| Abstract: | Intensities of ammonification, nitrification, denitrification, and the numbers of functional bacteria were measured in a black soil of the Song-nen Plain under different fertilizer managements over a period of 3 years. The six fertilizer managements were as follows: no fertilizer applied, manure at low and high rates, chemical fertilizer at low and high rates, and manure and chemical fertilizers in equal ratio. Manure increased the numbers of ammonifying and nitrifying bacteria and the intensities of ammonification and nitrification, whereas chemical fertilizer increased numbers of denitrifying bacteria and intensity of denitrification. Average denitrifying intensities ranged from 52.5% to 61.1%. There might be some coupling relation between nitration and denitrification in black soil. |
