Inoculation with N2-generating denitrifier strains mitigates N2O emission from agricultural soil fertilized with poultry manure

Pelleted poultry manure is recommended for use with agricultural soil as a replacement for chemical fertilizers; however, application of the manure stimulates nitrous oxide (N₂O) emission from the soil through denitrification. To mitigate the N₂O emission caused by application of pelleted poultry manure, soil microcosms were set up; each microcosm was inoculated with one of the following N₂-generating denitrifier strains previously been isolated from paddy soil: Azoarcus, Dyella, Dechloromonas, Niastella, and Burkholderia. When pelleted poultry manure was incubated on its own, N₂O was produced by denitrification. In contrast, N₂O emission was significantly lowered when the manure was inoculated with most of the N₂-generating strains. In soil microcosms, N₂O was emitted during incubation after application of the pelleted manure, while N₂O flux was significantly lowered when the soil was inoculated with Azoarcus sp. KS11B, Niastella sp. KS31B, or Burkholderia sp. TSO47-3 on the 12th day of incubation. In addition, when pelleted manure was inoculated with the strains prior to application in the soil microcosms, the level of N₂O emission was significantly lowered to ca. 40–60 % that from the non-inoculated control. Our study provides the prototype of a technique that uses microbial technology to mitigate N₂O emission from agricultural soil fertilized with pelleted poultry manure.     

有机无机肥料配合施用对设施菜田土壤N2O排放的影响

采用静态箱气相色谱法研究了有机无机肥料配合施用对设施菜田土壤N2O排放的影响。结果表明: 1）设施芹菜和番茄施基肥后57 d（灌溉后13 d）出现土壤N2O排放通量峰值,追肥后（施肥与灌溉同步）1 d出现土壤N2O排放通量峰值; 芹菜季和番茄季施用基肥后20 d内N2O排放量分别占当季总排放量的40%65%左右,是土壤N2O主要排放期。2）施用基肥后至定植灌水前各处理土壤N2O排放量逐渐降低,灌水后N2O排放通量迅速上升。各处理土壤N2O排放通量与土壤含水量之间呈显著相关,相关系数在0.43~0.72之间。3）土壤N2O排放主要发生在番茄季,番茄生育期各处理土壤N2O总排放量是芹菜生育期的3.1倍; 各处理土壤N2O排放通量与5 cm土层温度之间总体上呈显著相关,相关系数在0.40~0.58之间。4）设施菜田大幅减施化肥的有机无机肥配合施用模式可显著降低土壤N2O排放量和肥料损失率,芹菜季和番茄季土壤N2O排放量较习惯施肥处理分别降低66.3%和85.1%,肥料损失率分别降低45.2%和74.9%。5）等氮量投入时,施用秸秆较施用猪粪可有效降低土壤N2O排放,芹菜季和番茄季分别降低43.4%和74.2%。     

Effects of green manure storage and incorporation methods on nitrogen release and N2O emissions after soil application

More efficient use of green manure-derived nitrogen (N) may improve crop yields and reduce environmental impacts in stockless organic arable farming. In this 3-month incubation study, we tested a new strategy where green manure leys are harvested and preserved until the following spring either as compost mixed with straw or as silage of harvested ley biomass. Grass-clover compost or silage was soil-incorporated by either simulated ploughing (green manure placed at 15 cm depth) or harrowing (green manure mixed into the upper 5-cm soil horizon) in order to assess treatment effects on net release of plant-available N, nitrous oxide (N₂O) fluxes and soil respiration. Grass-clover silage provided the highest net N release with similar results for the two incorporation methods. Up to one third of the total N content in silage became plant-available during the 3 months. In contrast, no net N release was observed for the composted grass-clover and straw mixture. In fact, soil incorporation of compost by harrowing caused temporal immobilization of soil mineral N. Silage incorporated by ploughing gave rise to the largest N₂O effluxes with silage-induced emissions corresponding to 0.3 % of applied total N. Possibly N₂O production via denitrification was stimulated by oxygen-limited conditions near the decomposing silage. In contrast, compost incorporated by harrowing caused net N₂O uptake, presumably an effect of reduced mineral N availability in this treatment. Overall, our study revealed that ensiled grass-clover was the best fertilizer product and that the method chosen for incorporation of green manure is likely to influence N₂O emissions.     

