The effects of applied crop residues on losses of Fe, Mn, Cu and Zn in run-off from a soil prone to crusting

Tillage practices may reduce the organic matter content in near-surface soil horizons causing crust formation. Surface conditions may cause an increase in surface run-off, thus enhancing contaminant transfer of heavy metals or an acceleration in nutrient loss. This study examines the effect of applying crop residues to the surface of tilled soils on heavy metal losses by run-off. Losses in iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) were analysed. Run-off and sediment yield were measured on 1 m² plots using a rainfall simulator with a constant 65 mm/h intensity. Four successive rainfall applications were performed, the first three at 25 mm each and the last at 65 mm. Added corn straw varied between 0 and 4 t/ha in the five studied treatments. After 140 mm cumulative rainfall, total heavy metal losses were as follows: Fe from 137 to 950 mg/L, Mn from 2.3 to 12.83 mg/L, Cu from 0.09 to 0.72 mg/L and Zn from 0.31 to 2.46 mg/L. Dissolved fractions were as follows: Fe from 0.014 to 0.229 mg/L, Mn from 0.034 to 1.45 mg/L, Cu from 0.002 to 0.013 mg/L and Zn from 0.02 to 0.12 mg/L. Total concentrations of the studied elements decreased exponentially due to the effect of corn straw on soil loss. However, dissolved contents of Fe and Cu scarcely varied. Significant positive linear correlations were observed between total heavy metal content and soil and sediment loss by run-off. It is concluded that the addition of straw to a soil of low fertility prevents heavy metal loss.     

竹林养分循环规律研究：Ⅲ.毛竹纯林竹秆流及其养分输入

在我国毛竹主要产区浙江省安吉县灵峰寺林场试验林的三个区组中，根据立竹直径分布规律确定样竹处理数后，随机布置总共30套秆流收集装置，持续观察21个月，共获91次秆流水。测定每次秆流水量并分析其N、P、K、Ca、Mg含量以研究毛竹林内秆流的变化动态及其养分输入。结果表明：秆流水中不含Ca，其它四元素的年输入量分别为N-1．8557，P-0．0072，K-0.7849，Mg-0.1569，Kg.ha－1；年秆流量为年降水量的12．5％，无论次、月秆流量与相应降水量均为紧密线性相关，但与立竹粗度为显著非线性相关；其它因子，如：立竹所处的坡位、坡向，竹林密度，钩梢强度，立竹分布状况，植株个体表面结构特征等，亦直接或间接地影响着竹秆流的产生和大小。     

Phosphorus losses in surface run-off from grazed permanent pastures on a volcanic soil from Chile

Reactive (RP) and organic phosphorus (OP) losses from grazed paddocks were determined on a volcanic soil during 2004 and 2005. Paddocks were grazed by Holstein Friesian steers (3.5 steers ha^?1) and received N (67.5 kg ha^?1) and P fertilizer (30 kg P ha^?1). Total losses ranged between 4 and 15 g P ha^?1 year^?1 and were greatly affected by incidental P losses associated with spring P fertilizer application. Reactive P constituted 90% of the total losses on average. Due to the high water infiltration capacity of the soil, run‐off was <1% of total drainage, therefore, phosphorus losses in run‐off were small.     

浙西生态保护区森林对径流量影响

通过对浙西生态保护区昌化溪流域长年降雨量、径流量、森林覆盖率和气温数据分析，评价该流域不同季节森林对河川径流量的影响，认为昌化溪流域森林对径流量的正效应，主要是由夏季森林反射太阳辅射引起的，决定径流量增减的主要因素是降雨量和气温。     

An evaluation of furrows for managing soil and water loss from a shallow Alfisol under simulated rainfall

