Nitrate Mobility in Variable-Charge Tropical Soils

ABSTRACT

Nitrate (NO₃ ^–-N) leaching in tropical soils, which are more weathered, is influenced by their mineralogical, physical, and chemical characteristics. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of the variation of net electrical charge on the mobility of nitrate, applied as potassium nitrate (KNO₃) or calcium nitrate (Ca(NO₃)₂), in samples from A and B horizons of three Red-Yellow Latosols (Oxisols), with different mineralogical and textural characteristics. Hydrochloric acid (HCl) or sodium hydroxide (NaOH) volumes were added to previously sterilized soil samples in order to condition five hydrogen potential (pH) values, obtaining different net electrical charges. The experiment was carried out with leaching columns under laboratory conditions. The soil columns were percolated with solutions of KNO₃ or Ca(NO₃)₂ or water (control). An increase in positive net charges was significant and varied according to the soil and percolating solution; in general, it resulted in an increase of up to 50% in nitrate adsorption in some soils. Larger amounts of adsorbed nitrate were observed in the columns filled with the B horizon of the clayey gibbsitic Red-Yellow Latosol, showing adsorption of 85% for a positive net charge of 2 cmol_c kg^?1. Regarding kaolinitic soils, lower adsorption was observed in the medium-textured kaolinitic Red-Yellow Latosol, which had lower clay content and positive net charge. Application of Ca(NO₃)₂, as a percolating solution, increased nitrate adsorption compared to the application of KNO₃. This effect may be attributed to the increase in positive net charge promoted by calcium (Ca²⁺), being more evident for the highest negative net charges.     

Properties and classification of selected volcanic ash soils from Abashiri,Northern Japan—transition of Andisols to Mollisols

Abstract

Properties and classification of four selected volcanic ash soils from Abashiri, Hokkaido were studied and the transition of Andisols to Mollisols was discussed. Two of the four pedons (Brown Andosol and Cumulic Andosol)¹ showed morphological, clay mineralogical, physical, and chemical properties common to most Andisols in Japan. However, the properties of the other two pedons (Acid Brown Forest soil and Brown Forest soil)¹ were considerably different from those of common Andisols in Japan. It was found that the changes in the andic soil properties or transition of Andisols to Mollisols was closely related to the progression of clay weathering, mainly the transformation of noncrystalline clay materials to halloysite. One of the four pedons (Brown Forest soil)¹had the clay fraction dominated by halloysite from the uppermost horizon down to the bottom of the profile and satisfied both andic and mollic requirements. Thus we concluded that the pedon is a transitional soil between Andisols and Mollisols and that the transition is closely related to the duration of surface weathering under relatively weak leaching conditions. The four pedons were classified according to the Andisol Proposal (Leamy et al. 1988, New Zealand Soil Bureau) as follows:

Pedon 1: Medial, amorphic (allophane/imogolite), frigid Typic Hapludand (Brown Andosol).¹ Pedon 2: Medial, amorphic (allophane/imogolite), frigid Typic Melanudand (Cumulic Andosol).¹ Pedon 3: Medial, amorphic (allophane/ imogolite), over kandic, frigid Typic Melanudand (Acid Brown Forest soil).¹ Pedon 4: Medial, kandic, frigid Typic Hapludand (Brown Forest soil).¹     

Assessing the effects of urea and nano-nitrogen chelate fertilizers on sugarcane yield and dynamic of nitrate in soil

