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Kuppe CW, Postma JA. Benefits and limits of biological nitrification inhibitors for plant nitrogen uptake and the environment. Sci Rep 2024; 14:15027. [PMID: 38951138 PMCID: PMC11217430 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-65247-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/03/2024] Open
Abstract
Plant growth and high yields are secured by intensive use of nitrogen (N) fertilizer, which, however, pollutes the environment, especially when N is in the form of nitrate. Ammonium is oxidized to nitrate by nitrifiers, but roots can release biological nitrification inhibitors (BNIs). Under what conditions does root-exudation of BNIs facilitate nitrogen N uptake and reduce pollution by N loss to the environment? We modeled the spatial-temporal dynamics of nitrifiers, ammonium, nitrate, and BNIs around a root and simulated root N uptake and net rhizosphere N loss over the plant's life cycle. We determined the sensitivity of N uptake and loss to variations in the parameter values, testing a broad range of soil-plant-microbial conditions, including concentrations, diffusion, sorption, nitrification, population growth, and uptake kinetics. An increase in BNI exudation reduces net N loss and, under most conditions, increases plant N uptake. BNIs decrease uptake in the case of (1) low ammonium concentrations, (2) high ammonium adsorption to the soil, (3) rapid nitrate- or slow ammonium uptake by the plant, and (4) a slowly growing or (5) fast-declining nitrifier population. Bactericidal inhibitors facilitate uptake more than bacteriostatic ones. Some nitrification, however, is necessary to maximize uptake by both ammonium and nitrate transporter systems. An increase in BNI exudation should be co-selected with improved ammonium uptake. BNIs can reduce N uptake, which may explain why not all species exude BNIs but have a generally positive effect on the environment by increasing rhizosphere N retention.
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- Christian W Kuppe
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences-Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany.
- Faculty 1, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences-Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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Lu Y, Wang F, Min J, Kronzucker HJ, Hua Y, Yu H, Zhou F, Shi W. Biological mitigation of soil nitrous oxide emissions by plant metabolites. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2024; 30:e17333. [PMID: 38798169 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Plant metabolites significantly affect soil nitrogen (N) cycling, but their influence on nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions has not been quantitatively analyzed on a global scale. We conduct a comprehensive meta-analysis of 173 observations from 42 articles to evaluate global patterns of and principal factors controlling N2O emissions in the presence of root exudates and extracts. Overall, plant metabolites promoted soil N2O emissions by about 10%. However, the effects of plant metabolites on N2O emissions from soils varied with experimental conditions and properties of both metabolites and soils. Primary metabolites, such as sugars, amino acids, and organic acids, strongly stimulated soil N2O emissions, by an average of 79%, while secondary metabolites, such as phenolics, terpenoids, and flavonoids, often characterized as both biological nitrification inhibitors (BNIs) and biological denitrification inhibitors (BDIs), reduced soil N2O emissions by an average of 41%. The emission mitigation effects of BNIs/BDIs were closely associated with soil texture and pH, increasing with increasing soil clay content and soil pH on acidic and neutral soils, and with decreasing soil pH on alkaline soils. We furthermore present soil incubation experiments that show that three secondary metabolite types act as BNIs to reduce N2O emissions by 32%-45%, while three primary metabolite classes possess a stimulatory effect of 56%-63%, confirming the results of the meta-analysis. Our results highlight the potential role and application range of specific secondary metabolites in biomitigation of global N2O emissions and provide new biological parameters for N2O emission models that should help improve the accuracy of model predictions.
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- Yufang Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Watershed Geospatial Intelligence, College of Geography and Remote Sensing, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
- Southwest United Graduate School, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan, China
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Lu Y, Kronzucker HJ, Yu M, Shabala S, Shi W. Nitrogen-loss and carbon-footprint reduction by plant-rhizosphere exudates. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 29:469-481. [PMID: 37802692 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.09.007] [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: 07/09/2023] [Revised: 09/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
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Low-carbon approaches to agriculture constitute a pivotal measure to address the challenge of global climate change. In agroecosystems, rhizosphere exudates are significantly involved in regulating the nitrogen (N) cycle and facilitating belowground chemical communication between plants and soil microbes to reduce direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and control N runoff from cultivated sites into natural water bodies. Here, we discuss specific rhizosphere exudates from plants and microorganisms and the mechanisms by which they reduce N loss and subsequent N pollution in terrestrial and aquatic environments, including biological nitrification inhibitors (BNIs), biological denitrification inhibitors (BDIs), and biological denitrification promoters (BDPs). We also highlight promising application scenarios and challenges in relation to rhizosphere exudates in terrestrial and aquatic environments.
