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Liu Y, Zeng H, Ding S, Hu Z, Tie B, Luo S. A new insight into the straw decomposition associated with minerals: Promoting straw humification and Cd immobilization. J Environ Sci (China) 2025; 148:553-566. [PMID: 39095188 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2024.01.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
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Organic matter (OM) derived from the decomposition of crop residues plays a key role as a sorbent for cadmium (Cd) immobilization. Few studies have explored the straw decomposition processes with the presence of minerals, and the effect of newly generated organo-mineral complexes on heavy metal adsorption. In this study, we investigated the variations in structure and composition during the rice straw decomposition with or without minerals (goethite and kaolinite), as well as the adsorption behavior and mechanisms by which straw decomposition affects Cd immobilization. The degree of humification of extracted straw organic matter was assessed using excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence and Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), while employing FTIR spectroscopy and XPS to characterize the adsorption mechanisms. The spectra analysis revealed the enrichment of highly aromatic and hydrophobic components, indicating that the degree of straw decomposition and humification were further intensified during incubation. Additionally, the existence of goethite (SG) accelerated the humification of OM. Sorption experiments revealed that the straw humification increased Cd adsorption capacity. Notably, SG exhibited significantly higher adsorption performance compared to the organic matter without minerals (RS) and the existence of kaolinite (SK). Further analysis using FT-IR spectroscopy and XPS verified that the primary mechanisms involved in Cd immobilization were complexion with -OH and -COOH, as well as the formation of Cd-π binds with aromatic C=C on the surface of solid OMs. These findings will facilitate understanding the interactions of the rice straw decomposing with soil minerals and its remediation effect on Cd-contaminated farmland.
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- Yuling Liu
- College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- School of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
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Peng Y, Niu L, Hu Y, Huo C, Shi J, Fan Z, Yan Y, Zhang Z, Wang X. Long-term effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on profile distribution and characteristics of dissolved organic matter in fluvo-aquic soil. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 366:121834. [PMID: 39003911 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Revised: 07/06/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) drives numerous biogeochemical processes (e.g. carbon cycling) in agro-ecosystems and is sensitive to fertilization management. Nevertheless, changes in the quantity and quality of DOM in the vertical soil profile following long-term continuous nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) inputs remain unclear. In this study, the contents and optical characteristics of DOM along a 2-m soil profile were investigated using a 40-year wheat/maize rotation combined with experiments using different N and P fertilization rates in the North China Plain. The results revealed that the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) content decreased with an increase in soil depths. Compared with that in the control (no fertilization), 40-year N, P, and N + P additions increased the soil DOC content by 26%-69%, except for 270-kg N, and 67.5-kg P treatments. N + P application resulted in higher DOC contents than N-alone and P-alone applications. N, P, and N + P inputs increased or did not affect the aromaticity and hydrophobicity of DOM at 0-40 cm but reduced them from 40 to 200 cm. Compared with that in the control, N, P, and N + P inputs enhanced the content of humic acid-like substances (C1+C2+C3+C4) and decreased the content of protein-like substance (C5). C1 was the dominant component among the five DOM, representing the microbial humic component. Optical indices also indicated that soil DOM primarily originated from microbial sources. Nutrient addition accelerated transformation between complex C1 and simple C5 via promoting microbial activities. These results imply that N and P fertilizers increased the DOM content and altered its composition, thereby potentially affecting the stability of soil organic matter in the agroe-cosystems.
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- Yumei Peng
- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Qu Zhou Experimental Station, China Agricultural University, Quzhou, Hebei, 057250, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Zhou H, Wang ZY, Li C, Yuan HW, Hu L, Zeng P, Yang WT, Liao BH, Gu JF. Straw removal reduces Cd availability and rice Cd accumulation in Cd-contaminated paddy soil: Cd fraction, soil microorganism structure and porewater DOC and Cd. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 476:135189. [PMID: 39013317 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Revised: 07/08/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/18/2024]
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The impacts of straw removal on rice Cd absorption, behaviour of Cd and microbial community in rhizosphere soil were investigated in paddy fields over two consecutive seasons. The results of the experiments in two fields revealed that straw removal promoted the transformation of soil Cd from acid-extractable and oxidisable fraction to residual fraction and reduced soil DTPA-Cd content with the reduction in DOC and Cd ions in soil porewater, thereby decreasing Cd content in rice. Specifically, the Cd content in brown rice of early rice was below 0.2 mg·kg-1 when all rice straw and roots were removed in the slightly Cd-contaminated soils. The α-diversity of soil microbial communities was less influenced by continuous straw removal, β-diversity was altered and the relative abundances of Anaeromyxobacter, Methylocystis and Mycobacterium microbes were increased. Redundancy analysis and network analysis exhibited that soil pH predominantly influenced the microbial community. Path analysis revealed that the Cd content in brown rice could be directly influenced by the soil Total-Cd and DTPA-Cd, as well as soil pH and OM. Straw removal, including roots removal, is an economical and effective technique to reduce Cd accumulation in rice plants.
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- Hang Zhou
- College of Life and Environment Sciences, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Provincial Soil Pollution Remediation and Carbon Fixation Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha 410004, China; Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha 410000, China.
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- College of Life and Environment Sciences, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China.
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- College of Life and Environment Sciences, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China.
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- Hunan Provincial Soil Pollution Remediation and Carbon Fixation Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Huanbaoqiao Ecology and Environment Engineering Co., Ltd., Changsha 410205, China.
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- Hunan Provincial Soil Pollution Remediation and Carbon Fixation Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Huanbaoqiao Ecology and Environment Engineering Co., Ltd., Changsha 410205, China.
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- College of Life and Environment Sciences, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Provincial Soil Pollution Remediation and Carbon Fixation Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha 410004, China; Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha 410000, China.
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- College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
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- College of Life and Environment Sciences, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China.
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- College of Life and Environment Sciences, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Provincial Soil Pollution Remediation and Carbon Fixation Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Huanbaoqiao Ecology and Environment Engineering Co., Ltd., Changsha 410205, China; Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha 410000, China.
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Huang R, Li Z, Xiao Y, Liu J, Jiang T, Deng O, Tang X, Wu Y, Tao Q, Li Q, Luo Y, Gao X, Wang C, Li B. Composition of DOM along the depth gradients in the paddy field treated with crop straw for 10 years. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 353:120084. [PMID: 38281421 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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Crop straw return is a widely used agricultural management practice. The addition of crop straw significantly alters the pool of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in agricultural soils and plays a pivotal role in the global carbon (C) cycle, which is sensitive to climate change. The DOM concentration and composition at different soil depths could regulate the turnover and further storage of organic C in terrestrial systems. However, it is still unclear how crop straw return influences the change in DOM composition in rice paddy soils. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted in which paddy soil was amended with crop straw for 10 years. Two crop straw-addition treatments [NPK with 50% crop straw (NPK+1/2S) and NPK with 100% crop straw (NPK + S)], a conventional mineral fertilization control (NPK) and a non-fertilized control were included. Topsoil (0-20 cm) and subsoil (20-40 cm) samples were collected to investigate the soil DOM concentration and compositional structure of the profile. Soil nutrients, iron (Fe) fraction, microbial biomass carbon (MBC), and concentration and optical properties (UV-Vis and fluorescence spectra) of soil DOM were determined. Here, we found that the DOM in the topsoil was more humified than that in the subsoil. The addition of crop straw further decreased the humidification degree of DOM in the subsoil. In crop straw-amended topsoil, microbial decomposition controlled the composition of DOM and induced the formation of aromatic DOM. In the straw-treated subsoil, selective adsorption by poorly crystalline Fe(oxyhydr)oxides and microbial decomposition controlled the composition of DOM. In particular, the formation of protein-like compounds could have played a significant role in the microbial degradation of DOM in the subsoil. Overall, this work conducted a case study within long-term agricultural management to understand the changes in DOM composition along the soil profile, which would be further helpful for evaluating C cycling in agricultural ecosystems.
