氮素形态对樱桃番茄果实氮素和有机酸代谢的影响

Cherry tomatoes(Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.,cv.hongyangli) were hydroponically cultivated in a greenhouse to determine the effect of different nitrogen(N) forms on organic acid concentration and the activities of related enzymes involved in nitrogen and organic acid metabolism during cherry tomato fruit development.The results showed that fruit nitrate reductase(NR) activity was much higher following treatment with 100% NO 3 and 75% NO 3 + 25% NH + 4 than with 100% NH + 4 except at maturity.Glutamine synthetase(GS) activity trended downward during fruit development under all three treatments.Plants fed 100% NH + 4 had the lowest fruit citrate and malate levels at maturity,with the highest malate concentration at an early stage.The activity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase(PEPC) was found to be in accord with the malate concentration with every N source.Under all three N forms,the citrate synthase(CS) activity peaked one week before the citrate concentration.     

Changes in hot water soil extracts brought about by nitrogen immobilization and mineralization processes during incubation of amended soils

Summary During incubation of an acid cambisol and an alkaline fluvisol, amended with glucose and nitrate, hot water soil extracts were analysed for N content, ultraviolet absorption, and fluorescence. Humic substances in the hot water extracts and in a neutral sodium pyrophosphate extract were fractionated on polyvinylpyrrolidone and measured spectroscopically. Changes in the hot water and pyrophosphate extract compositions were related to changes in microbial biomass, as estimated by substrate-induced respiration, and the hexosamine content of soil hydrolysates. During the incubation, the microbial population in each type of soil developed quite differently, according to the soil pH. Microbial growth and death in the alkaline soil sample induced a maximum of hot-water-extractable ultraviolet-absorptive non-fluorescent substances. The fluorescence of the hot water soil extract increased steadily with incubation time even after the microbial activity was reduced. A similar increase in fluorescence, in accord with the ultraviolet absorption, was found during incubation of the acid soil samples. After 95 days of incubation, the hot-water-extractable fluorescent and ultraviolet-absorptive substances were reduced. N immobilization induced an increase, and N mineralization a decrease, in dissolved organic N. The relative increase in humic substances in the hot water soil extract was much higher than in the pyrophosphate extract. Therefore, humic material, produced by microbial growth and death, is obviously extractable with hot water.     

Effect of cellulose and straw incorporation in soil on total denitrification and nitrogen immobilization at initially aerobic and permanent anaerobic conditions

Summary Laboratory experiments were used to examine the influence of cellulose and straw on denitrification and N immobilization in a sandy loam soil. The soil was mixed with 300 g nitrate-N/g and incubated in a special vessel under conditions that changed from aerobic to anaerobic or in the permanent absence of O₂. Gases (O₂, CO₂, N₂, N₂O, NO and CH₄) were analysed by gas chromatography at regular intervals and the soil was examined for nitrate, nitrite, ammonium and cellulose. Compared with controls, the application of straw and cellulose (0.5% and 1.0%, respectively) enhanced nitrate immobilization and decreased denitrification, under both anaerobic and originally aerobic (PO₂ = 20 vol%) conditions. However, a comparison of results from the aerobic and the anaerobic incubations shows that an increase in denitrification and N immobilization was apparent at an original O₂ concentration of 20 vol%. N₂ was the major product of denitrification in all experiments. Free methane was apparent as soon as nitrate was respired. The stimulating effect of O₂ on total denitrification in the presence of relatively high amounts of easily decomposable cellulose is ascribed to a higher turnover and an intensified mineralization rate (CO₂ production), which increased the total demand for electron acceptors.     

