Impact of urine and the application of the nitrification inhibitor DCD on microbial communities in dairy-grazed pasture soils |
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Institution: | 1. ETSI Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas (ETSIAAB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain;2. School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK;1. Landcare Research, Riddet Road, Massey University Campus, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand;2. Soil & Earth Sciences Group, Institute of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | Tools to manage the emission of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O), an intermediate of both nitrification and denitrification, from soils are limited. To date, the nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide (DCD) is one of the most effective tools available to livestock farmers for reducing N2O emissions and minimizing leaching of nitrogen in response to increased urine deposition in grazed pasture systems. Despite its effectiveness in decreasing N losses from animal urine by inhibiting N processes in soils, the effect of DCD on the population structure of denitrifiers and overall bacterial community composition is still uncertain. Here we use three New Zealand dairy-grazed pasture soils to determine the effects of DCD application on microbial community richness and composition at both functional (genes involved in the denitrification process) and phylogenetic (overall bacterial community composition based on 16S rRNA profiling) levels. Results further confirm that the effects on microbial populations are minimal and transient in nature. The impact of DCD on microbial community structure was soil dependent, and a greater effect was attributed to intrinsic soil properties like soil texture, with community response to DCD in combination with urine being comparable to that under urine alone. Addition of DCD to cattle urine also reduced N2O emission between 23 and 67%. |
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Keywords: | Nitrous oxide denitrification Microbial functional genes 16S rRNA Next generation sequencing nitrification inhibitor |
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