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- Rong Huang
- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Agriculture Green Development in Yangtze River Basin, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China; Key Laboratory of Investigation and Monitoring, Protection and Utilization for Cultivated Land Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, 550081, China; Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Agriculture Green Development in Yangtze River Basin, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Agriculture Green Development in Yangtze River Basin, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China.
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Investigation and Monitoring, Protection and Utilization for Cultivated Land Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
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Darma A, Feng Y, He C, Han H, Zandi P, Bloem E, Yang J. Maize straw application reduced cadmium and increased arsenic uptake in wheat and enhanced the rhizospheric bacterial communities in alkaline-contaminated soil. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 347:119138. [PMID: 37783079 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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Many fields where wheat is grown in northern China are co-polluted by arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd). Thus, remediation of As and Cd-contaminated alkaline soils is crucial for safe wheat production. In this study, a pot experiment was carried out to investigate the impact of 1% and 2% maize straw (MS) incorporation on As and Cd bioavailability, binding forms, uptake by winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), and bacterial communities in smelter (SS) and irrigation (IS) alkaline contaminated soils. The results indicated that 2% MS incorporation significantly (p < 0.05) increased bioavailable-As by 37% (SS) and 39% (IS) with no significant change in the bioavailable-Cd in SS2% (31.95%) from 31.95% (SSCK) and IS2% (33.33%) from 32.82% (ISCK). Incorporation of 2% MS increased the grain As concentration from 0.22 mg kg-1 (SSCK) to 0.51 mg kg-1 (SS2%) and from 0.59 mg kg-1 (ISCK) to 0.84 mg kg-1 (IS2%) which is above the acceptable standard of 0.5 mg kg-1 (GB2726-2017). In contrast, the Cd content in grains was maintained at 0.09 (SS1%), 0.04 (SS2%) and 0.03 (IS1%), 0.02 (IS2%) below the acceptable standard of 0.10 mg kg-1 (GB2762-2017). The amendment through dissolved organic carbon mediated As desorption enhanced As transfer to wheat grain, decreasing DTPA-Cd in the soils and its consequent translocation to wheat leaves and grain. The 2% MS incorporation increased the active As fractions, reduced mobile Cd into immobile fractions, and promoted the abundance of Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Firmicutes in the two soils. These attributes of MS in decreasing the accumulation of Cd in wheat leaves and grains signified its potential as a suitable ingredient for Cd sequestration and food safety in Cd-contaminated soils.
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- Aminu Darma
- State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-arid Arable Land in Northern China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China; Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- International Faculty of Applied Technology, Yibin University, Yibin, 644000, China.
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- Institute for Crop and Soil Science Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Bundesallee 69, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany.
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- State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-arid Arable Land in Northern China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China.
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Yang G, Pan H, Lei H, Tong W, Shi L, Chen H. Dissolved organic matter evolution and straw decomposition rate characterization under different water and fertilizer conditions based on three-dimensional fluorescence spectrum and deep learning. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 344:118537. [PMID: 37406492 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Revised: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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Straw returning is a sustainable way to utilize agricultural solid waste resources. However, incomplete decomposition of straw will cause harm to crop growth and soil quality. Currently, there is a lack of technology to timely monitor the rate of straw decomposition. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is the most active organic matter in soil and straw is mainly immersed in the soil in the form of DOM. In order to formulate reasonable straw returning management measures , a timely monitoring method of straw decomposition rate was developed in the study. Three water treatment (60%-65%, 70%-75% and 80%-85% maximum field capacity) and two fertilizer (organic fertilizer and chemical fertilizer) were set up in the management of straw returning to the field. Litterbag method was used to monitor the weight loss rate of straw decomposition under different water and fertilizer conditions in strawberry growth stage. The changes of DOM components were determined by three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy (3D-EEM). From the faster decomposition period to the slower decomposition period, the main components of DOM changed from protein-like components to humus-like components. At the end of the experiment, the relative content of humus-like components under the treatment of organic fertilizer and moderate water was the highest. Convolutional neural network (CNN) combined with 3D-EEM was used to identify the decomposition speed of straw. The classification precision of neural network validation set and test are 85.7% and 81.2%, respectively. In order to predict the decomposition rate of straw under different water and fertilizer conditions, 3D-EEM data of DOM were used as the input of CNN, parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) and fluorescence region integral (FRI), and dissolved organic carbon data were used as the input of dissolved organic carbon linear prediction. The prediction model based on CNN had the best effect (R2 = 0.987). The results show that this method can effectively identify the spectral characteristics and predict the decomposition rate of straw under different conditions of water and fertilizer, which is helpful to promote the efficient decomposition of straw.
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- Guang Yang
- College of Water Resources, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450011, PR China
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- College of Water Resources, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450011, PR China.
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- College of Water Resources, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450011, PR China.
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- College of Water Resources, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450011, PR China
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- College of Water Resources, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450011, PR China
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- College of Water Resources, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450011, PR China
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Ke W, Liu Z, Zhu F, Xie Y, Hartley W, Li X, Wu H, Xue S. Remediation potential of magnetic biochar in lead smelting sites: Insight from the complexation of dissolved organic matter with potentially toxic elements. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 344:118556. [PMID: 37453302 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Magnetic biochar has been widely used in potentially toxic elements (PTEs) polluted soils due to its magnetic separation capability and synchronous immobilization for multiple metals. However, the contribution of magnetic biochar to soil dissolve organic material (SDOM) and its binding behavior with PTEs needs to be further clarified prior to its remediation application on lead smelting sites. In this study, multi-spectral techniques of excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy and two-dimensional FTIR correlation spectroscopy (2D-FTIR-COS) were used to explore the evolution characteristics of SDOM in the lead smelting site under the remediation of magnetic biochar, and to further analyze its affinity and binding behavior with Pb and As. Results showed that magnetic biochar significantly increased SDOM content and decreased Pb and As available content. EEM and parallel factor analysis (EEM-PARAFAC) and Self-Organizing map analysis showed that humus-like and aromatic DOM increased and microbial-derived SDOM decreased after magnetic biochar cultivation. Furthermore, 2D-FTIR-COS correlation spectroscopy analysis indicated that BDOM had a stronger binding affinity to Pb, while SDOM has a stronger binding affinity to As. The binding sequences of different DOMs to PTEs varied greatly, the carboxyl and amide groups of SDOM and BDOM showed a remarkable and rapid response. Our results enhance the insights of magnetic biochar on soil function and PTEs remediation potential, providing novel information for its environmental remediation application.
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- Wenshun Ke
- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China; BGI Engineering Consultants Ltd., Beijing 100038, PR China.
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China; Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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- New World Environment Protection Group of Hunan, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China; Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China; Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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Xu H, Huang Y, Xiong X, Zhu H, Lin J, Shi J, Tang C, Xu J. Changes in soil Cd contents and microbial communities following Cd-containing straw return. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 330:121753. [PMID: 37127235 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 04/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Contamination of soil with cadmium (Cd) threatens food safety and human health. In general, crop straws from contaminated soils could accumulate considerable amounts of Cd. The addition of Cd-containing rice straw can have negative effects on soil environment. In this study, straws varying in Cd concentration were added to soil at a rate of 5% (w/w) to investigate the effects of Cd-containing straw on soil Cd dynamics and soil microbial communities. Results showed that large amounts of Cd, especially bioavailable Cd, were released into soil during the decomposition of Cd-containing straws. The addition of straws with 10, 20 and 40 mg kg-1 Cd increased total Cd in soils from 0.31 mg kg-1 to 0.89, 1.39 and 2.09 mg kg-1, respectively, exceeding the screening value of total Cd < 0.4 mg kg-1 for paddy soils of pH 5.5-6.5 according to Chinese Soil Environmental Quality Standards. Moreover, the addition of Cd-containing straw decreased alpha-diversity of bacterial and fungal communities compared to the clean straw. Indeed, changes in soil factors including pH, Eh, dissolved organic C and Cd level jointly reconstructed soil microbial communities. The addition of Cd-containing straw increased the relative abundance of bacterial species Acidobacteria and Proteobacteria but decreased that of Firmicutes. Meanwhile, it increased the relative abundance of fungal species Basidiomycota and Fusarium which were considered Cd-tolerant. This study revealed the potential environmental risk and the variation of microbial communities caused by increasing soil Cd bioavailability after direct application of Cd-containing rice straw to the field.