Mitigation of N2O emission from an alluvial soil by application of karanjin

An incubation experiment was conducted to study N₂O emissions from a Typic Ustochrept, alluvial soil, fertilized with urea and urea combined with different levels of two nitrification inhibitors, viz karanjin and dicyandiamide (DCD). Karanjin [a furano-flavonoid, obtained from karanja (Pongamia glabra Vent.) seeds] and DCD were incorporated at rates of 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25% of applied urea-N (100 mg kg^-1 soil), to the soil adjusted to field capacity moisture content. The highest N₂O flux (366 µg N₂O-N kg^-1 soil day^-1) was obtained on day 1 after incubation from soil fertilized with urea without any inhibitor. The presence of the inhibitors appreciably reduced the mean N₂O flux from the urea-treated soils. The application of karanjin resulted in a higher mitigation of total N₂O-N emission (92-96%) compared to DCD (60-71%). Rates of N₂O flux ranged from 0.9 to 140 µg N₂O-N kg^-1 soil day^-1 from urea combined with different levels of the two inhibitors (coefficient of variation=24-272%). Karanjin (62-75%) was also more effective than DCD (9-42%) in inhibiting nitrification during the 30-day incubation period.     

农田土壤N2O排放的连续自动测定方法

本文介绍了农田N2O排放连续自动测定系统的方法原理、系统整体构造和气路配置,并通过对华北平原旱地土壤夏玉米季N2O排放的连续观测,比较了连续自动测定方法与传统手动间歇取样测定方法的差异。结果表明,夏玉米季N2O排放具有明显的日排放规律,且在三叶期和十叶期施肥后存在明显的释放高峰;通过选取7:20、8:30、9:40、10:50、12:00、13:20、14:30、15:40、16:50和18:00不同采样时间的测定结果,分别模拟了间隔为3d和6d的排放总量,结果表明,间隔取样的累积排放结果与连续观测结果的差异,与采样当天中具体的采样时间紧密相关,间隔估算结果随着采样时间的延后具有先升高后降低的趋势,与N2O的日排放规律相一致。本研究中,不同时间间隔对估算结果影响不明显。     

N2O emission mitigation and microbial activity after Biochar and Cao application in a flooded nitrate-rich vegetable soil

Adding easily decomposable organic materials into flooded nitrate-rich soils can effectively decrease the soil nitrate concentration and repair nitrate-rich soil. However, nitrate reduction is usually accompanied with an increase in N₂O emission. This study was conducted to reduce N₂O emission in a nitrate-rich vegetable soil flooded for remediation and amended with biochar. Nitrate-rich vegetable soil was placed in five treatment groups: flooding (F); flooding with rice straw (F?+?RS); flooding with rice straw and 1% biochar (F?+?RS?+?1% biochar); flooding with rice straw and 3% biochar (F?+?RS?+?3% biochar); flooding with rice straw and CaO (F?+?RS?+?CaO). Biochar and CaO reduced the N₂O emission levels relative to the F?+?RS group, with the former being more effective than the latter, achieving reduction of 40.70% (3% biochar) and 17.35% (CaO) of cumulative N₂O emission. The 3% biochar was more effective than the 1% biochar. Regression analysis showed a positive correlation between the abundance of NO reductase gene (norB) and soil N₂O emission flux. In general, biochar and CaO could effectively reduce N₂O emissions from a nitrate-rich vegetable soil during flooding remediation, duo to elevating soil pH and altering denitrifying activity. The norB gene was the most important denitrifying gene driving soil N₂O emission in the remediation.     

pH 升高对红壤硝化过程产生 N2O 的影响

对红壤添加NaOH培养获得不同pH系列的土壤.通过室内培养试验.研究了3种pH条件下土壤的N_2O排放和无机N的变化情况.结果表明:硝化活性随土壤pH升高而增强:pH升高增加了土壤N_2O的释放;纯化学过程对N_2O散发的贡献随pH的升高而降低;Nitrapyrin在pH 4.8和pH 6.0时表现山硝化抑制作用,在pH 8.5时抑制效果不明显,且提高了培养期间pH8.5土壤N_2O的释放量.     

