三种物料及其施用比例对汞污染土壤养分的影响

通过室内培养试验,研究了3种物料(中药渣生物有机肥、秸秆生物炭、凹凸棒土)不同施用比例[0 (CK)、1.5%、3%和6%]对汞污染土壤全氮、有效磷和速效钾含量的影响。结果表明,培养60 d后,施用中药渣生物有机肥和秸秆生物炭均可明显提高土壤全氮、有效磷和速效钾含量,且土壤全氮、有效磷和速效钾含量均随施用比例增加而提高;施用凹凸棒土可有效降低土壤有效磷含量,但对土壤全氮和速效钾含量的影响不明显。可见,中药渣生物有机肥和秸秆生物炭可有效提高汞污染土壤肥力水平,但凹凸棒土对土壤肥力的影响尚不明确。     

不同生物炭对风沙土土壤养分及氮素利用率的影响

风沙土是我国重要耕地之一,具有土质瘠薄、漏水漏肥等特点,易造成肥料利用率低、产量低等问题,急需对其改良,以提高其保水保肥能力。以风沙土为研究对象,采用玉米秸秆生物炭(BM)、水稻秸秆生物炭(BR)及花生壳生物炭(BP),设置生物炭两个不同施用量:0.5%土重和1%土重。采用盆栽试验,研究添加不同来源和数量生物炭对土壤养分和氮素利用率的影响。结果表明:不同种类生物炭均可以提高风沙土土壤pH、有机碳、速效钾含量。随着生物炭用量的增加,增加效果越明显;与未施生物炭处理(CK)相比,高量水稻秸秆生物炭处理对土壤有机碳、全氮、有效磷、速效钾含量提升效果最显著,分别提高了101.70%、20.30%、14.92%、88.36%;高量花生壳生物炭处理对土壤pH提升效果最显著,提高了0.46个单位。不同种类的生物炭均提高了土壤氮素残留率和利用率,随着生物炭用量的增加,土壤氮残留率提高,其中以高量水稻秸秆生物炭处理和高量花生壳生物炭处理提升幅度最大,与CK相比,分别提高了45.47%、36.10%。而氮素利用率随着生物炭用量的增加却出现降低趋势,低量玉米秸秆生物炭的处理氮素利用率最高,为51.32%。土壤氮残留率与花生籽粒产量、土壤pH、有机碳、有效磷、速效钾呈显著正相关关系,与氮肥利用率呈显著负相关关系。综上所述,施加生物炭能显著改变风沙土土壤有效养分含量。高量水稻秸秆生物炭和花生壳生物炭短期内可以显著提高氮残留率,而在氮肥利用率提升方面不如玉米秸秆生物炭,高量花生壳生物炭增产效果最好。     

连续施用不同种类生物质炭对植烟土壤养分的影响

为了改良植烟土壤质量,探讨连续施用不同种类生物炭对植烟土壤养分含量的影响,通过3年大田定位试验研究了连续施用不同生物炭(CK：不添加生物质炭;T1：添加烟秆炭;T2：废弃烟叶炭;T3：玉米秸秆炭)下植烟土壤中的养分含量。结果表明：①连续施用不同种类生物质炭能够显著提高土壤有机质、全氮、速效磷和速效钾含量,但对全磷、全钾以及碱解氮的作用并不显著。②在2018年采收期,三种生物质炭处理分别提高有机质10.26%、9.12%和6.96%;提高全氮10.36%、18.29%和9.03%;提高速效磷6.96%、18.57%和9.82%;提高速效钾16.53%、33.84%和13.05%。③随着试验年限的延长,添加烟秆炭对土壤有机质含量提升效果最好,其次是废弃烟叶炭,玉米秸秆炭最次。废弃烟叶炭对提升土壤全氮、速效磷和速效钾含量效果最佳。综合分析来看,连续施用生物质炭能提高土壤养分含量,改良土壤肥力,以废弃烟叶炭效果最好,适宜大面积推广。     

