Microbial Immobilization and Plant Uptake of Different N Forms in Three Forest Types in Shikoku District, Southern Japan

Soil microbial immobilization and plant uptake of N were evaluated for three forest types in Kochi, Shikoku district. During 196-d laboratory incubation, soil NO₃-N production in the Hinoki cypress forest was negligible for the initial 40 d and then rapidly increased, whereas NO₃-N production was rapid from the beginning in Japanese cedar and deciduous hardwood forests. Microbial immobilization of the labeled ¹⁵N decreased in the order of NH₄-N>glycine-N>NO₃-N. The ¹⁵N immobilization was higher for soil in the Hinoki cypress forest than other two soils. The delayed NO₃-N production in the Hinoki cypress forest was likely related with low availability of NH₄-N due to NH₄-N immobilization and substantial NO₃-N immobilization. In the field experiment, ¹⁵N uptake by roots decreased in the order of NH₄-N>NO₃-N>glycine-N. The absorption of the labeled ¹³C suggested direct uptake of organic N. The preference of N forms by root uptake was not different among forest types. Trees in three forest types can absorb inorganic and organic forms of N, suggesting trees absorb the N form that is the most abundant in the soil.     

Fixation and transfer of nitrogen by white clover to ryegrass

Abstract. ¹⁵N₂ was used in a sealed controlled environment chamber to investigate the transfer of fixed nitrogen from white clover to perennial ryegrass growing in soil in pots. There was no difference in the ¹⁵N content of roots and shoots of clover plants after exposure to ¹⁵N. No labelled fixed nitrogen was detected in ryegrass plants growing with the clover plants for a period of 129 days. There was therefore no evidence of rapid direct transfer (excretion) of fixed nitrogen from clover to ryegrass.     

Short-term kinetics of residual wheat straw C and N under field conditions: characterization by 13C15N tracing and soil particle size fractionation

Summary A clear understanding of the short-term decomposition and fate of crop residues is necessary to predict the availability of mineral N in soil. The fate of ¹³ C¹⁵N-labelled wheat straw in a silty soil (Typic Hapludalf) was studied using particle size fractionation and in situ incubation in which the equivalent of 8 t dry matter per ha of straw was incorporated into the soil over 574 days. Soil samples were separated into five particle-size fractions by wet sieving after disruption of aggregates. The weight, C and N contents, and ¹³C and ¹⁵N atom excess of each fraction were determined. Straw-derived C disappeared rapidly from the > 2000-μm fraction with an estimated half-life of 53 'normalized' days (equivalent of 10°C and −0−01 MPA water potential). Straw-derived C appeared to be only temporarily stored in the intermediate fractions (1000–2000 and 200–1000 pm). The maximum net ¹³C accumulation in the 50–200-μm fraction was 4·4% of added ¹³C. Straw-derived C accumulated most rapidly and preferentially in the 50-μm fraction, which stabilized after 265 days and accounted for 70% of the residual ¹³C on day 574. Although there was more residual ¹⁵N than ¹³C, the distributions and kinetics of the two isotopes in the fractions were similar.     

Role of the anecic earthworm Lumbricus terrestris L. in the distribution of plant residue nitrogen in a corn (Zea mays)–soil system