硝化抑制剂和通气调节对土壤N2O排放的影响

采用室内培养方法,研究了土壤水分含量和温度对硝化反应速度、N2O排放及施用硝化抑制剂(N-Serve)和土壤掺砂对N2O排放的影响。结果表明,硝化反应速度随温度升高而加快,30℃时反应进行最快;水分对硝化反应速度的影响不显著。N2O排放通量随温度和水分含量升高而加大,最高排放通量出现在水分含量28.5%,20℃或30℃时。30℃、低水分(14.2%)时,N2O排放量较低,15d累积排放量为126.4.mg/kg,且主要来自硝化反应,施用N-Serve可使总排放量减少65.0%;水分含量增加到28.5%,反硝化反应发生,N2O排放量急剧增加,15d累积排放量达764.4.mg/kg;施用砂子或N-Serve,总排放量分别减少82.9%、62.1%。因此,低水分时,施用N-Serve可抑制硝化反应;高水分时,施用砂子或砂子与N-Serve配合,可有效抑制N2O排放。     

施氮方式对玉米氮吸收及土壤养分、N2O排放的影响

通过3年定位试验,研究不施氮肥、农民传统施氮、比传统施氮减量20%、减氮20%配合秸秆还田、减氮20%施用包膜尿素处理对玉米年际产量、植株氮吸收、土壤养分变化及N2O排放的影响。结果表明:包膜尿素处理产量最高,比空白处理增产18.50%,比产量次高的秸秆还田处理仅增产0.51%,二个处理间产量差异不显著;包膜尿素处理和秸秆还田处理可增加植株氮的吸收固定;秸秆还田处理的肥料利用率和植株总氮积累量高于包膜尿素处理,但其氮收获指数最低,为0.606,从注重品质角度,包膜尿素处理的效果略好于秸秆还田处理;各施肥处理都比空白处理提高了土壤主要养分含量,但从有机质、全氮、有效磷和速效钾含量提升综合评价,包膜尿素处理和秸秆还田处理对土壤的培肥作用好于农民习惯施肥处理;秸秆还田处理的N2O-N季节排放总量和排放系数都最高,分别为N 1.50 kg·hm-2·季-1和0.27。因此,从保产稳产、培肥地力、提升品质、减少N2O排放综合考虑,建议推广比农民习惯施肥量减少氮量20%的包膜尿素一次性施入在玉米生产中的应用。     

Effects of soil moisture on gross N transformations and N2O emission in acid subtropical forest soils

Soil moisture changes, arising from seasonal variation or from global climate changes, could influence soil nitrogen (N) transformation rates and N availability in unfertilized subtropical forests. A ¹⁵?N dilution study was carried out to investigate the effects of soil moisture change (30–90 % water-holding capacity (WHC)) on potential gross N transformation rates and N₂O and NO emissions in two contrasting (broad-leaved vs. coniferous) subtropical forest soils. Gross N mineralization rates were more sensitive to soil moisture change than gross NH₄ ⁺ immobilization rates for both forest soils. Gross nitrification rates gradually increased with increasing soil moisture in both forest soils. Thus, enhanced N availability at higher soil moisture values was attributed to increasing gross N mineralization and nitrification rates over the immobilization rate. The natural N enrichment in humid subtropical forest soils may partially be due to fast N mineralization and nitrification under relatively higher soil moisture. In broad-leaved forest soil, the high N₂O and NO emissions occurred at 30 % WHC, while the reverse was true in coniferous forest soil. Therefore, we propose that there are different mechanisms regulating N₂O and NO emissions between broad-leaved and coniferous forest soils. In coniferous forest soil, nitrification may be the primary process responsible for N₂O and NO emissions, while in broad-leaved forest soil, N₂O and NO emissions may originate from the denitrification process.     

Nitrate enhances N2O emission more than ammonium in a highly acidic soil

Purpose

Nitrous oxide (N₂O) is produced naturally in soils through microbial processes of nitrification and denitrification. In recent years, the long-term application of nitrogen-heavy fertilizers has led to the acidification of tea orchard soils with high N₂O emission. The present research aimed at finding out which process (nitrification or denitrification) dominates in N₂O production, whether certain fertilizer managements could reduce N₂O emission, and the effects of fertilizer management on the abundance of functional genes.

Materials and methods

Two nitrification inhibitors, 3, 4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) and dicyandiamide (DCD), combined with different N fertilizers (ammonium sulfate and potassium nitrate) were applied to highly acidic tea orchard soil in an aerobic incubation experiment. Both amoA and nosZ gene abundances from different treatments were determined by quantitative PCR. An anaerobic nitrate effect test was carried out using C₂H₂ inhibition method.

