不同耕作模式下麦田土壤温室气体排放和小麦产量

  【目的】  研究不同耕作模式对麦田土壤温室气体排放和小麦产量的影响,以期为实现小麦生产中固碳减排、绿色高产提供参考。  【方法】  供试小麦品种为‘济麦22’。本研究基于2007年的耕作模式田间定位试验,于2020—2021年小麦生长季选择4种耕作模式,即常年翻耕 (P)、常年旋耕 (R)、常年少免耕 (S)和隔两年深松+少免耕 (SS)。采集0—45 cm土层土壤样品,测定不同耕作模式下直径>0.25 mm的土壤团聚体、土壤有机碳和土壤微生物量碳含量,利用静态暗箱—气相色谱法测定温室气体排放通量,成熟期测定籽粒产量及产量构成因素。  【结果】  SS处理0—15 cm土层直径>0.25 mm的土壤团聚体含量与S处理无显著差异,显著高于P和R处理,15—45 cm土层显著高于其他处理;0—45 cm土层土壤有机碳含量和土壤微生物量碳含量最高;小麦生长季温室气体全球变暖潜力SS处理较S处理增加了7.9%,较P和R处理分别降低了12.2%和7.3%;SS处理温室气体排放强度较P、R和S处理分别减少了28.6%、28.6%和16.7%。在成熟期,SS处理的千粒重较P、R和S处理分别提高了4.7%、8.7%和9.6%,籽粒产量较P、R和S处理分别增加了7.1%、14.2%和19.4%。  【结论】  隔两年深松+少免耕 (SS) 处理增加了0—45 cm土层直径>0.25 mm的土壤团聚体含量,提高了土壤有机碳和微生物量碳含量,降低了温室气体排放强度,并获得小麦高产。综上所述,隔两年深松+少免耕 (SS) 处理是兼顾产量和环境效益的最佳耕作模式。     

Mineralization and carbon turnover in subarctic heath soil as affected by warming and additional litter

Arctic soil carbon (C) stocks are threatened by the rapidly advancing global warming. In addition to temperature, increasing amounts of leaf litter fall following from the expansion of deciduous shrubs and trees in northern ecosystems may alter biogeochemical cycling of C and nutrients. Our aim was to assess how factorial warming and litter addition in a long-term field experiment on a subarctic heath affect resource limitation of soil microbial communities (measured by thymidine and leucine incorporation techniques), net growing-season mineralization of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), and carbon turnover (measured as changes in the pools during a growing-season-long field incubation of soil cores in situ). The mainly N limited bacterial communities had shifted slightly towards limitation by C and P in response to seven growing seasons of warming. This and the significantly increased bacterial growth rate under warming may partly explain the observed higher C loss from the warmed soil. This is furthermore consistent with the less dramatic increase in the contents of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and dissolved organic N (DON) in the warmed soil than in the soil from ambient temperature during the field incubation. The added litter did not affect the carbon content, but it was a source of nutrients to the soil, and it also tended to increase bacterial growth rate and net mineralization of P. The inorganic N pool decreased during the field incubation of soil cores, especially in the separate warming and litter addition treatments, while gross mineralized N was immobilized in the biomass of microbes and plants transplanted into the incubates soil cores, but without any significant effect of the treatments. The effects of warming plus litter addition on bacterial growth rates and of warming on C and N transformations during field incubation suggest that microbial activity is an important control on the carbon balance of arctic soils under climate change.     

Phospholipid fatty acid profiles and xylanase activity in particle size fractions of forest soil and casts of Lumbricus terrestris L. (Oligochaeta,Lumbricidae)

