Nitrate removal, denitrification and nitrous oxide production in the riparian zone of an ephemeral stream

Riparian zones are important features of the landscape that can buffer waterways from non-point sources of nitrogen pollution. Studies of perennial streams have identified denitrification as one of the dominant mechanisms by which this can occur. This study aimed to assess nitrate removal within the riparian zone of an ephemeral stream and characterise the processes responsible, particularly denitrification, using both in-situ and laboratory techniques. To quantify rates of groundwater nitrate removal and denitrification in-situ, nitrate was added to two separate injection-capture well networks in a perched riparian aquifer of a low order ephemeral stream in South East Queensland, Australia. Both networks also received bromide as a conservative tracer and one received acetylene to inhibit the last step of denitrification. An average of 77 ± 2% and 98 ± 1% of the added nitrate was removed within a distance of 40 cm from the injection wells (networks with acetylene and without, respectively). Based on rates of N₂O production in the network with added acetylene, denitrification was not a major mechanism of nitrate loss, accounting for only 3% of removal. Reduction of nitrate to ammonium was also not a major pathway in either network, contributing <4%. Relatively high concentrations of oxygen in the aquifer following recent filling by stream water may have reduced the importance of these two anaerobic pathways. Alternatively, denitrification may have been underestimated using the in-situ acetylene block technique. In the laboratory, soils taken from two depths at each well network were incubated with four nitrate-N treatments (ranging from ambient concentration to an addition of 15 mg N l⁻¹), with and without added acetylene. Potential rates of denitrification, N₂O production and N₂O:N₂ ratios increased with nitrate additions, particularly in shallow soils. Potential rates of denitrification observed in the laboratory were equivalent in magnitude to nitrate removal measured in the field (mean 0.26 ± 0.12 mg N kg of dry soil⁻¹ d⁻¹), but were two orders of magnitude greater than denitrification measured in the field with added acetylene. The relative importance of assimilatory vs. dissimilatory processes of nitrate removal depends on environmental conditions in the aquifer, particularly hydrology and its effects on dissolved oxygen concentrations. Depending on seasonal conditions, aquifers of ephemeral streams like the study site are likely to fluctuate between oxic and anoxic conditions; nevertheless they may still function as effective buffers. While denitrification to N₂ is a desirable outcome from a management perspective, assimilation into biomass can provide a rapid sink for nitrate, thus helping to reduce short-term delivery of nitrate downstream. Longer-term studies are needed to determine the overall effectiveness of riparian buffers associated with ephemeral streams in mitigating nitrate loads reaching downstream ecosystems.     

Growth and nutrient influx patterns during early pumpkin development

Pumpkin specie Cucurbita moschata cv ‘Libby‐Select’ was grown in nutrient solution in the greenhouse to characterize growth and ion uptake for the period up to 56 days. Pumpkin relative growth rate was highest between 26 and 32 days, just after vines began to run. Dry matter accumulation was highest between 38 and 50 days. Root growth in terms of dry weight and total length generally kept pace with shoot growth up until 26 days. Thereafter, root growth increased linearly but at a slower rate than shoot growth. Significant differences in influx (uptake rate per length of root) of P, K, Ca, and Mg occurred during the growth period. Influx rates were generally highest between 26 and 32 days. For each nutrient, the relative absorption rate exceeded plant growth rate. Ion influx parameters (I_max, K_m, C_O) were determined at 18, 28, 40, and 48 days from depletion measurements. For each nutrient, I_max and max C_O tended to decrease as plant age increased. K values were generally variable.     

玫瑰花的微波真空干燥试验研究

通过实验性微波真空干燥设备对玫瑰花进行干燥,比较了不同真空度和微波功率对玫瑰干花品质的影响。研究结果表明,真空度越高,物料体内水分蒸腾而干燥的速度越快,物料温升越低。随着微波功率增加,干燥时间大大缩短。综合考虑玫瑰干花形态变化,颜色和干燥时间和温度等指标,并与热风干燥相比,选择真空度0.1MPa,微波功率200W,干燥时间80min的微波真空干燥工艺为最适宜的干燥条件,研究结果将为玫瑰花的干燥和工业化生产提供一定的理论依据。     