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of urea and Nano-Nitrogen Chelate (NNC) fertilizers on yield of sugarcane (Saccharum Officinarum) and nitrate leaching from soil. The treatments included urea (U) and NNC at five levels of nitrogen (0, 80, 112, 137 and 161 kg N ha^?1). This experiment was carried out during 2017 and 2018 in Khuzestan province, Iran. The results showed that the average of soil nitrate concentration during the sugarcane growth period in urea and NNC treatments were 10.2 and 12.8 mg kg^?1 respectively. The highest and lowest nitrate leaching (699.0 mg l^?1 and 183.0 mg l^?1) belongs to the highest level of urea fertilizer and the lowest level of NNC. In urea treatments, the lowest amount of nitrate was observed in the topsoil (0-30 cm depth) whereas in NNC fertilizer maximum value was achieved in topsoil. The height of sugarcane stem in both fertilizers increased with increasing rate of fertilizer, but there was no significant difference between two types of fertilizer. Yield of sugarcane (fresh weight of stem) increased significantly by increasing of fertilizer application, but there was no significant difference between two types of fertilizer. In terms of sugar content, there was a significant difference between treatments. The order of nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) for stems and sugar yield from high to low was as NUE (fresh stem): U₁ > N₁ > N₃ ≥ U₃ ~ U₂ > N₄ ~ U₄ > N₂ and for NUE (sugar): N₁ > U₁ > N₃ ≥ N₂ > U₂ ~ N₄ ≥ U₃ > U₄. This study showed that application of nano nitrogen fertilizer (NNC) had significant effects on reducing nitrate leaching and increasing sugar production in sugarcane. However, when nitrate leaching and its effects on human health and the environment are in view, nano fertilizers are valuable.     

局部根区灌溉水氮耦合对设施黄瓜生长及土壤中硝态氮分布的影响

通过对设施黄瓜进行灌水量、灌溉方式、水氮根区位置的不同耦合,研究了局部根区灌溉下不同水氮耦合措施对设施黄瓜生长、土壤中硝态氮分布及累积的影响.结果表明,灌水量、灌溉方式、水氮根区供应位置对黄瓜地上部生物量及产量存在着不同的交互作用.亏缺灌溉量处理的地上部生物量及产量均低于相应灌溉方式下的正常水量处理.相同灌溉量处理条件下,交替根区灌溉的黄瓜生物量与产量显著高于两侧均水均氮处理,以正常交替水氮异区处理黄瓜地上部生物量及果实产量最大,分别达到1 143kg/hm2(干重)和1.75×105 kg/hm2(鲜重);而固定根区灌溉下,尤其在水氮异区条件下,生物量与产量则下降.在亏缺灌溉量下,交替根区灌溉处理的黄瓜生物量以及产量与常规充足灌溉处理没有显著差异.在正常灌溉量条件下,通过对局部根区灌溉下不同水氮耦合对土壤中硝态氮分布的分析表明,施氮是造成土壤中硝态氮积累的原因,土壤水分的垂向运动是影响硝态氮向下淋洗的一个主要因子.固定水氮同区、交替水氮同区处理硝态氮向下淋洗较强,水氮异区处理硝态氮向下淋洗相对较弱.交替水氮异区处理氮素主要累积在0-110 cm土层,深层累积量显著低于其他水氮耦合处理.综合黄瓜生长、土壤硝态氮淋洗等因素考虑,交替水氮异区处理是最佳的水氮耦合处理方式.     

Nitrogen fertilizer leaching from cropped and irrigated sandy soil in Central Turkey

Pollution of ground water caused by excessive and uncontrolled use of nitrogen fertilizer is worrying. A recent example of such pollution has been observed in an agricultural basin in the province of Nevsehir, Turkey, where up to 900 kg ha^?1 nitrogen fertilizer is used for growing potatoes in sandy soils under irrigation. Using nitrogen fertilizer in amounts that guarantee large yields without polluting ground water is essential. We present results of field experiments and numerical simulations involving ¹⁵N-labelled nitrogen fertilizer leaching. In the field, we monitored the movement of water and the distributions of nitrogen species within the soil–water–plant continuum. The detailed dynamics of the nitrogen cycle within the system were simulated. Simulations included calibration and validation of the nitrogen version of the LEACHM model (LEACHN, version 3) and long-term applications of the model. The model’s predictions of nitrogen fluxes under long-term use of fertilizer and irrigation were analysed. Nearly half of the applied ammonium-N was converted to nitrate-N during the growing season. With increasing additions of N the rate of plant uptake declined, while leaching increased significantly, and the fraction of nitrogen remaining in the soil profile increased only moderately. In long-term applications, a significant fraction of the applied fertilizer tended to accumulate after the first year in soil as the residual nitrogen not taken up by the crop. Accumulated residual nitrogen is converted to nitrate-N and leached rapidly from the soil profile during the wet season following the harvest. To reduce leaching of the residual nitrate, the rates, frequencies and timings of fertilizer application and irrigation must be scheduled in accordance with the plant growth periods and the hydraulic regime of the soil.     