Soil microbial biomass and nitrogen supply in an irrigated lowland rice soil as affected by crop rotation and residue management

 Processes that govern the soil nitrogen (N) supply in irrigated lowland rice systems are poorly understood. The objectives of this paper were to investigate the effects of crop rotation and management on soil N dynamics, microbial biomass C (C_BIO) and microbial biomass N (N_BIO) in relation to rice N uptake and yield. A maize-rice (M-R) rotation was compared with a rice-rice (R-R) double-cropping system over a 2-year period with four cropping seasons. In the M-R system, maize (Zea mays L.) was grown in aerated soil during the dry season (DS) followed by rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown in flooded soil during the wet season (WS). In the R-R system, rice was grown in flooded soil in both the DS and WS. Three fertilizer N rates (0, 50 or 100 kg urea-N ha^–1 in WS) were assigned to subplots within the cropping system main plots. Early versus late crop residue incorporation following DS maize or rice were established as additional treatments in sub-subplots in the second year. In the R-R system, the time of residue incorporation had a large effect on NO₃ ^–-N accumulation during the fallow period and also on extractable NH₄ ⁺-N, rice N uptake and yield in the subsequent cropping period. In contrast, time of residue incorporation had little influence on extractable N in both the fallow and rice-cropping periods of the M-R system, and no detectable effects on rice N uptake or yield. In both cropping systems, C_BIO and N_BIO were not sensitive to residue incorporation despite differences of 2- to 3-fold increase in the amount of incorporated residue C and N, and were relatively insensitive to N fertilizer application. Extractable organic N was consistently greater after mid-tillering in M-R compared to the R-R system across N rate and residue incorporation treatments, and much of this organic N was α-amino N. We conclude that N mineralization-immobilization dynamics in lowland rice systems are sensitive to soil aeration as influenced by residue management in the fallow period and crop rotation, and that these factors have agronomically significant effects on rice N uptake and yield. Microbial biomass measurements, however, were a poor indicator of these dynamics. Received: 31 October 1997     

不同作用因子下有机无机配施添加DMPP对氮素转化的影响

研究不同作用因子下有机无机配施模式添加DMPP(3,4-二甲基毗唑磷酸盐)对土壤氮素形态转化的影响,为田间氮素管理和高效利用提供科学依据.采用好气恒温土壤培养试验,研究施肥用量、水分条件、环境温度、土壤类型等不同作用因子,对有机无机氮肥配施模式添加DMPP土壤氮素形态转化的影响.结果表明,60 d时,高用量有机无机配施处理比常规有机无机处理铵态氮含量提高89倍,硝态氮减少57.8％;与湿润培养相比,淹水条件下有机无机配施模式添加DMPP,60 d内土壤铵态氮含量持续增加,硝化进程受抑制更显著;60 d时15℃处理铵态氮含量较25℃处理高56倍,硝态氮含量低18倍;60 d时红壤中铵态氮含量分别是小粉土和青紫泥的30倍与31倍,而硝态氮含量仅为二者的55.7％与33.6％.25℃时青紫泥、小粉士和红壤中有机无机配施模式添加DMPP最佳抑制效果在30～ 40 d,有效作用时间可达60 d.DMPP能够明显增加有机无机配施模式土壤中铵态氮含量,有效延长铵态氮在土壤中停留的时间,使硝态氮含量长期维持在较低水平.高施肥水平有机无机配施模式下DMPP的抑制效果更突出.低温环境有利于DMPP对硝化进程的抑制.不同作用因子下,有机无机配施模式添加DMPP对氮素转化影响的深层作用机理值得进一步研究.     

Biotic and abiotic processes of nitrogen immobilization in the soil-residue interface

