Impact of land use on nitrogen concentration in groundwater and river water

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of land use on nitrate nitrogen (NO₃-N) in shallow groundwater (G-N) and total nitrogen (N) in river water (R-N). The study area consisted of 26 watersheds (1342 km²) covering 72% of Kagawa Prefecture in Japan. We estimated G-N specific concentrations, which showed the magnitude of the upland fields, paddy fields, forests and urban land-use contributions to watershed-mean G-N. G-N specific concentrations were gained as partial regression coefficients using a multiple regression analysis of the watershed-mean G-N concentrations and the land-use ratios in each of the 26 watersheds. The results showed that the G-N specific concentration, which was gained as the partial regression coefficient for the multiple regression analysis, was 15.2 mg L^?1, 10.3 mg L^?1, 2.3 mg L^?1 and 2.5 mg L^?1 for the upland fields, paddy fields, forests and urban land-use types, respectively. R-N pollution load runoff to the river mouth was calculated by multiplying R-N specific concentration (previously reported) by river flow at the river mouth. Similarly, G-N pollution load arrival to groundwater was calculated by multiplying G-N specific concentration by the groundwater flow. The R-N pollution load runoff was 19.3 kg ha^?1 y^?1, 7.7 kg ha^?1 y^?1, 1.7 kg ha^?1 y^?1 and 7.6 kg ha^?1 y^?1, while the G-N pollution load arrival was 7.3 kg ha^?1 y^?1, 5.0 kg ha^?1 y^?1, 1.1 kg ha^?1 y^?1 and 1.2 kg ha^?1 y^?1, for upland fields, paddy fields, forests and urban areas, respectively. These results showed that the N in river water and groundwater was derived mainly from runoff and leaching from croplands. Therefore, the relationships between watershed-mean non-absorbed, applied nitrogen (NAA-N: nitrogen applied to cropland via fertilizer and manure without being absorbed by crops), R-N concentration and watershed-mean G-N concentration were investigated. A curvilinear correlation was observed between NAA-N and R-N concentrations (r² = 0.68) except for one small, high-density, urban watershed, and a weak linear correlation was observed between NAA-N and G-N concentrations (r² = 0.42).     

Influence of Nitrate:Ammonium Ratios on Growth and Elemental Concentration in Two Azalea Cultivars

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Rooted cuttings of Rhododendron canescens “Brook” and Rhododendron austrinum were grown in sand culture with a modified Hoagland's solution under greenhouse conditions. The effect of varying ammonium:nitrate (NO₃ ^?:NH₄ ⁺) ratios (100:0, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75, 0:100) on growth, chlorophyll content, plant quality, and elemental tissue concentration were determined. With NO₃ ^? as the nitrogen (N) form, both azalea cultivars exhibited less vegetative growth, lower overall plant quality, with leaves showing visual chlorotic symptoms in comparison to plants receiving NH₄ ⁺ as the N‐form. Leachate pH was highest with NO₃ ^? as the predominate N‐form and decreased significantly with each increment of NH₄ ⁺. With both azalea cultivars, N‐form significantly influenced uptake and utilization of essential plant nutrients. Leaf concentrations of N, potassium (K), calcium (Ca), sulfur (S), boron (B), and molybdenum (Mo) were highest with NO₃ ^?‐N. Leaf elemental concentrations of phosphorous (P), magnesium (Mg), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), and zinc (Zn) increased as NH₄ ⁺ supplied more of the N‐ratio. Significant differences in Mg, Mn, and Zn were observed between species. Results from this study show that foliar N concentration is not an accurate indicator of plant growth response. Further investigations are needed to determine if foliarchlorosis and low growth rates observed with NO₃ ^? fed plants due to an Fe deficiency, to low nitrate reductase (NR) activity in the leaves, or to a combination of these factors.     