玫瑰花的微波真空干燥试验

为了提高玫瑰干花品质,减少干燥时间。该研究通过试验性微波真空干燥设备对玫瑰花进行干燥,比较了不同真空度和微波功率对玫瑰干花品质的影响。研究结果表明,真空度越高,物料内水分蒸腾而干燥的速度越快,物料温升越低。随着微波功率增加,干燥时间大大缩短。综合考虑玫瑰干花干燥时间、温度、形态变化和颜色等指标,并与热风干燥相比,选择真空度0.10 MPa,微波功率200 W,干燥时间80 min的微波真空干燥工艺为较适宜的干燥条件,研究结果为玫瑰花的干燥和工业化生产提供一定的理论依据。     

密云水库流域地下水硝态氮的分布及其影响因素

2008年11月至12月,采集了密云水库流域305个井的地下水样品,分析了其硝态氮含量。结果表明,密云水库流域地下水的硝态氮含量的平均值、超标率(10 mg L-1≤NO3--N<20 mg L-1)和严重超标率(NO3--N≥20 mg L-1)分别为6.81 mg L-1、13.77%和2.30%。其中村庄和菜地的地下水硝酸盐污染最为严重,35个村庄井和13个菜地井的地下水硝态氮含量的平均值分别为9.52 mg L-1和9.55 mg L-1,已接近WHO饮用水硝态氮含量10 mg L-1的限定标准,超标率分别为20%和15.38%,严重超标率分别为8.57%和7.69%。219个粮田井水的硝态氮水平位居中间,其硝态氮含量的平均值、超标率和严重超标率分别为6.59mg L-1、14.61%和1.37%。10个林地井的地下水硝态氮含量是最低的,其平均值为2.66 mg L-1,无超标现象。潮河流域农田地下水的硝酸盐污染比白河流域严重。潮河流域农田(124个井)的地下水硝态氮含量的平均值、超标率和严重超标率分别为8.42 mg L-1、21.77%和3.23%,而白河流域(122个井)则分别为5.03mg L-1、6.56%和0,即无严重超标现象。密云水库流域农田地下水的硝态氮含量呈现出上游低而下游高的趋势。玉米田地下水硝态氮含量在接近河道的地方有所降低,与地下水水位呈负相关,与化肥氮的施用量呈正相关,当地下水位小于7m时或当一年的化肥氮的施用量超过200 kg hm-2,存在地下水硝态氮含量超标的潜在危险。     

Influence of photosynthetic irradiance on nitrate reductase activity,nutrient uptake and partitioning in tomato plants

The objective of the present work was to study the nutritional behavior of tomato plants (Lvcopersicon esculentum Mill.) subjected to high pressure sodium (HPS) supplementary lighting in relation to nitrate reductase activity (NRA). Tomato plants were grown with or without HPS supplementary lighting at 2 different root‐zone temperatures (RZT). Supplementary lighting combined with low RZT promoted NRA and cation uptake. Magnesium uptake appeared particularly related to the NRA daily pattern. Effects of photosynthetic irradiance (PI) at two growth stages on partitioning of 45Ca and 86Rb were also investigated. Low light level stimulated 45Ca uptake in fruiting plants but depressed 86Rb uptake. A hypothetical mechanism involving the influence of NRA and K cycling on HCO₃‐ excretion by root is proposed to explain the effects of treatments on mineral uptake.     

旱地土壤硝态氮残留淋溶及影响因素研究

在我国北方旱地,施入土壤而未被作物吸收利用的肥料N,主要以NO3--N的形式残留于土壤中。残留的NO3--N如不及时被作物吸收利用,在降水或灌水的作用下,会淋入土壤深层,或随径流进入地表水体,或经反硝化形成N2O进入大气,对土壤、水体和大气环境构成严重威胁。本文分析了旱地农田生态系统中,NO3--N在土壤剖面的残留淋溶与施肥、灌溉/降水、耕作、土壤、植物等因素的关系。提出在今后的研究工作中应特别注意的问题:①建立长期定位试验,确定NO3--N淋溶阈值,评价和预测NO3--N残留和淋失的趋势;②优化作物栽培和养分资源管理措施,提高作物利用土壤NO3--N的能力;③改进N肥施用技术,加强N素管理,防止NO3--N在土壤中大量累积。     

施肥对蔬菜累积硝酸盐影响的研究进展

施肥是提高蔬菜产量的重要措施,然而不合理施肥会引起蔬菜硝酸盐的积累。本文主要对近年来国内外有关氮、磷、钾和有机肥料等的施用对蔬菜硝酸盐积累的影响进行了讨论并对今后的研究提出了一些建议。     