茄子与香蕉轮作配施生物有机肥对连作蕉园土壤微生物区系的影响

连作现象在香蕉生产上非常普遍,而长期连作会导致严重的连作障碍。本文针对香蕉连作障碍,选择连作香蕉13年的地块,采用常规方法结合变性梯度凝胶电泳(PCR-DGGE)技术,在田间条件下研究了轮作茄子配施生物有机肥对高发枯萎病连作蕉园土壤可培养微生物数量、土壤化学性状以及土壤细菌群落结构的影响。结果表明:与连作香蕉相比,轮作茄子处理可显著降低可培养尖孢镰刀菌数量,使其数量从种植初的10~4 cfu·g~(-1)(干土)下降到10~3 cfu·g~(-1)(干土),同时提高了土壤p H,增加了土壤有机质、速效钾、碱解氮含量。无论是轮作还是连作种植模式,与配施普通有机肥相比,配施生物有机肥对可培养尖孢镰刀菌、真菌和细菌数量影响均不显著;但在轮作模式下,施用生物有机肥处理的细菌数量与真菌数量比值(B/F,381.2)显著高于配施普通有机肥处理(270.3)。PCR-DGGE分析结果表明,轮作茄子配施生物有机肥显著改变了土壤细菌群落结构,增加了细菌丰度、稳定性和多样性,其中多样性指数(Shannon-Wiener指数,3.22)较连作香蕉配施普通有机肥处理(2.89)显著增加。以上结果表明,茄子与香蕉轮作有利于连作蕉园土壤的微生态环境,同时轮作配施生物有机肥效果更优。     

Response of Pinus radiata D. Don to Boron Fertilization in a Glasshouse Study

Limited information is available on the effect of slow-release boron (B) fertilizer on Pinus radiata growth and physiological properties and soil microbiological activities. A 7-month-long pot experiment was carried out under glasshouse conditions to investigate the response of Pinus radiata to different rates (0.0222, 0.0446, 0.089, and 0.178 mg B g^?1 soil), equivalent to 0, 4, 8 16, and 32 kg B ha^?1 of ulexite, a slow-release B fertilizer. Hot 0.02 M calcium chloride (CaCl₂)–extractable soil B, soil dehydrogenase activity, plant B concentration, growth, and photosynthesis were measured at the time of harvest. The B concentrations in the soil and plant organs (needles, stem, and roots) significantly increased with increasing rates of B fertilizer. The optimum B fertilizer rates of 4–8 kg B ha^?1 produced the greatest plant growth and net photosynthetic rate. However, the B rates of 16 and 32 kg B ha^?1 significantly reduced net photosynthetic rate, and the rate of 32 kg B ha^?1 significantly reduced stem diameter growth when compared to the optimum B rates. Soil dehydrogenase activity, an indicator of soil microbiological activities, was significantly reduced by B application at the rates of 16 and 32 kg ha^?1. This study confirms the narrow range between B deficiency and toxicity in a tree crop and stresses the need for selection of the optimum rate of B fertilizer application.     

Nitrogen Dynamics and Losses in Direct‐Drilled Maize Systems

Abstract

The knowledge of nitrogen (N) losses in direct‐drilling agrosystems is essential to develop strategies to increase fertilizer efficiency and to minimize environmental damage. The objectives were i) to quantify the magnitude of N volatilization and leaching simultaneously as affected by different urea fertilization rates and ii) to evaluate the capacity of these specific plant–soil systems to act as a buffer to prevent nitrate leaching. Two experiments were conducted during 2001/02 and 2002/03 growing seasons in Alberti, Argentina. The crop was direct‐drilled maize and the soil a Typic Argiudoll. Ammonia losses, N uptake by crop at flowering and harvest, grain yield, N in previous crop residues, and soil nitrate content up to 2‐m depths were determined. Nitrogen availability, soil nitrate (NO₃)‐N up to 1 m plus fertilizer N, was linearly and highly associated with crop N uptake at flowering (R²=0.93, P<0.01) and at harvest (R²=0.852, P<0.01). Around 17.5% of fertilizer N was lost by volatilization in 10 days. The obtained values of residual nitrate N up to the 150‐cm depth were associated (R²=0.960, P<0.001) with those predicted by the nitrate leaching and economic analysis package (NLEAP) model. Maize in the direct‐drilling system was able to cycle N from the previous crop residues, N from soil organic matter, and N from fertilizers with few losses.     