While the benefits of earthworms to crop production are widely acknowledged, the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. We examined the effects of an anecic earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) on the distribution of plant residue N in a corn (Zea mays)/soil system. Soil (mixed Ap and B horizons) mesocosms (10 cm diameter, 39 cm deep) were amended with ¹⁵N-labeled corn litter, inoculated with one earthworm per mesocosm (WORM) or none (CTRL), and pre-incubated for 1, 2 or 3 weeks. Earthworms and remaining plant residues were removed and sweet corn grown in the mesocosms in a greenhouse for 3 weeks. Litter, earthworms, shoots, roots and bulk and burrow soil were analyzed for total N and ¹⁵N. Plant and earthworm biomass were also determined. Earthworms had no significant effect on the N content of shoots, roots or bulk soil. Recovery of ¹⁵N ranged from 92.6 to 101.9% in CTRL and 60.2 to 83.2% in the WORM treatment. The ¹⁵N content of bulk soil in the WORM treatment was significantly higher than in CTRL and increased with pre-incubation time. Excess at.% ¹⁵N of burrow soil was 10–100 times higher than in bulk soil. Incorporation of ¹⁵N by shoots and roots was significantly higher in the WORM treatment and increased significantly with pre-incubation time only in the WORM treatment. In WORM mesocosms pre-incubated for 3 weeks, the distribution of added ¹⁵N was 9.8% in litter, 6.5% in plant, 31.5% in soil, 12.0% in earthworms and 39.8% presumably lost as gas; in CTRL mesocosms, the values were 75.7% in litter, 3.2% in plant, 13.7% in soil and 7.4% in presumed gas losses. The activities of L. terrestris altered the distribution of plant residue N significantly, increasing the transfer of N to plants and soil and enhancing losses of N in the gas phase as pre-incubation time increased.     

The fate at several time intervals of 15N-labelled ammonium nitrate applied to an established grass sward

¹⁵N-labelled ammonium nitrate solution was applied in late April to circular, enclosed micro-plots prepared by pressing open-ended polypropylene cylinders into an established sward of perennial ryegrass. Cylinders were removed from the ground at intervals between 2 and 370 days after the application and assessments made of the distribution of ¹⁵N in plant and soil components. Of the added labelled N, 54.7% was recovered in the herbage which was cut four times during the growing season and again at the final sampling date. After two days, 37% of the labelled N was recovered in the soil microbial biomass. Large fluctuations occurred in the amount of ¹⁵N recovered in the soil microbial biomass over the next 14 days suggesting that rapid cycling of ¹⁵N occurred between this fraction and the mineral N fraction. After the first cut in late May, translocation of¹⁵N occurred more slowly from the roots into the stubble than from stubble into new herbage, so that the amount in the stubble declined more rapidly than did that in the roots. During the winter, there was no net transfer of N from the roots to above-ground components of the sward. By the end of the growing season, half the ¹⁵N remaining in the sward was immobilized in the humified fraction of the soil organic matter; some of this was mineralized in the following spring.     

Recovery of 15N-labelled fertilizer in crops, drainage water and soil using monolith lysimeters in south-east Nigeria

Labelled urea was applied to monolith lysimeters in the 1st year of a 2-year experiment at Onne in south-east Nigeria. On eight lysimeters maize and rice were grown in each of the 2 years. Four lysimeters were similarly cropped in the 2nd year after being uncropped in the 1st year. Measurements were made over the 2-year period of labelled and unlabelled mineral nitrogen in the drainage water, and labelled and unlabelled nitrogen in the crops. At the end of the experiment, weeds and the soil were also analysed for labelled and unlabelled nitrogen.
The total recovery of ¹⁵N in crop, soil and leachate varied between 70 and 93%. It was lowest when applied to the second season rice crop, which recovered only 15%, and highest when it was leached in the 1st year or was taken up by the maize crop. The highest crop uptake was 31%. The results indicate that, depending on the treatment, between 10 and 30% of the ¹⁵N was immobilized in the soil, lysimeters cropped in the 1st year lost between 22 and 29% of the ¹⁵N in drainage water, and between 7 and 30% was lost by denitrification. The accuracy of these figures is discussed.     

