Effect of the long-term application of organic matter on soil carbon accumulation and GHG emissions from a rice paddy field in a cool-temperate region,Japan. -I. Comparison of rice straw and rice straw compost -

ABSTRACT

The influence of the long-term combination of rice straw removal and rice straw compost application on methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions and soil carbon accumulation in rice paddy fields was clarified. In each of the initial and continuous application fields (3 and 39?51 years, respectively), three plots with different applications of organic matter were established, namely, rice straw application (RS), rice straw compost application (SC) and no application (NA) plots, and soil carbon storage (0?15 cm), rice grain yield and CH₄ and N₂O fluxes were measured for three years. The soil carbon sequestration rate by the organic matter application was higher in the SC plot than in the RS plot for both the initial and continuous application fields, and it was lower in the continuous application field than in the initial application field. The rice grain yield in the SC plot was significantly higher than those in the other plots in both the initial and continuous application fields. Cumulative CH₄ emissions followed the order of the NA plot < the SC plot < the RS plot for both the initial and continuous application fields. The effect of the organic matter application on the N₂O emissions was not clear. In both the initial and continuous application fields, the increase in CH₄ emission by the rice straw application exceeded the soil carbon sequestration rate, and the change in the net greenhouse gas (GHG) balance calculated by the difference between them was a positive, indicating a net increase in the GHG emissions. However, the change in the GHG balance by the rice straw compost application showed negative (mitigating GHG emissions) for the initial application field, whereas it showed positive for the continuous application field. Although the mitigation effect on the GHG emissions by the combination of the rice straw removal and rice straw compost application was reduced by 21% after 39 years long-term application, it is suggested that the combination treatment is a sustainable management that can mitigate GHG emissions and improve crop productivity.     

Effect of the long-term application of organic matter on soil carbon accumulation and GHG emissions from a rice paddy field in a cool-temperate region,Japan-II. Effect of different compost applications-

ABSTRACT

The influence of long-term application of different types of compost on rice grain yield, CH₄ and N₂O emissions, and soil carbon storage (0 ? 30 cm) in rice paddy fields was clarified. Two sets of paddy fields applied with rice straw compost or livestock manure compost mainly derived from cattle were used in this study. Each set comprised long-term application (LT) and corresponding control (CT) plots. The application rates for rice straw compost (42 years) and livestock manure compost (41 years in total with different application rates) were 20 Mg fresh weight ha^–1. Soil carbon storage increased by 33% and 37% with long-term application of rice straw compost and livestock manure compost, respectively. The soil carbon sequestration rate by the organic matter application was 23% higher with the livestock manure compost than with the rice straw compost. The rice grain yield in the LT plot was significantly higher than that in the corresponding CT plot with both types of compost. Although the difference was not significant in the rice straw compost, cumulative CH₄ emissions increased with long-term application of both composts. Increase rate of CH₄ emission with long-term application was higher in the livestock manure compost (99%) than that in the rice straw compost (26%). In both composts, the long-term application did not increase N₂O emission significantly. As with the rice straw compost, the increase in CH₄ emission with the long-term application of livestock manure compost exceeded the soil carbon sequestration rate, and the change in the net greenhouse gas (GHG) balance calculated by the difference between them was positive, indicating a net increase in the GHG emissions. The increase in CH₄ and net GHG emissions owing to the long-term application of the livestock manure compost could be higher than that of the rice straw compost owing to the amount of applied carbon, the quality of compost and the soil carbon accumulation. The possibility that carbon sequestration in the subsoil differs depending on the type of composts suggests the importance of including subsoil in the evaluation of soil carbon sequestration by long-term application of organic matter.     