秸秆生物炭对辣椒疫病的防控效果及机理研究

在盆栽试验条件下研究了两种温度下制备的秸秆生物炭对辣椒疫病的防控效果,并测定了辣椒根际土壤理化性状、微生物数量和群落结构、病原菌数量和与植株抗性相关的生理生化指标。结果表明:麦秸在500℃和600℃两种温度下制备的生物炭对辣椒疫病均有一定的防控作用,500℃制备的生物炭防控效果好于600℃制备的生物炭,且对辣椒具有一定的生长促进作用;生物炭处理能明显提高土壤中全氮、速效磷和速效钾的含量,其中速效钾含量的增加最大;分别添加两种生物炭均能显著提高根际可培养微生物特别是真菌和放线菌的数量,增加微生物多样性并改变其优势微生物群落;两种生物炭处理虽然增加了辣椒疫霉的数量,但并未引起植株发病;施用生物炭没有显著改变与植株抗性相关的生理指标。总之,土壤施用秸秆生物炭对辣椒疫病具有良好的防控作用,生物炭改善土壤养分状况和土壤微生物群落结构可能是其主要防病机理之一。     

生物质炭添加对不同pH紫色土硝化作用及N2O排放的影响

生物质炭施用可能对土壤中氮素硝化过程和N2O排放产生影响。本研究通过室内培养试验，研究铵态氮肥与玉米秸秆生物质炭施用量（0、1%、2%、5%、10%w/w）对酸性（pH=5.10）和石灰性紫色土（pH=8.15）氮素硝化率、净硝化速率及N2O排放特征的影响。结果表明：（1）酸性和石灰性紫色土生物质炭处理平均净硝化速率相比对照分别降低了33.7%~93.7%和7.5%~40.9%，生物质炭添加抑制了酸性和石灰性紫色土硝化作用，在酸性紫色土中生物质炭对氮素硝化作用的抑制作用随施用量的增加而增强，在石灰性紫色土中无明显规律。（2）与对照相比，酸性紫色土N2O累计排放量在1%生物质炭（1%BC）和2%生物质炭（2%BC）处理下降幅分别为15.9%和27.7%，在5%生物质炭（5%BC）和10%生物质炭（10%BC）处理下增幅分别为60.1%和93.2%。石灰性紫色土生物质炭各处理N2O累积排放量均显著高于对照。（3）综合考虑酸性紫色土1%、2%生物质炭量施用下对硝化作用抑制和N2O减排综合效果最好，在石灰性紫色土中无明显抑制和减排效果。     

生物炭对我国南方红壤和黄棕壤理化性质的影响

为了探讨生物炭对不同土壤的改良效果,采用盆栽试验,研究了施用生物炭对我国南方两种代表性土壤(红壤和黄棕壤)理化性质的影响及其动态变化差异。结果表明:强酸性红壤施用生物炭能明显提高pH而降低其酸度,同时增加土壤的有机质、速效磷、速效钾和碱解氮含量,且随着生物炭施用量(生物炭量/土壤量:0、0.5%、1.0%、2.0%)的增加,改良效果不断加强;弱酸性黄棕壤施用生物炭也提高了土壤pH、有机质、速效磷、速效钾含量,但对该土壤中的碱解氮含量无明显影响。不同生物炭用量的效应存在较大差异,在2.0%时对两种土壤各理化性质影响均表现为最明显,红壤pH平均增加0.61,有机质、速效磷、速效钾、碱解氮分别平均提高203.4%、369.3%、368.0%、30.4%,而黄棕壤pH、有机质、速效磷、速效钾分别平均增加0.55、124.2%、57.5%、50.3%。因而,相同用量的生物炭对红壤的改良效应好于黄棕壤,且施用生物炭对两种土壤速效钾含量影响最大,其次是有机质、pH、速效磷、碱解氮。     