The influence of earthworms and cranefly larvae on the decomposition of uniformly 14C labelled plant material in soil

Amounts of the individual carbohydrate components derived from uniformly ¹⁴Clabelled grass added to soil were monitored in incubations lasting for up to 2 years. Decomposition was enhanced by the presence of the earthworms. Allolobophora caliginosa and Lumbricus rubellus and the cranefly larvae Tipula paludosa. After 28 d larvae had increased the loss of ¹⁴C-arabinose by 8.8% (compared to soil without larvae), -xylose by 15%, -non cellulose glucose by 5.3% and -cellulose glucose by 12.5%. Earthworms had increased the loss of ¹⁴C-xylose by 5%, -galactose by 21% and -total glucose by 11% after 6 months, and by another 29%, 14% and 8% respectively after 12 months. The losses of ¹⁴C, initially about 60% from soil with tipulid larvae after 1 month, and 50% from soil with earthworms after 3 months, became progressively less. Total ¹⁴C losses in the presence of earthworms were 66% after 12 months and 60% after 2 years, respectively. Increased decomposition is considered to be the result of the mixing of soil and substrate by the invertebrates, rather than an effect of their digestive capabilities.     

Retarded leaching of nitrate measured in monolith lysimeters in south-east Nigeria

At Onne in South-east Nigeria, drainage water was collected from four monolith lysimeters and analysed for nitrate. The lysimeters contained an acid sandy loam. At the start of the first rainy season two lysimeters received urea labelled with ¹⁵NO₃^– and two received no nitrogen fertilizer; all four were uncropped in the first year.
The peak concentrations of ¹⁵NO₃^– and of unlabelled (soil) NO₃^– were found after 2.5 pore volumes of water had passed through the lysimeters. Using the same soil in the laboratory after fine sieving, the peak concentration of tritiated water was found at 1 pore volume whereas nitrate leaching was retarded. The pattern of nitrate leaching was well described by miscible and immiscible models which included an adsorption coefficient for nitrate. Over the 2 years 81.4% of the ¹⁵N added at the start of the first rainy season was recovered in the drainage water.     

Nitrogen uptake by sago palm (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.) in the early growth stages

Previous trials have revealed variable responses of sago palm ( Metroxylon sagu Rottb.) to fertilizer application, particularly nitrogen (N). In the present study, we quantified the fertilizer use efficiency (FUE) of sago palm for the first time using ¹⁵N-labeled fertilizer in pot and field experiments. The pot experiment was conducted in Japan using a 2:1 mixture of sand to Philippine soil. The field experiment was conducted in Leyte in the Philippines. Both experiments consisted of three replicates in each of three treatments: control, ¹⁵N urea at 50 kg N ha⁻¹ and ¹⁵N urea at 100 kg N ha⁻¹. The N uptake of sago palm increased significantly, but inconsistently with increasing N application. The few instances of a significant increase in N uptake did not translate into significant improvements in growth parameters, except for the number of leaflets in the pot experiment. The FUE values for sago seedlings (< 6 months) in the pot experiment treated with 50 and 100 kg N ha⁻¹ were 10.5 and 13.2%, respectively, whereas for the 2-year-old sago palms in the field, the corresponding FUE values were 14.8 and 12.0%. The FUE values were similar at the two levels of N application in both experiments. Sago growth parameters appeared to be insensitive to N application, suggesting that the form of N and the timing of N fertilization are important factors for sago palms. Therefore, the use of N fertilizer in sago production can only be justified after determining and fully understanding the response of sago palm to N application.     

Role of soil redox in growth and fertilizer nitrogen uptake by rice in Thailand paddy soils

Abstract. In a laboratory study, ¹⁵N ammonium fertilizer uptake and rice growth was determined in a non-acid sulphate marine soil (Typic Tropaquept) and an acid sulphate soil (Sulfic Tropaquept). Acid sulphate sensitive (IR 26) and acid sulphate tolerant (IR 46) rice varieties were grown in soil suspensions incubated at four Eh levels (+500, +250, +50, and -150 mV) in microcosms for three weeks. The results showed that rice grown in non-acid sulphate marine soils gave slightly better dry matter weight of 1.8g/pot, greater ¹⁵N uptake of 12.8 mg N/pot, and higher total N uptake of 38.4 mg N/pot than under acid sulphate soil conditions indicating the non-acid marine soil is more favourable to rice culture. Growth as measured by weight of dry matter was significantly reduced from 2.1g/pot under oxidized condition (+500 mV) to 0.8g/pot under highly reduced condition (-150 mV). N uptake by rice was significantly reduced from 16.9 mg/pot at + 500 mV to 4.5 mg N/pot at -150 mV Total N uptake also decreased with decreasing Eh. Growth, ¹⁵N uptake and total N uptake by acid sulphate tolerant rice, IR 46 were significantly higher than the acid sulphate sensitive rice variety, IR 26. Under highly reduced soil conditions (-150 mV), growing rice in acid sulphate soil would require additions of lime, intermittent irrigation and/or mid season drainage in order to increase soil redox potential and remove toxic substances.     