The interface between decaying plant residues and soil is a hotspot for microbial immobilization of soil inorganic N. Recent studies on forest and grassland soils have demonstrated that rapid abiotic immobilization of inorganic N is also induced by the presence of plant residues. We, therefore, examined (1) how N immobilization varies with distance from the soil-residue interface and (2) whether abiotic immobilization occurs in agricultural soils. Spatiotemporal changes of N immobilization in the soil-residue interface were evaluated using a box that enabled soil to be sampled in 2 mm increments from a 4 mm-thick residue compartment (RC). The RC was filled with paddy soil containing ground plant residue (rice bran, rice straw or beech leaves) uniformly at a rate of 50 g dry matter kg⁻¹. Soil in the surrounding compartments contained no residue. After aerobic incubation for 5, 15 and 30 days at 25 °C, soils in each compartment were analyzed. After 5 days, significant depletion of inorganic N occurred throughout a volume of soil extending at least 10 mm from the RC in all residue treatments, suggesting extensive diffusion of inorganic N towards the RC. The depletion within 10 mm of the RC amounted to 5.0, 4.3 and 3.4 mg for rice bran, rice straw and beech leaf treatment, respectively. On the other hand, microbial N had increased significantly in the RC of the rice bran and rice straw treatments (11 mg and 5.5 mg, respectively) and insignificantly in the RC of the beech leaf treatment (0.06 mg). This increase amounted to 221% (rice bran), 129% (rice straw) and 1.7% (beech leaves) of the decrease in inorganic N within 10 mm of each RC. Thereafter the rate of N mineralization exceeded that of immobilization, and inorganic N levels had recovered almost to their original level by 15 days (rice bran) and 30 days (rice straw and beech leaves). These results suggested the predominance of biotic immobilization in soil near rice bran and rice straw and of abiotic immobilization in soil near beech leaves. No significant increase in both microbial and soluble organic N in the vicinity of beech leaves after incubation for 5 days further suggested that the abiotic process was responsible for the transformation of inorganic N into the insoluble organic N.     

Nitrogen isotopic composition of leached nitrate and soil organic matter as an indicator of denitrification in a sloping drained agricultural plot and adjacent uncultivated riparian buffer strips

In the small, agricultural, artificially drained Orgeval watershed δ¹⁵N values of leached nitrates and soil organic nitrogen were found to be significantly higher than the primary nitrogen (N) sources from which they are derived, namely, synthetic fertilizers, atmospheric deposition, and symbiotic or nonsymbiotic N₂ fixation (all with δ¹⁵N close to zero). In vertical soil profiles, the δ¹⁵N of organic N increased with depth, reaching higher values (up to 8‰) particularly at stations that were frequently waterlogged as judged from ochre iron traces, such as downhill field sites or in riparian buffer strips. Nitrification, volatilization, and denitrification are the main fractionating processes able to modify the isotopic composition of soil N. Using a newly designed algorithm for calculating the equilibrium isotopic composition of all soil N species, resulting from the average annual balance of their transformations, we show that the observed trends can be explained by the action of denitrification. We suggest that the isotopic composition of soil organic N can be used as a semiquantitative indicator of the intensity of denitrification integrated over century-long periods.     

Changes in microbial community structure in soil as a result of different amounts of nitrogen fertilization

The changes in size, activity and structure of soil microbial community caused by N fertilization were studied in a laboratory incubation experiment. The rates of N fertiliser applied (KNO₃) were 0 (control), 100 and 2,000 μg N g⁻¹ soil. Despite no extra C sources added, a high percentage of N was immobilized. Whereas no significant increase of microbial C was revealed during incubation period, microbial growth kinetics as determined by the substrate-induced growth-response method demonstrated a significant decrease in the specific growth rate of microbial community in soil treated with 2,000 μg N g⁻¹ soil. Additionally, a shift in microbial community structure resulting in an increase in fungal biomarkers, mainly in the treatment with 2,000 μg N g⁻¹ soil was visible.     

Microbial immobilization and mineralization of dissolved organic nitrogen from forest floors

Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) plays a key role in the N cycle of many ecosystems, as DON availability and biodegradation are important for plant growth, microbial metabolism and N transport in soils. However, biodegradation of DON (defined as the sum of mineralization and microbial immobilization) is only poorly understood. In laboratory incubations, biodegradation of DON and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from Oi and Oa horizons of spruce, beech and cypress forests ranged from 6 to 72%. Biodegradation of DON and DOC was similar in most samples, and mineralization of DON was more important than microbial immobilization. Nitrate additions (0-10 mg N L⁻¹) never influenced either DON immobilization by microorganisms or mineralization. We conclude that soil microorganisms do not necessarily prefer mineral N over DON for meeting their N demand, and that biodegradation of DON seems to be driven by the microbial demand for C rather than N. Quantifying the dynamics of DON in soils should include consideration of both C and N demands by microbes.     