不同秸秆还田方式对旱地红壤细菌多样性及群落结构的影响

为明确不同秸秆还田方式下土壤细菌群落结构变化特征，以南方典型旱地红壤为研究对象，基于中国科学院鹰潭红壤生态实验站玉米单作系统不同秸秆还田方式的长期试验，利用高通量测序明确了不同秸秆还田方式对土壤细菌多样性及群落结构的影响。结果表明：1）秸秆还田对土壤肥力提升显著，以秸秆猪粪配施（NPKSM）提升效果最佳；2）常规化肥处理（NPK）对细菌多样性无显著影响，但秸秆还田（NPKS）、秸秆猪粪配施（NPKSM）以及生物质炭（NPKB）处理均显著提升土壤细菌多样性；3）速效磷（AP）和土壤有机碳（SOC）变化是影响细菌多样性指数的主要因素，而速效钾（AK）、pH、总磷（TP）以及总氮（TN）均显著驱动细菌群落结构变异。研究结果从培育红壤肥力与微生物多样性的角度，为农业生态系统生物功能和土壤健康的协同提升提供了科学依据。     

生物炭对不同酸化水平稻田土壤性质和重金属Cu、Cd有效性影响

针对南方稻田土壤酸化严重,导致养分流失有毒重金属活化,严重影响稻米质量安全的重大现实问题。以水稻秸秆和谷壳等农业废弃物为原料制备生物炭(分别记为RSC和RHC),研究不同原料生物炭对酸化土壤改良及其对重金属有效性的影响。设置3个生物炭用量(0,20,50 g/kg,分别记为CK、C1、C2),4种土壤酸化水平(pH 4.01,4.25,4.33,4.58,分别记为L1、L2、L3、L4),生物炭与重金属污染土壤共同培养60天后测定土壤pH、全氮、有机质、有效磷、速效钾和有效态Cu、Cd含量。结果表明:RSC对酸化土壤pH的改良效果明显优于RHC,且施炭量越高提高幅度越大,RSC的C2处理使4种酸度水平的土壤pH分别提高了0.68,0.97,1.29,1.71个单位。2种生物炭均能提高土壤的全氮、有效磷、速效钾和有机质含量,其中各施炭处理有机质显著提高,尤以速效钾的增幅最为显著,RSC对4种养分的提高均优于RHC。RHC对土壤有效态Cu含量无显著影响;RSC的C2较C1处理更能降低土壤中有效态Cu含量,使4种酸度水平的土壤分别降低了13.62%,6.57%,4.36%,7.88%。RHC处理的L3、L4土壤中有效态Cd含量显著降低,最大分别降低了13.79%,19.23%。RSC使4种酸度土壤有效态Cd含量最大分别降低了20.00%,25.81%,20.69%,19.23%。相关分析表明,土壤pH与有效态重金属含量呈显著负相关关系。水稻秸秆炭用于改良酸化土壤、降低重金属Cu和Cd有效性的效果更佳,且降低污染土壤中Cd的有效性较Cu好;生物炭对酸化程度越低的土壤pH和有效磷含量的提高以及有效态Cd含量的降低效果较好,而有效态Cu含量的降低效果则在酸化程度越高的土壤中表现更佳;土壤pH是生物炭调控重金属Cu、Cd有效性的主要影响因素。     

秸秆生物炭对葡萄园土壤改良效应及葡萄品质的影响

云南是我国长江以南重要的酿酒葡萄产地,其以红壤为主的葡萄园土壤粘度高、酸性强、养分含量偏低,制约了其葡萄酒品质的提高和规模的扩大。研究以秸秆生物炭为改良材料,设计常规施肥、生物炭+常规施肥2个处理的三年长期定位试验,研究了生物炭对葡萄园土壤改良、葡萄产量、品质三个方面的影响。结果表明:(1)施用秸秆生物炭能使葡萄园土壤容重降低9.40%,土壤含水量增加35.37%;(2)葡萄园土壤有机质、速效磷和速效钾含量随秸秆生物炭施用年份延长而逐年增加;(3)施用生物炭的第二年和第三年,葡萄产量分别增加了11.74%和20.07%;葡萄的总酸含量降低了6.30%和10.34%,总糖含量和糖酸比分别提高了6.29%和10.34%、13.51%和25.04%。可见将秸秆生物质炭应用于南方葡萄园土壤改良效果明显,具有一定推广前景。     

