覆盖模式对春玉米土壤温度、水分及产量的影响

为提高旱作区降水利用率,改善作物的水分有效性,于2007-2010年在陕西合阳县旱农试验站,设置了垄上覆地膜,沟内分别覆普通地膜、生物降解膜、玉米秸秆、液体地膜和沟不覆盖5个不同沟垄覆盖栽培模式。以传统平作为对照,研究了不同沟垄覆盖栽培模式对春玉米田土壤温度、水分及产量的影响,并对其经济效益进行了比较分析。4a结果表明,沟覆普通地膜和沟覆生物降解膜处理玉米苗期5～25cm平均土壤温度分别较对照增高2.4和2.1℃;沟覆玉米秸秆处理较对照降低1.7℃。不同集雨处理均能显著改善玉米前期土壤水分,而后期沟覆玉米秸秆、沟覆液体地膜和和沟不覆盖处理0～200cm土层土壤贮水量与对照无差异,沟覆普通地膜和沟覆生物降解膜处理下层土壤贮水量低于其他处理。沟覆生物降解膜、沟覆普通地膜和沟覆玉米秸秆处理增产效果显著,4a平均产量分别较对照增产35.2%、34.7%和33.6%,平均水分利用效率提高30.6%、30.2%和28.6%。沟覆玉米秸秆处理净收入最高,生物降解膜次之,4a平均净收入分别较对照增加3299和2752元/hm2。因此,垄覆普通地膜沟覆秸秆和垄覆普通地膜沟覆生物降解膜处理在改善土壤水温效应的同时能显著增产增收,是渭北旱塬区春玉米的高效栽培模式。     

垄沟耕作条件下液膜覆盖对土壤水热状况及玉米生长的影响

[目的]研究垄沟耕作和液膜覆盖集成技术在旱地作物中的应用效果,为旱田高产高效种植方式的选用提供理论支撑。[方法]应用田间小区试验的方式,进行不同耕作方式下的液态地膜、塑料地膜覆盖及不覆膜种植玉米对比试验。[结果]和不覆膜种植相比,垄沟耕作条件下,覆盖种植显著增加了0—40cm土层含水量,提高了5cm,10cm深土壤温度;覆盖种植较好地促进了玉米前期生长,显著增加了玉米产量,提高了水分利用效率(WUE)(p0.05)。随着覆膜时间的延长,液膜、塑膜覆盖的集水保温效果逐渐减弱。液膜覆盖种植的蓄水保温及增产效果低于塑膜覆盖,但显著优于不覆膜种植。试验前期,降水较少,垄沟耕作的集雨效果不明显,但有明显的增温效应。[结论]与塑膜覆盖种植可能会造成"白色污染"问题相比较,垄沟耕作条件下液膜覆盖是一种较为理想的旱作覆盖栽培技术。     

Nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils at low temperatures: a laboratory microcosm study

We studied in laboratory microcosms (intact soil cores) N₂O and CO₂ emissions from four different agricultural soil types (organic soil, clay, silt and loam) at low temperatures with or without freezing-thawing events. When the temperature of the frozen soil cores was increased stepwise from −8 °C the N₂O emissions began to increase at −0.5 °C, and peaked at −0.1 °C in the organic, clay and silt soils, and at +1.6 °C in the loam soils. However, a stepwise decrease in soil temperature from +15 °C also induced an increase in the N₂O emissions close to the 0 °C. These emissions peaked between −0.4 and +2.5 °C depending on the soil type and water content. However, the emission maxima were from 2 to 14.3% of those encountered in the experiments where frozen soils were thawed. Our results show that in addition to the well-documented thawing peak, soils also can have a maximum in their N₂O emission near 0 °C when soil temperature decrease. These emissions, however, are less than those emitted from thawing soils. The correlations between the N₂O and CO₂ emissions were weak. Our results suggest that N₂O is produced in soils down to a temperature of −6 °C.     

Inversely estimating temperature sensitivity of soil carbon decomposition by assimilating a turnover model and long-term field data

Change in temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition with change in soil qualities (i.e. decomposability or lability) is one of the most important issues to be evaluated for projection of future CO₂ emissions from soils. We inversely estimated the temperature sensitivity of SOC decomposition rate by applying a hybrid of the Metropolis-Hasting algorithm and the particle filter method to the extended Rothamsted carbon model (RothC), together with long-term (9 years) experimental data on SOC obtained at five sites in Japanese upland soils. Contrary to the prediction of the Arrhenius kinetics theory, we found no significant differences in temperature sensitivity among soils with different qualities (represented as soil compartments in the RothC model). We also confirmed that there was a positive correlation between the relative temperature sensitivity of the humus compartment and future total CO₂ emissions. The RothC model with default parameterization tended to overestimate future total CO₂ emissions relative to the calibrated model, and the degree of overestimation was larger than that of underestimation.     