Changes in the N Recovery Process from 15N-Labeled Swine Manure Compost and Rice Bran in Direct-Seeded Rice by Simultaneous Application of Cattle Manure Compost

The N recovery from ¹⁵N-labeled swine manure compost and rice bran with or without simultaneous application of unlabeled cattle manure compost was examined in a paddy field with direct-seeded rice during a 1-year period (1 crop season). In all the ¹⁵N-labeled materials including (¹⁵NH₄)₂SO₄, the processes of N recovery from the ¹⁵N materials by rice plants were different between the plots with and without application of cattle manure compost. At the tillering stage, the N recovery rates from the ¹⁵N materials in the plots with application of cattle manure compost were significantly lower than those in the plots without application of cattle manure compost. These recovery rates, however, became close and no significant differences were observed at the maturity stage. Thus, simultaneous application of cattle manure compost could impede the N recovery from swine manure compost, rice bran as well as (NH₄)₂SO₄.     

Real-time imaging of nitrogen fixation in an intact soybean plant with nodules using 13N-labeled nitrogen gas

Real-time images of nitrogen fixation in an intact nodule of hydroponically cultured soybean ( Glycine max [L] Merr.) were obtained. In the present study, we developed a rapid method to produce and purify ¹³N-labeled radioactive nitrogen gas (half life: 9.97 min). ¹³N was produced from a ¹⁶O (p, α) ¹³N nuclear reaction. The target chamber was filled with CO₂ and irradiated for 10 min with protons at an energy of 18.3 MeV and an electric current of 5 μA, which was delivered from a cyclotron. All CO₂ in the collected gas was absorbed and removed with powdered soda-lime in a syringe and replaced with helium gas. The resulting gas was injected into gas chromatography and separated and a 35 mL fraction, including the peak of [¹³N]-nitrogen gas, was collected by monitoring the chromatogram. The obtained gas was mixed with 10 mL of O₂ and 5 mL of N₂ and used in the tracer experiment. The tracer gas was fed into the underground part of intact nodulated soybean plants and serial images of the distribution of ¹³N were obtained non-invasively using a positron-emitting tracer imaging system (PETIS). The rates of nitrogen fixation of the six test plants were estimated to be 0.17 ± 0.10 μmol N₂ h⁻¹ from the PETIS image data. The decreasing rates of assimilated nitrogen were also estimated to be 0.012 ± 0.011 μmol N₂ h⁻¹. In conclusion, we successfully observed nitrogen fixation in soybean plants with nodules non-invasively and quantitatively using [¹³N]N₂ and PETIS.     

Gaseous nitrogen losses from soil under Sitka spruce following the application of fertilizer 15N urea

Gaseous N loss, through denitrification and NH₃⁻volatilization, was monitored throughout the growing season after spring application of ¹⁵N labelled urea fertilizer to peaty gley soils supporting N-deficient Sitka spruce. From the ¹⁵N data, it was calculated that only about 0.28% of applied N was lost through NH₃-volatilization, almost all within the first few days after fertilizer application. Approximately 0.05% of applied N was calculated to be lost through denitrification. Denitrification decreased slowly over a 4-month period after fertilizer application. Rates of NH₃-volatilization correlated with available NH₄⁺ in the litter layer, while for the early part of the study when N-losses were highest, denitrification rates correlated with available NO₃⁻ in the litter layer. Observations of gaseous N-loss are also discussed in relation to data from lysimetry, changes in soil pH, and the soil moisture regime.     

