Effects of Boron and Lime on Productivity of Garden Pea under Acidic Soils in Northwestern Himalayas

An experiment comprising seven treatments was conducted to study the effect of boron and lime integrated with organic manures and nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) fertilizers on garden pea productivity. Seed yield along with growth parameters were significantly influenced by combined use of farmyard manure and NPK fertilizers either alone or in combination with boron and lime. Treatment combination of 20 t farmyard manure / ha + 100% NPK + borax (T₄) resulted in 37% increase in seed yield over recommended practice of 20 t farmyard manure / ha + 100% NPK (T₃). In addition, recommended practice supplemented with granubor (T₅) and lime (T₆) also significantly surpassed T₃ with respective increase of 14 and 10% in seed yield. Similarly, maximum nutrient was observed in T₄. Hence, application of boron along with farmyard manure and NPK fertilizers could be the best option to maximize pea productivity in acidic soils under humid subtemperate climate.     

过量硼对植物的毒害及高硼土壤植物修复研究进展

硼作为一种植物必需元素,在土壤中过量存在会对植物产生毒害,硼对植物的毒害作用以及利用植物修复高硼土壤已经日益受到关注。目前,硼对不同类型植物的毒害特点,植物的耐受机制还不十分清楚。特别是对于硼污染的植物修复,其研究还处于起步阶段。本文分别从植物的表观症状、生理生化和基因水平等层次,综述了过量硼对植物的毒害,并从高耐受性、超富集能力植物筛选,以及转基因技术应用等角度回顾了硼污染的植物修复研究进展。在此基础上,提出了当前相关研究存在的主要问题,并对未来的研究进行了展望。     

Boron Deficiency in Mango (Mangifera indica L.): A Cause Delineation Study in Acidic Soils of Maharashtra, India

Boron deficiency is a major production constraint of Mango cv Alphonso in western coast, Maharashtra, India. The soils are sandy-loam, light, acidic in reaction and receive high annual precipitation of above 2,500 mm. The leaf and soil B status was low with an average of 23 and 0.25 mg kg⁻¹ respectively. About 60% of the orchards were found to be deficient in B. The B adsorption study using Langmuir adsorption isotherm revealed that the adsorption capacity of B by these soils was low with an average adsorption maxima (b) of 16.62 μg g⁻¹ and bonding energy constant ( K ) of 0.09 mL μg⁻¹ making soil B susceptible to leaching. The Mango leaf N status was in excess range, which aggravated B deficiency through growth dilution. A significant negative correlation was observed between leaf B and leaf N (statistically significant at 1% level (p=0.01)). The free Al status of the soils was found to be fairly high, and its detrimental effect on root growth was observed which led to inefficient absorption of limited soil B by roots. The climatic conditions of Konkan like high humidity, high temperature and long sunshine hours also favored widespread incidence of B deficiency, low yield and poor quality. The response of Mango cv Alphonso to the B application was found to be more in foliar than in soil application.     

Liming Effects on Extractable Boron in Six Acidic Soils

A laboratory incubation study was conducted to study the influence of liming on extractable boron (B) in acidic soil. Six soils, three each from the Inceptisols and Alfisols, were incubated for 30 days with combinations of lime and B. The soils were acutely deficient in plant-available B (0.09–0.21 mg kg^?1). Only <50 percent of applied B was recovered from the soils in available form. Such recovery was lower in Alfisols than that in Inceptisols due to adsorption of a greater amount of added B with iron (Fe^?) and aluminium (Al^?) oxides in the former soil group. Required dose of lime showed an increase in availability of native soil B, particularly in Inceptisols (26 percent), and a net decrease in recovery of added B (32.5 percent) as compared to no lime control (41.6 percent). The results thus suggest that liming to acidic soils increases extractable B.     

异丙隆在土壤中的淋溶迁移及其影响因素研究

采用室内土壤淋洗柱法,以黄褐土、砂姜黑土和水稻土为供试土壤,研究了异丙隆在土壤中的淋溶迁移行为,探讨了淋溶水量、淋溶水pH值、施药量和添加外源木炭等因素对异丙隆在土壤中淋溶迁移的影响。结果表明,不同土壤中异丙隆淋出率为黄褐土〉砂姜黑土〉水稻土;淋溶水量与异丙隆的淋出率呈正相关,且对淋溶后异丙隆在土层中的分布有明显影响;用不同pH值的淋溶水时,异丙隆的淋出率为pH5〉pH9〉pH7;施加不同药量时,异丙隆的淋出率为10mg〉5mg〉20mg;异丙隆的淋出率随外源木炭添加量的增大而减小,而异丙隆在土壤柱中的滞留量则随着木炭添加量增大而增大,提示添加外源木炭可明显减少异丙隆在土壤中的淋出率,降低异丙隆在土壤中的淋溶深度。     