Earthworms are key agents in organic matter decomposition, as they remove surface plant litter material and mix it with mineral soil. Plant litter material is comminuted in the gizzard of anecic earthworms and this is enhanced if sand particles are available. We hypothesize that this comminution of soil and litter will result in changes in the distribution of soil organic matter and soil microorganisms in the different particle-size fractions. We investigated soil organic matter content, xylanase- and microbial activity and community structure in bulk soil and particle size fractions of Lumbricus terrestris L. casts and in soil with and without the addition of beech litter.Earthworm gut passage did not affect the particle-size distribution but the content of soil organic matter was decreased in the fine sand fraction in treatments without litter (−6.80%) and increased in treatments with litter (+33.23%). The soil organic matter content of the clay fraction tended to be higher in earthworm casts. Xylanase activity was at a maximum in the fine sand fraction, lower in the coarse sand fraction and at a similar minimum in the silt- and clay-sized fraction. In the coarse sand fraction of the cast and litter treatments xylanase activity was increased by 39.1% and 124.8%, respectively. In the silt-sized fraction of casts the addition of litter increased xylanase activity (+58.6%) whereas, in casts without litter it was decreased (−36.25%). In the particle size fractions of casts, the content of bacterial PLFAs was decreased in the fine sand fraction and tended to be decreased in the clay fraction compared to the respective fractions in soil. In the silt fraction the fungal-to-bacterial PLFA ratio was higher in casts than in soil.We conclude that earthworms stabilize soil organic matter in cast aggregates predominantly by increasing the soil organic matter content in the clay fraction where it becomes protected against microbial attack. Organic matter in the coarse and fine sand fractions is decomposed primarily by fungi; xylanase is very active in these sand fractions and incorporation of litter into these fractions by the earthworms increased fungal biomass. Comminution of litter during passage through the earthworm gut increased the biomass and activity of fungi also in the silt fraction. The use of PLFA profiles in combination with other quantitative microbial methods improves the understanding of stabilizing and mobilizing processes in earthworm casts.     

Effects of long-term litter manipulation on soil carbon,nitrogen, and phosphorus in a temperate deciduous forest

Changes in above-ground litterfall can influence below-ground biogeochemical processes in forests. In order to examine how above-ground litter inputs affect soil carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in a temperate deciduous forest, we studied a 14-year-old small-scale litter manipulation experiment that included control, litter exclusion, and doubled litter addition at a mature Fagus sylvatica L. site. Total organic C (TOC), total N (TN) and total P (TP), total organic P (TOP), bioavailable inorganic P (Pi), microbial C, N and P, soil respiration and fine root biomass were analyzed in the A and in two B horizons. Our results showed that litter manipulation had no significant effect on TOC in the mineral soil. Litter addition increased the bioavailable Pi in the A horizon but had no significant effect on N in the mineral soil. Litter exclusion decreased TN and TP in the B horizon to a depth of 10 cm. In the A horizon of the litter exclusion treatment, TP, TOP and bioavailable Pi were increased, which is most likely due to the higher root biomass in this treatment. The high fine root biomass seems to have counteracted the effects of the excluded aboveground litter. In conclusion, our study indicates that aboveground litter is not an important source for C in the mineral soil and that P recycling from root litter might be more important than from above-ground litter.     

Soil quality response to tillage and crop residue removal under subarctic conditions

Little is known about the long-term effects of tillage and crop residue management on soil quality and organic matter conservation in subarctic regions. Therefore, we quantified wet aggregate stability, bulk density, pH, total organic C and N, inorganic N, microbial biomass C and N, microbial biomass C:N ratio, microbial quotient, and potential C and N mineralization for a tillage/crop residue management study in central Alaska. Soil from no-till (NT), disked once each spring (DO), and disked twice (DT, spring and fall) treatments was sampled to 20 cm depth in spring and fall of the 16th and 17th years of the study. Crop residues were either retained or removed after harvest each year. Reducing tillage intensity had greater impact on most soil properties than removing crop residues with the most notable effects in the top 10 cm. Bulk density was the only indicator that showed significant differences for the 10–20 cm depth, with values of 0.74 Mg m⁻³ in the surface 10 cm in NT compared to 0.86 in DT and 1.22 Mg m⁻³ in NT compared to 1.31 in DT for the 10–20 cm depth. Wet aggregate stability ranged from 10% in DT to 20% in NT. Use of NT or DO conserved soil organic matter more than DT. Compared to measurements made in the 3rd and 4th years of the study, the DT treatment lost almost 20% of the soil organic matter. Retaining crop residues on the soil conserved about 650 g m⁻² greater C than removing all residues each year. Soil microbial biomass C and mineralizable C were highest in NT, but the microbial C quotient, which averaged only 0.9%, was not affected by tillage or crop residue treatment. Microbial biomass C:N ratio was 11.3 in DT and 14.4 in the NT, indicating an increasing predominance of fungi with decreasing tillage intensity. Barley grain yield, which averaged 1980 kg ha⁻¹ over the entire 17 years of the study, was highest in DO and not significantly different between NT and DT, but weeds were a serious problem in NT. Reduced tillage can improve important soil quality indicators and conserve organic matter, but long-term NT may not be feasible in the subarctic because of weed problems and build up of surface organic matter.     