Effects of Epigeic Earthworms on Decomposition of Wheat Straw and Nutrient Cycling in Agricultural Soils in a Reclaimed Salinity Area:A Microcosm Study

Earthworms,one of the most important macroinvertebrates in terrestrial ecosystems of temperate zones,exert important influences on soil functions.A laboratory microcosm study was conducted to evaluate the influence of the earthworm Eisenia fetida on wheat straw decomposition and nutrient cycling in an agricultural soil in a reclaimed salinity area of the North China Plain.Each microcosm was simulated by thoroughly mixing wheat straw into the soil and incubated for 120 d with earthworms added at 3 different densities as treatments:control with no earthworms,regular density(RD)with two earthworms,and increased density(ID)with six earthworms.The results showed that there was no depletion of carbon and nitrogen pools in the presence of the earthworms.Basal soil respiration rates and metabolic quotient increased with the increase in earthworm density during the initial and middle part of the incubation period.In contrast,concentrations of microbial biomass carbon and microbial biomass quotient decreased in the presence of earthworms.Earthworm activity stimulated the transfer of microbial biomass carbon to dissolved organic carbon and could lead to a smaller,but more metabolically active microbial biomass.Concentrations of inorganic nitrogen and NO₃^--N increased significantly with the increase in earthworm density at the end of the incubation(P<0.05),resulting in a large pool of inorganic nitrogen available for plant uptake.Cumulative net nitrogen mineralization rates were three times higher in the ID treatment than the RD treatment.     

Use of agricultural by-products to study the pH effects in an acid tea garden soil

The amelioration of an acid Alfisol from a tea garden was studied by incorporating various plant materials: canola straw, wheat straw, rice straw, corn straw, soybean straw, peanut straw, faba bean straw, Chinese milk vetch shoot and pea straw prior to incubation for a maximum of 65 days. Soil pH increased after incubation with all the incorporated materials with the legumes causing the largest increases. The final soil pH was correlated with ash alkalinity ( r ² = 0.73), base cations ( r ² = 0.74) and N content ( r ² = 0.93) of the applied materials. It was assumed that the incubation released the base cations in plant materials as they decomposed which ultimately increased the base cation saturation of the soil. Similarly, soil exchangeable Al was also decreased with the incorporation of the legume plant materials and corn straw and rice straw. Our investigation demonstrated that legumes are the preferred choice for controlling the soil acidity and also for reducing the toxicity of Al in acid soils.     

Calculation of gross nitrogen immobilization and mineralization in soil

In a laboratory experiment, soil was treated with ¹⁵NH₄- and ¹⁵NO₃-N compounds at various times during the incubation. Several approaches in the calculation of gross immobilization and gross mineralization between two sampling dates were compared and a new method was developed. It is based on a dynamic simulation model designed to interpret isotopic data and an optimization procedure used to determine the best fit between model output and experimental data. This flexible method was used to examine the validity of the assumptions usually made when calculating the gross transformations.
The results indicate that seriously erroneous estimates of the gross transformations can follow if it is assumed that remineralization of immobilized N does not occur. Less serious errors can result from the assumption that both opposing processes occur at a constant rate during the interval between sampling dates.
The combined use of the model and the optimization procedure has several advantages over traditional methods and some of the gross transformation estimates reported would not have been obtainable using older methods.     

Effects of Shifting Cultivation on Soil Ecosystems in Sarawak, Malaysia. III. Results of Burning Practice and Changes in Soil Organic Matter at Niah and Bakam Experimental Sites