Furrows are widely used in rainfed areas of semi-arid India for soil and water conservation. The orientation of furrows, either down or across slope, and their spacing influence the effectiveness of furrows as soil and water conservation measures. We evaluated treatments with furrows aligned down and across 3% sloping land at spacings of 90, 60 and 30 cm under simulated rainfall intensities of 80 and 100 mm/h on a shallow Alfisol. A bare plot without any furrows was considered as a control. A large (24 m × 3 m) rainfall simulator developed at the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad, was used for this controlled study. Run-off was measured by a calibrated tipping bucket run-off recorder. The effects of the treatments on peak flow rate (L/s), sediment loss with run-off water (kg/ha/mm), peak sediment concentration (g/L), run-off (per cent rainfall) and time to peak (min) were investigated. When compared with the control (no furrows), across slope furrowing with 60- and 30-cm spacing reduced sediment yields by 19.9 and 21.3 kg/ha/mm of run-off, respectively, under a rainfall intensity of 80 mm/h and 24 and 25.3 kg/ha/mm of run-off, respectively, under a rainfall intensity of 100 mm/h. For the control, sediment loss was 50.72 kg/ha/mm run-off and 56.68 kg/ha/mm run-off for rainfall intensities of 80 and 100 mm/h, respectively. Similar trends were recorded from observations of peak flow, time to peak and peak sediment concentration. Run-off hydrographs demonstrated the conservation value of across slope furrowing by delaying run-off initiation, reducing run-off and slowly releasing the run-off after the cessation of rainfall. The results show that furrow orientation has major effects on reducing run-off, whereas furrow spacing has insignificant effects.     

Influence of adsorption–desorption phenomena on pesticide run-off from soil using simulated rainfall

The surface run-off of a number of pesticides (diuron, isoproturon, atrazine, alachlor, aclonifen, trifluralin, lindane and simazine), chosen for their range of adsorption behaviours, was studied using simulated rainfall applied to small plots over a short time (one hour). Pesticides were applied together onto bare soil using two different sandy loam soils from Jaillière and Coet Dan sites. The surface run-off samples were collected throughout the running of the event and concentrations of pesticides were measured in both liquid and solid phases. Sorption isotherms for isoproturon and diuron on Jaillière soil as well as eroded particles were measured under equilibrium conditions and compared to their partitioning during surface run-off. At the rainfall intensity used, both soils generated a large load of eroded particles. The average run-off flow rate increased with time for the Jalliére soil, while it remained relatively constant at a higher level for the Coet Dan soil. The concentrations of each pesticide in the run-off samples decreased as the experiments proceeded. The pesticides were classified into two types by their partitioning between the solid and liquid phases. Atrazine, simazine, diuron, isoproturon and alachlor were mainly transported in surface run-off water. By contrast, 90% of trifluralin and aclonifen was adsorbed onto eroded particles. Lindane was intermediate, with a 37% adsorption level. When the contribution of eroded particles was minor, the agrochemical concentrations were inversely proportional to the water flow rate. We have proposed a model that describes the mass of chemicals extracted from soil into surface water during a surface run-off event of a given average duration and flow rate. This model takes into account the dilution of the soil solution and the desorption of chemicals through two parameters called, respectively, the dilution factor and the extraction retardation factor. The desorption kinetic was the limiting step in the surface run-off of weakly sorbed chemicals, such as isoproturon. © 1999 Society of Chemical Industry     

Tillage, mineralization and leaching: phosphate

Phosphate is usually the limiting nutrient for the formation of algal blooms in freshwater bodies, so tillage practices must minimize phosphate losses by leaching and surface run-off from cultivated land. Mineral soils usually contain 30–70% of their phosphate in organic forms, and both organic and inorganic phosphate are found in the soil solution. Some organic phosphates, notably the inositol phosphates, are as strongly sorbed by soil as inorganic phosphates, and this decreases their susceptibility to mineralization. The strength with which both categories are sorbed lessens the risk of their being leached as solutes but makes it more likely that they will be carried from the soil on colloidal or particulate matter, and the greatest losses of phosphate from the soil usually occur by surface run-off and erosion. Recent studies at Rothamsted have, however, shown substantial concentrations of phosphate in drainage from plots that have long received more phosphate as fertilizer than is removed in crops. These losses probably occurred because preferential water flow carried the phosphate rapidly from the surface soil to the field drains. For lessening losses of phosphate by leaching and run-off, the prime requirement of tillage is that it should encourage flows of water through the soil that help it to retain phosphate. Primary and secondary tillage should ensure that the surface roughness and porosity of the top-soil encourage the flow of water into the soil matrix where it will move relatively slowly and allow phosphate to be sorbed, thereby avoiding problems from run-off and preferential flow. Inversion tillage can be useful for lessening the loss of phosphate by run-off and erosion. Secondary tillage could be used to decrease the size of the aggregates and increase the surface area for sorption. Although tillage will increase the mineralization of organic phosphate, pulses of mineralization are unlikely to be so rapid or to lead to such large losses as with nitrate. The strength with which phosphate is sorbed also lessens the problem. As with nitrate, the key to managing phosphate is basically good husbandry.     