有机物料对淹水土壤中施入的镉形态的影响

The effect of three organic materials(rice straw,Chinese milk vetch and pig manure)on the fractionation of cadmium added into two soils(a red soil and a fluvo-aquic soil) was studied using submerged incubation experiment.The organic materials increased soil soild organic carbon(SOC),pH value,the concentration of active Si in all the treatments and active Fe and Mn in some treatments.Accumulated SOC caused directly the increase of Cd bound to solid organic matter and consequently the decrease of exchangeable Cd.Higher active Si and pH,as well as lower Eh,were also responsible for the reduction of exchangeable Cd.Cd bound to mn oxide was positively correlated with pH values and rose significantly after one-month incubation,but decreased after three-month incubation.Cd bound to amporphous Fe oxide increased with the incubation time,but was not affected significantly by adding organic materials.     

Effects of sodium carbonate on carbon and nitrogen mineralisation of organic matter added to soil

An experiment was carried out to study effects of 0.25%, 0.50% and 1.0% Na₂CO₃ on CO₂ evolution, nitrogen mineralisation, losses of carbon and nitrogen and humus composition of added gulmohur (Delonix regia) leaves. The CO₂ evolution was higher under all levels of alkalinity than in the controls, being highest at 0.5% Na₂CO₃. Although the process of ammonification was not inhibited at any concentration, the process of nitrification was completely inhibited at 1.0% Na₂CO₃. The losses of carbon and nitrogen and the ratio of humic to fulvic acids increased with increased alkalinity.     

Urea-nitrogen transformation and compost-nitrogen mineralization in three different soils as affected by the interaction between both nitrogen inputs

Interactive effects of a combined application of urea and compost on the fates of urea-N and net mineralization of compost-N in three soils with different contents of organic-C and inorganic-N were examined through an aerobic 6-week incubation study. Soils were each subjected to four treatments of urea and compost applied at rates of 0 and 0 mg N kg^-1 (control), 115 and 0 mg N kg^-1, 0 and 115 mg N kg^-1, and 70 and 45 mg N kg^-1, respectively. The interactive effects of a combined application of compost and urea on their N transformations varied depending on the contents of indigenous inorganic-N and organic-C in soils. Urea hydrolysis was increased by compost blending only in soils with a relatively low organic-C content. Compost blending increased N immobilization, thus decreasing nitrification of urea-derived N in soils with high organic-C and inorganic-N contents, whereas the reverse was observed in soils with low nutrient contents. Urea blending, by providing inorganic-N, consistently increased net mineralization of compost-N irrespective of soil characteristics, although the increase was much smaller in soil with high indigenous inorganic-N. From the results, it could be concluded that a combined application of chemical fertilizer would improve the compost use efficiency by increasing mineralization of compost-N particularly in soil with a low inorganic-N content. This study also suggests that compost blending would increase immobilization of urea-N in soils with high C and N contents, whereas it would increase nitrification of fertilizer-N in soils with low nutrients contents, thus resulting in increased NO₃ ^- leaching.     

Retention of added copper by two soils as affected by organic matter,CaCO3, and exchangeable ions

The effects of addition and removal of organic matter and CaCO₃ and of saturating a loam and a loamy sand soil with hydrogen (HCl treated), with calcium and with sodium on the retention of added copper were studied. Removal of organic matter reduced the copper-retaining capacity in soils, while addition of 1 to 4% humic acid to H₂O₂-treated soils increased the retention. Soil organic matter had higher specific copper retaining as well as fixing capacity than the added humic acid. Humic acid fixed about 62 and 49% of the copper it retained, while soil organic matter fixed about 65 and 61% in the loam and loamy sand respectively, which could not be extracted with 0.1 N HCl. About 30% extra copper retained by the added humic acid was exchangeable. Saturating the soils with hydrogen (HCl treatment) decreased the retention of added copper considerably but addition of CaCO₃ up to 8% increased the retention by increasing the pH of the soil system. The CaCO₃ induced retention was lower than caused by humic acid additions. The specific copper retention by native CaCO₃ was slightly higher than that of added CaCO₃. However, other changes associated with the pre-treatment of the soil may have caused those differences in specif is copper retention. Although CaCO₃ had as high a copper fixing capacity as organic matter its contribution towards exchangeable copper was negligible.     