Fate of fertilizer nitrogen applied to grassland. II. Nitrogen-15 leaching results

Results are presented from a 3-year investigation into nitrate leaching from grassed monolith lysimeters treated with double (¹⁵NH₄¹⁵NO₃) or single (¹⁵NH₄NO₃) labelled ammonium nitrate at three rates, 250, 500 and 900 kg N ha^?1 a^?1. Over the 3 years of the experiment, 0.14%, 3.1% and 18.1% of the applied fertilizer was recovered in the leachate at 250, 500 and 900kg N ha^?1 respectively. This represented 9%, 39% and 75% of the overall nitrate leaching at the three application rates. A significant proportion of the fertilizer leached as nitrate at the three application rates was derived, via nitrification, from the fertilizer ammonium. Increasing fertilizer applications caused a rise in the leaching of both soil and fertilizer derived nitrogen, although whether the increase reflected a true priming effect was not clear.     

NITRATE LEACHING UNDER BARE FALLOW AT A SITE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

A two-year study on a site in northern Nigeria under bare fallow showed that nitrate formed from soil organic matter persisted in the top 120 cm of the soil profile throughout most of the rainy season. The rainfall in the two years was 1199 and 973 mm. Slow leaching was attributed to the combined effect of adsorption on to positive charges in the textural B horizon, high rainfall intensities, and the presence of cracks and channels in the soil, down which water will pass quickly without leaching the newly mineralized nitrate. This nitrate diffuses relatively slowly through the aggregates or is carried downwards by water moving in the small pores. Leaching of nitrate added to the surface as fertilizer would be more rapid than that of nitrate formed from soil organic matter within the aggregates.     

片麻岩新成土中硝态氮垂直运移规律模拟研究

采用室内土柱模拟的方法,研究河北省太行山片麻岩新成土中不同肥料、不同施氮量对硝态氮垂直运移的影响。结果表明,尿素、有机无机混合肥、氮磷复合肥中硝态氮淋失总量比值为1∶0.87∶0.94。中等施氮量下,有机无机复混肥可以降低氮素淋失。尿素硝态氮淋失率平均为29%,氮磷复合肥平均为27.8%,有机无机混合肥平均为23.7%。60 cm和90 cm处硝态氮淋失量比值为1∶1.03,差异不显著。淋溶结束后,有机无机混合肥在不同土层各处理中硝态氮含量最高,尿素硝态氮含量最低。     

Fate of 15N-Labeled Potassium Nitrate in Different Citrus-Cultivated Soils: Influence of Spring and Summer Application

The fate of ¹⁵N-labeled potassium nitrate (8.5% ¹⁵N excess) was determined in 3-year-old Valencia orange trees grown in 1-m³ containers filled with different textured soils (sandy and loamy). The trees were fertilized either in spring (24 March) or summer (24 July). Spring fertilized trees gave higher fruit yields in sandy than in loamy soils, which exceeded summer fertilized trees in both cases. Summer fertilized trees had greater leaf biomass than spring fertilized trees. Fibrous root weight was 1.9-fold higher in sandy than in loamy soil. At the end of the cycle, tree N recovery from spring application was 45.7% for sandy and 37.7% for loamy soil; from summer fertilization, N recovery was 58.9% and 51.5% for sandy and loamy soils, respectively. The ¹⁵N recovered in the inorganic soil fraction (0?C90?cm) was higher for loamy (1.3%) than for sandy soil (0.4%). Fertilizer N immobilized in the organic matter was lower in sandy (2.5%) than in loamy soil (6.0%). Potential nitrate leaching from fertilizer (¹⁵NO ₃ ^? ?CN in the 90?C110-cm soil layer plus ¹⁵NO ₃ ^? ?CN in drainage water) was 34.8% higher in sandy than in loamy soil. The low N levels in sandy soil resulted from both higher NO ₃ ^? ?CN leaching losses and higher N uptake of plants grown in the former. The great root mass and higher soil temperatures could account for raised plant N uptake in sandy soil and in summer, respectively.     