全覆膜垄作种植对旱作马铃薯生长和土壤特性的影响

针对内蒙古长城沿线丘陵区土壤保水保肥性差,春旱严重及马铃薯产量和降雨利用率低的问题,采用地膜覆盖和垄作种植相结合的技术手段,通过连续2年的田间试验,研究了露地平作(CK)、全膜垄作(全膜双垄垄上播(A1)、全膜单垄垄上播(A2)、全膜单垄垄上微沟播(A3))和全覆膜平作(A4)5种栽培方式对旱作农田土壤酶活性与相应土层土壤含水量、温度、pH及马铃薯生长的影响。结果表明:整个生育期内,全覆膜和垄作提高了土壤增温保墒能力,A1、A2、A3和A4处理,与CK相比,土壤含水量分别提高了32.76%,23.60%,42.92%,17.58%,土壤温度分别提高11.51%,9.41%,6.87%,4.83%,同时显著降低0—20cm土层土壤pH,提高了相应土层土壤过氧化氢酶和脲酶活性,进而增加芽鲜重、根鲜重和芽粗,提高了根系活力,降低了丙二醛含量。与CK相比,产量分别提高48.62%,34.22%,52.85%,21.70%,显著增加了降雨利用率和肥料偏生产力。可见,全膜垄作种植可改善土壤质量,提高作物产量和降雨利用率,且以A1和A3效果最优,更适合作为内蒙古长城沿线丘陵区节水高产栽培模式。     

Functional dependencies of soil CO2 emissions on soil biological properties in northern German agricultural soils derived from a glacial till

Agricultural soil CO₂ emissions and their controlling factors have recently received increased attention because of the high potential of carbon sequestration and their importance in soil fertility. Several parameters of soil structure, chemistry, and microbiology were monitored along with soil CO₂ emissions in research conducted in soils derived from a glacial till. The investigation was carried out during the 2012 growing season in Northern Germany. Higher potentials of soil CO₂ emissions were found in grassland (20.40 µg g^?1 dry weight h^?1) compared to arable land (5.59 µg g^?1 dry weight h^?1) within the incubating temperature from 5°C to 40°C and incubating moisture from 30% to 70% water holding capacity (WHC) of soils taken during the growing season. For agricultural soils regardless of pasture and arable management, we suggested nine key factors that influence changes in soil CO₂ emissions including soil temperature, metabolic quotient, bulk density, WHC, percentage of silt, bacterial biomass, pH, soil organic carbon, and hot water soluble carbon (glucose equivalent) based on principal component analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis. Slightly different key factors were proposed concerning individual land use types, however, the most important factors for soil CO₂ emissions of agricultural soils in Northern Germany were proved to be metabolic quotient and soil temperature. Our results are valuable in providing key influencing factors for soil CO₂ emission changes in grassland and arable land with respect to soil respiration, physical status, nutrition supply, and microbe-related parameters.     

农艺措施和施肥对渭北旱塬旱地玉米的影响

2002—2003年在渭北旱塬（陕西省铜川市）进行了不同农艺措施和施肥条件下玉米地土壤墒情、玉米生长和产量试验。结果显示,覆盖、垄沟等措施都能够在一定程度上提高土壤水分含量,但降水量和降水时间分布特点对土壤墒情的影响更大。同常规种植的玉米相比,覆盖、垄沟和施抗旱专用肥等技术措施有利于玉米生长。渭北旱塬区玉米产量一般在7000kg·hm^-2左右,但不同处理间玉米产量存在较大的差异,其中以有地膜覆盖的处理增产效果最为明显,一般较常规种植增加35％～43％。比较2a的试验结果还发现农艺措施的效果与降水年型有关,在较干旱年份,地膜覆盖、垄沟和施抗旱专用肥等技术措施的增产效果更明显,玉米产量能够提高10％-15％。     

微垄覆膜沟播对阴山丘陵地区旱作马铃薯土壤水分及产量的影响

阴山丘陵地区土壤水分状况是限制该地区马铃薯发展的主要因素,如何对天然降雨进行高效、永续利用,提高马铃薯对自然降水的利用率,是该地区马铃薯生产发展的战略考虑。本研究提出了微垄覆膜沟播的种植模式,结果表明:(1)微垄覆膜沟播种植模式明显提高土壤0~60 cm土层贮水量,在马铃薯需水关键时期,出苗后35 d和55 d,微垄覆膜沟播土壤贮水量分别比平作覆膜和露地平作提高25.68%、14.26%和28.92%、18.47%。(2)微垄覆膜沟播种植模式可明显提高马铃薯产量及对降雨的利用效率。(3)微垄覆膜沟播种植模式下的马铃薯每公顷吸收的水分数量比平作覆膜和露地平作分别高25.70%和33.52%。因此,微垄覆膜沟播种植模式可以明显提高马铃薯产量及对自然降水的利用效率,可作为发展内蒙古阴山丘陵地区旱作马铃薯的有效途径。     