Effect of rice straw application on CH4 emission from paddy fields

The effect of rice straw (RS) incorporated at the time of plowing in the previous cr–p season on CH₄ emission from rice paddies was investigated in a pot experiment. Rice straw that incorporated just before transplanting of rice seedlings (June) into a paddy field was collected after the harvest (October) and at the beginning of the next cropping period (May). Methane emission rates from the rice-planted pots with the application of fresh RS, RS collected in October. and RS collected in Mayas well as the pots without RS application were measured using the chamber method. The composition of organic constituents in the three kinds of RS was estimated by the proximate analysis. The cumulative amount of CH₄ emitted during the first 50–d period was lower in the order of the pots with RS collected in May, pots with RS collected in October, and pots with fresh RS. The cumulative amount of CH₄ emitted throughout the rice growth period from the pots with fresh RS and with RS collected in October was significantly larger while that from the pots with RS collected in May did not differ statistically compared with the total CH₄ emission from the pots without RS. These results suggested that there was an overall decrease in the amount of organic constituents in RS based on the large differences in T-C content and similar composition of organic constituents between the fresh RS and RS collected in May. Significant effect of RS continuously applied during the previous cropping period on the increase in CH₄ emission was discussed.     

稻草及其制备的生物质炭对土壤团聚体有机碳的影响

向土壤中添加生物质炭已被认为是改善土壤质量,增加碳吸存的有效措施。通过模拟实验,利用同位素δ13C标记技术,研究稻草及其制备的生物质炭添加对土壤团聚体有机碳的影响。结果表明：稻草和生物质炭对土壤团聚体中新形成碳和原有机碳的影响截然不同。培养112 d,来自稻草或生物质炭的新碳主要进入到中团聚体（50 ~ 250 μm）中,比例为70.3% ~ 75.3%。与对照土壤相比,稻草添加显著促进了大团聚体（250 ~ 2 000 μm）原有机碳的分解（p <0.05）,但对中团聚体和微团聚体（<50 μm）原有机碳的影响并不明显,而生物质炭添加（SB250和SB350）则对大团聚体和中团聚体原有机碳没有显著影响,但SB250处理（土壤中加入250℃热解制备的生物质炭）显著抑制了微团聚体原有机碳的分解（p <0.05）,而SB350处理（土壤中加入350℃热解制备的生物质炭）的则无影响。对于同一粒级团聚体,稻草与生物质炭处理的区别,主要体现在新碳分配上,而对原有机碳的影响并不显著。     

稻田水分管理和秸秆还田对甲烷排放的微生物影响

为了探讨不同水分管理和秸秆还田对稻田甲烷排放的影响机理,依托中国科学院亚热带农业生态研究所长沙农业环境监测研究站长期定位试验,选择长期淹水(CF)、秸秆还田+长期淹水(HS+CF)、常规灌溉(IF)、秸秆还田+常规灌溉(HS+IF)4个处理,应用限制性片段长度多态技术(T-RFLP)和实时荧光定量PCR技术在DNA和c DNA水平对比研究不同水分管理和秸秆还田影响稻田土壤甲烷排放的微生物分子机理。结果表明:长期淹水处理的甲烷排放量显著高于常规灌溉处理,秸秆还田处理对甲烷排放的影响不显著。产甲烷菌和甲烷氧化菌群落结构只对土壤水分管理产生响应,对秸秆还田没有响应。水分管理和秸秆还田显著影响产甲烷菌的数量,却对甲烷氧化菌数量没有影响。产甲烷菌和甲烷氧化菌群落组成和表达群落组成存在明显的分异,c DNA水平上产甲烷菌和甲烷氧化菌表达群落组成对水分管理的响应比DNA水平群落组成更敏感。稻田甲烷排放通量与mcr A和pmo A基因丰度和表达丰度均没有显著相关性,只与DNA水平基因丰度比值(mcr A/pmo A)呈显著正相关关系。可以看出,长期淹水处理可以通过改变土壤中产甲烷菌和甲烷氧化菌的群落结构和数量及两者数量的比例来调控甲烷的排放量。     

小麦秸秆全量还田对水稻生长及稻田氧化还原物质的影响

以粳型水稻品系2645为材料,设小麦秸秆全量还田和不还田两个处理,研究小麦秸秆全量还田对水稻生长和稻田氧化还原物质的影响。结果表明,小麦秸秆全量还田提高了水稻穗粒数和产量,分别提高6.3%~6.9%和2.4%~10.0%,但使有效分蘖期(移栽后25 d)稻田水体含氧量降低了19.2%~68.4%,土壤还原物质总量和活性还原物质含量分别提高了6.2%~14.2%和15.1%~86.5%,水溶性Fe2+含量提高9.7%~30.1%,土壤氧化还原电位(Eh)和水稻根系活力分别下降3.6%~22.4%和13.5%~21.1%,拔节期分蘖数量和叶面积指数(LAI)分别减少9.5%和1.8%~4.3%。表明小麦秸秆全量还田增加了水稻生长前期稻田水体氧消耗量,促进了土壤还原物质积累,降低了土壤Eh和水稻根系活力,对水稻前期的群体发展有一定影响,但不影响最终产量。     