Soil organic matter, microbial biomass and enzyme activities in a tropical agroforestry system

 The effects of growing trees in combination with field crops on soil organic matter, microbial biomass C, basal respiration and dehydrogenase and alkaline phosphatase activities were studied in soils under a 12-year-old Dalbergia sissoo (a N₂-fixing tree) plantation intercropped with a wheat (Triticum aestivum) – cowpea (Vigna sinensis) cropping sequence. The inputs of organic matter through D. sissoo leaf litter increased and crop roots decreased with the increase in tree density. Higher organic C and total N, microbial biomass C, basal soil respiration and activities of dehydrogenase and alkaline phosphatase were observed in treatments with tree-crop combination than in the treatment without trees. Soil organic matter, microbial biomass C and soil enzyme activities increased with the decrease in the spacing of the D. sissoo plantation. The results indicate that adoption of the agroforestry practices led to an improved organic matter status of the soil, which is also reflected in the increased nutrient pool and microbial activities necessary for long-term productivity of the soil. However, tree spacing should be properly maintained to minimize the effects of shading on the intercrops. Received: 21 February 1997     

Legacies of organic matter removal: decreased microbial biomass nitrogen and net N mineralization in New Zealand Pinus radiata plantations

The effect of variations in organic matter removal during harvesting on microbial biomass nitrogen was determined in four Pinus radiata plantations between 9 and 17 years after harvesting. Variation in microbial biomass nitrogen with season and the response of net nitrogen mineralization to organic matter removal after 9 and 17 years were also determined at two of the sites. The microbial biomass nitrogen in the fermentation-humus (FH) layer was correlated with litter fall characteristics and did not vary with organic matter removal, but the total mass of microbial biomass nitrogen in the FH layer was significantly reduced by increased organic matter removal. The microbial biomass nitrogen in the mineral soil was decreased by increased organic matter removal and was strongly correlated with moisture content and total nitrogen concentration. The FH layer microbial biomass nitrogen did not vary with season, but mineral soil microbial biomass nitrogen varied with season at one site, probably due to increased moisture availability. Net nitrogen mineralization in the mineral soil, determined by an anaerobic incubation, was decreased by increased organic matter removal and was strongly correlated with microbial biomass nitrogen. The persistence of the significant differences in microbial biomass nitrogen and net nitrogen mineralization indicated that variations in organic matter removal during harvesting have long-term effects on soil microbial properties and activity during the life of the subsequent rotation. This has implications for the selection of harvesting techniques to promote the maintenance of site productivity and to minimise disruption to the soil biota.     

No-till effects on organic matter, pH, cation exchange capacity and nutrient distribution in a Luvisol in the semi-arid subtropics

No-till (NT) system for grain cropping is increasingly being practised in Australia. While benefits of NT, accompanied by stubble retention, are almost universal for soil erosion control, effects on soil organic matter and other soil properties are inconsistent, especially in a semi-arid, subtropical environment. We examined the effects of tillage, stubble and fertilizer management on the distribution of organic matter and nutrients in the topsoil (0–30 cm) of a Luvisol in a semi-arid, subtropical environment in southern Queensland, Australia. Measurements were made at the end of 9 years of NT, reduced till (RT) and conventional till (CT) practices, in combination with stubble retention and fertilizer N (as urea) application strategies for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cropping.