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- Yufang Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China
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- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China; School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Guo T, Bai SH, Omidvar N, Wang Y, Chen F, Zhang M. Insight into the functional mechanisms of nitrogen-cycling inhibitors in decreasing yield-scaled ammonia volatilization and nitrous oxide emission: A global meta-analysis. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 338:139611. [PMID: 37482310 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139611] [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: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Soil ammonia (NH3) volatilization and nitrous oxide (N2O) emission decrease nitrogen (N) utilization efficiency and cause some environmental problems. The N-cycling inhibitors are suggested to apply to enhance N utilization efficiency. Quantifying effects of N-cycling inhibitors on yield-scaled NH3 volatilization and N2O emission and functional genes could provide support for the optimal selection and application of N-cycling inhibitor. We conducted a meta-analysis to reveal the effects of N-cycling inhibitors on soil abiotic properties, functional genes and yield-scaled NH3 volatilization and N2O emission by extracting data from 166 published articles and linked their comprehensive relationships. The N-cycling inhibitors in this meta-analysis mainly includes nitrification inhibitors 3, 4-dimethyl pyrazole phosphate, dicyandiamide and 2-chloro-6-trichloromethylpyridine, urease inhibitor N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide and biological nitrification inhibitors methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate and 1, 9-decanediol. The N-cycling inhibitor applications significantly increased alkaline soil pH but significantly decreased acidic soil pH. The N-cycling inhibitors decreased soil AOB amoA gene abundances mostly under the condition of pH 4.5-6 (mean: 212%, 95% confidence intervals (CI): 249% and -176%) and significantly decreased nirS gene (mean: 39%; 95% CI: 72% and -6%). The yield-scaled NH3 volatilization was significantly decreased by the N-cycling inhibitors under the condition of soil pH = 7-8.5 (mean: 45%; 95% CI: 59% and -31%). The yield-scaled N2O emission was also significantly reduced by all N-cycling inhibitors and had negative correlations with the soil nirK and nirS gene abundances. The effects of N-cycling inhibitors on soil pH, ammonium-N, nitrate-N and nitrifying and denitrifying genes and yield-scaled NH3 volatilization and N2O emission were dominated by the inhibitor types, soil textures, crop species and environmental pH. Our study could provide technical support for the optimal selection and application of N-cycling inhibitor under different environmental conditions.
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- Tao Guo
- College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, QLD, 4111, Australia
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- Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, QLD, 4111, Australia
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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; Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, QLD, 4111, Australia.
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Jáuregui I, Vega-Mas I, Delaplace P, Vanderschuren H, Thonar C. An optimized hydroponic pipeline for large-scale identification of wheat genotypes with resilient biological nitrification inhibition activity. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 238:1711-1721. [PMID: 36764923 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18807] [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: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Several plant species have been reported to inhibit nitrification via their root exudates, the so-called biological nitrification inhibition (BNI). Given the potential of BNI-producing plants to sustainably mitigate N losses in agrosystems, identification of BNI activity in existing germplasms is of paramount importance. A hydroponic system was combined with an optimized Nitrosomonas europaea-based bioassay to determine the BNI activity of root exudates. The pipeline allows collecting and processing hundreds of root exudates simultaneously. An additional assay was established to assess the potential bactericide effect of the root exudates. The pipeline was used to unravel the impact of developmental stage, temperature and osmotic stress on the BNI trait in selected wheat genotypes. Biological nitrification inhibition activity appeared consistently higher in wheat at the pretillering stage as compared to the tillering stage. While low-temperatures did not alter BNI activities in root exudates, osmotic stress appeared to change the BNI activity in a genotype-dependent manner. Further analysis of Nitrosomonas culture after pre-exposure to root exudates suggested that BNI activity has no or limited bactericide effects. The present pipeline will be instrumental to further investigating the dynamics of BNI activity and to uncover the diversity of the BNI trait in plant species.