种植绿肥与稻秸协同还田对单季稻田土壤有机碳库和酶活性的影响

种植绿肥和秸秆还田是稻田土壤培肥的重要措施。研究江汉平原单季稻田冬闲期种植绿肥及稻秸不同利用模式对土壤有机碳库和土壤酶活性的影响,为合理利用秸秆和土地资源提供科学依据。该研究基于3 a田间定位试验,以稻秸不还田不种绿肥(CK1)和不施肥空白(CK0)为对照,分析了冬闲期稻秸全量覆盖单独还田(RSM)、稻秸原位焚烧还田(RSB)、单种绿肥(GM)以及稻秸全量覆盖与种植绿肥协同还田利用(RSM+GM)等处理模式下土壤有机碳各组分含量、碳库管理指数、酶活性的变化及其与水稻产量的关系。结果表明:与CK1和CK0相比,RSB处理3 a后显著降低了土壤稳态有机碳含量,对土壤总有机碳、活性有机碳含量以及碳库管理指数均无显著影响;而GM、RSM及RSM+GM处理3a后显著提高了土壤活性有机碳含量、碳库指数、碳库活度、碳库活度指数和碳库管理指数,尤其是RSM和RSM+GM处理还可显著提高土壤总有机碳含量,且多数指标均以RSM+GM处理增幅为最大,其次是RSM处理。与CK1相比,RSB处理3a后显著提高了过氧化氢酶和蔗糖酶活性,但对土壤脲酶活性无显著影响;而RSM、GM及RSM+GM处理模式3 a后均可显著增加土壤过氧化氢酶、脲酶和蔗糖酶活性,其中RSM+GM处理模式在1 a后即可显著提高土壤脲酶活性,2 a后显著提高土壤过氧化氢酶和蔗糖酶活性,3 a后土壤过氧化氢酶和蔗糖酶活性增幅均是最大。相比于CK1,RSM和RSB处理模式3 a的稻谷增产效果均不显著,而GM和RSM+GM处理模式连续3 a显著提高了稻谷产量,增幅分别为6.88%～11.67%和6.00%～13.40%。相关性分析表明,土壤总有机碳、活性有机碳、碳库管理指数、土壤酶活性与水稻产量之间均呈极显著正相关关系。综上,在江汉平原单季稻作条件下,冬闲期稻秸全量覆盖还田或种植绿肥均可改善土壤肥力,增加作物产量,但前者更有助于土壤有机碳积累,后者更利于作物产量提升。为了兼顾秸秆资源利用、土壤质量改善和作物增产稳产,稻田冬闲期稻秸全量覆盖与种植绿肥协同还田利用模式是一种较好的选择。     

长期稻草还田对紫色水稻土肥力和生产力的影响

通过8年淹水条件下一季中稻的田间定位试验,研究了长期稻草还田以及稻草与不同化肥配合施用对紫色水稻土生产力和土壤肥力的影响。结果表明,稻草与N、P、K化肥配合施用能维持或提高紫色水稻土的生产力和土壤肥力;水稻获得了持续高产,土壤有机质和全氮含量提高,土壤磷的有效性增加,速效钾与试验前基本平衡。纯化肥处理尤其是N、NP、NK处理水稻产量、土壤氮和钾含量逐年降低,不能维持系统生产力和土壤肥力。稻草还田对翌年水稻具有显著的增产作用,8年平均稻草还田处理比对照增产39.5%,稻草的增产作用还随着稻草还田时间的延长而逐年升高。稻草还田携入的钾与化学钾肥具有相同的营养功效,稻草可替代部分化学钾肥。     

Molecular characterization of methane-oxidizing bacteria associated with rice straw decomposition in a rice field