沟垄二元覆盖对渭北旱塬区土壤肥力及玉米产量的影响

探讨沟垄二元覆盖对旱地土壤肥力及作物生产力的影响,对完善半湿润区作物微集水栽培技术具有重要的理论和实践意义。2007—2011年在渭北旱塬进行5年定位试验,设置垄上覆地膜,沟内分别覆普通地膜、生物降解膜、玉米秸秆、液体地膜和沟不覆盖等不同沟垄覆盖模式,以传统平作为对照。结果表明,2011年春玉米收获后各处理土壤有机质及速效养分含量随土层的加深而降低,与2007年试验处理前相比,沟垄二元覆盖各处理土壤养分含量明显增加,而垄覆地膜+沟不覆盖和传统平作处理有所下降。垄覆地膜沟覆秸秆处理0~20 cm层土壤有机质、碱解氮、有效磷和速效钾含量均显著高于对照,垄覆地膜沟覆地膜和垄覆地膜沟覆生物降解膜处理有机质和碱解氮含量较对照有所增加,而其有效磷和速效钾含量显著增加。20~60 cm层土壤有机质和速效养分含量各沟垄二元覆盖处理均略高于对照。各沟垄覆盖处理表层(0~20 cm)土壤脲酶、磷酸酶和蔗糖酶活性均较对照增加,且以垄覆地膜沟覆秸秆处理土壤酶活性最高,垄覆地膜沟覆生物降解膜和垄覆地膜沟覆地膜处理次之。垄覆地膜沟覆生物降解膜、垄覆地膜沟覆地膜和垄覆地膜沟覆秸秆处理较对照显著增产41.1%、42.1%、39.3%,水分利用效率显著提高38.0%、39.6%、37.0%。在渭北旱塬区进行沟垄二元覆盖对提高土壤肥力、酶活性及春玉米产量和水分利用效率有显著提高作用,以垄覆地膜沟覆秸秆处理最佳,垄覆地膜沟覆地膜和垄覆地膜沟覆生物降解膜次之。可见,垄覆地膜沟覆地膜、生物降解膜或秸秆的沟垄全覆盖种植在渭北旱塬雨养农业区春玉米生产栽培具有一定的可行性和应用价值。     

Simulating the effect of potassium fertilization on carbon sequestration in soil

The impact of horticultural management on carbon sequestration in soils has been limited so far to tillage and nitrogen fertilization. Our objective was to evaluate by mathematical modeling the effect of potassium fertilization on CO₂ binding in cropland soils. The developed model integrates three subunits: (1) A published simulator of crop dry‐matter (DM) production in response to N, P, K fertilization, but not DM partitioning; (2) a published soil–crop–atmosphere model predicting crop yield and DM partitioning as a function of N but not K fertilization; (3) an original model computing the organic‐inorganic carbon transformations, inorganic‐carbon reactions and transport in soil, CO₂ diffusion, and soil carbon sequestration. The model described the K‐fertilization effect on C binding in soil as a function of the soil pH, the Ca²⁺ concentration in the soil solution, hydraulic properties, air temperature, and crop DM production, and partitioning characteristics. In scenarios of corn (Zea mays L.) growth in clayey soil and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in loam soil, the computed K‐induced CO₂ sequestration amounted to ≈ 14.5 and 24 kg CO₂ (kg K)^–1, respectively (0 vs. 100 kg ha^–1 K application). The soil CO₂ sequestration declined by 8% when corn grew in sandy instead of clayey soil and by 20% when the temperature was 10°C higher than the temperature prevailing in mild semiarid zones. All predicted CO₂‐sequestration results were approximately 30‐fold higher than the 0.6 kg CO₂ emitted per kg of K manufactured in industry.     