Nitrate leaching from a small catchment in central England

Abstract. Flow and nitrate concentrations were measured weekly for four years at twelve stream-water monitoring sites in a catchment in the English Midlands designated as a Nitrate Advisory Area. Farm surveys and satellite images have provided soil and land use information. Measurements show the nitrate load to be dominated by discharge, with large variability due to differing weather conditions from year to year. Within-year variability in nitrate concentrations is also related to weather conditions, with high concentrations when field capacity is reached if this occurs late in the year. There is also clear evidence of dilution of nitrate during intense storms. The effect of changing weather conditions makes it impossible to identify catchment-scale changes in leaching due to changes in agricultural practice over a period as short as four years. Measurements from a major spring in the catchment show an increasing trend in nitrate concentrations through the period. There is some evidence that the greatest N leaching to streams in the catchment is associated with intensive grassland on soils which are naturally poorly drained.     

施肥对小麦/玉米带田养分吸收及土壤硝态氮累积的影响

小麦与玉米间作是西北干旱灌区常见的高产栽培模式,为了给小麦/玉米带田高效施肥提供科学依据,通过在干旱灌区进行的小麦/玉米带田田间试验,研究了不同施肥模式对小麦/玉米带田产量、养分吸收及土壤硝态氮累积的影响。结果表明,以有机肥与化肥配施、养分均衡供给与合理运筹为核心的优化施肥模式(施有机肥22.5 t/hm2、N 300 kg/hm2、P2O5 120 kg/hm2、K2O 120 kg/hm2,有机肥、全部磷钾肥及20%的氮肥做底肥,80%的氮肥在小麦三叶期追施10%、小麦挑旗期追施20%、玉米喇叭口期追施30%、玉米灌浆中期追施20%)促进了间作体系作物植株对氮、磷、钾等养分的吸收,相对于增量施肥模式,优化施肥模式的氮肥偏生产力和氮肥农学效率分别提高了38.8%和36.9%,氮肥利用效率增加了14百分点,0～120 cm土层土壤硝态氮累积量减少43.9%～58.0%,小麦产量达5 358 kg/hm2,玉米产量达12 453 kg/hm2。     

抑制小白菜、菜心硝酸盐积累的栽培技术研究

在深圳市郊某蔬菜基地进行了小白菜、菜心的硝酸盐积累试验,采用统计分析类数据挖掘技术对田间栽培、光照、施肥技术、采收时期等因素进行了研究分析,在16种处理方案中,筛选出4种适宜无公害蔬菜的栽培模式,研究发现对蔬菜硝酸盐积累影响显著的因子依次为日照、采收时期、追肥次数和基肥比例,研究结果对抑制蔬菜中的硝酸盐积累提供了依据。     

植物液泡硝态氮累积的营养和生理学意义

液泡是一个多功能而又复杂的细胞器。成熟植物茎叶的液泡占细胞体积的90%左右。细胞中的NO3--N有58%~99%存在于液泡中。因此,液泡被称为NO3--N的贮存库。研究植物细胞液泡的NO3--N累积引起了人们的重视,但是由于液泡中NO3--N测定技术的困难,这方面的研究目前并不很多。本文结合国内外相关研究结果,从以下几方面分析了NO3--N在液泡的累积:①植物液泡中NO3--N的累积数量;②NO3--N在细胞质与液泡间的转运;③液泡累积NO3--N的营养学意义;④液泡NO3--N累积的生理作用;⑤有关液泡中NO3--N累积研究的展望。     

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.     

Anionic relationships in leaf petiole sap of tomato and capsicum plants growing in a glasshouse

The nitrate, chloride and sulphate content and their interaction effects in capsicum and tomato plants growing in glasshouse under fertigation systems was studied. Using leaf petiolesap concentrations as an index of the uptake rhythm, it was found that nitrate‐chloride and nitrate‐chloride plus sulphate relationships are regulated by potential or logarithmical laws. Nitrate‐sulphate interactions only appear clear in capsicum plants, but not for tomato.

The utilization of these interaction curves may permit the use of waters with a relatively high saline level for the irrigation of the both capsicum and tomato plants, by suitable planning of the nitrate supply in the fertigation program.     