施用生物炭提高酸性红壤茶园土壤的微生物特征及酶活性

通过福建安溪茶园的田间试验定位研究不同小麦秸秆生物炭施入量(0、10、20、40 t/hm~2)对红壤茶园土壤性质、土壤微生物和酶活性的影响,阐明生物炭对酸性茶园土壤的改良效应。结果表明,与不施用生物炭相比,40 t/hm~2生物炭施用量处理显著降低茶园土壤容重达0.23 g/cm~3,土壤碱解氮含量下降29.2%,但土壤有机质、有效磷和速效钾分别增加了62.1%、153.9%和173.6%,同时提高土壤p H值0.88个单位。随着生物炭施用量的增加,茶园土壤中细菌、放线菌、真菌、解钾细菌以及解无机磷细菌的数量分别提高了28.5%～104.4%、27.2%～123.4%、17.0%～35.9%、109.2%～208.2%和150.0%～337.3%,β-葡萄糖苷酶、脲酶和碱性磷酸酶活性也显著增加了45.5%～114.7%、8.6%～21.5%和26.7%～186.6%,而土壤酸性磷酸活性却降低了4.0%～15.6%。相关分析表明土壤有效磷含量与解无机磷细菌、碱性磷酸酶活性存在显著正相关关系,速效钾含量与解钾细菌亦存在显著正相关关系,施用生物炭改善酸性红壤茶园土壤的酸碱环境和微生物活性,有利于促进土壤养分转化。     

The dynamic changes of phosphorus availability in straw/biochar-amended soils during the rice growth revealed by a combination of chemical extraction and DGT technique

Purpose

This study compares the dynamic effects of straw and biochar on soil acidity and phosphorus (P) availability in the rice growth period to reveal how straw and biochar affect the availability of phosphorus in soil and utilization of P for rice crop.

Materials and methods

In the pot experiment, rice straw, canola stalk, and corresponding biochars were mixed uniformly with the Ultisol. Soil samples were collected at four stages of rice growth to analyze the dynamic changes of soil acidity and P availability. The availability of phosphate in straw/biochar-amended soils were evaluated using a combination of chemical extraction and diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) technique.

Results

Soil pH, KCl-P, Olsen-P, DGT-P, and Al-P deceased with the rice growth, while Fe-P increased. Biochar increased soil pH and P availability more than straw returning, especially in the mature stage, while the DGT-P only increased in the tillering stage. The DGT-induced fluxes in sediments (DIFS) model revealed that all treatments increased the capacity of soil solid phase supplementing P to pore water in the filling and mature stages. The content of total P in different rice tissues followed the order of grain?>?straw?>?root, and RB350 treatment had the highest P content in rice tissues. In the mature stage, soil pH had positive correlations with KCl-P and Olsen-P, and soil Fe-P had positive correlations with total P of root and straw.

Conclusions

Application of biochar made at 550 ℃ resulted in a larger increase in available P in soil, while biochar made at 350 ℃ had more effect on the chemical forms of P. The canola stalk biochar showed a larger influence on the P availability than rice straw biochar. Biochar treatments had a larger effect on inhibiting soil acidification and improving P availability than straw returning directly.