生物通风法修复柴油污染土壤模拟实验研究

通过生物通风技术修复不同柴油浓度污染土壤的土柱模拟实验,研究了各土柱中土壤总石油烃(total petroleum hydrocarbon,TPH)的去除规律,并对影响柴油去除效果的因素进行了分析,结果表明:①经过3个月的生物通风后,初始柴油浓度为5(柱Ⅰ)、10(柱Ⅱ)、20(柱Ⅲ)、40(柱Ⅳ)g/kg的土柱柴油去除率为ⅡⅠⅣⅢ,柱Ⅱ的修复效果最佳,半衰期为60.05天,TPH最终去除率达65.3%;②挥发和生物降解作用影响土柱中柴油的去除,由于重力引起的向下迁移作用只对柴油在土柱中的空间分布产生影响,三者共同作用决定各土柱不同取样口柴油的去除规律;③在实验过程中,各土柱土壤pH变化不大,初始柴油浓度越高土柱水分损失率越小;有效磷和速效氮含量均有所降低,柱Ⅲ降低率最大,分别为58.27%和31.87%,柱Ⅰ最小;土柱上层土壤中的酶活性要低于下层,过氧化氢酶和脱氢酶活性均呈现出先升高后降低的趋势。实验结果为研究各土柱中柴油的生物降解规律提供了依据。     

蚯蚓与黑麦草相互作用对土壤中荧蒽去除的影响

Earthworms can promote the bioremediation of contaminated soils through enhancing plant growth and microorganism development. The individual and combined effects of earthworms and ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) on the removal of fluoranthene from a sandy-loam alluvial soil were investigated in a 70-d microcosm experiment. The experiment was set up in a complete factorial design with treatments in four replicates: without earthworms or ryegrass (control, CK), with earthworms only (E), with ryegrass only (P), and with both earthworms and ryegrass (EP). The residual fluoranthene, microbial biomass C, and polyphenol oxidase activity in the soil changed significantly (P<0.01) with time. In general, the residual concentration of fluoranthene in the soil decreased sharply from 71.8-88.7 to 31.7-37.4 mg kg 1 in 14 d, and then decreased gradually to 19.7-30.5 mg kg 1 on the 70th d. The fluoranthene concentration left in the soil was the least with both earthworms and ryegrass, compared to the other treatments at the end of the experiment. Half-life times of fluoranthene in the E, P, and EP treatments were 17.8%-36.3% smaller than that of CK. More fluoranthene was absorbed by earthworms than ryegrass. However, the total amounts of fluoranthene accumulated in both the ryegrass and earthworms were small, only accounting for 0.01%-1.20% of the lost fluoranthene. Therefore, we assumed that microbial degradation would play a dominant functional role in fluoranthene removal from soil. We found that earthworms significantly increased microbial biomass C and polyphenol oxidase activity (P<0.01) in the presence of ryegrass at the end of the experiment. Furthermore, microbial biomass C and polyphenol oxidase activity were significantly (P<0.05) and negatively related to the residual fluoranthene concentration. This implied that earthworms might promote the removal of fluoranthene from soil via stimulating microbial biomass C and polyphenol oxidase activity.     

CO2浓度升高和施氮对冬小麦光合面积及粒叶比的影响

利用开顶式气室和盆栽方法, 以冬小麦品种"小偃6号"和"小偃22"为供试材料, 在2种CO₂浓度(375 μL·L^-1和750 μL·L^-1)和3个施氮水平[0、0.15 g(N)·kg^-1(土)和0.30 g(N)·kg ^-1(土)]下分析了小麦抽穗期绿色叶片、非叶光合器官(茎鞘、穗、芒)的形态和光合面积以及粒叶比对CO₂浓度升高和施氮的反应。结果表明, 施氮有助于小麦叶和非叶光合器官伸长和增宽(粗), 增加其光合面积、穗粒数、穗粒重、粒数叶比和粒重叶比。与背景CO₂浓度(375 μL·L^-1)相比, CO₂浓度升高对叶片和茎节长度、茎叶和芒光合面积具有明显的正向效应(P<0.05), 但对叶宽、茎节直径、穗面积影响不明显(P>0.05), 使"小偃6号"和"小偃22"单茎光合面积分别增加8.1%~15.1%和2.8%~13.2%, 且均以0.30 g(N)·kg^-1(土)施氮水平下增幅最大。CO₂浓度升高后, 穗粒数和粒数叶比在3个施氮水平下均不同程度增加, 其中2个品种粒数叶比分别在0.30 g(N)·kg^-1(土)和0.15 g(N)·kg^-1(土)施氮水平下增加最明显, 增幅分别为44.2%和41.4%; 穗粒重和粒重叶比在不施氮时下降, 在施氮时显著增加, 其中2个品种粒重叶比平均增幅分别为43.6%和20.7%。由于芒面积远小于其他源器官面积, 在单茎光合面积中所占比例较小(3%左右), 因此认为CO₂浓度升高主要通过促进小麦茎叶伸长生长来增加光合面积, 同时提高单位叶面积库承载力和物质调运能力, 改善源库关系, 增加氮素供应有利于小麦源库生长对CO₂浓度升高的反应。     