In the top 30 cm depth, the mean amount of organic C increased slightly after 9 years, although it was similar under all tillage practices, while the amount of total N declined under CT and RT practices, but not under NT. In the 0–10 cm depth, the amounts of organic C and total N were significantly greater under NT than under RT or CT. No-till had 1.94 Mg ha⁻¹ (18%) more organic C and 0.20 Mg ha⁻¹ (21%) more total N than CT. In the 0–30 cm depth, soil under NT practice had 290 kg N ha⁻¹ more than that under the CT practice, most of it in the top 10 cm depth. Microbial biomass N was similar for all treatments. Under NT, there was a concentration gradient in organic C, total N and microbial biomass N, with concentrations decreasing from 0–2.5 to 5–10 cm depths.

Soil pH was not affected by tillage or stubble treatments in the 0–10 cm depth, but decreased significantly from 7.5 to 7.2 with N fertilizer application. Exchangeable Mg and Na concentration, cation exchange capacity and exchangeable Na percentage in the 0–10 cm depth were greater under CT than under RT and NT, while exchangeable K and bicarbonate-extractable P concentrations were greater under NT than under CT.

Therefore, NT and RT practices resulted in significant changes in soil organic C and N and exchangeable cations in the topsoil of a Luvisol, when compared with CT. The greater organic matter accumulation close to the soil surface and solute movement in these soils under NT practice would be beneficial to soil chemical and physical status and crop production in the long-term, whereas the concentration of nutrients such as P and K in surface layers may reduce their availability to crops.     

Biological soil properties in a long‐term tillage trial in Germany

After 37 years of different soil‐tillage treatments in a long‐term field experiment in Germany, a number of biological soil characteristics was measured. The field trial comprised six major treatments with different implements and various depths. In this paper, results from a comparison of long‐term use of a plow (to 25 cm depth), a chisel plow (to 15 cm depth), and no‐tillage are presented. The biological soil characteristics measured include the soil‐organic‐carbon (SOC) content, microbial biomass, enzyme activities, and the abundance and biomass of earthworms. Long‐term use of a chisel plow and no‐tillage increased the organic‐C content in the uppermost soil layer (0–10 cm) compared with the plow treatment. The microbial biomass and the enzyme activities arginine‐ammonification, β‐glucosidase, and catalase decreased with depth in all treatments. Arginine‐ammonification and catalase were higher in the plow treatment in soil layers 10 to 30 cm. Additionally, the chisel plow caused an increase in number and biomass of earthworms compared to both other tillage treatments. Differences in earthworm numbers and biomass between plowing and no‐tillage were not statistically significant.     

包膜与稳定性氮肥改善棕壤理化和生物学肥力并延缓酸化的效应

【目的】包膜和稳定性尿素肥料的氮素释放及其在土壤中的转化、残留特征不同于普通尿素,本研究评价了长期施用包膜和稳定性尿素肥料对土壤相关性质的影响。【方法】不同包膜和稳定性尿素肥料的定位试验始于2007年。将脲酶抑制剂[N-丁基硫代磷酰三胺(N)、氢醌(H)]和硝化抑制剂[3,4-二甲基吡唑磷酸盐(DM)、双氰胺(D)]按常用添加量添加到大颗粒尿素中制备6种稳定性尿素,供试包膜尿素肥料包括树脂包膜尿素(PCU)和硫包衣尿素(SCU)。试验共9个处理,具体为普通大颗粒尿素(U)、H+U、N+U、D+U、DM+U、H+D+U、N+DM+U、SCU和PCU。于2021年收获期采集0—20 cm耕层土样,分析了土壤基本理化性质指标及与氮转化相关的酶活性及土壤微生物量碳、氮含量。【结果】与试验前(2007年)土壤相比,施用包膜和稳定性尿素增加了棕壤有机质、全氮、全磷、全钾、有效磷以及速效钾含量,有机质增幅达34%～48%,以SCU和U处理的全氮含量最高,为1.26 g/kg,增幅为88%。稳定性尿素处理的土壤pH较常规尿素处理有所提高,其中DM+U处理的土壤pH最高(5.83),较U处理升高了10%...     