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- Haojie Xu
- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Animal, Plant & Soil Sciences / La Trobe Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and Food, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic, 3086, Australia
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- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Hu X, Qu C, Han Y, Sun P, Cai P, Chen W, Huang Q. Elevated temperature induces contrasting transformation of exogenous copper to soil solution and solid phases in an arable soil. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 255:114744. [PMID: 36931086 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.114744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Heavy metal contamination of soils has been a global environmental issue over the past decades, threatening food security and human health. Understanding the migration and transformation of heavy metals in soils is critical for restoring an impaired environment and developing sustainable agriculture, particularly in the face of global warming. However, little effort has been devoted to investigating the impact of elevated temperatures on the migration and distribution of exogenous heavy metals in soils. This study experimented with a 180-day incubation at 15 °C, 30 °C, and 45 °C with an arable soil (Alfisol) of Huang-Huai-Hai River Basin, China, which was initially spiked with copper (Cu). A comparison of the results revealed that the percentage of soil water-soluble Cu doubled at 45 °C compared with 15 °C. The percentage of protein-like substances in dissolved organic matter (DOM) was the highest at 45 °C, suggesting that proteinaceous components play a more significant role in controlling the dissolution of Cu into DOM. Moreover, by sequential extraction and micro-X-ray fluorescence (μ-XRF), Cu was facilitatively transformed from exchangeable, and specifically adsorbed fractions, to iron (Fe)/manganese (Mn) oxides bound species by 7.75%23.63% with the elevation of temperature from 15 °C to 45 °C. The conversion of Cu speciation is attributed to the significant release of organic carbon from Fe/Mn oxides, especially the Mn oxide components, which are available for Cu binding. The findings of this work will provide an in-depth understanding of the fate of Cu in soils, which is fundamental for the risk assessment and remediation of Cu-polluted soils in the Huang-Huai-Hai River Basin under the context of global warming.
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- Xiping Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; China-Australia Research Laboratory on Environmental Biogeochemistry, Huazhong Agricultural University, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; China-Australia Research Laboratory on Environmental Biogeochemistry, Huazhong Agricultural University, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Cui S, Qi Y, Zhu Q, Wang C, Sun H. A review of the influence of soil minerals and organic matter on the migration and transformation of sulfonamides. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 861:160584. [PMID: 36455724 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Sulfonamides (SAs) are common antibiotics that are widely present in the environment and can easily migrate in the environment, so they pose an environmental risk. Minerals and organic matter influence the antibiotic migration and transformation in sewage treatment plants, activated sludge, surface water, and soil environment. In the present paper, the influence of the process and mechanism of minerals and organic matter on the adsorption, degradation, and plant uptake of SAs in soil were summarized. In the impact process of mineral and organic matter on the SAs migration and transformation, the pH value is undoubtedly the most important factor because it determines the ionic state of SAs. In terms of influence mechanisms, the minerals absorb SAs well via cation exchange, complexation, H-bonding, and cation bridging. Mineral photodegradation is also one of the primary removal methods for SAs. Soil organic matter (SOM) can significantly increase the SAs adsorption. The adsorption forces of SAs and SOM or dissolved organic matter (DOM) were very similar, but SOM decreased SAs mobility in the environment, while DOM increased SAs availability. DOM generated active substances and aided in the photodegradation of SAs. This review describes the effects of minerals and organic matter on the fate of SAs in soil, which is useful in controlling the migration and transformation of SAs in the soil environment.
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- Shengyan Cui
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Yang G, Tang X, Guan Z, Cui J. Effects of Straw Return and Moisture Condition on Temporal Changes of DOM Composition and Cd Speciation in Polluted Farmland Soil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph191912128. [PMID: 36231431 PMCID: PMC9566551 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191912128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Straw return can improve soil quality and change the mobility and bioavailability of pollutants in soil. Elevated cadmium (Cd) contents in farmland soils were often reported. However, the impacts of straw-derived dissolved organic matter (DOM) on Cd speciation in soil remain poorly understood. In this study, the effects of straw return and moisture condition on temporal changes of DOM composition and Cd speciation in farmland soils were explored through a laboratory incubation experiment. The humified components of DOM were negatively correlated with exchangeable, carbonate-bound, and Fe-Mn oxide-bound Cd (p < 0.01), while its protein-like component was negatively correlated with residual Cd (p < 0.01). It was found that selected fluorescence parameters could be used to predict temporal changes of Cd geochemical fractions. Straw addition led to increases in soil DOM content during the first three days of the incubation. Flooding should be avoided in the first three days following the straw application to reduce the risk of DOM-facilitated Cd mobilization.
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- Guang Yang
- Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
- Correspondence:
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- Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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Zhang D, Chen X, Fu G, Yang Z, Song J, Tong X. Dissimilar evolution of soil dissolved organic matter chemical properties during revegetation with arbor and shrub in desertified land of the Mu Us Desert. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 815:152904. [PMID: 34998772 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The chemistry of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in soil determines its bioavailability and is crucial to soil nutrient cycling and vegetation restoration. However, the response of DOM to revegetation in degraded ecosystems is not well understood. This study analyzed soil chronosequences from semifixed (SF) sand in the Mu Us Desert, China that was afforested with arbor and shrub 23-54 years ago. The DOM organic composition and chemical properties were investigated by fluorescence excitation-emission matrix spectrophotometry and UV-visible spectroscopy. As the revegetation progressed, DOM concentration at 0-20 cm continually increased. In arbor land, the DOM was mainly influenced by dissolved organic carbon, and the average concentration significantly increased from 67.5 to 203.2 mg C•kg-1. In the shrubland, changes in DOM were mainly influenced by dissolved organic nitrogen, with the average concentration significantly increasing from 3.7 to 8.9 mg N•kg-1. Arbor afforestation significantly increased the proportion of hydrophobic humic-like components (C1), with a decline in bioactive tryptophan-like components (C3) and higher DOM molecular complexity (i.e., higher molecular weight, aromaticity, and degree of humification). However, in shrubland, the proportions of C1 and C3 were significantly lower than those in arbor forest soil, with DOM molecular complexity slightly increased, and DOM tended to become more bioavailable over time. Linear regression analysis indicated that DOM rich in carbon had a high molecular complexity, while DOM rich in nitrogen is more bioavailable. These findings reveal a dissimilar evolution in the DOM composition and chemistry in the two forest types throughout the SF sand revegetation period. The DOM under arbor forest was more stable and conducive to soil organic matter sequestration, while the DOM under shrub forest contained more bioactive substances and was more favorable for nutrient cycling.
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- Dongxu Zhang
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Shaanxi Academy of Forestry, Xian, Shaanxi 710082, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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Gbadegesin LA, Tang X, Liu C, Cheng J. Transport of Veterinary Antibiotics in Farmland Soil: Effects of Dissolved Organic Matter. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:1702. [PMID: 35162725 PMCID: PMC8834935 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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The application of manure as a fertiliser to farmland is regarded as a major source of veterinary antibiotic (VA) contamination in the environment. The frequent detection of such emerging contaminants and their potential adverse impacts on the ecosystem and human health have provoked increasing concern for VA transport and fate. Extrinsic dissolved organic matter (DOM) may be introduced into farmland soil along with Vas, and thus exert significant effects on the transport of VAs via hydrological processes upon rainfall. The leaching of VAs can be either enhanced or reduced by DOM, depending on the nature, mobility, and interactions of VAs with DOM of different origins. From the aspect of the diversity and reactivity of DOM, the state-of-the-art knowledge of DOM-VA interactions and their resulting effects on the sorption-desorption and leaching of VAs in farmland soil was reviewed. Spectroscopic techniques for examining the extent of binding and reactive components of DOM with VAs are summarized and their usefulness is highlighted. Models for simulating VA transport under the effects of DOM were also reviewed. It is suggested that distinct impacts of DOM of various organic fertiliser/amendment origins should be considered for predicting the transport of VAs in farmland soil.