蔬菜中硝酸盐的积累机制及其调控措施

综述了蔬菜中硝酸盐的累积机制,食用卫生标准,不同蔬菜种类、品种及器官中的硝酸盐含量的差异,施用氮肥对蔬菜中硝酸盐含量的影响,以及硝化抑制剂在减少蔬菜硝酸盐累积中的作用。     

Measurement of Nitrate Efflux from Roots and Its Relation to Nitrate Accumulation in Two Oilseed Rape Cultivars

Studies have reported significant differences in nitrate accumulation among genotypes within a crop species, but the reason for these differences is not clear. This study investigated nitrate (NO₃) efflux from roots of two oilseed rape cultivars (Brassica napus L. cvs. ZY821 and D89) and the relationship between nitrate efflux and plant nitrate accumulation. Nitrate efflux was estimated by measuring nitrate released from roots into nitrate-free nutrient solutions 58 days after sowing. The solutions were buffered with either 2.0 mM (n-morpholino) ethanesulfonic acid (MES) or 0.05 mM phosphate. Whole-plant and petiole nitrate accumulations were significantly greater for ZY821 compared to D89. Nitrate efflux varied diurnally, and the difference between cultivars was greater in the morning than in the afternoon. Data suggested that the relatively high pH of the phosphate-buffered solutions increased nitrate efflux rates from oilseed rape plants; therefore phosphate buffer should not be used when making direct determinations of nitrate efflux. Maximum cumulative nitrate efflux was 0.97 μmol g^?1 fresh-weight (FW) root for ZY821 and 1.9 μmol g^?1 FW root for D89. Maximum nitrate efflux rate was 0.084 μmol g^?1 FW min^?1 for ZY821 and 0.097 μmol g^?1 FW min^?1 for D89. These results indicated that between the two cultivars, ZY821 had the greatest petiole nitrate nitrogen concentration and the lowest total nitrate efflux. We suggest that cultivars with low nitrate efflux rates are able to translocate and store greater amounts of nitrate in aboveground plant organs, especially in petioles.     

Nitrate and human health

Abstract. Nitrate is widely and mistakenly perceived to threaten human health by causing methaemoglobinaemia in infants and stomach cancer in adults, but it does cause environmental problems. Methaemoglobinaemia is a side-effect of gastroenteritis and is not caused by nitrate but by nitric oxide, which is produced in a defensive reaction stimulated by gastroenteritis. The latter may be caused by a bacterium or a virus. The association of methaemoglobinaemia with nitrate may have arisen because early cases of the condition were often associated with wells polluted with bacteria, and the same pollution increased the nitrate concentration. Four epidemiological studies sought a link between stomach cancer and nitrate but did not find one. The incidence of this cancer has also declined during the last 30 years, while nitrate concentrations in water have increased. Nitrate preserves, rather than threatens, health. It is reduced by microbes on the tongue to nitrite, which generates nitric oxide when acidified in an antibacterial defence mechanism vital to our well-being. This mechanism acts with great effectiveness in the stomach against Salmonella , Escherichia coli and other organisms that cause gastroenteritis. It also acts in our mouths against dental caries and even on our skin against fungal pathogens such as Tinea pedis (athlete's foot). This mechanism is the basis of the centuries-old practice of adding nitrate or nitrite to stored meat to protect against botulism, caused by the most lethal toxin known to mankind.     

Nitrate nitrogen and nitrate reductase activity in Verna lemon tree leaves

The determination of the leaf nitrate concentration, as well as the nitrate reductase activity have been proposed as a parameters for the estimation of the nitrogen requirements of citrus plants. Because this, it is interesting to dispose of a well criteria for their suitable diagnosing. On nutritionally normal Verna lemon trees we study the annual evolution of the leaf nitrate levels as well as the nitrate reductase activities. At the same time, the cause of the nitrogen alterations induced by iron chlorosis are determined. The results show that is the ferredoxin the iron compound responsible of this nitrogen unbalance.     

蔬菜硝酸盐累积及其影响因素的研究

本文综述了蔬菜硝酸盐的含量其体内硝酸盐的累积情况,探讨了影响其累积的内外因素,并提出了硝酸盐累积的防治对策以及一些新的建议。     

蔬菜硝酸盐累积的生理和分子生物学机理

蔬菜是易累积硝酸盐的植物,弄清硝酸盐在蔬菜体内的累积和分布机理是降低蔬菜体内硝酸盐含量的基础。综述了蔬菜累积硝酸盐的主要影响因素、硝酸盐累积的生理和分子生物学机理,并对今后蔬菜硝酸盐的研究方向进行展望。