Burning causes long-term changes in soil organic matter content of a South African grassland

The effects of burning a native grassland on soil organic matter status was investigated on a long-term (50 years) field experiment where different times and frequencies of burning were compared. Significant decreases in organic C were observed only in the surface 0-2 cm layer and only under annual and biennial winter burning and biennial and triennial autumn burning. Burning in spring did not significantly affect organic C content presumably because substantial amounts of litter decomposed and/or were incorporated into the soil by faunal activity prior to burning. Total N content was decreased substantially to a depth of 6 cm by all burning treatments and as a result, the C:N ratio of soil organic matter was widened. In addition, the amount of potentially mineralizable N, as measured by either aerobic incubation or plant N uptake in a pot experiment, was much reduced. Burning also induced a decrease in light fraction and hot water-extractable C in the 0-2 cm layer but an increase in these parameters, and in microbial biomass C and root density, in the 4-10 cm layer. This was attributed to burning causing a decrease in above-ground litter inputs but increased turnover of root material below the surface. Despite the decrease in organic C and total N content with increasing soil depth, potentially mineralizable N showed the opposite trend. This unexpected finding was confirmed at a nearby site under native grassland and contrasted with decreasing potentially mineralizable N with depth which was measured under a fertilized kikuyu grass dairy pasture. The wide C:N ratio of litter from native grassland, in association with the decreasing size and activity of the microbial biomass with depth results in greater N immobilization (thus less net mineralization) occurring in soil samples taken from close to the soil surface.     

Changes in soil–biological quality indices after long‐term addition of shredded shrubs and biogenic waste compost

Long‐term effects on soil chemical and soil biological properties were analyzed after an 8 y period with addition of biogenic household‐waste compost and shredded shrubs with and without N fertilization to an arable field. The addition of compost and shredded shrubs to soil increased significantly all soil organic matter–related properties. The effects of compost addition on soil chemical properties were in most cases stronger than those of adding shredded shrubs, especially the effects on total N, 0.5 M K₂SO₄‐extractable C_org and 0.5 M NaHCO₃‐extractable phosphate. In the shredded‐shrubs treatments, basal respiration and the contents of soil microbial‐biomass C, biomass N, and fungal ergosterol were significantly increased by 40%, 45%, 67%, and 90%, respectively. In the compost treatment, only microbial‐biomass C and biomass N were significantly increased by 25% and 38%, respectively. Microbial‐biomass P remained unaffected by both organic‐amendment treatments. Nitrogen fertilization had significantly negative effects on the NaHCO₃‐extractable P fraction (–22%) and on the basal respiration (–31%), but positive effects on the ergosterol content (+17%).     

玉米秸秆不同构件混合分解的非加和效应及其对土壤有机碳矿化的影响

[目的]研究玉米秸秆不同构件混合分解的非加和效应及其对黄绵土土壤有机碳矿化的影响,为秸秆还田背景下坡地土壤CO2排放提供理论支撑。[方法]采用室内模拟试验,试验设置无玉米秸秆土壤对照(CK)及4种玉米秸秆添加处理:茎+土壤(CKS)、叶+土壤(CKL)、鞘+土壤(CKLS)、混合玉米秸秆+土壤(CKM)。[结果]培养结束土壤有机碳矿化累积排放量实测值显著高于预测值,且促进作用主要是由培养初期快速分解阶段(1~28d)导致的。培养结束后混合玉米秸秆剩余质量预测值明显高于实测值,且元素含量发生明显改变,其中全氮含量预测值明显低于实测值,C/N预测值明显高于实测值。培养结束后CKS处理土壤微生物碳含量明显高于其他几种处理,其他几种处理差异不显著;添加玉米秸秆处理土壤微生物量氮明显降低,相应的土壤微生物量C/N增大,CKS,CKL和CKM处理与CK处理差异达到显著水平。土壤可溶性有机碳(DOC)含量CKLS和CKM处理明显高于其他3种处理,CKS与CKL处理与对照差异不显著。[结论]玉米秸秆不同构件按比例混合对玉米秸秆分解产生协同促进作用,混合分解过程促进氮累积。     

Drivers of soil respiration and nitrogen mineralization change after litter management at a subtropical Chinese sweetgum tree plantation