Results and discussion

The application of nitrate fertilizers significantly (P?<?0.05) enhanced total N₂O emission. A linear regression analysis between total N₂O emission and average nitrate contents indicated that denitrification is the dominant source of N₂O in this tea orchard soil. In the anaerobic incubation, no significant difference of N₂O emission was observed between KNO₃ and no KNO₃ treatments before 96 h. Quantitative PCR revealed lower copy numbers of nosZ in nitrate-associated fertilizer-treated soils than the soils from other treatments. Compared with the control, ammonium fertilizers with DCD or DMPP significantly (P?<?0.05) inhibited nitrate production as well as N₂O.

Conclusions

These results showed that denitrification is the dominant source of N₂O in this highly acidic soil. Nitrate addition could significantly inhibit the abundance of nitrous oxide reductase, therefore causing high N₂O emission. The application of ammonium fertilizers with DCD or DMPP could significantly reduce N₂O emission, possibly due to the effective inhibition of nitrate production.     

农田土壤N2O排放和减排措施的研究进展

氧化亚氮(N2O)是一种受人类活动影响的重要温室气体。农业土壤是其主要的排放源之一,土壤中硝化和反硝化作用是N2O产生的主要过程。N2O的排放受多种因素的影响,农业活动尤其是施用化学氮肥是农田N2O排放量增加的主要因素。提高氮肥利用率,使用硝化抑制剂等措施将有助于减少N2O的排放量,更有效的减排措施还有待进一步的研究与应用。     

污泥及其混合堆肥对番茄土壤性质和N_2O排放的影响

目前关于污泥及其生物质堆肥的土地利用过程中土壤性质变化和温室气体排放数据十分缺乏,难以满足农田土壤氮素保存和温室气体减排的需求。该研究通过在番茄种植过程中添加800 kg/hm2新鲜污泥(S-H)、400 kg/hm2新鲜污泥(S-L)、800 kg/hm2秸秆堆肥(VM-S)和800 kg/hm2猪粪堆肥(VM-M),开展土壤性质、无机氮形态、作物生长以及N2O排放特征的研究。结果表明:堆肥处理显著增加了土壤电导率(electric conductivity,EC)(P0.05),其中猪粪堆肥时土壤EC值最大。添加污泥和堆肥都使土壤p H值显著上升(P0.05),最终趋于中性,且VM-M对土壤酸化的抑制效果略优于VM-S。污泥和堆肥处理时土壤NO3--N浓度显著高于对照,且各处理组NO3--N浓度均随时间逐渐下降,NO3--N主要被番茄吸收,部分NO3--N从土壤上层淋溶至下层;NH4+大多数被氧化为NO3-,部分NH4+被植物吸收。在施入的无机氮量相等情况下,VM-M、VM-S、S-H处理组中番茄地上部分生物量分别为1 515、1 383、1 103 g/株,株高分别为56.8、54.5、51.3 cm,对番茄生长的促进效果为VM-MVM-SS-H,而S-H比S-L多施入的氮肥对番茄生长并未起到明显促进作用(P0.05)。与对照相比,污泥或生物质堆肥都显著提高了土壤N2O的排放(P0.05),各处理组N2O的排放均集中于施肥后的前20天,且土壤N2O的排放通量大小顺序为S-L(0.76 kg/(hm2·a))VM-M(0.95 kg/(hm2·a))VM-S(1.19 kg/(hm2·a))S-H(1.71 kg/(hm2·a))。因此,在进行污泥及其生物质堆肥的土地利用时,应考虑有机肥的种类及其施用量,以在提高作物产量的同时改善土壤并减少温室气体排放,在进行污泥的农田利用时可先将污泥与畜禽粪堆肥。     

Lime-nitrogen application affects nitrification, denitrification, and N2O emission in an acidic tea soil

Lime-N (calcium cyanamide, CaCN₂) acts as both fertilizer and pesticide. Lime-N may reduce nitrous oxide (N₂O) emission from soil, although its effectiveness and the relative mechanisms are not well understood. The aim of the study was to quantify the effect of lime-N on N₂O emission from the acidic soil of tea fields. The study design consisted of two treatments: conventional fertilizer (CF) (application of conventional organo-chemical fertilizer) and lime-N (LN) (application of approximately 53 % of the applied N as lime-N and the remaining as conventional organo-chemical fertilizer). Both treatments had the same amount of N, P₂O₅, and K₂O applied to soil between plant canopies; fertilizer was incorporated into soil. We measured N₂O emissions and environmental and microbial parameters of soil between plant canopies and under the canopy of tea plants, including the concentrations of dicyandiamide and cyanamide derived from lime-N. Nitrous oxide emission from soil between plant canopies was lower in the LN treatment than in the CF treatment, and soil ammonium oxidation activity and soil denitrification rate decreased after lime-N application. We applied the acetylene inhibition technique and analyzed isotopomer ratios of N₂O; the results of both techniques suggested that denitrification was the major process of N₂O production in the soil between plant canopies, despite relatively low water-filled pore space. Cumulative N₂O emission over the 366 days of the experiment was 36.0 % lower in the LN treatment than in the CF treatment (P?<?0.05). Our results suggest that lime-N application decreases N₂O emission by inhibiting both nitrification and denitrification processes in the acidic soil.     