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- Lanre Anthony Gbadegesin
- Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China;
- International College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China;
- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China;
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Hao L, He Y, Wang X, Wang B, Hao X. Optimizing the added ratio of mixed auxiliary packings for enhancing the biological vanadium (V) removal. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 346:126670. [PMID: 34995781 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Developing sustainable and low-cost bio-reduction technologies is essential for vanadium (V) bioremediation in groundwater. With both agricultural waste (wheat stalk) being a solid carbon source and ceramsite and medical stone being auxiliary packings, V(V) removal was confirmed and optimized in this study. The ratio of ceramsite to medical stone was maintained at 1:3 in Group I, which accomplished a V(V) removal efficiency up to 97.5% within 120 h and an average removal rate was around 0.305 mg/(L·h). The dissolution and utilization of carbon and trace elements (Mg, Fe, Mo and Ni) by microbes also contributed to the V(V) bio-reduction enhancement. The main components of DOM (tryptophan and humic acid-like substances) were vital in the V(V) binding and electron transfer processes. This study could promote the current knowledge on the sustainable V(V) bioremediation by using agricultural waste and auxiliary packings.
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- Liting Hao
- Sino-Dutch R&D Centre for Future Wastewater Treatment Technologies/Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, PR China
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- Sino-Dutch R&D Centre for Future Wastewater Treatment Technologies/Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, PR China
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- Sino-Dutch R&D Centre for Future Wastewater Treatment Technologies/Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, PR China
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- Sino-Dutch R&D Centre for Future Wastewater Treatment Technologies/Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, PR China
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- Sino-Dutch R&D Centre for Future Wastewater Treatment Technologies/Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, PR China.
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Yang J, Duan Y, Wu X, Tian Y, Yang L, Zhang Y, Liu Z, Awasthi MK, Li H. Long-term grass mulching waste recycling and evaluation activation of dissolved organic carbon. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 287:132454. [PMID: 34610376 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This study aimed to clarify that long-term leguminous grass mulching (crown vetch (CV) and white clover (WC)) and gramineous grass (orchardgrass (OG)) drive the distribution of soil aggregates and are associated with dissolved organic matter (DOM) components. Excitation emission spectroscopy and parallel factor analysis (EEM-PARAFAC) were used to evaluate the influence of different grass mulches among aggregates. The results indicated that legumes had a more significant impact on the distribution of aggregates and DOM content than gramineae grass mulching. Leguminous grass mulching significantly increased the proportion of macroaggregates >250 μm (74.65%-83.50%) and aggregates associated with dissolved organic carbon (DOC), especially in microaggregates <250 μm (172.27 mg kg-1 to 391.55 mg kg-1). In addition, leguminous grass mulching (CV and WC) contributed more to the increase in soil total nitrogen (TN) and three identified fluorescent components (UVC humic-like, UVA humic-like and protein-like). The component of UVC humic-like relative abundance decreased (48.66%-36.57%), and the protein-like component increased (21.88%-36.50%) as the aggregate size decreased, but the DOM three compositions did not change. The DOM of macroaggregates had higher aromaticity and lower molecular weight than microaggregates, and the highest abundance of UVC humic-like component (54.52%) was found in the gramineous (OG) large macroaggregates, while the higher abundance of protein-like components (31.07%-36.50%) occurs in leguminous mulching (CV and WC) microaggregates. The results contribute to a further understanding of the dynamic process by which grass mulching mediates aggregate formation and DOM component transformation in semiarid apple orchards under grass waste management.
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- Jianfeng Yang
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, No.3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agro-Environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, No.3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agro-Environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, No.3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agro-Environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, No.3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agro-Environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, No.3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agro-Environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, No.3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agro-Environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, No.3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, No.3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, No.3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agro-Environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China.
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Gao J, Zhang D, Uwiringiyimana E, Proshad R, Ugurlu A. Evaluation of Trace Element Contamination and Health Risks of Medicinal Herbs Collected from Unpolluted and Polluted Areas in Sichuan Province, China. Biol Trace Elem Res 2021; 199:4342-4352. [PMID: 33389620 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-020-02539-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Trace element contamination in Chinese herbal medicines has been recognized as a potential health concern for consumers. To assess the health risk to the herb-consuming population, nine trace elements (Cu, Cd, Cr, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sr, Zn, and As) were investigated based on their concentrations in three common medicinal plants (Astragalus membranaceus, Codonopsis tangshen, and Paris polyphylla var. chinensis) and soils from unpolluted and polluted areas in the Sichuan Province, China. The results showed that the metal content differed significantly in medicinal plants and soils from unpolluted versus polluted areas. No significant differences in metal accumulation were observed for these CHMs grown in either unpolluted or polluted areas. Evaluation of the health risk index suggested that soil ingestion and medicated diet represented the dominant exposure routes, indicating that trace metal(loids) in local soil might pose potential risks through soil-food chain transfer. Hazard quotient values for AM (1.473) and CT (1.357) were higher than the standard value (HQ > 1), whereas the hazard indices for PC, AM, and CT were 13.18, 14.33, and 14.01 times higher than the safe limit (HI > 1) in the polluted area, indicating non-cancer-related health hazards. Ingestion of soil was responsible for 36.39 to 91.06% of the total cancer risk and medicated diet accounted for 6.35 to 62.71%, compared with inhalation and dermal contact, suggesting carcinogenic health risks in herbs from polluted soils. In this study, Pb showed relatively higher non-carcinogenic risks, while Cr and Ni posed the highest cancer risks. Therefore, we propose more effective measures, which should be considered for Cr, Ni, and Pb remediation in soil to reduce their pollution in the studied areas.
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- Jianing Gao
- Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, #9, Block 4, Renminnanlu Road, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, #9, Block 4, Renminnanlu Road, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, #9, Block 4, Renminnanlu Road, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, #9, Block 4, Renminnanlu Road, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Hao L, He Y, Shi C, Hao X. Performance and mechanisms for V(v) bio-reduction by straw: key influencing factors. RSC Adv 2021; 11:27246-27256. [PMID: 35480689 PMCID: PMC9037681 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra03201a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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A high concentration of vanadium [V(v)] in groundwater is extremely harmful for humans. Weak movability and low toxicity after microbial V(v) reduction have attracted remarkable attention, especially for using solid carbon sources. However, the influencing factors remain unclear. In this study, the initial V(v) concentration, inocula amount and straw dosage were examined to ascertain the mechanisms behind them. Increasing the initial V(v) concentration led to the decrease of the V(v) removal efficiency, which was also positively correlated with the straw dosage within a certain range. The initial sludge amount was not a main factor affecting microbial V(v) removal in this study. With the initial amount of 10 mg L-1 V(v), 25 mL initial inocula and 5 g straw, 88.2% of V(v) was removed. According to the dissolved organic matter (DOM) analysis results, microbial activity prevailed in groups with higher V(v) removal efficiency, indicating that the V(v) bio-reduction was attributed to the microbial activity, which was considered a major factor. Functional species as unclassified_f_Enterobacteriaceae presumably contributed to the V(v) bioreduction, with upregulated ABC transporter genes and enzymes.