Leaf litter decomposition transfers elements from litter to soils that are essential for regulating nutrient cycles in plantation ecosystems, especially carbon and nitrogen. However, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in response to tree litter management remains insufficiently researched. We conducted a one-year field experiment at a fast-growing sweetgum tree plantation to evaluate the effects of leaf litter management on soil available nutrients, respiration rate and nitrogen mineralization rate. Three leaf litter treatments were applied, which were: (1) natural input (control); (2) double input and (3) non-input. It was found that the double input treatment increased soil inorganic nitrogen and microbial biomass nitrogen, but had little effect on microbial biomass carbon, dissolved organic carbon or dissolved organic nitrogen compared with natural input. The non-input treatment caused dissolved organic carbon to decrease compared with natural input. The respiration rate increased in the double input treatment, with a positive priming effect observed. Soil net ammonification, nitrification and mineralization rates also increased in the double input treatment in specific seasons. Meanwhile, positive linear relationships between respiration rate and all nitrogen transformation rates were observed for all treatments. Soil temperature was found to be an important prediction factor for predicting the respiration rate and mineralization as seasonal variations, but not for litter-induced fluctuations. Soil water content and mineral nitrogen were the primary drivers of litter-induced change to the respiration rate, whereas mineral nitrogen and microbial biomass were primary drivers of mineralization change. These results suggest that changes in soil nitrogen mineralization rate are strongly associated with the soil respiratory process, resulting in a potentially strong plant–soil feedback mechanism.     

氮素有机替代对东北黑土区土壤微生物碳磷资源限制的影响

  【目的】  土壤微生物数量和结构普遍受到碳 (C),氮 (N)、磷 (P)等养分有效性的影响,研究不同施肥措施对东北黑土区土壤理化性质、微生物量和酶活性的影响,深入了解土壤微生物养分资源限制状况及其变化规律,为提高土壤生物肥力提供理论依据。  【方法】  试验设在黑龙江省哈尔滨市,土壤类型为黑土,种植制度为玉米单作。试验开始于2019年,共设9个处理:不施肥 (CK)、习惯施肥 (FP)、推荐施肥 (OPT)、推荐施肥不施氮 (–N);有机氮替代推荐施氮量的10% (M1)、20% (M2)、30% (M3)、40% (M4) 和50% (M5)。玉米收获后,采集0—20 cm土壤样品,测定土壤含水量、pH、有机质、全氮、速效磷、速效钾、可溶性有机碳、可溶性有机氮、微生物量碳、微生物量氮和4种土壤酶 (酸性磷酸酶、β-D-葡萄糖苷酶、L-亮氨酸氨基肽酶、β-N-乙酰氨基葡萄糖苷酶) 活性。  【结果】  与OPT处理相比,有机氮替代化肥氮处理提高了土壤速效养分含量 (可溶性有机碳、有效磷、速效钾) 和微生物量 (微生物量碳、微生物量氮),其中可溶性有机碳、有效磷和速效钾的含量随替代比例的增加分别增加了15.5%～46.6%、1.4%～18.5%和2.4%～18.8%;MBC和MBN的含量随有机替代比例的增加分别增加了1.4%～19.9%和0.04%～22.7%。PCA分析显示出CK、化肥处理 (FP、OPT、–N) 和有机氮替代化肥氮处理 (M1、M2、M3、M4、M5) 下的土壤酶活性具有显著差异;RDA分析进一步表明有效磷 (F = 14.1,P = 0.002) 是影响酶活性变化的主要理化因子,解释了不同处理间酶活性差异的36.1%。酶化学计量散点图显示出试验点的土壤微生物均受到磷的限制,FP处理下的土壤微生物还受到碳的限制。此外,与CK相比,有机氮替代化肥氮显著提高了β-D-葡萄糖苷酶与酸性磷酸酶的比值,但是矢量角度在不同有机替代处理间并无显著差异。  【结论】  在本试验区中,未施肥处理下土壤微生物受到碳和磷的共同限制,习惯施肥和优化施肥均会加剧微生物的碳限制。有机氮替代化肥氮可以显著提高土壤的养分含量与生物肥力,解除土壤微生物的碳限制,并显著减轻土壤微生物的磷限制。但是磷限制的减轻效果并未随有机氮替代化肥氮比例的增加而显著增加,考虑到有机肥养分释放较为缓慢,具体的有机替代比例还需开展长期试验。     