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- Iván Jáuregui
- Plant Genetics and Rhizosphere Processes laboratory, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, University of Liège, B-5030, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Plant Genetics and Rhizosphere Processes laboratory, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, University of Liège, B-5030, Gembloux, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940, Bilbao, Spain
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- Plant Genetics and Rhizosphere Processes laboratory, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, University of Liège, B-5030, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Plant Genetics and Rhizosphere Processes laboratory, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, University of Liège, B-5030, Gembloux, Belgium
- Tropical Crop Improvement Laboratory, Biosystems Department, KU Leuven, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Plant Genetics and Rhizosphere Processes laboratory, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, University of Liège, B-5030, Gembloux, Belgium
- Agroecology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), B-1050, Brussels, Belgium
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Wang X, Wang M, Chen L, Shutes B, Yan B, Zhang F, Lyu J, Zhu H. Nitrogen migration and transformation in a saline-alkali paddy ecosystem with application of different nitrogen fertilizers. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:51665-51678. [PMID: 36810817 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25984-9] [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: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
With the increasing transformation of saline-alkali land into paddy, the nitrogen (N) loss in saline-alkali paddy fields becomes an urgent agricultural-environmental problem. However, N migration and transformation following the application of different N fertilizers in saline-alkali paddy fields remains unclear. In this study, four types of N fertilizers were tested to explore the N migration and transformation among water-soil-gas-plant media in saline-alkali paddy ecosystems. Based on the structural equation models, N fertilizer types can change the effects of electrical conductivity (EC), pH, and ammonia-N (NH4+-N) of surface water and/or soil on ammonia (NH3) volatilization and nitrous oxide (N2O) emission. Compared with urea (U), the application of urea with urease-nitrification inhibitors (UI) can reduce the potential risk of NH4+-N and nitrate-N (NO3--N) loss via runoff, and significantly (p < 0.05) reduce the N2O emission. However, the expected effectiveness of UI on NH3 volatilization control and total N (TN) uptake capacity of rice was not achieved. For organic-inorganic compound fertilizer (OCF) and carbon-based slow-release fertilizer (CSF), the average TN concentrations in surface water at panicle initiation fertilizer (PIF) stage were reduced by 45.97% and 38.63%, respectively, and the TN contents in aboveground crops were increased by 15.62% and 23.91%. The cumulative N2O emissions by the end of the entire rice-growing season were also decreased by 103.62% and 36.69%, respectively. Overall, both OCF and CSF are beneficial for controlling N2O emission and the potential risks of N loss via runoff caused by surface water discharge, and improving the TN uptake capacity of rice in saline-alkali paddy fields.
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- Xinyi Wang
- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun, 130102, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China
- Da'an Sodic Land Experiment Station, Da'an, Jilin, 131300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University, Hendon, London, NW4 4BT, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China
- Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun, 130102, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China
- Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun, 130102, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China
- Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun, 130102, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China.
- Jilin Provincial Engineering Center of CWs Design in Cold Region & Beautiful Country Construction, Changchun, 130102, China.
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Lu Y, Hua Y, Lv N, Zu W, Kronzucker HJ, Dong G, Shi W. Syringic acid from rice roots inhibits soil nitrification and N 2O emission under red and paddy soils but not a calcareous soil. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1099689. [PMID: 36605956 PMCID: PMC9808040 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1099689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Syringic acid (SA) is a novel biological nitrification inhibitor (BNIs) discovered in rice root exudates with significant inhibition of Nitrosomonas strains. However, the inhibitory effect of SA on nitrification and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions in different soils and the environmental factors controlling the degree of inhibition have not been studied. Using 14-day microcosm incubation, we investigated the effects of different concentrations of SA on nitrification activity, abundance of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms, and N2O emissions in three typical agricultural soils. The nitrification inhibitory efficacy of SA was strongest in acidic red soil, followed by weakly acidic paddy soil, with no significant effect in an alkaline calcareous soil. Potential nitrification activity (PNA) were also greatly reduced by SA additions in paddy and red soil. Pearson correlation analysis showed that the inhibitory efficacy of SA might be negatively correlated with soil pH and positively correlated with clay percentage. SA treatments significantly reduced N2O emissions by 69.1-79.3% from paddy soil and by 40.8%-46.4% from red soil, respectively, but no effect was recorded in the calcareous soil. SA addition possessed dual inhibition of both ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) abundance in paddy and red soil. Structural equation modelling revealed that soil ammonium (NH4 +) and dissolved organic carbon content (DOC) were the key variables explaining AOA and AOB abundance and subsequent N2O emissions. Our results support the potential for the use of the BNI SA in mitigating N2O emissions and enhancing N utilization in red and paddy soils.