~（95）Zr在土壤中的淋溶和迁移分布

采用模拟土柱法研究了95Zr在2种淹水土壤（小粉土、红黄壤）中的淋溶和垂直迁移。结果表明：（1）淋溶后收集到的全部淋溶液中95Zr的含量较少,小粉土淋溶液中95Zr为总活度的3.05%,黄红壤淋溶液中95Zr为总活度的3.00%;（2）滞留于土壤中的95Zr绝大部分分布在土壤表层0～1.0cm范围内,小粉土中有67.80%～80.18%的95Zr滞留于0～1.0cm土层范围内,黄红壤中有74.05%～86.95%的95Zr滞留于0～1.0cm土层范围内;（3）土壤中95Zr比活度与距土壤表层深度分布呈单项指数规律。     

Boron Fixation and Its Release in Soils and Bark Compost

Batch studies were conducted to investigate the fixing and release behavior of boron (B) in the soils from Haruo-cho, Kochi, and a bark compost (BC). Boron fixation on river sand (RS) was extremely low. The amount of B fixed was 6.3 mg kg⁻¹ for the greenhouse soil (GS). However, BC showed a 10-fold higher fixation of B (64.1 mg kg⁻¹) compared to GS, indicating that BC here displayed a significant capacity for B trapping. In GS, only around 9% of the adsorbed B was released during a 1-month period of incubation. Bark compost showed the highest amount of release during the incubation period, accounting for 64% of the adsorbed B. Moreover, the ratio of B release increased to 77% in the case of the soil mixed with BC. These results, suggest that different kinds of fixation-releasing mechanisms operate in the soil and BC. The B fixation on soil is considered as specific adsorption on minerals. A possible mechanism for B fixation on BC is ligand exchange. B-diol complexes might be formed with BC, and then after decomposition by microorganisms, they may release B during the incubation period.     

Risks of Boron Toxicity in Canola and Lupin by Forms of Boron Application in Acid Sands of South-Western Australia

Boron (B) deficiency frequently occurs on soils that are low in organic carbon (C) (<1.0% organic C), pH (soil pH_Ca <5.0), and clay content (<5% clay). Acid sands with these soil properties are common in south-western Australia (SWA). Moreover, hot calcium chloride (CaCl₂) extractable B levels are commonly marginal in the acid sands of SWA. This study examined the effects of soluble and slow release soil-applied B fertilizer and foliar B sprays on crops most likely to respond to B fertilizer on these soils, canola (oil-seed rape, Brassica napus L.) and lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.).

At 25 sites over three years, canola was grown with (0.34 kg ha-¹) or without B applied as borax [sodium tetraborate decahydrate (Na₂B₄O₇·10H₂O) 11% B], and this was followed by nine experiments with B rates [0, 0.55, 1.1 kg ha^?1, applied as borax or calcium borate (ulexite, NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5(H₂O), 13% B] and foliar sprays (0.1% solution of solubor, 23% B) in 2000–2001. A further five sites of B rates and sources experiments were carried out with lupin in 2000–2001. Finally, foliar B sprays (5% B w/v as a phenolic complex) at flowering were tested on seven sites in farmers’ canola crops for seed yield increases. No seed yield increases to soil-applied B were found while foliar B application at flowering increased canola seed yield in only one season across seven locations. By contrast, borax fertilizer drilled with the seed at sowing decreased canola seed yield in nine of 34-farm sites, and decreased lupin yield in two of five trials. Toxicity from drilled boron fertilizer decreased yield could be explained by decreases in plant density (by 22–40%) to values lower than required for optimum seed yield. Seedling emergence was decreased by borax applied at sowing but less so by calcium borate. Foliar B spray application never reduced seed yield due to toxicity effects.

Boron fertilizer drilled with the seed increased the B concentration in plant dry matter at early to mid-flowering. Boron application decreased the oil concentration of grain of canola at four sites. The oil yield of canola was significantly decreased at seven sites.

Notwithstanding the marginal B levels on acid sands of the SWA region, care needs to be taken on use of borax fertilizer as toxicity was induced in canola and lupin; with 0.34 to 1 kg B ha^?1(3-10 kg borax ha^?1) at sowing depressing seed yield, mostly by decreasing plant density. Rather than making general recommendation for B fertilizer application based on 0.01M CaCl₂ soil extractable B, soil and plant analysis should be used to diagnose B deficiency and B fertilizer use limited to calcium borate or foliar borax rather than soil-applied borax on low B sands.     