     

Short-term effects of raw rice straw and its derived biochar on greenhouse gas emission in five typical soils in China

Abstract

A short-term study was conducted to investigate the greenhouse gas emissions in five typical soils under two crop residue management practices: raw rice straw (Oryza sativa L., cv) and its derived biochar application. Rice straw and its derived biochar (two biochars, produced at 350 and 500°C and referred to as BC350 and BC500, respectively) were incubated with the soils at a 5% (weight/weight) rate and under 70% water holding capacity for 28 d. Incorporation of BC500 into soils reduced carbon dioxide (CO₂) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) emission in all five soils by 4?40% and 62?98%, respectively, compared to the untreated soils, whereas methane (CH₄) emission was elevated by up to about 2 times. Contrary to the biochars, direct return of the straw to soil reduced CH₄ emission by 22?69%, whereas CO₂ increased by 4 to 34 times. For N₂O emission, return of rice straw to soil reduced it by over 80% in two soils, while it increased by up to 14 times in other three soils. When all three greenhouse gases were normalized on the CO₂ basis, the global warming potential in all treatments followed the order of straw > BC350 > control > BC500 in all five soils. The results indicated that turning rice straw into biochar followed by its incorporation into soil was an effective measure for reducing soil greenhouse gas emission, and the effectiveness increased with increasing biochar production temperature, whereas direct return of straw to soil enhanced soil greenhouse gas emissions.     

Effects of crop‐straw biochar on crop growth and soil fertility over a wheat‐millet rotation in soils of China

We conducted a pot experiment using a wheat‐millet rotation to examine the effects of two successive rice‐straw biochar applications on crop growth and soil properties in acidic oxisols and alkaline cambosols from China. Biochar was incorporated into soil at rates of 0, 2.25 or 22.5 Mg/ha at the beginning of each crop season with identical applications of NPK fertilizer. In the oxisols, the largest biochar treatment enhanced soil pH and cation exchange capacity, decreased soil bulk density, improved soil P, K, Ca and Mg availability and enhanced their uptake, and increased wheat and millet yields by 157 and 150% for wheat grain and straw, respectively, and 72.6% for millet straw. In the cambosols, biochar treatment decreased soil bulk density, improved P and K availability, increased N, P and K uptake by crops and increased wheat and millet straw yields by 19.6 and 60.6%, respectively. Total soil organic carbon increased in response to successive biochar applications over the rotation. No difference in water‐soluble organic carbon was recorded between biochar‐treated and control soils. Converting straw to biochar and treating soils with successive applications may be a viable option for improving soil quality, sequestering carbon and utilizing straw resources in China.     

添加生物质黑炭对红壤结构稳定性的影响

本研究通过室内恒温恒湿控制试验,研究添加黑炭、秸秆在分解过程中对土壤抗破碎性及团聚体稳定性等土壤生物、物理特征的影响。黑炭是在400℃缺氧状态下水稻秸秆焚烧而制成的。实验包括不添加任何物料的对照(CK)、添加黑炭(BC)、黑炭+氮磷钾肥(BC+NPK)、秸秆(Straw)、秸秆+氮磷钾肥(Straw+NPK)等5个处理。研究结果表明,经过55天恒温(25℃)恒湿(田间持水量的40%)培养,黑炭分解速度很慢,通过换算,其周转周期约为1400年,而秸秆周转周期仅为7年,配施氮磷钾能加速黑炭和秸秆的分解。添加黑炭没有提高土壤抗破碎能力和土壤团聚体稳定性(P>0.05),而秸秆则相反(P<0.05)。该研究结果表明生物质黑炭不能像其他有机物料一样提高土壤微生物活性和土壤结构稳定性。     