土壤溶液浓度的野外测定方法研究

为寻求一种野外快速有效测定土壤溶液浓度的方法,于新疆自治区南疆地区开展了田间试验。利用负压计监测土壤水分,在土壤达到饱和时,在相同深度分别借助土钻和土壤水提取器同时取土样和土壤水样,利用电导率仪测定土壤电导率(EC1:5)和饱和土壤电导率(ECe),使用火焰光度计和滴定法测定土壤水溶液浓度(C),并利用SPSS17.0软件对实测数据进行线性回归分析及检验。结果表明,南疆砂壤土条件下,EC1:5值在0~10000μS/cm范围内,EC1:5与土壤总盐含量呈显著线性关系土壤ECe可用土壤EC1:5进行推算,二者关系系数可以根据饱和重量含水量确定在土壤达到饱和,EC1:5在0~3000μS/cm时,土壤溶液浓度与EC1:5呈显著线性关系。因此,通过野外测得土壤样品的EC1:5,并确定其适用条件后,根据相关关系可直接计算得到ECe和C。     

Nitrogen Uptake and Use Efficiency in Upland Rice under Two Nitrogen Sources

Upland rice is an important crop in South America, including Brazil. Nitrogen (N) is one of the most yield-limiting nutrients in upland rice production in Brazil. A greenhouse experiment was conducted to evaluate N uptake and use efficiency as influenced by N sources. The soil used in the experiment was an Oxisol. The N sources were ammonium sulfate and urea, and N rates were 0, 50, 100, 150, 300, and 400 mg kg^?1 of soil. Nitrogen concentrations in the root, shoot, and grain were significantly influenced by N sources. The N rate and N source significantly influenced the N uptake in root, shoot, and grain. Similarly, nitrogen rate by N source interaction was also significant for N uptake in the root, shoot, and grain, indicating N source has a significant influence on uptake of N. Overall, concentration (content per unit dry weight) of N was greater in the grain, followed by root and shoot. Agronomical efficiency, apparent recovery efficiency, and utilization efficiency of N were significantly influenced by N rate and varied with N sources. However, physiological and agrophysiological efficiencies were only influenced significantly by N sources. Overall, N recovery efficiency was 33% for ammonium sulfate and 37% for urea. Hence, the large amount of N lost from soil–plant system may be by denitrification or voltilization.     

Influence of total soluble salt concentration on growth and elemental concentration of winged bean seedlings,Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.

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Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) (L.) DC) seedlings of the accession TPT‐1, were grown in a greenhouse with graded, balanced total soluble salt (TSS) concentrations. After 4.5 days, plant height increased quadratically, with a maximum (149 cm) at 3000 ppm TSS. Seedlings were shortest at 1000 and 10,000 ppm TSS, 44.0 and 79.0 cm, respectively. Fresh weight of shoots increased quadratically with greatest weight, 29.03 g, at 5000 ppm TSS. Percent dry matter increased linearly with increasing TSS. Concentration of N, K and P increased quadratically with an increase in the TSS concentration in the growth medium. Concentration of Ca decreased quadratically with increasing TSS. Among the micronutrients, Fe and Mo concentration was quadratic, both elements were highest in the seedlings at 1000 and 10,000 ppm TSS rates. Concentrations of Mn and Zn increased linearly with increasing TSS. Winged bean seedlings at the 1000 to 3000 ppm TSS rates had spindly stems and a sparse, yellow foliage, typical for winged bean seedlings observed in the field during the first 4 to 5 weeks of growth. Seedlings at the 4000 and 5000 ppm TSS rates had sturdy stems and an abundant green foliage. At higher TSS concentrations, 5000 to 10,000 ppm TSS, seedlings had short intermodes and dark green foliage.     