2，4-二氯苯氧基乙酸在土壤中的吸附淋溶特性

农药在土壤中的吸附和淋溶特性是评价其环境行为的重要指标,特别是决定了其在土壤中的迁移性。本文分别利用振荡平衡法和柱淋溶法研究了2,4-二氯苯氧基乙酸（2,4-D）在不同土壤中的吸附和淋溶特性及其影响因素。结果表明,2,4-D在3种供试土壤上的吸附特性能较好地用线性吸附等温线拟合,吸附常数心在0．95-1．54L·kg^-1之间,很难被土壤吸附。影响2,4-D在土壤中吸附的因素主要是土壤pH值,其次是有机质含量。土壤pH值增高,离子态的2,4-D量增加,吸附减弱;2,4-D在土壤中具有较强的淋溶性,影响其淋溶性能的主要因素是土壤pH值,pH值越高,淋溶性能越强。     

我国4种土壤磷素淋溶流失特征

磷素是水体富营养化的主要限制因子,地表水磷的污染负荷主要来源于农业面源污染。采集黑土、潮土、红壤和水稻土4种土壤,采用土柱模拟的试验方法,研究磷素在4种土壤剖面中空间分布特征,以及土壤渗漏液中TP、TDP的含量、动态变化以及流失量特征。结果表明:(1)不同类型土壤全磷和有效磷含量差异性显著,由高到低依次为水稻土潮土黑土红壤;黑土、红壤和水稻土土壤全磷和有效磷含量都表现出,随土壤深度的增加,不断降低;而潮土剖面呈上下层高,中间低的分布格局。(2)4种土壤渗漏液中占主导的磷形态不一致,潮土以MRP占主导,黑土和水稻土以DOP为主,而红壤则以PP为主。土壤磷素动态变化方面,潮土表现为TP含量先减后增再减,TDP含量先增后减;黑土表现为TP含量先增后减,TDP含量持续下降;红壤和水稻土TP和TDP含量变化不显著。(3)相关分析表明,4种土壤中Olsen-P与渗漏液中TP呈指数关系,具有极显著相关性。(4)4种土壤TP、TDP下渗流失量都以潮土最高,其次是黑土和水稻土,红壤流失量最小,磷素流失以TDP为主。     

热带亚热带酸性土壤硝化作用与氮淋溶特征

通过室内好气培养和土柱模拟淋洗培养试验,研究了氨基氮肥加入对热带亚热带4种不同性质和利用方式酸性土壤硝化、氮及盐基离子淋溶、土壤及淋出液酸化的影响。4种土壤分别为采自花岗岩发育的海南林地砖红壤(HR)、玄武岩发育的云南林地砖红壤(YR)、第四纪红黏土发育的江西旱地红壤(RU)和第四纪下蜀黄土发育的江苏旱地黄棕壤(YU)。结果表明:4种土壤硝化作用大小表现为YU>RU>YR>HR。HR主要以可溶性有机氮(DON)和NH₄⁺-N形态淋失,YU土壤的氮淋溶形态以NO₃^–-N为主,YR和RU土壤的氮淋溶形态NO₃^–-N、NH₄⁺-N和DON兼而有之。盐基离子总淋失量与NO₃^–-N淋失量显著正相关,但各盐基离子淋失由于离子本性和土壤性质差异并不完全一致。Ca²⁺在缓冲外源NH₄⁺-N硝化致酸和平衡...     

Degradation and Leaching of Simazine in Arctic Sandy Soils

Abstract

Degradation and leaching of ¹⁴C-labelled simazine in coarse sandy soils at 15 + 1°C were investigated using radiometric and mass-spectrometric methods. During 6 months incubation approx. 4–7% of the applied ¹⁴C-simazine was evolved as ¹⁴CO₂. 4–9% of the simazine still remained in the soil. Addition of hen manure or acidification by addition of peat did not clearly influence the rate of degradation of simazine, whereas mechanical treatment significantly increased its degradation. In a nitrogen atmosphere the rate of degradation of simazine was reduced.

9–15% of the simazine or its radioactive metabolites leached through a 33 cm sandy moraine soil column (diameter 6 cm) in ca. 1770 mm of precipitation over a 4 month period, and 2% was leached from a fine sand soil under the same conditions.     