Abstract

Methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) are crucial to the reduction of CH₄ emitted to the atmosphere. However, it is unclear how MOB in rice straw are affected by straw decomposition processes. In a Japanese rice field, a year-round experiment was set up to study the effects of agricultural practice (rice cultivation/winter fallow), straw parts (leaf sheath/blade) and the site of straw placement (plow layer/soil surface) on MOB communities in rice straw using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and DNA sequencing analyses of key MOB functional genes (pmoA and amoA). Thirty-eight different DGGE bands were observed over the entire investigation period. Principal component analysis of DGGE pattern suggested that agricultural practice is the key factor regulating the MOB communities. Sequencing of dominant DGGE bands showed that: (1) during the rice cultivation period, methanotrophs (particularly type I methanotrophs) dominated the MOB community, (2) during the winter fallow season both type I and type II methanotrophs were dominant in sheath segments placed both on the soil surface and in the plow layer, whereas ammonia oxidizers seemed to dominate blade segments placed in the plow layer. Alignment of diagnostic amino acid sequences of MOB suggested the presence of novel ammonia oxidizers in rice straw in rice fields.     

控制条件下水肥耦合对黄泥田还田秸秆腐解及土壤碳转化的影响

【目的】研究秸秆还田后不同水温和肥剂管理措施下土壤碳素转化特征。【方法】以华中双季稻区低产水稻土黄泥田为供试材料,模拟早稻和晚稻秸秆还田的田间环境,在实验室控制条件下,开展了两种温度环境中(15℃、35℃)不同水分(40%和100%最大田间持水量,即40%WHC、100%WHC)、配施氮肥类型(尿素、猪粪即U、M)、以及促腐菌剂添加对秸秆腐解效果及其过程中土壤碳素转化影响的研究。对水稻秸秆腐解过程中土壤CO2释放量、以及土壤可溶性有机碳(DOC)和总有机碳(TOC)含量在105天培养周期内变化特征进行动态监测分析。【结果】两种温度环境中整个培养周期内,各处理的CO2释放速率和释放总量通常表现为100%WHC-M100%WHC-U40%WHC-M40%WHC-U,即猪粪优于尿素的规律,而不论配施何种氮肥都存在100%WHC40%WHC(P0.01)的现象,同时40%WHC条件下辅施菌剂可显著提升CO2释放量;与此相反,两种温度环境下DOC含量都表现为40%WHC-M40%WHC-U100%WHC-M100%WHC-U(后两者差异小),即40%WHC条件下DOC含量显著高于100%WHC(P0.05),且配施猪粪处理优于配施尿素处理,但这两种氮肥处理间差异随培养时间延长而减小;以CO2-C释放量计算0 7 d、0 28 d、0 105 d内物料分解率,结果表明,35℃时100%WHC-U的处理中物料分解最快,15℃时40%WHC-M的处理中物料分解最慢。与之对应,105 d内TOC含量和净增量则在35℃时100%WHC-U的处理中最小(P0.01),而在15℃时40%WHC-M的处理中最大(P0.01);TOC的净增量和净损失量在相同温度条件下,尤其试验前期不同水分(P0.01)、氮素(P0.05)间均存在显著差异,且促腐菌剂添加普遍减小TOC含量;培养周期内所有处理的CO2释放速率与DOC含量间存在显著相关(P0.05)。【结论】水分状况对碳素的转化存在极大影响,其次是氮肥类型,且氮肥的影响作用随秸秆还田时间的延长而减弱;高湿条件更利于促进秸秆腐解,但导致土壤DOC含量较低,TOC的固持量也较少,而配施猪粪则可促进土壤DOC含量的提升及TOC的固持;促腐菌剂添加可促进秸秆腐解,但由于40%WHC条件下显著激发了CO2的释放而不利于土壤固碳。因此在华中低产黄泥田双季轮作稻区,早稻还田时由于气温高周期短,建议保持100%WHC、辅施适量尿素、并配合添加秸秆腐解菌剂,侧重秸秆快腐;而晚稻还田时气温低周期长,建议保持40%WHC并辅施缓效猪粪,侧重土壤固碳。     