The effects of burning on the levels of soil organic matter, soil nitrogen, and soil microbial biomass were studied by carrying out experimental shifting cultivation at two sites, Niah and Bakam in Sarawak, Malaysia. Vegetation biomass was burned in plots (10 × 10 m²) at the rates of 0 (control), 100, 200, and 300 Mg ha⁻¹ at the Niah site and 0, 20, and 100 Mg ha⁻¹ at the Bakam site. At the Niah site, the levels of total C and N of the soils did not change throughout the experiment in spite of enhanced soil respiration until 2 months after burning. Although burning induced an increase in the amount of NH₄-N of the soils, the readily available pool of N (the sum of the NH₄-N, NO₃-N, microbial biomass N, and extractable organic N pools) in the burned plots was depleted appreciably at the end of rice cultivation. The effects of burning on these properties tended to be substantial with increasing amounts of the vegetation biomass burned. On the other hand, the levels of total C and N and the readily available N pool at the Bakam site were low before burning compared with those at the Niah site, and the burning treatments did not affect them appreciably. While the rice yield at the Niah site reached the average value obtained in traditional shifting cultivation in Sarawak, that at the Bakam site was much lower. It was suggested that the flush of NH₄-N induced by burning was one of the major factors for rice growth.     

周年施氮对冬小麦-夏大豆轮作产量及土壤氮素含量的影响

为探讨周年不同施氮组合对冬小麦-夏大豆轮作体系土壤氮素及产量影响规律,于2017—2018年,在伊宁县农业科技示范园内开展大田试验,以冬小麦-夏大豆轮作为研究对象,在前茬麦季设置4个施氮水平:0(N0)、104(N1)、173(N2)、242 kg·hm^-2(N3);后茬大豆设置3个施氮水平:0(S0)、69(S1)、138 kg·hm^-2(S2),研究周年不同施氮组合对两季作物收获后农田0~100 cm土层土壤硝态氮(NO₃^--N)、铵态氮(NH₄⁺-N)含量、无机氮残留量及产量的影响。结果表明,冬小麦不同施氮水平土壤NO₃^--N及NH₄⁺-N含量均在20~40 cm土层达到最大值,且N3的土壤NO₃^--N和NH₄⁺-N含量最高,分别达到14.65 mg·kg^-1和4.26 mg·kg^-1,土壤NO₃^--N含量平均分别较N0、N1、N2增加了92.86%、44.69%和17.03%,土壤NH₄⁺-N平均依次增加了69.95%、26.10%和8.46%;而冬小麦施氮量越高,其土壤无机氮残留量越大,以麦季N3平均最高,为200.62 kg·hm^-2。此外,前茬麦季施氮还能影响后茬大豆土壤中NO₃^--N、NH₄⁺-N含量及无机氮残留量;夏大豆的土壤NO₃^--N和NH₄⁺-N含量也在20~40 cm土层达到最大值,且N3S2的土壤NO₃^--N、NH₄⁺-N含量及无机氮残留量最大,平均分别为18.61 mg·kg^-1、 5.10 mg·kg^-1、258.36 kg·hm^-2。在麦季施氮173 kg·hm^-2时(N2),冬小麦产量最高,平均为7 828.64 kg·hm^-2,平均分别较N0、N1、N3增加35.45%、16.77%、6.26%;且在此基础上夏大豆当季再施氮69 kg·hm^-2时(S1),夏大豆获得产量最高,平均为2 988.93 kg·hm^-2,其周年总产量也达到最高平均,为10 817.5 kg·hm^-2。综上所述,麦季施氮173 kg·hm^-2,豆季施氮69 kg·hm^-2既有利于提高麦豆周年产量,又能减少土壤氮素的残留量,可为当地一年两熟制高效施氮制度提供一定的参考标准。     