咸水淋洗改良滨海盐渍土的潜力研究

通过室内土柱模拟试验,研究了不同矿化度咸水对砂壤质滨海盐碱土土壤入渗特征的影响,以及咸水淋洗土壤水盐变化规律和节水潜力。研究结果表明,高矿化度咸水略微降低土壤入渗性能,但当淋洗水矿化度高于15.61g/L时,土壤入渗性能不再继续降低;不同矿化度水处理淋出液矿化度都经历快速下降、较快下降、缓慢下降3个阶段,土壤盐分随咸水淋洗水量的增加先上升,再经历急剧下降、快速下降、缓慢下降,土壤经咸水淋洗后盐分含量明显下降;根据水盐平衡预估咸水淋洗具有较高的节水潜力,5.35g/L和10.36g/L的咸水淋洗节水潜力分别约为48.08%,38.46%,海水淋洗节水潜力最小,约为24.04%。     

控释肥硫膜对酸性棕壤淋溶特性的影响

为预测硫包膜控释肥施用后大量硫膜残留对土壤生态系统造成的危害，设置硫膜材料添加量不同的室内淋溶试验，以研究控释肥硫膜材料对土壤淋溶特性的影响。研究结果表明；成分和量等同于硫膜的粉状硫磺可显著改变酸性棕壤淋溶液的pH和EC值及K^＋、Na^＋、Ca^2＋、Mg^2＋、SO42-的浓度，5次淋溶累计淋失的K^＋、Na^＋、Ca^2＋、Mg^2＋、SO4^2-随粉状硫磺加入量的增加而增加。而硫包膜尿素处理除对土壤SO4^2-、K^＋淋溶影响不明显外，对其他指标的影响较明显。试验同时发现，由于硫膜和粉状硫磺的物理形态不同，短期内对土壤淋溶特性的影响也有较大差异，但粉状硫磺的表现可以反映硫膜积累并转化后对土壤的影响。     

抚仙湖流域有机-常规种植菜地土壤磷素淋溶模拟研究

利用3种不同高度的土柱,对有机-常规种植菜地土壤进行了磷素淋溶模拟研究,结果表明：有机种植菜地土壤磷素淋溶量远高于常规种植菜地土壤,不同高度土柱在模拟780 mm降雨量条件下,前者磷素淋溶平均水平是后者的26倍左右。灌溉不仅降低了不同土壤有效磷含量,而且使土壤磷素吸附解吸特征发生明显改变。此外,田间监测结果显示,有机种植对地下水磷素水平的提高明显大于常规种植。可见,有机种植中土壤磷素由淋溶进入地下水体相对于常规种植风险更大,有机种植业的发展必须采取必要措施,减缓土壤磷素淋溶流失。     

石灰土壤原状土柱上硼和锌的迁移

Leaching of boron （B） and zinc （Zn） can be significant in some pedomorphic conditions, which can cause contamination of shallow groundwater and economic losses. Boron and Zn adsorption and transport was studied using 8.4 cm diameter × 28 cm long intact columns from two calcareous soil series with differing clay contents and vadose zone structures： Lyallpur soil series, clay loam （fine-silty, mixed, hyperthermic Ustalfic Haplargid）, and Sultanpur soil series, sandy loam （coarse-silty, mixed, hyperthermic Ustollic Camborthid）. The adsorption isotherms were developed by equilibrating soil with 0.01 tool L^-1 CaCl2 aqueous solution containing varying amounts of B and Zn and were fitted to the Langmuir equation. The B and Zn breakthrough curves were fitted to the two-domain convective-dispersive equation. At the end of the leaching experiment, 0.11 L 10 g L^-1 blue dye solution was also applied to each column to mark the flow paths. The Lyallpur soil columns had a slightly greater adsorption partition coefficient both for B and Zn than the Sultanpur soil columns. In the Lyallpur soil columns, B arrival was immediate but the peak concentration ratio （the concentration in solution at equilibrium/concentration applied） was lower than that in the Sultanpur soil columns. The breakthrough of B in the Sultanpur soil columns occurred after about 10 cm of cumulative drainage in both the columns; the rise in effluent concentration was fast and the peak concentration ratio was almost 1. Zinc leaching through the soil columns was very limited as only one column from the Lyallpur soil series showed Zn breakthrough in the effluent where the peak concentration ratio was only 0.05. This study demonstrates the effect of soil structure on B transport and has implications for the nutrient management in field soils.     