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- Liting Hao
- Sino-Dutch R&D Centre for Future Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture Beijing 100044 China
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- Sino-Dutch R&D Centre for Future Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture Beijing 100044 China
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- Sino-Dutch R&D Centre for Future Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture Beijing 100044 China
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- Sino-Dutch R&D Centre for Future Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture Beijing 100044 China
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Huang M, Chai L, Jiang D, Zhang M, Jia W, Huang Y, Zhou J. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) quality drives biogeographic patterns of soil bacterial communities and their association networks in semi-arid regions. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2021; 97:6307509. [PMID: 34156067 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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It is of great interest to elucidate the biogeographic patterns of soil microorganisms and their driving forces, which is fundamental to predicting alterations in microbial-mediated functions arising from environment changes. Although dissolved organic matter (DOM) represents an important resource for soil microorganisms, knowledge of how its quality affects microbial biogeography is limited. Here, we characterized soil bacterial communities and DOM quality in 45 soil samples collected from a 1500-km sampling transect through semi-arid regions in northern China which are currently suffering great pressure from climate change, using Illumina Miseq sequencing and fluorescence spectroscopy, respectively. We found that DOM quality (i.e. the source of DOM and the humification degree of DOM) had profound shaping influence on the biogeographic patterns exhibited by bacterial diversity, community composition and association networks. Specifically, the composition of bacteria community closely associated with DOM quality. Plant-derived DOM sustained higher bacterial diversity relative to microbial-derived DOM. Meanwhile, bacterial diversity linearly increased with increasing humification degree of DOM. Additionally, plant-derived DOM was observed to foster more complex bacterial association networks with less competition. Together, our work contributes to the factors underlying biogeographic patterns not only of bacterial diversity, community composition but also of their association networks and reports previously undocumented important role of DOM quality in shaping these patterns.
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- Muke Huang
- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Gradute School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA.,State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Huang M, Chai L, Jiang D, Zhang M, Jia W, Huang Y. Spatial Patterns of Soil Fungal Communities Are Driven by Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) Quality in Semi-Arid Regions. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2021; 82:202-214. [PMID: 32322922 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-020-01509-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Soil fungi are ecologically important as decomposers, pathogens, and symbionts in nature. Understanding their biogeographic patterns and driving forces is pivotal to predict alterations arising from environmental changes in ecosystem. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is an essential resource for soil fungi; however, the role of its quality in structuring fungal community patterns remains elusive. Here using Illumina MiSeq sequencing, we characterized total fungi and their functional groups in 45 soil samples collected from a 1500-km sampling transect through semi-arid regions in northern China, which are currently suffering great pressure from climate change. Total fungi and their functional groups were all observed to exhibit significant biogeographic patterns which were primarily driven by environmental variables. DOM quality was the best and consistent predictor of diversity of both total fungi and functional groups. Specifically, plant-derived DOM was associated with greater diversity relative to microbe-dominated origins. In addition, fungal diversity linearly increased with increases in degree of humification in DOM. Similarly, among all measured environmental variables, DOM quality had the strongest effects on the community composition of total fungi and functional groups. Together, our work contributes to the factors underlying fungal biogeographic patterns and adds detail to the importance of DOM quality in structuring fungal communities.
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- Muke Huang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China.
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Li B, Duan MM, Zeng XB, Zhang Q, Xu C, Zhu HH, Zhu QH, Huang DY. Effects of composited organic mobilizing agents and their application periods on cadmium absorption of Sorghum bicolor L. in a Cd-contaminated soil. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 263:128136. [PMID: 33297124 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Organic mobilizing agents have been advocated for phytoremediation of heavy metals contaminated soils, while the effects of application period of such agents remain unclear. A pot experiment was conducted, with two composited organic agents (oxalic acid or citric acid + dissolved organic fertilizer (OA + DOF and CA + DOF)) and four application periods (seeding, jointing, flag leaf and heading stages) of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.), to investigate their impacts on Cd bioavailability in soil. Results indicated that application of the two composited agents increased soil dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and DTPA extractable Cd by 7.31-49.13%, Cd contents in roots and shoots by 21.49-72.10%, bioaccumulation factor (BCF) and translocation factor (TF) of shoots by 4.44-71.99%, while reduced soil pH by 0.25-0.53 units, respectively. Most of these indices increased with the application periods, and largely peaked with their application during the flag leaf to heading stages. Meanwhile, the maximum sorghum biomass (132.84 g pot-1) and Cd bioaccumulation quantity (BCQ, 0.71 mg pot-1) in shoots were obtained for the CA + DOF applied at the heading. The DTPA extractable Cd was closely related to soil pH and DOC. Similar close relationships were observed between the Cd contents in shoots and soil DTPA extractable Cd, pH and DOC. The BCQ of Cd was positively related to the shoots biomass rather than their Cd contents. Therefore, the sorghum combined with the CA + DOF may be advocated as an alternative phytoremediation mode in Cd-contaminated soils, and the mobilizing agent should be primarily applied at the heading stage.
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- Bo Li
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China; Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agro-environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agro-environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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Clays, Limestone and Biochar Affect the Bioavailability and Geochemical Fractions of Cadmium and Zinc from Zn-Smelter Polluted Soils. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12208606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ca-bentonite (CB) alone and in a mixture with limestone (L), tobacco biochar (TB) and zeolite (Z) on the fixation, geochemical fractions and absorption of Cd and Zn by Chinese cabbage in smelter heavily polluted (S-HP) and smelter low polluted (S-LP) soils were investigated. The results showed that the CB + TB and CB + L + TB treatments significantly immobilized Cd up to 22.0% and 29.7%, respectively, and reduced uptake by Chinese cabbage shoot to 36.0% with CB + Z + L and 61.3% with CB + L in S-HP and S-LP soils compared with the control. The CB + Z + L + TB treatment mobilized Cd up to 4.4% and increased absorption in the shoot by 9.9% in S-HP soil. The greatest immobilization of Zn was 53.2% and 58.2% with the CB + Z + L + TB treatment, which reduced Zn uptake in the plant shoot by 10.0% with CB + L and 58.0% with CB + Z + L + TB in S-HP and S-LP soils. The CB + Z + TB and CB + TB treatments mobilized Zn up to 35.4% and 4.9%, respectively, in both soils. Furthermore, the uptake of Zn in plant shoot was observed by 59.0% and 7.9% with application of CB + Z and CB + TB treatments, respectively, in S-HP and S-LP soils. Overall, our results suggest that Ca-bentonite alone and in mixtures with different amendments can be used to reduce the phyto-extraction of Cd and Zn in Zn-smelter polluted soils.
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Liu H, Wang C, Xie Y, Luo Y, Sheng M, Xu F, Xu H. Ecological responses of soil microbial abundance and diversity to cadmium and soil properties in farmland around an enterprise-intensive region. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 392:122478. [PMID: 32193118 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Microorganisms play a vital role in soil biochemical process in contaminated managed ecosystems. In the present study, a field investigation was conducted in farmland around an industrial intensive region contaminated with cadmium, and the changes of microbial assemblages in contaminated soils were assessed by 16S rRNA sequencing and the further statistical analysis. The results revealed obvious variations in microbial richness between referenced and contaminated soils, with Proteobacteri, Chloroflexi, Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria and Nitrospirae dominating the studied communities around the industrial intensive region. Redundancy analysis and Spearman correlation heatmap revealed that about 68.95 % of overall variation in microbial community composition was explained by soil physiochemical properties and Cd existence, among which pH, soil total phosphorus, total nitrogen, organic carbon (OC) and available Cd were identified as dominant factors. No significant difference was found in the similarities and Beta-diversity analysis among different groups. In conclusion, this study revealed the ecological effects of physiochemical parameters and Cd stress on the diversity and abundance of microbial communities, and these findings provided the detailed and integrated correlation between the main factors and microbial indexes in Cd contaminated farmland around the industrial intensive region.
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- Huakang Liu
- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment Protection, Soil Ecological Protection and Pollution Control, Sichuan University & Department of Ecology and Environment of Sichuan, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, PR China.