Carbon dioxide evolution from wheat and lentil residues as affected by grinding,added nitrogen,and the absence of soil

Summary A study was conducted to determine the effects of grinding, added N, and the absence of soil on C mineralization from agricultural plant residues with a high C:N ratio. The evolution of CO₂ from ground and unground wheat straw, lentil straw, and lentil green manure, with C:N ratios of 80, 36, and 9, respectively, was determined over a period of 98 days. Treatments with added N were included with the wheat and lentil straw. Although the CO₂ evolution was initially much faster from the lentil green manure than from the lentil or wheat straw, by 98 days similar amounts of CO₂ had evolved from all residues incubated in soil with no added N. Incubation of plant residues in the absence of soil had little effect on CO₂ evolution from the lentil green manure or lentil straw but strongly reduced CO₂ evolution from the wheat straw. Grinding did not affect CO₂ evolution from the lentil green manure but increased CO₂ evolution from the lentil straw with no added N and from the wheat straw. The addition of N increased the rate of CO₂ evolution from ground wheat straw between days 4 and 14 but not from unground wheat straw, and only slightly increased the rate of CO₂ evolution from lentil straw during the initial decomposition. Over 98 days, the added N reduced the amounts of CO₂ evolved from both lentil and wheat straw, due to reduced rates of CO₂ evolution after ca. 17 days. The lack of an N response during the early stages of decomposition may be attributed to the low C:N ratio of the soluble straw component and to microbial adaptations to an N deficiency, while the inhibitory effect of N on CO₂ evolution during the later stages of decomposition may be attributed to effects of high mineral N concentrations on lignocellulolytic microorganisms and enzymes.     

Effect of climate and soil type on the immobilization of nitrogen by decomposing straw in northern and southern Europe

 Wheat straw enclosed in mesh bags was buried for periods up to 1 year over two seasons in Scottish, Danish and Portuguese soils treated with ¹⁵NH₄NO₃ or NH₄ ¹⁵NO₃. Scottish soils were: Terryvale, a poorly drained sandy loam; and Tipperty, an imperfectly drained brown forest soil with a higher clay content. The Danish soil (Foulum) was a freely drained sandy loam and the Portuguese soils were a sandy soil (Evora) and a clay soil (Beja). During the first month, ¹⁵N was being incorporated into the straw in the Tipperty, Terryvale and Foulum soils simultaneously as the total N content was decreasing. Subsequently, the straws began to show net immobilization and the total N content of the original straw was exceeded in Tipperty and Foulum soils after 4 months and 8 months, respectively. Net immobilization in Terryvale was detected only in the second season and did not occur in the first because of high soil moisture content. The rates of ¹⁵N incorporation were similar in the two Portuguese soils, and a loss of N was only detected after 8 months. After 1 month, in the two clay soils, Beja and Tipperty, ¹⁵NO₃ ^– was incorporated into straw to a greater extent than ¹⁵NH₄ ⁺ and this was attributed to ¹⁵NH₄ ⁺ fixation by clay minerals. In contrast, ¹⁵NH₄ ⁺ was more efficiently incorporated than ¹⁵NO₃ ^– under waterlogged conditions (Terryvale) and NO₃ ^– loss could be attributed to denitrification. The proportion of added ¹⁵N in the straw residue after 1 month varied between 6% and 18% for ¹⁵NH₄ ⁺ and 2% and 23% for ¹⁵NO₃ ^– and immobilization of N in the longer term tended to be greater in soils from northern Europe than from Portugal. Received: 19 January 1998     

Chemical stabilization of soil organic nitrogen by phenolic lignin residues in anaerobic agroecosystems