不同土壤钾素淋溶特性的初步研究

通过室内土柱淋溶试验,研究降雨情况下不同土壤钾素的淋溶特性及其与土壤性质的关系,结果表明:未施钾的自然土壤,在降雨量较小时(87 mm),决定钾素淋溶状况的主要土壤因子是土壤质地,质地越轻,K+淋溶量越大;降雨量较大时(435 mm),决定钾素淋溶状况的主要因子则为速效钾,田间速效钾含量愈大,淋溶风险愈大。外源钾施入土壤后,在降雨量较小时(87 mm),钾素淋溶状况主要受土壤粉粒和缓效钾的影响,粉粒含量和缓效钾越大,淋溶量越小;降雨量较大时(435 mm),钾素淋溶状况主要受全钾和缓效钾的影响,其值越大淋溶量越小。在降雨量充足、田间排水不畅的情况下,短时间内(2 h)土壤钾肥表观淋出率仅与粉粒含量呈显著负相关关系,土壤的质地是影响钾淋溶主要因子;长时间(24 h)淋溶后钾肥表观淋出率则与土壤pH、粉粒、全钾、缓效钾和长石含量均呈显著负相关关系,其中全钾和粉粒的影响作用最大。     

新农药哌虫啶在三种典型土壤中的吸附与淋溶研究

应用振荡平衡法和柱淋洗法研究了哌虫啶在红壤、棕壤和黑土3种典型土壤中的吸附和淋溶特性,并探讨了3种土壤改良剂对其淋溶的影响。结果表明:哌虫啶在黑土、红壤和棕壤中的吸附平衡时间分别为12、12和9 h,分配系数Kd分别为23.16、11.24和4.68,吸附常数Kf分别为22.03、11.69和5.05,KOC值分别为1 619、2 094和495,吸附自由能值分别为-16.96、-17.59和-14.02 k J mol-1,Freundlich和线性等温吸附模型均能较好地描述哌虫啶在土壤中的吸附过程,其吸附能力顺序分别为黑龙江黑土福建红壤山东棕壤。哌虫啶在3种供试土壤中淋溶性存在差异,在棕壤中迁移性最强,随着施药量的增加,其淋出率也略有提高,但3个不同水平施药量差异不显著。在黑土中迁移性最弱,红壤和黑土中的哌虫啶残留量随着土壤深度的增加逐渐降低。土壤中添加0.5%的活性炭、腐殖酸和草炭能显著地降低农药哌虫啶在土壤中的淋溶性,减少对地下水的污染风险。     

Effect of Soil Properties on Boron Adsorption and Release in Arid and Semi-Arid Benchmark Soils

The adsorption isotherms indicated that the adsorption of boron (B) increased with its increasing concentration in the equilibrium solution. The Langmuir adsorption isotherm was curvilinear and it was significant when the curves were resolved into two linear parts. The maximum value of adsorption maxima (b1) was observed to be 7.968 mg B kg^?1 in Garhi baghi soil and the bonding energy (k) constant was maximum at 0.509 L mg^?1 in Jodhpur ramana soil. The Langmuir isotherm best explains the adsorption phenomenon at low concentrations of the adsorbent, which of course was different for different soils. There was significant correlation between b1 and clay (r = 0.905**), organic matter contents (r = 0.734*), and cation exchange capacity (CEC; r = 0.995**) of soils. A linear relationship was observed in all the soils at all concentration ranges between 0 and 100 mg B L^?1, indicating that boron adsorption data conform to the Freundlich equation. Soils that have a higher affinity for boron adsorption, like Garhi baghi, tended to desorb less amount of boron, that is, 43.54%, whereas Ballowal saunkhari desorbed 48.00%, Jodhpur ramana 48.42%, and Naura soil 58.88% of the adsorbed boron. Boron desorption by these soils is positively and significantly correlated with the sand content (r = 0.714**) and negatively with clay content (r = ?0.502*) and CEC (r = ?0.623**). The maximum value of 37.59 mg kg^?1 for desorption maxima (Dm) was observed in Garhi baghi soil and also a constant related to B mobility (Kd) was found to be maximum in Garhi baghi (0.222 L kg^?1) soil Note: *P<0.05; ^**P<0.01.     

Solubility Relationships of Iron and Evaluation of its Fertility Status in Degraded Soils

This study was conducted to determine the solubility of iron (Fe) and identify the solid phases responsible for controlling its solubility in these soils by using Baker soil test (BST) computer program. The results indicated that the ferric ion (Fe³⁺) activity in all the soils, except the acidic ones, nearly approached the theoretical solubility line of known minerals, namely soil-Fe, amorphous-Fe, maghemite, and lepidocrocite. Solubility of Fe in acid soils of Ranchi (soil 3) and Cooch-Behar (soil 6) did not match the theoretical solubility lines of any of the known minerals. The acidic soils of Ranchi and Cooch-Behar were sufficient for Fe with respect to both quantity and intensity factor based on BST rating, while alkaline (soil 1) and calcareous (soil 5) were sufficient in reserve Fe; deficiency of iron still could be suspected because of high pH. These findings elucidate the role of solid phase controlling iron solubility in soil solution of degraded soils.