水稻拔节期根系呼吸对臭氧污染和厌氧—有氧环境变化的响应

依托O3FACE(Free-Air O3 Enrichment)研究平台,研究了大气臭氧(O3)浓度增加对拔节期水稻根系呼吸和生物量积累分配的影响,利用特制集气装置分析了厌氧—有氧条件对根系呼吸的影响。结果表明,O3浓度升高水稻冠层和总生物量略有降低,而根干物重和根/冠比分别显著降低14.7%和10.4%。9∶1和9.5∶0.5的纯N2∶O2配比利于根系呼吸,纯N2或空气、CO2饱和蒸馏水条件不同程度降低了根系呼吸速率;高臭氧处理、对照处理的水稻根系呼吸速率分别在CO2饱和蒸馏水、纯N2条件下最小,表明尽管不同根系测定条件影响根系呼吸速率,但影响程度也受植物生长的大气环境制约。臭氧污染处理水稻根系的呼吸速率在气态测定条件下显著高于正常大气处理23.6%～52.7%,在CO2饱和蒸馏水测定条件下未达到显著水平,臭氧污染效应明显降低。两个环境生长的水稻根系呼吸均随测定根系气态环境供氧量的增加呈凸二次函数变化,5%～10%比例的氧气供应促进了根系呼吸,较强的厌氧环境(纯N2)和有氧环境(Air)均不利于水稻根系呼吸。     

CO2浓度升高对毛竹和四季竹叶片主要养分化学计量特征的影响

运用开顶式气室(OTCs)模拟大气CO2浓度升高(500、700 μmol/mol),以目前环境背景大气为对照,研究CO2浓度升高对毛竹和四季竹叶片碳(C)、氮(N)、磷(P)和钾(K)化学计量特征的影响.结果表明,毛竹和四季竹叶片C、N、P和K含量在不同的CO2浓度(对照、500、700 μmol/mol)条件下,变化范围分别为512.13～543.30、19.23～22.97、1.26～0.96和8.40～5.88 mg/g,492.13～498.02、17.97～15.37、1.05 ～0.81和4.25～5.62mg/g.相同的CO2浓度条件下,毛竹叶片C、N、P和K含量均高于四季竹,且受CO2浓度升高的影响较四季竹强烈.毛竹和四季竹叶片C/N、C/P、C/K、N/P、N/K和K/P变化范围分别依次为26.64～23.65、406.58～565.93、60.98～92.40、15.26～23.93、2.29～3.91和7.00～6.22,27.39～32.40、468.70～614.84、115.80～88.61、17.07～18.98、4.24～2.73和4.04～6.94.与环境背景大气比较,CO2浓度升高到500 μmol/mol,对毛竹和四季竹叶片C、N、P和K含量及其化学计量比并不会产生明显影响,这反映了毛竹和四季竹对高CO2浓度环境均表现出较强的适应能力.但CO2浓度升高到700 μ mol/mol,除四季竹叶片C含量无明显变化外,毛竹和四季竹叶片主要养分元素含量及其化学计量比会发生明显的适应性变化,且毛竹较四季竹变化剧烈.综上,CO2浓度升高改变了毛竹和四季竹叶片C、N、P、K含量及其化学计量比格局,尤其是CO2浓度升高到700 μmol/mol时极为明显;在养分供应上,对四季竹生长的N、P、K限制性作用和毛竹生长的N、K限制性作用没有明显影响,但明显增强了毛竹生长的P素限制性作用.