Recovery of 15N‐Labeled Nitrate Injected into Deep Subsoil by Maize in a Calcareous Alluvial Soil on the North China Plain

Abstract

Recovery of residual nitrogen (N) from the subsoil by maize (Zea mays L.) was studied by injecting ¹⁵N‐labeled nitrate at 110 cm for treatments with and without N fertilizer in a calcareous soil on the North China Plain. The results show that the recovery of ¹⁵N‐labeled nitrate diffusing in the 90‐ to 130‐cm soil horizon was 11.9% with N fertilizer application and 6.7% without N application in maize. Nitrogen fertilizer applied to topsoil stimulated growth of maize roots in the subsoil, thus increasing the recovery of ¹⁵N‐labeled nitrate. In the relatively dry growing season in this experiment, the ¹⁵N‐labeled nitrate did not move downward because there was no downward water flow at 110 cm. Hence, under dry weather conditions, the maize crop can re‐utilize a small part of the residual soil nitrate in deep soil layers. Most of the nitrogen uptake was in the 0‐ to 80‐cm layer during the experiment.     

Nutrient distribution in a Norway spruce stand after long-term application of ammonium nitrate and superphosphate

The distribution of nutrients between soil layers and above-ground tree components was examined in a Norway spruce stand that had received ammonium nitrate (annually) and superphosphate (about every third year) for 22 years. Four treatments were included in the study; control (n = 4), N1P1, N2P2 and N3P2 (n = 2), which had received a total of 0, 730, 1700 and 2550 kg nitrogen (N) ha^-1, 0, 130, 300 and 300 kg phosphorus (P) ha^-1 and 0, 340, 784 and 784 kg calcium (Ca) ha^-1, respectively. Compared with the control, stem-wood growth had been three times higher in N1P1 and three and a half times higher in N2P2 and N3P2. Amounts of N, P, Ca, potassium (K) and magnesium (Mg) in the above-ground tree biomass increased (p<0.05) with the fertilizer dose, whereas manganese (Mn) did not. The recovery of fertilizer N and Ca in soil and above-ground tree biomass was negatively related to the fertilizer dose, although there had been a buildup of the N and Ca pools in the mor layer. This strongly indicates that at least the higher doses of N addition caused substantial nitrate leaching. Soil pools of K, Mg and Mn decreased as the fertilizer dose increased. However, the system total amounts (above-ground tree biomass plus soil) of K and Mg did not differ between treatments suggesting that no extra losses of these ions induced by nitrate leaching have occurred. Thus, in an aggrading forest ecosystem, N additions are likely to be followed by increased uptake of K, Mg and Ca. This may to some extent prevent extra leaching of these ions, which otherwise would be expected when there is an increase in nitrate leaching.     

模拟降雨条件下成垄压实对硝态氮迁移的影响

利用人工模拟降雨研究了成垄压实施肥条件下不同的垄坡度及不同压实的障碍层对硝态氮迁移的影响。结果表明,对一次60mm的降雨,无障碍层存在时,平地施肥条件下NO3--N淋溶剧烈,土壤表层施肥部位的NO3--N仅余总施入量的0.1%左右。垄沟施肥因其将入渗水分与施肥区分开,从而可以降低NO3--N的淋溶。不同的垄坡度对NO3--N的淋溶略有影响,30垄坡条件下上层土壤NO-残留量略大于20、40。相对于不同坡度垄沟,在施肥带部位通过压实形成水分运动的障碍层对防止NO3--N淋溶的效果较为显著,当压实层的土壤容重为1.36g/cm3时,施肥部位残余NO3--N就可达727.40mg,占原施入量的17.2%;对容重1.42g/cm3的压实层,其施肥部位残余NO3--N已占到原施入量的23.6%。以上结果表明通过压实在施肥部位形成障碍层的成垄压实施肥法,减小通过施肥区的入渗水量,从而可减少施肥部位的NO3--N随入渗水分向深层土壤的迁移和累积,这对提高氮肥利用率,保护地下水资源具有重要意义。     

Nutrient accumulation and nitrate leaching under broiler litter amended corn fields