N2O and CH4 emission from soil amended with steam‐activated biochar

Steam‐activation increased CH₄ emission of stover biochar but decreased it for wood biochar by 14%^–70%. Biochar generally increased CH₄ emission but reduced N₂O emission by 10%–41%. Emission of N₂O was 17% lower for maize‐stover biochar compared to Eucalyptus‐wood biochar, and 3% lower for 350°C compared to 550°C pyrolysis temperature. Emission of CH₄ was 21% higher for activated stover biochar compared to Eucalyptus‐wood biochar and 10% lower for 350°C compared to 550°C pyrolysis temperature. No difference in net CO₂ equivalent was observed among biochar grades.     

Linking N2O emission to soil mineral N as estimated by CO2 emission and soil C/N ratio

Based on the N₂O and CO₂ emission data concomitantly measured from agricultural upland fields around the world, we developed an empirical model as follows: cumulative N₂O emission = aexp[b*(E_CO2/S_cn + F_n)] (R²_adj = 0.85∼0.87), where E_CO2 is the rate of heterotrophic respiration from soils, S_cn is the soil C/N ratio, and F_n is the chemical fertilizer N rate. The model parameters derived from the data from the soils without receiving chemical fertilizers were significantly different from the ones from the fertilized soils. This model indicates that CO₂ emission and soil C/N ratio can be used as scaling parameters to produce regional or global inventories of N₂O emission from agricultural soils.     

不同秸秆还田模式与氮肥施用量对土壤N2O排放的影响

以山东省桓台县为试验地点,分析在高产条件下,不同秸秆还田模式和氮肥施用量对农田N2O排放的影响.试验结果表明,氮肥施用量与秸秆还田模式都是影响土壤N2O排放的重要因素;小麦秸秆还田可以大大降低土壤N2O的排放,施用有机粪肥是影响N2O排放的另一重要因素.     

Grassland renovation increases N2O emission from a volcanic grassland soil in Nasu,Japan

Abstract

To investigate the effects of renovation (ploughing and resowing) on nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions from grassland soil, we measured N₂O fluxes from renovated and unrenovated (control) grassland plots. On 22 August in both 2005 and 2006 we harvested the sward, ploughed the surface soil and then mixed roots and stubble into the surface soil with a rotovator. Next, we compacted the soil surface with a land roller, spread fertilizer at 40 kg N ha^?1 on the soil surface and sowed orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L., Natsumidori). In the control plot, we just harvested the sward and spread fertilizer. We determined N₂O fluxes for 2 months after the renovation using a vented closed chamber. During the first 2 weeks, the renovated plot produced much more N₂O than the control plot, suggesting that N was quickly mineralized from the incorporated roots and stubble. Even after 2 weeks, however, large N₂O emissions from the renovated plot were recorded after rainfall, when the soil surface was warmed by sunshine and the soil temperature rose 2.7–3.0°C more than that of the control plot. In 2005, during the 67-day period from 19 August to 26 October, the renovated and control plots emitted 5.3 ± 1.4 and 2.8 ± 0.7 kg N₂O-N ha^?1, with maximum fluxes of 3,659 and 1,322 µg N₂O-N m^?2 h^?1, respectively. In 2006, during the 65-day period from 21 August to 26 October, the renovated and control plots emitted 2.1 ± 0.6 and 0.96 ± 0.42 kg N₂O-N ha^?1, with maximum fluxes of 706 and 175 µg N₂O-N m^?2 h^?1, respectively. The cumulative N₂O emissions from plots in 2005 were greater than those in 2006, presumably because rainfall just after renovation was greater in 2005 than in 2006. These results suggest that incorporated roots and stubble may enlarge the anaerobic microsites in the soil in its decomposing process and increase the N₂O production derived from the residues and the fertilizer. In addition, rainfall and soil moisture and temperature conditions during and after renovation may control the cumulative N₂O emission.