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Effects of biochar and crop straws on the bioavailability of cadmium in contaminated soil. Sci Rep 2020; 10:9528. [PMID: 32533061 PMCID: PMC7293325 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65631-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Numerous studies have been investigated the potential of biochar (BC) derived from various materials and crop straw (CS) to decrease the bioavailability of heavy metals in soil contaminated with cadmium (Cd), and thereby reduce their potential risk to human health and the ecological environment. However, little attention has been given to the comparison of heavy metal remediation efficiency using BC and CS such as peanut vine (PV) and rice straw (RS), especially in soil contaminated with Cd. Here, we explore if Cd bioavailability is affected in contaminated soil by BC and CS. Peanuts were grown in plastic pots, which contained BC or CS at 5% (dry weight, w/w) in controlled environment mesocosms. The bioavailability of Cd in contaminated soil was measured by Cd concentration in the plant and the concentrations of various forms of Cd in the soil. At the same plant age, growth with BC (compared with PV and RS) led to 13.56% and 8.28% lower rates of Cd content in the aboveground parts, 40.65% and 35.67% lower rates of Cd content in the seeds, yet 9.08% and 7.09% lower rates of Cd content in the roots, yet 35.80% and 28.48% lower rates of exchangeable Cd content in the soil. Moreover, BC amendment enhanced the biomass of peanut and physiological quality. Thus, BC had a greater impact on immobilizing Cd in the soil. The results imply that BC was more significantly (P < 0.05) remarkable in decreasing the Cd bioavailability and improving the biomass of peanut. BC has greater potential for enhancing soil quality and promoting peanut growth. In conclusion, this research demonstrates an understanding of employing BC as a promising inexpensive and eco-friendly amendment to remediate soil contaminated with Cd.
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Liu H, Xie Y, Li J, Zeng G, Li H, Xu F, Feng S, Xu H. Effect of Serratia sp. K3 combined with organic materials on cadmium migration in soil-vetiveria zizanioides L. system and bacterial community in contaminated soil. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 242:125164. [PMID: 31669989 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Revised: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Phytoremediation is an economical strategy to harvest cadmium (Cd) from contaminated soil, but the efficiency of phytoremediation was affected by many factors. This study investigated the potential of Serratia sp. K3 (K3) assisted with straw biogas residue (SBR) or leavening fertilizer (LF) on improving the Cd migration efficiency and micro-environment in soil-vetiveria zizanioides L. system. The results showed that the acid soluble Cd in soil was increased by 2.83-29.79% in treatments compared with control (CK). In addition, Cd accumulation in the roots and shoots of vetiveria zizanioides were significantly enhanced by the combination of K3 and SBR/LF. Especially, the translocation factor of Cd increased by 21.53-62.37% in groups with K3 compared with the groups without K3, correspondingly. Furthermore, SBR/LF effectively changed bacterial community structure, and improved bacterial abundance. Relative abundance of functional genes related with carbohydrate/energy/amino acid metabolism were increased in groups of SBRB/LFB rhizosphere compared with CK. These results provide insight into the change of phytoremediation efficiency and soil bacterial communities in the vetiveria zizanioides rhizosphere after inoculation. This study may provide a promising method for improving phytoremediation in Cd contaminated soil.
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- Huakang Liu
- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China.
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Gao J, Shi Z, Wu H, Lv J. Fluorescent characteristics of dissolved organic matter released from biochar and paddy soil incorporated with biochar. RSC Adv 2020; 10:5785-5793. [PMID: 35497450 PMCID: PMC9049491 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra10279e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays a critical part in many processes of the ecological environment due to its mobility and reactivity in the soil and water interface. In the presented study, excitation-emission matrices (EEM) coupled with parallel factor analyses (PARAFAC) and UV-visible spectroscopy were introduced to investigate the variation of DOM derived from wheat straw biochar produced at different pyrolysis temperatures (300 °C, 500 °C and 700 °C), qualitatively and quantitatively. The dissolved organic matter (DOM) content of 700 °C biochar achieved a maximum of 1.45 g kg−1, while a minimum of 0.61 g kg−1 was found at 500 °C. Components consisting of protein and tryptophan-like, UVA humic acid-like and UVC humic acid-like substances were extracted from the fluorescence data using PARAFAC. The abundance of fluorescent components predicted that DOM was mainly composed of more aromatic humic materials and litter amino acids with the increase in the pyrolysis temperature. Additionally, a column experiment simulating a paddy field was conducted to evaluate the feasible application of biochar produced at different temperatures, and the results showed that biochar addition enhanced the aromaticity and accelerated the decomposition of DOM released from flooded paddy soil. However, the indices SUVA254 and SUVA260 showed increasing tendencies in the soil profile, which may be ascribed to the downward transport of water-soluble DOM during the period of leaching. Briefly, the findings obtained, reinforced by statistical analysis could provide some valuable and distinct optical information of DOM derived from biochar and offer technical guidance when incorporating biochar into paddy soil in agricultural production. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays a critical part in many processes of the ecological environment due to its mobility and reactivity in the soil and water interface.![]()
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- Jiakai Gao
- College of Agriculture
- Henan University of Science and Technology
- Luoyang
- PR China
- College of Natural Resources and Environment
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- College of Agriculture
- Henan University of Science and Technology
- Luoyang
- PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment
- Northwest A&F University
- Yangling
- PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment
- Northwest A&F University
- Yangling
- PR China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China
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Zhang R, Huang Q, Yan T, Yang J, Zheng Y, Li H, Li M. Effects of intercropping mulch on the content and composition of soil dissolved organic matter in apple orchard on the loess plateau. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 250:109531. [PMID: 31513995 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is an important parameter that reflects soil fertility and quality. In this study, the effects of intercropping perennial ryegrass and straw mulch on the content, composition and spectral characteristics of soil DOM in orchards in arid and semi-arid areas were investigated by three-dimensional fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (EEM) combined with parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC). Three treatments were applied in a 6-year-old apple orchard on the Loess Plateau: (1) clean tillage (CT); (2) intercropping perennial ryegrass mulch (RE); (3) intercropping straw mulch (CS). Soil samples (0-10, 10-20, 20-40, 40-60, 60-80, 80-100 cm) were collected from different treatments. The total soil organic carbon (SOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) content were ranked as CS> RE> CT, and decreased with soil depth. In addition, the vertical distribution of DOC with different soil depth was caused by organic matter input but not leaching. Three humic-like components and two protein-like components were identified by EEM-PARAFAC. Fluorescence spectra showed that humic-like compounds were the dominant fractions in soil DOM in the CS treatment. Fluorescence Index (FI) indicated that the proportion of plant residues and soil organic matter derived DOM ranked as CT> RE> CS and gradually decreased with soil depth. Our results highlight the key role of orchard intercropping mulch in improving the content and compositions of soil DOM through different forms of organic inputs and provide new theoretical support for the evaluation of soil fertility in orchards.
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- Rongqin Zhang
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China.
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China.
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Liu Y, Xu Y, Huang Q, Qin X, Zhao L, Liang X, Wang L, Sun Y. Effects of chicken manure application on cadmium and arsenic accumulation in rice grains under different water conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:30847-30856. [PMID: 31446596 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-06271-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Widespread contamination of agricultural soil with Cd and As has resulted in substantial transfer and accumulation of these toxicants in rice grains. In the present study, we investigated the effects of chicken manure application on Cd and As concentrations and As speciation in the rice grains grown under different water conditions by pot experiment. Under aerobic condition, the application of chicken manure increased soil pH and soil Eh during most of the growth period of rice. Consequently, the application of chicken manure has little effect on total Cd, slightly decreased total As and inorganic As of rice grains when applied at rate of 2.0%. Under intermittent irrigation condition, the application of chicken manure increased soil pH and decreased soil Eh during most of the growth period of rice. Thus, chicken manure decreased total Cd, As, and inorganic As of rice grains. Besides, there was increased reduction of Cd and As with increase in the amount of chicken manure applied. Under flooded condition, the application of chicken manure increased soil pH before heading but decreased soil pH after heading. The application of chicken manure dramatically decreased total and inorganic As in rice grains, and slightly decreased Cd of rice grains. There was increased reduction of total As concentration with the increase in the amount of chicken manure applied. Meanwhile, the inorganic As concentration was the lowest when the concentration of chicken manure was 1.0%.
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- Yiyun Liu
- Innovation Team of Remediation for Heavy Metal Contaminated Farmlands, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300191, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Original Environmental Pollution Control, Ministry of Agriculture/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Innovation Team of Remediation for Heavy Metal Contaminated Farmlands, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300191, People's Republic of China.