秸秆与生物质炭施用对土壤温室气体排放的影响差异

采用室内培养试验,向土壤中添加小麦秸秆和不同量生物质炭,同时比较探究秸秆与生物质炭施用对土壤温室气体排放及微生物活性的影响差异。试验共设5个处理:土壤(S)、土壤+1%小麦秸秆(WT)、土壤+1%生物质炭(BC1)、土壤+2%生物质炭(BC2)和土壤+4%生物质炭(BC4)。在培养期内,施秸秆处理土壤CO2排放量比对照处理S显著增加约12.60%~2005.63%,而施生物质炭处理降低约51.49%~97.93%。施秸秆处理的温室气体增温潜势(GWP)是对照处理S的1.12~19.24倍,而施生物质炭处理,即处理BC1、BC2和BC4的GWP分别降低了0.27%~64.06%,15.78%~94.01%和29.43%~92.28%。小麦秸秆施用会明显增加土壤温室气体排放,增加温室效应;而添加生物质炭对土壤CO2、N2O排放表现出一定的抑制作用,并明显减弱温室气体增温潜势,即生物质炭能明显减弱温室效应。添加小麦秸秆促进土壤微生物生物量碳的增加,提高FDA水解酶、脲酶、过氧化氢酶、磷酸酶活性;生物质炭施用一段时间后对土壤过氧化氢酶活性表现为显著激活作用。     

聚合果属生物炭引起的咸水灌溉下土壤养分有效性和番茄生长变化

Thermally modified organic materials commonly known as biochar have gained popularity of being used as a soil amendment.Little information, however, is available on the role of biochar in alleviating the negative impacts of saline water on soil productivity and plant growth. This study, therefore, was conducted to investigate the effects of Conocarpus biochar(BC) and organic farm residues(FR) at different application rates of 0.0%(control), 4.0% and 8.0%(weight/weight) on yield and quality of tomatoes grown on a sandy soil under drip irrigation with saline or non-saline water. The availability of P, K, Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu to plants was also investigated. The results demonstrated clearly that addition of BC or FR increased the vegetative growth, yield and quality parameters in all irrigation treatments. It was found that salt stress adversely affected soil productivity, as indicated by the lower vegetative growth and yield components of tomato plants. However, this suppressing effect on the vegetative growth and yield tended to decline with application of FR or BC, especially at the high application rate and in the presence of biochar. Under saline irrigation system, for instance, the total tomato yield increased over the control by 14.0%–43.3% with BC and by 3.9%–35.6% with FR. These could be attributed to enhancement effects of FR or BC on soil properties, as indicated by increases in soil organic matter content and nutrient availability. Therefore, biochar may be effectively used as a soil amendment for enhancing the productivity of salt-affected sandy soils under arid conditions.     

大沽河流域农田土壤磷有效性及全磷淋失影响因素试验

以青岛市大沽河流域砂壤、河潮土、砂姜土 3种农田土壤为研究对象,开展室内土柱试验,研究土壤pH、温度、含水率等理化性质与生物炭和氮肥配施对土壤有效磷(Olsen—P)和全磷(TP)淋失的影响,以期为提高农田土壤磷素有效性、减少全磷淋失提供参考依据.结果表明:3种土壤的pH在偏中性或弱碱性时磷素有效性最高,pH偏酸性时,...     

生物炭/石灰混施对重金属复合污染土壤的稳定化效应

采用室内模拟实验,以南方砷镉铅复合污染的酸性红壤为对象,利用化学钝化原理,探讨钝化材料对重金属稳定化的技术效果及应用配方,以期为砷镉铅复合污染红壤修复与安全利用提供依据。具体做法为：选择生物炭（BC）和石灰（SH）为钝化材料,以土壤重量的1%、4%为材料添加量,单一或混合施用于砷镉铅复合污染土壤,并于恒温（25℃）条件下培养60d,在实验进行至第1天、第30天、第60天时取样,测定红壤酸碱度（pH）和水溶态（Water soluble）有效砷（As）、镉（Cd）、铅（Pb）即WSAs、WSCd、WSPb含量,以及土壤重金属As、Cd、Pb结合态含量与占比的变化,明确生物炭石灰单/混施对重金属的稳定化效应。结果表明：生物炭/石灰无论单施或混施均能不同程度地降低土壤中水溶态WSCd和WSPb含量,钝化效率分别为33.51%～78.89%和9.05%～96.24%。而材料单施（1BC、4SH）和两者混施高用量（4BC4SH）处理,均能大幅降低土壤中有效As含量,钝化效率为10.25%～55.27%,其中以两者混施高用量（4BC4SH）处理对土壤重金属As、Cd、Pb协同钝化的效果最佳,当培养实验进行至第60天时,钝化效率依次达55.27%、76.39%和96.24%。培养后土壤中As形态由易被植物吸收的非专性吸附态、专性吸附态转化为稳定的残渣态,土壤中Cd和Pb则由活性最强的酸可提取态转化为残渣态,土壤中As、Cd、Pb的稳定化效应明显,迁移系数下降;此外,生物炭/石灰的单施及混合施用,均可导致土壤酸碱度（pH）显著提升（P<0.05）,有利于南方酸化土壤的改良。总体而言,本研究中生物炭/石灰两者混施高用量水平下（4BC4SH）土壤重金属的钝化效果最优,可实现对As、Cd和Pb复合污染红壤的稳定化修复。     

