A survey of symbiotic nitrogen fixation by white clover grown on metal contaminated soils

There is conflicting evidence about toxic effects of heavy metals in soil on symbiotic nitrogen fixation. This study was set-up to assess the general occurrence of such effects. Soils with metal concentration gradients were sampled from six established field trials, where sewage sludge or metal salts have been applied, or from a transect in a sludge treated soil. Additional contaminated soils were sampled near metal smelters, in floodplains, in sludge amended arable land and in a metalliferous area. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation was measured with ¹⁵N isotope dilution in white clover (Trifolium repens L.) grown in potted soil that was not re-inoculated, and using ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) as reference crop. The fraction nitrogen in clover derived from fixation (N_dff) varied from 0 to 88% depending on soil. Pronounced metal toxicity on N_dff was only confirmed in a sludge treated soil where nitrogen fixation was halved from the control value at soil total metal concentration of 737 mg Zn kg⁻¹, 428 mg Cu kg⁻¹ and 10 mg Cd kg⁻¹. The N_dff was significantly reduced by increasing metal concentration in soils from two other sites where N_dff was low throughout and where these effects might be attributed to confounding factors. No significant effects of metals on N_dff were identified in all other gradients even up to elevated total metal concentration (e.g. 55 mg Cd kg⁻¹). The variation of N_dff among all soils (n=48), is mainly explained by the number of rhizobia in the soil (log MPN, log (cells g⁻¹ soil)), whereas correlations with total or soil solution metal concentrations were weak (R²<0.25). The is significantly affected by the presence or absence of the host plant at the sampling site. No effects of metals were identified at even at total Zn concentrations of about 2000 mg Zn kg⁻¹, whereas metal toxicity could be identified at lower most probable number (MPN) values. This survey shows that the metal toxicity on symbiotic nitrogen fixation cannot be generalized and that survival of a healthy population of the microsymbiont is probably the critical factor.     

应用~(15)N研究小麦花生两熟制氮肥分配方式对小麦、花生产量及N肥利用率的影响

在小麦花生两熟制条件下 ,全年氮肥两作 3次施用 (小麦基肥、追肥和花生基肥 )氮素利用率为 3 2 52 % ,一作两次施用 (小麦基肥和追肥 )氮素利用率为 3 7 0 1 % ,但前者土壤残留多 ,损失少 ,氮肥回收率为 69 2 4% ,较后者高 1 2 0 3个百分点。且前者有利于小麦、花生产量的形成 ,是小麦花生两熟制适宜的施肥方式。小麦当茬氮肥利用率为 1 6 80 %～ 3 5 63 %。夏直播花生当茬及前茬小麦基肥和追肥 (拔节期 )的氮肥利用率分别为 2 3 70 %、6 57%～ 7 70 %和 1 0 0 3 %～ 1 2 73 % ;施肥时间和施肥量对氮肥利用率影响较大     

氮肥不同施用技术对直播水稻氮素吸收及其产量形成的影响

应用15N示踪技术研究了不同氮肥施用技术对直播水稻氮素吸收及其产量形成的影响。结果表明 ,在氮肥用量相同的情况下 ,采用“一基三追” ,即在施基肥的基础上 ,追施苗肥、蘖肥和穗肥的施用技术能促进直播稻均衡生长 ,增加穗数 ,粒数和粒重 ,是一种适合直播水稻高产栽培的施肥技术。     

冬小麦节水灌溉制度下不同施氮量的氮素平衡

用15N示踪技术研究了节水灌溉条件下冬小麦对不同施氮量的氮素吸收和氮素平衡 ,并比较了两种灌溉制度下小麦对节肥施氮量的吸收动态。结果表明 ,与常规施氮量处理相比 ,节水灌溉条件下节肥施氮量处理的氮肥损失率降低 ,氮肥当季利用率和土壤残留率提高 ;基施氮肥的利用率高于追施氮肥 ;土壤肥料氮的残留率在 2 9%～ 41 %之间 ,分布于 1m土层中 ,其中60 %以上集中在 0～ 2 0cm土层 ;在整个小麦生长季内 ,肥料氮并没有淋洗到 1 30m以下。节肥施氮量在常规灌溉下的当季利用率比在节水灌溉下降低 1 6 6%。     

水稻‘甬优15’分期播种的气象条件适宜性试验研究

研究旨在通过分期播种试验,得到水稻‘甬优15’在本地播种最适宜播期,以提高其产量及品质。根据2016—2020年龙游国家农业气象试验站‘甬优15’分期播种试验数据和2018—2019年水稻品质数据,通过对比试验,得到‘甬优15’的产量与品质和播期的关系。结果表明：（1）播期对‘甬优15’的全生育天数和灌浆期天数有一定影响,主要表现为播期越晚全生育天数减少,灌浆期延长;（2）22℃是灌浆期水稻正常发育阈值,低于22℃的灌浆期平均气温会明显增加水稻灌浆乳熟时间;（3）‘甬优15’水稻直链淀粉含量普遍在10%左右,较易糊化,蛋白质含量接近7%,口感与营养含量较为平衡;（4）当播期推迟至6月中旬之后,‘甬优15’产量有明显降低,品质也有所下降;（5）‘甬优15’播种期控制在5月下旬6月上旬,能明显改善龙游本地单季晚稻产量。     