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- Yufang Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhang H, Liao F, Li W, Li Y, Yang S, Zhang H, Yang Y, Shan Y. Rhizosphere soil nitrification ability controls nitrogen‐use efficiency in rice growth period. Food Energy Secur 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/fes3.429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Haipeng Zhang
- Innovation Center of Rice Cultivation Technology in Yangtze Valley, Ministry of Agriculture/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology/Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Innovation Center of Rice Cultivation Technology in Yangtze Valley, Ministry of Agriculture/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology/Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Innovation Center of Rice Cultivation Technology in Yangtze Valley, Ministry of Agriculture/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology/Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Innovation Center of Rice Cultivation Technology in Yangtze Valley, Ministry of Agriculture/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology/Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Innovation Center of Rice Cultivation Technology in Yangtze Valley, Ministry of Agriculture/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology/Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Innovation Center of Rice Cultivation Technology in Yangtze Valley, Ministry of Agriculture/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology/Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Innovation Center of Rice Cultivation Technology in Yangtze Valley, Ministry of Agriculture/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology/Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Innovation Center of Rice Cultivation Technology in Yangtze Valley, Ministry of Agriculture/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology/Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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Lan T, Xie N, Chen C, He X, Deng O, Zhou W, Chen G, Ling J, Yuan S, Huang R, Tian Z, Anderson CWN, Gao X. Effects of biological nitrification inhibitor in regulating NH 3 volatilization and fertilizer nitrogen recovery efficiency in soils under rice cropping. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 838:155857. [PMID: 35561920 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Biological nitrification inhibitors are exudates from plant roots that can inhibit nitrification, and have advantages over traditional synthetic nitrification inhibitors. However, our understanding of the effects of biological nitrification inhibitors on nitrogen (N) loss and fertilizer N recovery efficiency in staple food crops is limited. In this study, acidic and calcareous soils were selected, and rice growth pot experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of the biological nitrification inhibitor, methyl 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl) propionate (MHPP) and/or a urease inhibitor (N-[n-butyl], thiophosphoric triamide [NBPT]) on NH3 volatilization, N leaching, fertilizer N recovery efficiency under a 20% reduction of the conventional N application rate. Our results show that rice yield and fertilizer N recovery efficiency were more sensitive to reduced N application in the calcareous soil than in the acidic soil. MHPP stimulated NH3 volatilization by 13.2% in acidic soil and 9.06% in calcareous soil but these results were not significant. In the calcareous soil, fertilizer N recovery efficiency significantly increased by 19.3% and 44.4% in the MHPP and NBPT+MHPP groups, respectively, relative to the reduced N treatment, and the rice yield increased by 16.7% in the NBPT+MHPP treatment (P < 0.05). However, such effects were not significant in the acidic soil. MHPP exerted a significant effect on soil ammonia oxidizers, and the response of abundance and community structure of ammonia-oxidizing archaea, ammonia-oxidizing bacteria, and total bacteria to MHPP depended on the soil type. MHPP+NBPT reduced NH3 volatilization, N leaching, and maintaining rice yield for a 20% reduction in conventional N fertilizer application rate. This could represent a viable strategy for more sustainable rice production, despite the inevitable increase in cost for famers.
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- Ting Lan
- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China.