长期连续秸秆还田和生物质炭施用对稻田N2O排放的影响

为了评估麦季多年连续秸秆还田和生物质炭施用对稻麦轮作系统下稻田N₂O排放的影响，于2010年麦季开始开展了为期11 a的麦季秸秆还田和生物质炭施用定位试验。试验共包括5个处理：无玉米秸秆还田和生物质炭施用(CK);6 t/(hm²·a)玉米秸秆还田(CS);2.4 t/(hm²·a)生物质炭施用(BC1);6 t/(hm²·a)生物质炭施用(BC2)和12 t/(hm²·a)生物质炭施用(BC3)。结果表明，BC2和BC3处理较CK均显著提高了土壤碱解氮、有效磷、速效钾、易氧化碳、可溶性有机氮和土壤微生物生物量氮含量。CS、BC1和BC2处理水稻生长季N₂O总排放量与CK没有显著差异，但是BC3处理的N₂O总排放量比CK提高了245.31%，并显著高于其他处理。BC3处理的N₂O总排放量和施氮肥后N₂O排放高峰期的累积排放量分别比CK提高了3.84 kg/hm²和3.3...     

Responses of Soil Microbial Community Structure and Activity to Incorporation of Straws and Straw Biochars and Their Effects on Soil Respiration and Soil Organic Carbon Turnover

Like straw, biochar incorporation can influence soil microorganisms and enzyme activities and soil carbon(C) responses; however,few studies have compared the various effects of straw and biochar and the underlying mechanisms. An experiment was performed to study the changes in soil respiration(SR) and soil organic C(SOC) fluxes in response to the incorporation of three kinds of straw(reed, smooth cordgrass, and rice) and their pyrolyzed products(biochars) at Chongming Island, China. In addition, the microbial activity and community structure of some amended soils were also analyzed to clarify the mechanisms of these responses. The results showed that all biochar incorporation(BC) induced lower SR than the corresponding unpyrolyzed straw incorporation(ST), and the average SR in the soils following BC and ST during the experimental periods was 21.69 and 65.32 μmol CO_2 m~(-2)s~(-1), respectively.Furthermore, the average SOC content was 16.97 g kg~(-1) following BC, which was higher than that(13.71 g kg~(-1)) following ST,indicating that compared to ST, BC was a low-C strategy, even after accounting for the C loss during biochar production. Among the BC treatments, reed-BC induced the lowest SR(17.04 μmol CO_2 m~(-2)s~(-1)), whereas smooth cordgrass-BC induced the highest SR(27.02 μmol CO_2 m~(-2)s~(-1)). Furthermore, in contrast with ST, BC significantly increased the abundance of some bacteria with poorer mineralization or better humification ability, which led to lower SR. The lower easily oxidizable C(EOC) and higher total C contents of biochars induced lower SR and higher SOC in the soil following BC compared to that following ST. Among the BC treatments,the higher total nitrogen content of rice biochar led to significantly higher soil microbial biomass, and the lower EOC content of reed biochar led to lower soil microbial activity and SR.