- Key Laboratory of Original Environmental Pollution Control, Ministry of Agriculture/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
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- Innovation Team of Remediation for Heavy Metal Contaminated Farmlands, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300191, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Original Environmental Pollution Control, Ministry of Agriculture/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Innovation Team of Remediation for Heavy Metal Contaminated Farmlands, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300191, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Original Environmental Pollution Control, Ministry of Agriculture/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Innovation Team of Remediation for Heavy Metal Contaminated Farmlands, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300191, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Original Environmental Pollution Control, Ministry of Agriculture/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Innovation Team of Remediation for Heavy Metal Contaminated Farmlands, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300191, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Original Environmental Pollution Control, Ministry of Agriculture/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Innovation Team of Remediation for Heavy Metal Contaminated Farmlands, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300191, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Original Environmental Pollution Control, Ministry of Agriculture/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Innovation Team of Remediation for Heavy Metal Contaminated Farmlands, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300191, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Original Environmental Pollution Control, Ministry of Agriculture/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, No. 31, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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Li Z, Huang M, Luo N, Wen J, Deng C, Yang R. Spectroscopic study of the effects of dissolved organic matter compositional changes on availability of cadmium in paddy soil under different water management practices. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 225:414-423. [PMID: 30884303 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.03.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Revised: 02/24/2019] [Accepted: 03/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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It is well established that water management can influence the availability of Cd in paddy soil but the role of dissolved organic matter (DOM) characteristics in this process is still unclear. Here, we measured and compared the DOM quantity and quality between flooded and wetted treatments by spectroscopic and chemometric analysis and applied correlation analysis to relate DOM characteristics with availability concentrations of Cd. Ultraviolet-visible showed that aromaticity and hydrophobicity of DOM significantly decreased with time in wetted paddy soil (p < 0.05) but had no significant difference in flooded paddy soil (p > 0.05). According the results from two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy analytical method, humic- and protein-like substances had fast response during cultivation process. Two humic-like substances (C1, C2) and two protein-like substances (C3, C4) were identified from paddy soil-derived DOM by combining emission and excitation matrix spectroscopy with parallel factor. Compared to component C1, C3, and C4, component C2 has stronger aromaticity and hydrophobicity and higher molecular size (665-1000 Da). Its proportion declined markedly during the wetting periods but increased slightly during flooding. Pearson correlation analysis illustrated that flooding was more helpful in immobilizing Cd than wetting due to the aromatic, hydrophobic, and high molecular weight constituents remained in flooded treatments and the substantial decomposition of component C2 in wetted treatments. These results suggested that spectroscopic and chemometric methods are helping to further explain the impacts of DOM quality on Cd availability under different water management practices.
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- Zhongwu Li
- College of Resource and Environment Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, PR China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China.
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- College of Resource and Environment Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, PR China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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- College of Resource and Environment Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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Li Z, Song Z, Singh BP, Wang H. The impact of crop residue biochars on silicon and nutrient cycles in croplands. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 659:673-680. [PMID: 31096397 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Croplands are subjected to nutrient loss mainly due to agricultural harvest. Silicon has beneficial effect on alleviating nutrient imbalance-induced stress. Addition of crop residue biochars to cropland can import both silicon (Si) and nutrients (e.g. nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) directly and enhance their availability. Nevertheless, how the concentrations of Si and nutrients vary among the biochars derived from different feedstocks, and how crop Si and nutrients respond to addition of biochars to croplands have not yet been clarified comprehensively and quantitatively. Total and essentially available Si and nutrients in crop residue biochars and their relationships with crop Si and nutrient uptake were investigated by using data collected from peer reviewed papers. Biochars derived from rice husk, rice straw, corn stover, sugarcane residues, and wheat straw, which were produced by thermal pyrolysis at 150-900 °C under oxygen-limited conditions, averagely contained 20.03% (n = 10), 12.39% (n = 16), 10.25% (n = 7), 7.40% (n = 9), and 3.34% (n = 3) of total Si, respectively. By contrast, crop residue biochars contained, on average, 1.23% nitrogen (n = 461), 0.32% phosphorus (n = 209), 0.56% sulfur (n = 187), 2.73% potassium (n = 197), 1.17% calcium (n = 123), and 0.54% magnesium (n = 111), which largely depended on and varied widely with their feedstocks and pyrolysis conditions. On average, 32.6%-54.9% of the total Si and nutrients (excluding nitrogen) in crop residue biochars were essentially available. Hence, addition of crop residue biochars to croplands may contribute a considerable amount of total and available Si and nutrients, except available inorganic nitrogen. The increasing amounts of Si and nutrient input with addition of biochars had positive and statistically significant (p < 0.05) relationships with the increment of crop Si and nutrient uptake, respectively. In conclusion, addition of crop residue biochars can be beneficial to sustainable agriculture system through concerting Si and nutrient cycling in croplands.
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- Zichuan Li
- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
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- Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Menangle, NSW 2568, Australia
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- School of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, China; School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, China
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Chai L, Huang M, Fan H, Wang J, Jiang D, Zhang M, Huang Y. Urbanization altered regional soil organic matter quantity and quality: Insight from excitation emission matrix (EEM) and parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC). CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 220:249-258. [PMID: 30590291 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.12.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Soil organic matter (SOM) play an important role in soil ecology and global carbon dynamic. As one of the most sever and irreversible land use change, urbanization could alter the regional carbon storage and composition pattern. However how urbanization influence on SOM is still unclear. In this study, we collected soil samples from highly urbanized area of Beijing, China and explore the quantity and quality variations of SOM by using fluorescence spectroscopy in combine with parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC). The results shown that the soil physic-chemical properties were shaped by urbanization. Comparing to nature soil, moisture content, total organic carbon and total nitrogen in urban and rural soil significantly decreased. The fluorescence spectrum demonstrated that SOM quality was also altered by urbanization induced environmental changes. Five fluorescent compounds in SOM was identified by PARAFAC model and three of them was assigned to humic-like substances. The fluorescence intensity of humic-like substances in nature land was significantly higher than of rural and urban land, meanwhile microbial related substance accumulated in urban land in comparison with rural and nature land. The multivariate analyses further reveal the relationship between soil physic-chemical properties and SOM composition. These results suggest that urbanization could not only decrease the SOM quantity but also change the SOM composition. The SOM loss caused by urbanization was mainly consist of humic-like substance loss. Besides urbanization also stimulate the accumulation of microbial related substance in SOM which highlight the importance of microorganism is SOM dynamic.
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- Liwei Chai
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8572, Japan
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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Wang X, Yu HY, Li F, Liu T, Wu W, Liu C, Liu C, Zhang X. Enhanced immobilization of arsenic and cadmium in a paddy soil by combined applications of woody peat and Fe(NO 3) 3: Possible mechanisms and environmental implications. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 649:535-543. [PMID: 30176464 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Revised: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Organic matter (OM) plays an important role in the mobility of heavy metal(loid)s. Peat containing abundant OM can be used as an organic fertilizer improving physical and chemical properties of soil. Previous studies indicated that the immobilization of heavy metal(loid)s by peat is affected by the presence of metal oxides and/or hydroxides and that Fe-enriched peat is very effective in immobilizing metal(loid)s. Accordingly, we hypothesize that simultaneous application of peat and Fe-containing compounds may pronouncedly immobilize heavy metal(loid)s. In this study, the effects of the combined applications of woody peat and Fe(NO3)3 on As and Cd mobilities and accumulations in rice during the whole growth period were investigated by a pot experiment. The combined applications of woody peat and Fe(NO3)3 significantly decreased As(III) and Cd in porewater due to pH increases induced by applications of Fe(NO3)3, and these decreases were enhanced with increasing Fe(NO3)3. In addition, simultaneous application of peat and Fe(NO3)3 significantly decreased mobile portions of As and Cd but significantly increased their immobile portions. Increasing Fe(NO3)3 increased the amount of As immobilized by poorly crystalline Fe oxides. The formation of Fe plaques and production of poorly crystalline Fe oxides were enhanced by Fe(NO3)3 addition, which also contributed to the immobilization of As and Cd in soil. Overall, the combined applications of woody peat and Fe(NO3)3 provided a strategy for simultaneously immobilizing As and Cd in soils and further alleviating their accumulations from soil to rice plants. In paddy soil, the frequent occurrence of iron redox activity due to the alternating wetting and drying cycles provided favorable conditions for interactions between Fe and OM, and this process and its associated metal(loid) immobilization may be more important than we thought and need further study.