生物质炭提高稻田甲烷氧化活性

为了揭示生物质炭输入对稻田根际土壤产甲烷和甲烷氧化活性的影响,该文通过1a 的田间试验,研究了2种原料制备的生物质炭（竹炭和水稻秸秆炭）对水稻根际土壤产甲烷和甲烷氧化活性的影响。结果表明,2种生物质炭因理化性质的不同,对水稻根际土壤产甲烷活性和甲烷氧化活性的影响存在较大差别。秸秆炭的输入可以显著提高水稻苗期根际土壤产甲烷活性,而竹炭在水稻的整个生长期对根际土壤产甲烷活性均没有显著性影响。竹炭和秸秆炭不稳定易降解组分含量的差异,使其对稻田土壤产甲烷微生物产生不同程度的影响,进而导致稻田根际土壤产甲烷活性响应差别。除抽穗期竹炭处理和成熟期秸秆炭处理,尿素施加并未显著改变生物质炭对根际土壤产甲烷活性的影响趋势。在水稻整个生长期,秸秆炭和竹炭对稻田土壤甲烷氧化活性都有促进作用,但只有秸秆炭在苗期和成熟期表现出显著性的差异。尿素对苗期和抽穗期根际土壤甲烷氧化活性有促进作用。与竹炭相比,秸秆炭输入在改善土壤通气条件、提高土壤pH值和电导率EC、以及K、P元素含量等方面更为有效,同时可能是秸秆炭对水稻根际土壤甲烷氧化活性产生显著性促进作用的潜在机理。     

稻草还田配施菌剂对晚稻生长和土壤酶活性的影响

探索秸秆腐解菌剂配施尿素和石灰在稻草全量还田中对晚稻生长、土壤酶活性和产量的影响。将人工收割后的早稻草按全量还田鲜重25 008 kg·hm-2,配施30 kg·hm-2秸秆腐解菌剂、150 kg·hm-2尿素和225 kg·hm-2石灰,施于稻田中,栽插晚稻秧苗,观察记录晚稻农艺性状,测定植株氮磷钾含量、土壤酶活性和有机质含量、生物量和产量。结果表明,稻草全量还田配施秸秆腐解菌剂、尿素和石灰,能够显著提高晚稻分蘖、土壤酶活性、产量构成农艺性状、植株氮磷钾含量、生物量和产量,相比于未施秸秆腐解菌剂处理,稻谷产量提高了13.12%,生物量提高了13.37%。稻草全量还田配施秸秆腐解菌剂对晚稻产量具有显著地增产效应。     

Modeling a long-term effect of rice straw incorporation on SOC content and grain yield in rice field

ABSTRACT

The long-term effects of rice straw incorporation on soil organic carbon (SOC) content and rice yield were evaluated from rice cultivation with different treatments: no rice straw (control), rice straw (RS), and rice straw compost (RSC) as a main-plots; five levels of nitrogen (N) fertilizer application: 0, 100, 150, 200, and 250 of N (kg ha^?1) as a sub-plots. The denitrification and decomposition (DNDC) model was employed to simulate changes in SOC content and rice grain yield over 35 years. Additionally, scenario analysis on continuous or discontinuous RS incorporation in rice fields was conducted using the DNDC model. The long-term results indicated that RS and RSC treatments played a crucial role in increasing grain yields by 9% and 11% due to the increased SOC contents compared to control treatment. The validated DNDC model on SOC contents and yields showed a good agreement between the observed and simulated values based on the normalized root mean square errors. The model predicted a rapid decline of SOC contents without RS incorporation. Results suggested that incorporating rice straw or amending manure to paddy soils is a preferred practice for maintaining SOC contents.     

Increase in soil carbon sequestration using rice husk charcoal without stimulating CH4 and N2O emissions in an Andosol paddy field in Japan