Abstract

Alabama's broiler chicken (Gallus gallus) industry produces large amounts of waste, which are disposed of by application to crop and pasture land. Land application of litter (manure and bedding) from broiler production can lead to contamination from losses of nutrients accumulated in soil. A study was conducted on 2 and 4% slopes from 1991 to 1993 at Belle Mina, Alabama, to determine the effects of broiler litter (BL) on soil elemental concentrations and nitrate leaching under a corn (Zea mays L.) ‐ winter rye (Secale cereale L.) cropping system amended with either: l) 9 mg#lbha^‐1 of BL, 2) 18 mg#lbha^‐1 of BL, or 3) commercial fertilizer (F) at a recommended rate. Soil was sampled to 100 cm prior to corn planting and subsequent to com harvest. Soil leachate samples were collected biweekly with wick lysimeters installed at a depth of 100 cm. Litter applications increased concentrations of soil organic carbon (C), extractable phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn). Post harvest soil sampling indicated leaching of soil nitrate that was generally highest under BL18. Soil electrical conductivity measurements were highest under BL18, but values were not in the range considered detrimental to crops. Nitrate‐N (NO₃‐N) concentrations measured in soil percolate at 1‐m depth on the 2% slope were higher under F than litter treatments. Both the F and BL18 treatments produced some NO₃‐N concentrations above the primary drinking water standard, but averaged only 8.3 and 4.8 mg#lbL^‐1, respectively. The BL9 treatment consistently remained under 10 mg NO₃‐N#lbL^‐1 with a mean concentration of 1.3 mg#lbL^‐1. Overall, litter applied a 9 mg#lbha^‐1 produced agronomic results comparable to F and appeared to be the optimal rate of application under the conditions of this study.     

施氮量对潮土区冬小麦-夏玉米轮作农田氮磷淋溶的影响

潮土是我国华北地区主要土壤类型之一,潮土区是我国冬小麦-夏玉米作物的主要产区,研究不同施氮量潮土氮磷淋溶特征对于指导区域农田面源污染防控具有重要意义。本研究设置3个施肥处理,即传统施氮(CON)、优化施氮(OPT)和优化再减氮(OPTJ),利用田间渗漏池法,研究潮土冬小麦-夏玉米轮作农田硝态氮及总磷淋溶特征。结果表明:2016—2018年,冬小麦-夏玉米轮作周年不同施肥处理90cm土层年淋溶水量79.0～102.5 mm,不同淋溶事件间土壤淋溶液硝态氮浓度波动较大, CON、OPT和OPTJ处理单次淋溶事件硝态氮浓度分别为18.9～208.7(平均为72.7) mg·L~(-1)、9.0～99.2 (平均为33.8) mg·L~(-1)、4.7～55.5 (平均为15.4) mg·L~(-1)。本研究区域冬小麦-夏玉米轮作模式的氮素淋溶风险较高,磷素淋溶风险较低。传统施氮处理(CON)下农田硝态氮的平均淋溶量和表观淋失系数分别为66.4 kg·hm~(-2)和10.3%,而总磷(TP)为0.06 kg·hm~(-2)和0.04%。氮肥减施会显著降低氮素淋失,OPT和OPTJ处理的氮素淋溶减排率可达56.3%和78.9%。两个年度CON、OPT和OPTJ处理硝态氮平均表观淋失系数分别为10.3%、6.2%和4.9%,随着施氮量的增加,硝态氮淋失系数动态增加。氮淋溶具有较大的年际变化,降雨量高的2018年比降雨少的2017年硝态氮淋溶量多57.0%。两个年度CON、OPT和OPTJ处理总磷平均淋溶量分别为0.06 kg·hm~(-2)、0.06 kg·hm~(-2)和0.08 kg·hm~(-2)。适量减施氮肥会增加作物产量, OPT处理的作物产量是CON处理的1.08倍。然而,过量减施则会带来减产风险, OPTJ处理氮肥减施56%,作物产量比CON处理降低2.0%～8.1%。总之,潮土区农田硝态氮淋溶风险较大,适量减施氮肥能够在保证作物产量的基础上显著降低氮素淋失损失。     