黑龙江西部旱作玉米水肥生产潜力试验研究

以氮肥、磷肥、补水量为试验因子,以玉米产量为指标,利用MINITAB15统计分析软件进行试验设计和数据分析,通过响应曲面法建立水肥相互作用对玉米产量影响的二次多项数学模型。利用模型的等值线图对影响玉米产量的关键因子及其相互作用进行了探讨,以玉米产量为响应值优化得出玉米生产潜力田间试验值的条件:氮肥为241.1 kg/hm2,磷肥为173.1 kg/hm2,补水量为108.3 m3/hm2,玉米田区生产潜力试验值为12 224 kg/hm2。     

不同灌溉方法对不同氮肥在温室土壤-植株中的氮素分配影响

以番茄为供试作物,采用田间微区试验的方法研究了不同灌溉方法和不同氮肥种类对氮素在土壤不同层次间的残留以及在番茄植株不同部位之间的分配。结果表明,在番茄整个生育期内,土壤中无机氮主要以NO3--N的形式存在,NH4+-N所占比例很小。0～100cm土层中,滴灌和沟灌各处理土壤中NH4+-N的含量在整个生育期内含量均比较低(低于6mgkg-1),且变化幅度不大,各土层NH4+-N的含量受灌溉方式和施肥的影响较小。无论是滴灌还是沟灌,番茄全生育期内0～20cm土层土壤NO3--N含量始终较高。沟灌易引起土壤中NO3--N向下层迁移,而滴灌对40～60cm土层及其以下各层次土壤的NO3--N分布影响作用不明显。硝态氮肥较铵态氮肥和酰胺态氮肥更易随水向深层土壤迁移。灌溉方式对肥料15N在果实、茎、叶中的分配比例没有明显影响,肥料15N在番茄地上部分各器官所含的量以果实为最高,其次为叶,茎中的含量最少;两种灌溉方法间肥料15N在果实、茎、叶的分配比例差异不大,平均为2.9∶1∶1.6。     

不同施氮量对水稻氮素吸收与分配的影响

运用15N示踪法研究了不同施氮量对两个品种水稻（4007和武运粳15）干物质积累量与其对15N吸收及分配的影响。结果表明,当施氮量超过N 150 kg/hm2时, 两个品种水稻子粒产量均不再显著增加。4007在4个施氮量下(N 100,150,200和 250 kg/hm2)分别比无氮区增产22.3%,36.9%,43.2%和38.1%;武运粳15分别增产10.6%,18.8%,27.1%和21.5%。同一施氮量下,4007子粒中15N累积量显著高于武运粳15,但茎叶和根中没有差异。增加施氮量降低了15N在水稻子粒中的分配比例,但提高了茎叶中15N的分配比例。15N在根中的分配比例不受施氮量和品种的影响。研究结果还表明,同一施氮量下,4007对肥料氮的总体利用率要比武运粳15高3～6个百分点。     

“小麦/玉米/大豆”套作体系中不同作物间的相互作用及氮素的转移、吸收

在根系分隔盆栽条件下,采用15N土壤稀释标记方法,研究了“小麦/玉米/大豆”三熟套作体系不同作物间的相互作用及氮素的转移、吸收利用特性。结果表明,“小麦/玉米/大豆”套作体系促进小麦对肥料氮和土壤氮的吸收,不分隔处理的生物产量、15N总吸收量和总回收率得到显著提高,土壤残留15N丰度及总氮含量明显降低;玉米表现出套作优势（Awc<0,NCRwc<0）,不分隔处理的籽粒产量、籽粒15N吸收量、15N总回收率、土壤残留15N丰度及总氮含量较分隔处理提高17.17%、24.52%、17.63%、13.9%和10.1%;大豆表现出套作劣势,不分隔处理的15N总吸收量、籽粒15N吸收量、15N总回收率和土壤残留15N丰度降低,土壤总氮含量提高6.06%。“小麦/玉米/大豆”套作体系存在氮素的双向转移,以玉米向小麦、大豆向玉米转移为主。     

Involvement of Bradyrhizobium japonicum denitrification in symbiotic nitrogen fixation by soybean plants subjected to flooding

Denitrification by Bradyrhizobium japonicum bacteroids contributes to nitric oxide (NO) production within soybean nodules in response to flooding conditions. However, the physiological relevance of NO production by denitrification in B. japonicum-Glycine max symbiosis is still unclear. In this work, soybean plants were inoculated with B. japonicum strains lacking the nirK or norC genes which encode the copper-containing nitrite reductase and the c-type nitric oxide reductase enzymes, respectively. 14 days flooding increased nodule number of plants inoculated with the WT and norC strains, but not of plants inoculated with the nirK mutant. However, nodule dry weight was not affected by 14 days flooding regardless of the strain used for inoculation. Supporting this observation, individual nodule growth was significantly higher in plants inoculated with nirK than those inoculated with WT or norC after 14 days flooding. Nodule functioning was strongly inhibited by flooding since leghemoglobin content of the nodules induced by any of the strains was significantly decreased after 7 or 14 days flooding compared to control plants. However, this effect was more relevant in nodules of plants inoculated with the WT or norC mutant than in those inoculated with the nirK mutant. Nitrogen fixation was also estimated by analyzing nitrogen content derived from biological nitrogen fixation in shoots, using the ¹⁵N isotope dilution technique. By using this approach, we observed that the negative effect of 14 days flooding on nitrogen fixation was more pronounced in plants inoculated with the norC mutant. However, nitrogen fixation of plants inoculated with nirK showed the highest tolerance to 14 days flooding. These findings allowed us to demonstrate the previously proposed hypothesis which suggests that NO formed by copper-containing nitrite reductase in soybean nodules, in response to flooding, has a negative effect on nitrogenase activity. We propose that inoculation of soybeans with a B. japonicum nirK mutant, which does not produce NO from nitrate, increases the tolerance of symbiotic nitrogen fixation to flooding.