Long‐term effects of vehicular passages on soil carbon sequestration and carbon dioxide emission in a no‐till corn‐soybean rotation on a Crosby silt loam in Central Ohio,USA

Research information from a systematic planned study on the effects of vehicular passages and axle load on soil carbon dioxide (CO₂) fluxes and soil carbon (C) sequestration under long‐term NT farming is scanty. Therefore, the present study was conducted on an on‐going 20‐year experiment to assess the impacts of variable vehicular passages of a low axle load on soil CO₂ emission and soil C sequestration from a no‐till (NT) managed corn (Zea mays L.)–soybean (Glycine max Linneo) rotation in comparison with that a soil under woodlots (soils under natural wooded plantation). The experimental treatment consisted of an empty wagon [0 Mg load for compaction (C‐0; control)] compared with 2 (C‐2) and 4 (C‐4) passages of 2.5 Mg water wagon axle load, applied to the entire plot every year during April/May for 20 consecutive years. Soil samples were obtained in November 2016 to determine the effects of various vehicular passages on C and nitrogen (N) contents and CO₂ emissions. Soil CO₂ fluxes were measured from November 16, 2016, to May 30, 2017, on the bi‐weekly (November to December and April to May) and monthly (January to March) basis by using high‐density polyvinyl chloride static gas chambers. The soil CO₂ fluxes ranged from –1.05 to 9.03 g CO₂ m^?2 d^?1. The lowest soil CO₂ fluxes were observed in December coinciding with the minimum soil temperature. In general, daily soil CO₂ fluxes were higher under C‐0 than those under other treatments. Vehicular traffic and axle load reduced the cumulative emission of CO₂ by 22.6 and 29.8% under C‐2 and C‐4, respectively, compared with that under C‐0 (6.09 Mg ha^?1). Soil and air temperatures had a significant positive correlation with the diurnal fluxes of soil CO₂ in all the treatments except that under C‐4. Electrical conductivity, soil C and N contents and pools did not differ significantly among the treatments. Further, 2 to 4 passages of vehicles with 2.5 Mg of axle load decreased the soil CO₂ emission on Crosby silt loam under NT as compared to that under the control. Therefore, continuous cultivation of row crops with moderate trafficking under NT and residue retention is recommended, and it also reduces the potential of soil CO₂ emission while improving the soil organic C pools of well‐drained soils of Central Ohio.     

Emissions of N2O from soils during cycles of freezing and thawing and the effects of soil water, texture and duration of freezing

Freezing and thawing influence many physical, chemical and biological processes in soils, including the production of trace gases. We studied the effects of freezing and thawing on three soils, one sandy, one silty and one loamy, on the emissions of N₂O and CO₂. We also studied the effect of varying the water content, expressed as the percentage of the water‐filled pore space (WFPS). Emissions of N₂O during thawing decreased in the order 64% > 55% > 42% WFPS, which suggests that the retardation of the denitrification was more pronounced than the acceleration of the nitrification with increasing oxygen concentration in the soil. However, emissions of N₂O at 76% WFPS were less than at 55% WFPS, which might be caused by an increased ratio of N₂/N₂O in the very moist conditions. The emission of CO₂ was related to the soil water, with the smallest emissions at 76% WFPS and largest at 42% WFPS. The emissions of CO₂ during thawing exceeded the initial CO₂ emissions before the soils were frozen, which suggests that the supply of nutrients was increased by freezing. Differences in soil texture had no marked effect on the N₂O emissions during thawing. The duration of freezing, however, did affect the emissions from all three soils. Freezing the soil for less than 1 day had negligible effects, but freezing for longer caused concomitant increases in emissions. Evidently the duration of freezing and soil water content have important effects on the emission of N₂O, whereas the effects of texture in the range we studied were small.     

Tillage and wind effects on soil CO2 concentrations in muck soils

Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentrations from agricultural activities prompted the need to quantify greenhouse gas emissions to better understand carbon (C) cycling and its role in environmental quality. The specific objective of this work was to determine the effect of no-tillage, deep plowing and wind speeds on the soil CO₂ concentration in muck (organic) soils of the Florida Everglades. Miniature infrared gas analyzers were installed at 30 cm and recorded every 15 min in muck soil plowed with the Harrell Switch Plow (HSP) to 41 cm and in soil Not Tilled (NT), i.e., not plowed in last 9 months. The soil CO₂ concentration exhibited temporal dynamics independent of barometric pressure fluctuations. Loosening the soil resulted in a very rapid decline in CO₂ concentration as a result of “wind-induced” gas exchange from the soil surface. Higher wind speeds during mid-day resulted in a more rapid loss of CO₂ from the HSP than from the NT plots. The subtle trend in the NT plots was similar, but lower in magnitude. Tillage-induced change in soil air porosity enabled wind speed to affect the gas exchange and soil CO₂ concentration at 30 cm, literally drawing the CO₂ out of the soil resulting in a rapid decline in the CO₂ concentration, indicating more rapid soil carbon loss with tillage. At the end of the study, CO₂ concentrations in the NT plots averaged about 3.3% while that in the plowed plots was about 1.4%. Wind and associated aerodynamic pressure fluctuations affect gas exchange from soils, especially tilled muck soils with low bulk densities and high soil air porosity following tillage.