耕作方式对农田土壤理化性质、微生物学特性及小麦营养品质的影响

【[目的 ]】耕作措施对土壤健康和作物营养品质提升具有关键作用,明确不同耕作方式对土壤理化性质、微生物学特性及小麦营养品质的影响,为集约化农田可持续管理提供理论依据。【[方法 ]】田间试验自2012年起在山东德州进行,供试土壤为潮土,种植制度为小麦–玉米轮作。设置4种耕作模式处理：传统耕作、旋耕、休耕和免耕。2020年,采集0—20 cm土层土样分析土壤物理、化学性质和细菌群落结构,采集小麦籽粒样品分析其营养品质。【[结果 ]】与传统耕作相比,免耕、休耕和旋耕处理显著提高了土壤含水量、铵态氮、硝态氮、有机质、全氮及有效磷含量,休耕还显著提高了土壤容重,降低了土壤孔隙度。免耕、休耕和旋耕处理显著提高土壤微生物量碳、氮含量以及土壤细菌群落多样性指数,休耕及免耕处理提高土壤厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)、疣微菌门(Verrucomicrobia)的相对丰度,降低放线菌门(Actinobacteria)的相对丰度。从营养品质变化来看,休耕显著提高小麦籽粒蛋白质、淀粉、微量元素的含量,旋耕和免耕显著增加小麦籽粒蛋白质含量,除天冬氨酸外,其他16种氨基酸组分变化趋势与氨基酸总量变化基本一致。Pe...     

Litter, warming and plants affect respiration and allocation of soil microbial and plant C, N and P in arctic mesocosms

In a mesocosm experiment, we studied decomposition rates as CO₂ efflux and changes in plant mass, nutrient accumulation and soil pools of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), in soils from a sub-arctic heath. The soil was incubated at 10 °C and 12 °C, with or without leaf litter and with or without plants present. The purpose of the experiment was to analyse decomposition and nutrient transformations under simulated, realistic conditions in a future warmer Arctic.Both temperature enhancement and litter addition increased respiration rates. Temperature enhancement and surprisingly also litter addition decreased microbial biomass carbon (C) content, resulting in a pronounced increase of specific respiration. Microbial P content increased progressively with temperature enhancement and litter addition, concomitant with increasing P mineralisation, whereas microbial N increased only in the litter treatment, at the same time as net N mineralisation decreased. In contrast, microbial biomass N decreased as temperature increased, resulting in a high mobilisation of inorganic N.Plant responses were closely coupled to the balance of microbial mineralisation and immobilisation. Plant growth and N accumulation was low after litter addition because of high N immobilisation in microbes and low net mineralisation, resulting in plant N limitation. Growth increased in the temperature-enhanced treatments, but was eventually limited by low supply of P, reflected in a low plant P concentration and high N-to-P ratio. Hence, the different microbial responses caused plant N limitation after litter addition and P limitation after temperature enhancement. Although microbial processes determined the main responses in plants, the plants themselves influenced nutrient turnover. With plants present, P mobilisation to the plant plus soil inorganic pools increased significantly, and N mobilisation non-significantly, when litter was added. This was presumably due to increased mineralisation in the rhizosphere, or because the nutrients in addition to being immobilised by microbes also could be absorbed by plants. This suggests that the common method of measuring nutrient mineralisation in soils incubated without plants may underestimate the rates of nutrient mobilisation, which probably contributes to a commonly observed discrepancy of measured lower rates of net nutrient mineralisation than uptake rates in arctic soils.     

低磷环境下接种丛枝菌根真菌促进紫花苜蓿生长和磷素吸收的机理

[目的]磷极易被土壤吸附和固定,导致土壤中磷有效性较低.研究接种丛枝菌根真菌(arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi,AMF)和低磷处理两者交互对紫花苜蓿生长和磷吸收的影响,为提高碱性土壤中磷肥利用率提供理论依据.[方法]以黄绵土和紫花苜蓿(Medicago sativa)为试验材料进行盆栽试验.在施...     