马铃薯淀粉渣对土壤保肥特性及玉米幼苗生长的影响

[目的]探究马铃薯淀粉渣对土壤保肥特性及玉米幼苗生长的影响,为马铃薯淀粉渣的利用提供依据。[方法]采用室内人工气候箱模拟自然环境和用淋洗管模拟田间淋洗的方法,测定沙壤土中施入0,1.00,5.00,10.00,20.00,30.00g/kg的马铃薯淀粉渣对土壤容重、土壤总孔隙度、土壤含水量;土壤淋洗出的硝态氮、铵态氮、速效磷和速效钾含量及玉米幼苗株高、茎粗和干鲜重等指标。[结果]马铃薯淀粉渣施用量为30g/kg时,土壤容重降幅达7.24%,土壤总孔隙度、土壤含水量升幅分别为10.15%,21.25%;土壤淋洗出的硝态氮、铵态氮、速效磷和速效钾含量降幅分别为97.13%,91.03%,63.85%和66.4%;玉米幼苗株高较对照降低8.90%,茎粗较对照增加25.53%,幼苗的干、鲜重分别比对照提高13.47%,15.79%。[结论]马铃薯淀粉渣施用量为30.00g/kg时,改善了土壤理化性状,增强了保肥能力,明显促进玉米幼苗干物质的积累。     

Fate of fertilizer nitrogen applied to grassland. I. Field leaching results

Results are presented from a 3 year investigation into nitrate leaching from isolated 0.4 ha grassland plots fertilized with 250, 500 and 900 kg N ha^?1 a^?1. Cumulative nitrate leaching over the 3 years was equivalent to 1.5%, 5.4% and 16.7% of the fertilizer applied at 250, 500 and 900 kg N ha^?1 rates respectively. Over a whole drainage season, mean nitrate leachate concentrations at 250 kg N ha^?1 did not exceed 4 mgl^?1, although maximum values of 13.3 mgl^?1 were observed. In contrast, at 900 kg N ha^?1, the mean nitrate leachate concentration in two of the years exceeded 90 mgl^?1. Mineral nitrogen balances constructed for the 1979 growing season indicated that leaching at 250 kg N ha^?1 was low because net mineralization of soil organic nitrogen was small, and crop nitrogen uptake almost balanced fertilizer application. Although the pattern of nitrate leaching suggested that by-passing occurred in the movement of water down the soil profile, it was not possible to confirm this using simulation models of leaching. Possible reasons for this, including the occurrence of rapid water flow down gravitationally drained macropores, are discussed.     

RZWQM模拟小麦 玉米轮作系统氮素运移及损失特征

本文以位于华北平原的河北省农林科学院大河试验站冬小麦-夏玉米轮作系统为研究对象,应用RZWQM(Root Zone Water Quality Model)模型对华北地区2010年冬小麦-夏玉米的1个轮作周期内土壤剖面水分和剖面硝态氮累积、作物产量、硝态氮淋失以及氨挥发进行模型模拟。本文利用并通过RZWQM模型在不同梯度施肥情况下讨论了施肥量对小麦-玉米轮作体系中硝态氮淋溶和氨挥发特性,并尝试通过拟合出的回归曲线来确定施氮量和硝态氮淋失和氨挥发之间的关系。设置冬小麦-夏玉米轮作周期施纯氮量分别为575 kg-hm-2(N3)、400 kg-hm-2(N2)、215 kg-hm-2(N1)和0 kg-hm-2(N0)4个处理,应用轮作周期中玉米数据进行模型参数率定,应用小麦进行模型参数的验证。结果表明:模型的玉米率定以及小麦验证的过程中结果偏差均在可接受范围内,剖面水分率定均方误差(RMSE)最高为0.019 cm3-cm-3,平均相对误差(MRE)最高为15.98%;剖面硝态氮累积验证结果 RMSE平均值为4.580 mg-kg-1,MRE平均值为52.63%。在模型验证的小麦-玉米季土壤基础上,硝态氮淋溶和氮挥发都与施氮量呈一定线性相关关系。综上结论,本试验结果能较好地模拟华北地区土壤剖面水分、硝态氮积累,以及施氮量对土壤硝态氮淋失和氨挥发的影响,为预测和估算土壤适宜施氮量提供了便捷可靠的方法。但RZWQM模型验证参数过程还需要进一步的校正与完善。