盐碱草甸植被退化对土壤硝化作用强度的影响

为了解不同退化阶段盐碱草甸草原土壤硝化作用强度特征及其影响因素,采用空间代替时间的方法,以松嫩平原盐碱草甸草原植被退化过程中4种典型植物群落为对象,以未做处理为参照,设置刈割、施氮和刈割同时施氮3种处理,测定了土壤的硝化作用强度(NI)、pH值、电导率(EC)、含水量(SMC)和有效磷(OP)、硝态氮(NO^-₃-N)、铵态氮(NH+4-N)及全氮(TN)的含量。结果显示:(1)土壤NI与pH值、电导率、含水量、OP和NO^-₃-N呈极显著正相关关系(p<0.01);通过逐步回归分析的方法得出土壤NI的重要影响因子,重要影响因子对土壤NI影响强弱表现为:pH值>有效磷含量>含水量>硝态氮含量,并推断土壤硝态氮含量可作为土壤NI的一个重要表征参数。(2)未作处理时,星星草群落与碱蓬群落土壤硝化作用强度分别为13.4,13.5 mg/(kg·h),显著高于羊草群落和退化羊草群落的5.0,2.5 mg/(kg·h),刈割和施氮处理分别使星星草群落土壤NI提高96.88%,253.77%,混合处理使其提高413.70%,显著高于其他3种植物群落,由此可见,在人为刈割和施氮肥的干预下,星星草群落土壤铵态氮可能更易转变为硝态氮,氮素流失的风险也更大,因此可认为星星草群落处于盐碱草甸退化过程中的关键阶段。     

三类土壤不同酰硝比供应下的辣椒产量、品质和氮素损失

【目的】酰胺态氮、铵态氮和硝态氮是蔬菜施肥的主要氮源,不同氮素形态配比既影响蔬菜的产量品质,又影响氮素损失,而氮素在不同土壤中转化进程不同。为确定辣椒主产区主要土壤类型上合适的氮素形态配比,本试验选用广东赤红壤 (pH 5.97)、安徽菜园土 (pH 7.09) 和山东潮土 (pH 8.33) 为供试土壤,研究辣椒产量和品质在三种不同类型土壤上对不同氮素形态配比的响应,确定适宜各土壤类型上辣椒生长的酰硝比,以期为辣椒主产区氮肥调控提供理论依据。 【方法】采用土壤培养试验和盆栽试验,土壤培养试验每种土壤类型设两个处理:单施尿素 (对照)、尿素添加硝化抑制剂处理。盆栽试验设:不施氮肥 (CK)、NO₃-N 100% (T1);CO(NH₂)₂-N 25% + NO₃-N 75% (T2)、CO(NH₂)₂-N 50% + NO₃-N 50% (T3)、CO(NH₂)₂-N 75% + NO₃-N 25% (T4)、CO(NH₂)₂-N 100% (T5) 6 个处理。培养试验测定不同培养时期土壤铵态氮和硝态氮含量;盆栽试验在辣椒收获期测定辣椒的产量与品质、植株氮浓度,在施肥后不同时期测定土壤无机氮的含量。 【结果】土壤培养试验结果表明三类土壤的硝化能力强弱顺序是潮土 > 菜园土 > 赤红壤,添加硝化抑制剂 2-氯-6-(三氯甲基) 吡啶 (N-Serve) 后能调控三类土壤的氮素转化速率,在培养第 4 天表观硝化率分别降低了 30.3%、38.0% 和 8.3%。盆栽试验结果表明与不施氮肥处理相比,施氮处理能显著提高辣椒产量和品质,产量的提高源于单果重和果实数的增加,品质提升主要包括维生素 C 和可溶性固形物含量的提高;在添加 N-Serve (酰胺态氮纯氮量的 1%) 的基础上,三类土壤上辣椒产量和品质对酰硝比的响应不同,赤红壤、菜园土和潮土最高产量对应的硝态氮占氮肥供应总量的 75%,25% 和 50%,品质较优对应的硝态氮占比分别是 75%,50% 和 25%;辣椒氮素吸收量也表现为菜园土 > 潮土 > 赤红壤,且与单施硝态氮相比,硝态氮与酰胺态氮配施在赤红壤、菜园土和潮土上氮肥利用率分别提高 25.3%、9.0% 和 22.4%,淋洗液氮素损失量分别降低 58.4%,53.6% 和 51.7%。 【结论】统筹考虑辣椒优质高产以及环境代价等因素,在赤红壤、菜园土和潮土上适宜的硝态氮占比分别是 50%～75%,25%～50% 和 25%～50%。