竹林养分循环 Ⅱ.毛竹林内降水的养分输入及其林地迳流的养分输出

在我国亚热带毛竹(Phyllostachys pubescens Mazel ex H.de Lehaie)主要产区浙、赣两省的三块试验林中对毛竹林内降水的养分输入及其小流域迳流的养分输出进行了连续四年的观察研究。结果表明,林内降水中的养分物质浓度及其输入量的季节变化明显,且与林内降水量的季节变化密切相关。林内降水中各养分物质的浓度及输入量依大小顺序列为K~+>Ca~(2+)>Mg~(2+)>NH_4~+-N>NO_3~--N>PO_4~(3-)。迳流水养分输出量的季节变化动态与迳流水量的季节增减趋势相一致,其养分物质浓度及输出量高低顺序为K~+>Mg~(2+)>速效N>PO_4~(3-)。除作为养分移动载体的林内降水及迳流水外,毛竹生长发育特性、土壤生物活动及施肥、抚育等人力措施亦对毛竹林生态系统的养分输入与输出产生影响。文中建立了浙江省庙山坞试验林林内降水中养分元素钾的年输入量GM(1,1)预测模型。     

水土保持措施对秃尾河径流的影响

在黄土高原地区,水土保持措施是影响流域产汇流的重要因素之一。本文采用双累积曲线、时间序列分析等方法,分析秃尾河流域降水及河川径流、暴雨洪水特征变化及其对流域水土流失治理的响应。结果表明:流域多年平均降水量406.4mm,河道多年平均径流量3.4亿m3,1977年后年径流量呈显著性减小趋势。与1977年之前相比,在水土保持措施影响下,汛期径流量占年径流量比例下降,枯水期径流量比例上升,季节分配趋于均匀。相似降水条件下,场次洪水总量、洪峰流量减少,洪水过程均化。     

Surface transport of 2,4-D from small turf plots: observations compared with GLEAMS and PRZM-2 model simulations

A three-year field study was conducted using twelve 7.4×3.7 m plots and simulated rainfall to investigate pesticide run-off following application to a golf course fairway. The plots were sprigged with ‘Tifway 419’ bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon×C transvaalensis). The dimethylamine salt of 2,4-D [(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid] was applied as foliar sprays at a rate of 2.24 kg AI ha⁻¹. Simulated rainfall was applied at an intensity of 29 mm h⁻¹ one day before and 1, 2, 4, and 8 days after the pesticide applications for 0.92, 1.75. 1.75, 0.92, and 0.92 h, respectively. Water run-off was measured using a tipping-bucket apparatus and sub-samples were analyzed for pesticide residues. Data collected from the study were also compared with the GLEAMS and PRZM-2 model simulations for surface water and 2,4-D run-off. Mass and concentration of 2,4-D in run-off decreased rapidly, with 74.5% of the total run-off of 2,4-D occurring in the first run-off event after treatment. When calibrated to the site-specific characteristics, the GLEAMS and the PRZM-2 models adequately simulated the average of surface water run-off over all plots, with normalized root mean square error (NRMSE) and coefficient of determination for linear regression (R²) being 22.8% and 0.917 for GLEAMS, and 23.7% and 0.879 for PRZM-2, respectively. However, both GLEAMS (NRMSE=82.1%, R²=0.776) and PRZM-2 (NRMSE=125.8%, R²=0.513) less accurately simulated 2,4-D concentrations in run-off. © 1999 Society of Chemical Industry