This review summarizes independent reports of yield decreases in several agricultural systems that are associated with repeated cropping under wet or submerged soil conditions. Crop and soil data from most of these agroecosystems have led researchers to attribute yield decreases to a reduction in crop uptake of N mineralized from soil organic matter (SOM). These trends are most evident in several long-term field experiments on continuous lowland rice systems in the Philippines, but similar trends are evident in a continuous rice rotation in Arkansas, USA and with no-till cropping systems in North American regions with cool, wet climatic conditions in Spring. Soil analyses from some of these systems have found an accumulation of phenolic lignin compounds in SOM. Phenolic compounds covalently bind nitrogenous compounds into recalcitrant forms in laboratory conditions and occurrence of this chemical immobilization under field conditions would be consistent with field observations of reduced soil N supply. However, technological shortcomings have precluded its demonstration for naturally formed SOM. Through recent advances in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, agronomically significant quantities of lignin-bound N were found in a triple-cropped rice soil in the Philippines. A major research challenge is to demonstrate in the anaerobic agroecosystems that these lignin residues bind sufficient quantities of soil N to cause the observed yield decreases. A key objective will be to elucidate the cycling dynamics of lignin-bound N relative to the seasonal pattern of crop N demand. Anaerobic decomposition of crop residues may be the key feature of anaerobic cropping systems that promotes the accumulation of phenolic lignin residues and hence the covalent binding of soil N. Potential mitigation options include improved timing of applied N fertilizer, which has already been shown to reverse yield decreases in tropical rice, and aerobic decomposition of crop residues, which can be accomplished through field drainage or timing of tillage operations. Future research will evaluate whether aerobic decomposition promotes the formation of phenol-depleted SOM and greater in-season N mineralization, even when the soil is otherwise maintained under flooded conditions during the growing season.     

集约水稻系统下施肥对土壤有机氮形态及供氮的影响

Changes of soil organic nitrogen forms and soil nitrogen supply under continuous rice cropping system were investigated in a long-term fertilization experiment in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. The fertilizer treatments included combination of P-K, N-K, N-P, and N-P-K as well as the control. After six years of continuous double-rice cropping, total soil N and hydrolysable N contents remained stable in plots with N treatments, while the hydrolysable N contents were substantially reduced in those plots without N application. Compared to the unbalanced fertilization treatments, P and K increased the percentage of hydrolysable ammonium N in the total soil N with the balanced application of N, and also maintained higher rice grain yields and nitrogen uptake. Grain yield was positively correlated with total N uptake （r = 0.875^＊＊）, hydrolysable N （r = 0.608^＊＊）, hydrolysable ammonium N （r = 0.560^＊＊） and the hydrolysable unknown N （r = 0.417^＊＊）. Total N uptake was positively correlated with hydrolysable N （r = 0.608^＊＊）, hydrolysable ammonium N （r = 0.440^＊＊） and hydro, lysable unknown N （r = 0.431^＊＊）. Soil nutrient depletion and/or unbalanced fertilization to rice crop reduced N content in soil microbial biomass, and therefore increased C/N ratio, suggesting a negative effect on the total microbial biomass in the soil.     

Soil nitrogen mineralization as affected by water and temperature interactions

Summary The hypothesis that water and temperature interact to influence the rate of soil N mineralization was studied in laboratory incubation experiments with two contrasting soils. Small sample rings (10 mm tall, 50 mm diameter) were packed to uniform bulk density with 1–2 mm aggregates of Plano silt loam and Wacousta silty clay loam. Samples were brought to five different water potentials (–0.1, –0.33, –0.5, –1.0, –3.0 bars) using pressure-plate techniques, and the undisturbed sample rings were then incubated at 10–35°C for 3, 10 or 14 days. The concentration of soil exchangeable NH₄ ⁺-N and NO₃ ^–-N was measured at the end of each incubation period on replicate samples. The Q₁₀ of N mineralization was approximately 2 for all tested water potentials. Soil N mineralization was linearly related to water content or log water potential, but no water-temperature interaction was evident. The Q₁₀ was constant with water content, and the scaled water content-N mineralization relationship was constant with temperature. We recommend the use of scaling approaches for assessing interactive effects between water and other environmental factors on N turnover in soils.     