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- Xiangqin Wang
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-Environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-Environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-Environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, Guangzhou 510650, China.
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-Environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-Environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-Environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-Environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 947 Heping Road, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430081, China
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Zeng L, Lin X, Zhou F, Qin J, Li H. Biochar and crushed straw additions affect cadmium absorption in cassava-peanut intercropping system. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2019; 167:520-530. [PMID: 30384059 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Revised: 09/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) intercropped with peanut (Arachis hypogaea) has good complementary effects in time and space. In the field plot test, the land equivalent ratio (LER) of cassava-peanut intercropping system was 1.43, showing obvious intercropping yield advantage. Compared with monocropping, Cd contents in the roots of cassava and seeds of peanut were significantly reduced by 20.00% and 31.67%, respectively (p < 0.05). Under the unit area of hectare, compared with monocropping of cassava and peanut, the bioconcentration amount (BCA) of Cd in the intercropping system increased significantly by 24.98% and 25.59%, respectively (p < 0.05), and the metal removal equivalent ratio (MRER) of Cd was 1.25, indicating that the intercropping pattern had advantage in Cd removal. In the cement pool plot test, compared with the control, cassava intercropped with peanut under biochar and crushed straw additions did not only enhance the available nutrients and organic matter contents in rhizosphere soil but also promoted the crop growth and increased the content of chlorophyll (SPAD values) of plant leaves. The peanut seeds biomass under biochar and straw additions were significantly increased by 112.34% and 59.38% (p < 0.05), respectively, while the cassava roots biomass under biochar addition was significantly increased by 63.54% (p < 0.05). Applying biochar significantly decreased the content of Cd which extracted by diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA-Cd) in soil and reduced Cd uptake as well as translocation into plant tissues. The BCA of Cd of cassava under biochar addition decreased significantly by 53.87% in maturity stage (p < 0.05), thus reduced the ecological risk of Cd to crops and was of great significance to produce high quality and safe agricultural products. Besides, the crushed straw enhanced the biomass of crops, reduced Cd content in all tissues and maintained Cd uptake in the intercropping system. Therefore, it can realize the integration of ecological remediation and economic benefit of two energy plants in Cd contaminated soil after applied crushed straw in cassava-peanut intercropping system.
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- Luping Zeng
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Agro-Environment, Ministry of Agriculture/South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Modern Eco-agriculture and Circular Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Agroecology and Rural Environment of Guangzhou Regular Higher Education Institutions, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Waste Reuse in Agriculture of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Agro-Environment, Ministry of Agriculture/South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Agro-Environment, Ministry of Agriculture/South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Modern Eco-agriculture and Circular Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Agroecology and Rural Environment of Guangzhou Regular Higher Education Institutions, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Agro-Environment, Ministry of Agriculture/South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Modern Eco-agriculture and Circular Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Agroecology and Rural Environment of Guangzhou Regular Higher Education Institutions, Guangzhou 510642, PR China.
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Wang B, Liu C, Chen Y, Dong F, Chen S, Zhang D, Zhu J. Structural characteristics, analytical techniques and interactions with organic contaminants of dissolved organic matter derived from crop straw: a critical review. RSC Adv 2018; 8:36927-36938. [PMID: 35558903 PMCID: PMC9089241 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra06978f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) represents one of the most mobile and reactive organic compounds in an ecosystem and plays an important role in the fate and transport of soil organic pollutants, nutrient cycling and more importantly global climate change. Advances in environment geochemistry in the past two decades have improved our knowledge about the genesis, composition, and structure of DOM, and its effect on the environment. Application of analytical technology, for example UV-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy (3D-EEM) have resulted in these advances. At present, crop straw, as a part of energy development strategy, is mainly used for soil amendment, fodder, fertilizer and industrial materials. Moreover, the fermentation and decomposition of straw should be also promoted for ecological agriculture. However, few studies have focused on the structural properties of DOM derived from crop straw in farmland soil. In this article, DOM derived from crop straw, which is abbreviated to "CDOM", presents active physicochemical properties that can affect the migration and bioavailability of organic contaminants (OCs) in terrestrial ecosystems. The objectives of this review paper are: (i) to discuss the structural characteristics, analytical techniques and interactions between CDOM and OCs in farmland soil; (ii) to present a critical analysis of the impact of CDOM on the physicochemical transformation and transport of OCs in farmland soils; (iii) to provide the perspectives in future research. Therefore, the findings obtained from this study can be utilized to evaluate the relations of interactions between CDOM and OCs in agricultural soils, in order to support some suggestions for future development in agricultural waste recycling, buffering of organic pollution, and the effect on the global carbon cycle.
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- Bin Wang
- School of Environment and Resource, Southwest University of Science and Technology Sichuan 621010 PR China +86 816 2419018 +86 816 2419018
- Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Resource Recycle, Ministry of Education, Southwest University of Science and Technology Sichuan 621010 PR China
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- School of Environment and Resource, Southwest University of Science and Technology Sichuan 621010 PR China +86 816 2419018 +86 816 2419018
- Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Resource Recycle, Ministry of Education, Southwest University of Science and Technology Sichuan 621010 PR China
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- School of Environment and Resource, Southwest University of Science and Technology Sichuan 621010 PR China +86 816 2419018 +86 816 2419018
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University Sudbury P3E 2C6 Canada
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- School of Environment and Resource, Southwest University of Science and Technology Sichuan 621010 PR China +86 816 2419018 +86 816 2419018
- Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Resource Recycle, Ministry of Education, Southwest University of Science and Technology Sichuan 621010 PR China
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- School of Environment and Resource, Southwest University of Science and Technology Sichuan 621010 PR China +86 816 2419018 +86 816 2419018
- Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Resource Recycle, Ministry of Education, Southwest University of Science and Technology Sichuan 621010 PR China
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- Faculty of Environment Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology Yunnan 650500 PR China +86 15887215550
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- School of Environment and Resource, Southwest University of Science and Technology Sichuan 621010 PR China +86 816 2419018 +86 816 2419018
- Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Resource Recycle, Ministry of Education, Southwest University of Science and Technology Sichuan 621010 PR China
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Fan C, Zhang Y. Environmentally friendly remediation of lead/cadmium co-contaminated loess soil in northwestern China using a humificated straw solution. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:25243-25254. [PMID: 29943126 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2601-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The remediation of heavy metal-contaminated soils is a great challenge and an important issue for global environmental sciences and engineering. Soil washing technology is popularly used for soil remediation, but there are issues that must be solved. These include selecting an environmentally friendly washing solution and preventing damage to the soil during the washing process. The aim of the present work is to reveal the effects of operational conditions on soil remediation contaminated by lead/cadmium, and the effects on soil physicochemical properties caused by the washing reaction. A loess soil sample was collected from northwestern China, and a humificated straw solution was used as the washing solution. The remediation efficiency was investigated using a small-scale experimental device. The remediation efficiency could be improved by optimizing the operational conditions, and we found that the Elovich equation fits better the reaction process compared to the double-constant equation and the first-order kinetics equation. The washing rate of cadmium was slightly faster than that of lead. Compared to the topsoil in the column, the concentration of lead/cadmium was higher in the bottom soil, and the content of lead/cadmium in the inner layer soil was lower than that in the outer layer soil. The washing process had little influence on the surface characteristics and functional groups of soil. The humificated straw solution could be used effectively to remove lead/cadmium and preserve nutrients in loess soil.
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- Chunhui Fan
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China.
- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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