Enchytraeid worms (Oligochaeta) enhance mineralization of carbon in organic upland soils

We investigated the functional role of enchytraeid worms (Oligochaeta) in organic upland soils experimentally, because that role of these animals is little known. We made microcosms of intact soil cores cut from two depths, 0–4 cm and 4–8 cm, of a Cambic Stagnohumic Gley from the Moor House National Nature Reserve (UK). Enchytraeids were added to half of the microcosms, resulting in four treatments: litter (L), litter + enchytraeids (L + E), soil (S) and soil + enchytraeids (S + E). Triplicates of each treatment were established, and all microcosms (60) were then incubated in the dark at 15°C, arranged in a fully randomized design. The experiment ran over 110 days, with five destructive harvests at days 10, 25, 50, 75 and 110, when microbial measurements (soil respiration and biomass C) as well as measures of decomposition (nutrient concentration in leachates) were made. Enchytraeids almost doubled the availability of organic carbon (measured as dissolved organic carbon in soil leachates) in the surface (0–4 cm) microcosms only. There were no effects of enchytraeids on the release of inorganic N or P from either soil horizon, although the release of ammonium and phosphate was correlated with the number of enchytraeids in the microcosms. The depth from which the soil was taken exerted a strong influence on nutrient leaching, with almost six times more ammonium and four times more carbon being leached from the surface (0–4 cm) layer than from the more decomposed (4–8 cm) horizon. There was little nitrate leaching from any of the treatments, with only one‐quarter as much nitrate leached from the surface (0–4 cm) as from the subsurface (4–8 cm) horizon. Enchytraeids had no detectable effect on microbial biomass, but they increased microbial respiration by 35% in the surface (0–4 cm) horizon. Because they enhanced microbial activity in this horizon we suggest that enchytraeids indirectly drive the processes of decomposition and nutrient mineralization in organic upland soils.     

Microbial processes controlling P availability in forest spodosols as affected by soil depth and soil properties

Because carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentration is rising, increases in plant biomass and productivity of terrestrial ecosystems are expected. However, phosphorus (P) unavailability may disable any potential enhanced growth of plants in forest ecosystems. In response to P scarcity under elevated CO₂, trees may mine deeper the soil to take up more nutrients. In this scope, the ability of deep horizons of forest soils to supply available P to the trees has to be evaluated. The main objective of the present study was to quantify the relative contribution of topsoil horizons and deep horizons to P availability through processes governed by the activity of soil micro-organisms. Since soil properties vary with soil depth, one can therefore assume that the role of microbial processes governing P availability differs between soil layers. More specifically, our initial hypothesis was that deeper soil horizons could substantially contribute to total plant available P in forested ecosystems and that such contribution of deep horizons differs among sites (due to contrasting soil properties). To test this hypothesis, we quantified microbial P and mineralization of P in ‘dead’ soil organic matter to a depth of 120 cm in forest soils contrasting in soil organic matter, soil moisture and aluminum (Al) and iron (Fe) oxides. We also quantified microbiological activity and acid phosphomonoesterase activity. Results showed that the role of microbial processes generally decreases with increasing soil depth. However, the relative contribution of surface (litter and 0–30 cm) and deep (30–120 cm) soil layers to the stocks of available P through microbial processes (51–62 kg P ha^?1) are affected by several soil properties, and the contribution of deep soil layers to these stocks vary between sites (from 29 to 59%). This shows that subsoils should be taken into account when studying the microbial processes governing P availability in forest ecosystems. For the studied soils, microbial P and mineralization of P in ‘dead’ soil organic matter particularly depended on soil organic matter content, soil moisture and, to a minor extent, Al oxides. High Al oxide contents in some sites or in deep soil layers probably result in the stabilization of soil organic compounds thus reducing microbiological activity and mineralization rates. The mineralization process in the litter also appeared to be P-limited and depended on the C:P ratio of soil organic matter. Thus, this study highlighted the effects of soil depth and soil properties on the microbial processes governing P availability in the forest spodosols.