Abstract

Biochar application has been recognized as an effective option for promoting carbon (C) sequestration, but it may also affect the production and consumption of methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) in soil. A 1-year field experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of rice husk charcoal application on rice (Oryza sativa L.) productivity and the balance of greenhouse gas exchanges in an Andosol paddy field. The experiment compared the treatments of rice husk charcoal applied at 10, 20 and 40 Mg ha^?1 (RC10, RC20 and RC40, respectively), rice husk applied at 20 Mg ha^?1 (RH20), and the control (CONT). Rice straw and grain yields did not significantly differ among the treatments. The seasonal cumulative CH₄ emissions were 38–47% higher from RC10, RC20 and RC40 than from the CONT. However, the increases were not in proportion to the application rates of rice husk charcoal, and their values did not significantly differ from the CONT. On the contrary, the RH20 treatment significantly increased the cumulative CH₄ emission by 227% compared to the CONT. The N₂O emissions during the measurement were not affected by the treatments. As a result, the combined global warming potential (GWP) of CH₄ and N₂O emissions was significantly higher in RH20 than in the other treatments. There was a positive linear correlation between C storage in the top 10 cm of soil and the application rate of rice husk charcoal. The increases in soil C contents compared to the CONT corresponded to 98–149% of the C amounts added as rice husk charcoal and 41% of the C added as rice husk. Carbon dioxide (CO₂) fluxes in the off season were not significantly different among RC10, RC20, RC40 and CONT, indicating that C added as rice husk charcoal remained in the soil during the fallow period. The CO₂ equivalent balance between soil C sequestration and the combined GWP indicates that the rice husk charcoal treatments stored more C in soil than the CONT, whereas the RH20 emitted more C than the CONT. These results suggest that rice husk charcoal application will contribute to mitigating global warming without sacrificing rice yields.     

Bt-transgenic rice straw affects the culturable microbiota and dehydrogenase and phosphatase activities in a flooded paddy soil

There have been few investigations of the possible effects of genetically engineered plants on the microbiota and enzyme activities in flooded soil. We studied the influence of the transgenic rice KeMingDao (KMD) straw on the culturable microbiota and enzymatic activities in a flooded paddy soil under laboratory conditions. KMD contained a synthetic cry1Ab gene from Bacillus thuringiensis under the control of a maize ubiquitin promoter and linked in tandem with the gusA and hpt genes. The results showed that there were only some occasional significant differences (P<0.05) in the number of Colony forming units of aerobic bacteria, actinomycetes and fungi and in the number of anaerobic fermentative bacteria, denitrifying bacteria, hydrogen-producing acetogenic bacteria, and methanogenic bacteria between the paddy soil amended with Bt-transgenic rice straw and with the non-Bt parental rice straw during the early stages of incubation. From d14 to d84 there were significant increases (P<0.05) in soil dehydrogenase and soil neutral phosphatase activity in soils amended with rice straw compared to soil without added straw. The dehydrogenase activity was significantly greatly (almost 1.95-fold) in soil amended with Bt-transgenic straw from d7 to d14 but from d21 to d49 there was significantly greater activity (about 1.47-fold) in the soil amended with non-Bt-straw. There were no apparent differences between the activity of soil neutral phosphatase in the soils to which non-Bt-straw and Bt-straw had been added. However, both soils to which rice straws were added demonstrated significant differences in the number of microorganisms except for aerobic bacteria and enzymatic activities with respect to the control soil throughout the incubation. The above results indicated that the Bt-straw from KMD transgenic rice is not toxic to a variety of culturable microorganisms in the studied flooded paddy soil.     

水氮管理对黑土稻作土壤碳氮磷化学计量特征的影响

为阐明不同水氮管理模式对黑土稻作产量和土壤碳氮磷化学计量特征的影响。设置3种灌溉模式（常规淹灌、浅湿灌溉、控制灌溉）和4种氮肥梯度（0、85、110、135 kg/hm2）,探究水稻产量、土壤碳氮磷含量、化学计量比及层化率对不同水氮管理模式的响应规律。结果表明：控制灌溉模式下,水稻通过形成足量大穗提高库容,小幅增加结实率,从而显著提高产量（p<0.05）。稻田土壤有机碳（SOC）、土壤总氮（STN）、土壤总磷 (STP) 含量随土层深度增加而降低,施氮处理可显著提升SOC、STN含量并降低STP含量（p<0.05）。常规淹灌模式增加SOC、STN含量,控制灌溉模式增加STP含量。土壤C/N随施氮量增加而降低,土壤C/P、N/P随施氮量增加而升高,施氮能提升不同土层平均C/N层化率,降低C/P、N/P层化率。相比常规淹灌,控制灌溉模式能提升不同土层SOC、STP含量层化率,在一定程度上说明控制灌溉配施适宜氮肥可以改善土壤质量,综合考虑CN2为最优水氮管理方式。