Potential nitrogen immobilization as influenced by available carbon in Japanese arable and forest soils

Abstract

Iron oxide is the most important electron acceptor in paddy fields. We aimed to suppress the methane emission from paddy fields over the long term by single application of iron materials. A revolving furnace slag (RFS; 245 g Fe kg^-1) and a spent disposable portable body warmer (PBW; 550 g Fe kg_-1) were used as iron materials. Samples of a soil with a low iron level (18.5 g Fe kg^-1), hearafter referred to as “a low-iron soil” and of a soil with a high iron level (28.5 g Fe kg^-1), hearafter referred to as “an iron-rich soil,” were put into 3 L pots. At the beginning of the experiment, RFS was applied to the pots at the rate of 20 and 40 t ha^-1, while PBW was applied at the rate of 10 t ha^-1 only, and in the control both were not applied. Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from the potted soils with rice plants were measured by the closed chamber method in 2001 and 2002. When RFS was applied at the rates of 20 and 40 t ha^-1 to the low-iron soil, the total methane emission during the cultivation period significantly decreased by 25–50% without a loss of grain yield. Applied iron materials clearly acted as electron acceptors, based on the increase in the amount of ferrous iron in soil. However, the suppressive effect was not evident in the iron-rich soil treated with RFS or PBW. On the other hand, nitrous oxide emission increased by 30–95%. As a whole, when the total methane and nitrous oxide emissions in the low-iron soil were converted to total greenhouse gas emissions expressed as CO₂- C equivalents in line with the global warming potential, the total greenhouse gas emissions decreased by about 50% due to the application of RFS.     

Sulphur immobilization and arylsulphatase activity in two calcareous arable and fallow soils as affected by glucose additions

In this study we examined the effects of glucose-C on the activities of fungi and bacteria determined by the method of substrate-induced respiration (SIR) in combination with the selective inhibition technique, the immobilized-S and the arylsulphatase (ARS) activity in two calcareous arable and fallow soils. The amounts of glucose-C were added at six doses: 0, 125, 250, 500, 750 and 1000 mg kg^− 1 soil to the soils and then incubated for one week with a Na₂³⁵SO₄ solution (518.9 kBq kg^− 1 dry soil and 20 mg S kg^− 1 dry soil) prior to analysis. At the highest dose of 1000 mg kg^− 1 soil, fungal activity increased by 59.1% (of the dose 0) versus 45.5% for bacterial activity in the arable soil, while in the fallow soil the increases were more marked and corresponded to 69.9% and 71.1%, respectively. Largest increase in immobilized-S was observed in the arable soil (300.7%) compared with the fallow soil (153.1%). In contrast, the ARS activity increased by 16.4% in the arable soil versus 32.1% in the fallow soil. These results indicate that glucose proportionately affected more the intensities of immobilized-S than those of ARS. Strong positive correlation coefficients were found between fungal activities and immobilized-S in the arable soil (r = 0.96, P < 0.01) and in the fallow soil (r = 0.98, P < 0.001). However, non-significant correlations were observed between fungal activities and ARS in both studied soils. As to bacterial activities, positive significant correlation coefficients were found with immobilized-S in the arable soil (r = 0.95, P < 0.01) and in the fallow soil (r = 0.90, P < 0.05) as well as with ARS activities in the arable soil (r = 0.83, P < 0.05) and in the fallow soil (r = 0.97, P < 0.01). Overall, we also found positive and significant correlation coefficients of immobilized-S with ARS activities in the arable soil (r = 0.86, P < 0.05) and in the fallow soil (r = 0.83, P < 0.05). Accordingly, the results showed a presence of extracellular arylsulphatase activity of 38.7 mg p-nitrophenol kg^− 1 soil h^− 1 in the arable soil and of 63.5 mg p-nitrophenol kg^− 1 soil h^− 1 in the fallow soil. It was concluded that fallowing maintained larger activities of fungi, bacteria and arylsulphatase compared with the arable soil.