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, Private Bag 11-222, New Zealand
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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Khokhar NH, Ali I, Maitlo HA, Abbasi N, Panhwar S, Keerio HA, Ali A, Uddin S. Estimation of nitrous oxide emissions from rice paddy fields using the DNDC model: a case study of South Korea. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2022; 86:1308-1324. [PMID: 36178808 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2022.271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The Denitrification-Decomposition (DNDC)-Rice is a mechanistic model which is widely used for the simulation and estimation of greenhouse gas emissions [nitrous oxide (N2O)] from soils under rice cultivation. N2O emissions from paddy fields in South Korea are of high importance for their cumulative effect on climate. The objective of this study was to estimate the N2O emissions and biogeochemical factors involved in N2O emissions such as ammonium (NH4+) and nitrate (NO3-) using the DNDC model in the rice-growing regions of South Korea. N2O emission was observed at every application of fertilizer and during end-season drainage at different rice-growing regions in South Korea. Maximum NH4+ and NO3- were observed at 0-10 cm depth of soil. NH4+ increased at each fertilizer application and no change in NO3- was observed during flooding. NH4+ decreased and NO3- increased simultaneously at end-season drainage. Minimum and maximum cumulative N2O emissions were observed at Chungcheongbuk-do and Jeju-do regions of South Korea, respectively. The simulated average cumulative N2O emission in rice paddies of South Korea was 1.37 kg N2O-N ha-1 season-1. This study will help in calculating the total nitrogen emissions from agriculture land of South Korea and the World.
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- Nadar Hussain Khokhar
- Department of Civil Engineering, NUST Balochistan Campus, National University of Sciences and Technology, Quetta, Pakistan
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- Department of Environment Sciences, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Department of Energy and Environment Engineering, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9, Canada
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- Department of Civil Engineering, NUST Balochistan Campus, National University of Sciences and Technology, Quetta, Pakistan
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- Department of Environment Engineering, Quaid E Awam University of Engineering Science and Technology, Nawabshah 67450, Pakistan E-mail: ,
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- Department of Civil Engineering Technology, The Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University of Technology & Skill Development, Khairpur (Mir), Pakistan
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- Department of Civil Engineering, NUST Balochistan Campus, National University of Sciences and Technology, Quetta, Pakistan
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Lan T, Huang Y, Song X, Deng O, Zhou W, Luo L, Tang X, Zeng J, Chen G, Gao X. Biological nitrification inhibitor co-application with urease inhibitor or biochar yield different synergistic interaction effects on NH 3 volatilization, N leaching, and N use efficiency in a calcareous soil under rice cropping. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 293:118499. [PMID: 34793915 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Nitrogen management measures (NMMs) such as the application of urease inhibitors (UIs), synthetic nitrification inhibitors (SNIs), and biochar (BC) are commonly used in mitigating nitrogen (N) loss and increasing fertilizer recovery efficiency (FRE) in agriculture. Calcareous soil under rice cropping is characterized by high nitrification potential, N loss risk, and low FRE. Application of SNIs may stimulate NH3 volatilization in high pH soils and the effects of SNIs on FRE are not always positive. BNIs have many advantages over SNIs. Whether combined application of BNI, UI, and BC that can result in a synergistic effect of improving FRE and decreasing N loss in a calcareous soil under rice cropping worth investigating. In this study, we conducted pot experiments to investigate the effects of single and co-application of BNI (methyl 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl) propionate or MHPP, 500 mg kg-1 soil), UI (N-(n-butyl), thiophosphoric triamide or NBPT, 2% of urea-N), or BC (wheat straw, 0.5% (w/w)) with chemical fertilizer on NH3 volatilization, N2O emission, N leaching, crop N uptake, and FRE in a calcareous soil under rice cropping. Our results demonstrated that those NMMs could mitigate NH3 volatilization by 12.5%-26.5%, N2O emission by 62.7%-73.5%, and N leaching loss by 17.5%-49.0%. However, BNI might have a risk of increasing NH3 (5.98%) volatilization loss. Among those NMMs, double inhibitors (BNI plus UI) yielded a synergistic effect that could mitigate N loss to the maximum extent and effectively improve FRE by 25.4%. The mechanisms of the above effects could be partly ascribed to the niche differentiation between the abundance of AOA and AOB and the changed community structure of AOB, which could further influence nitrification and N fate. Our results demonstrated that co-application of BNI and UI with urea is an effective strategy in reducing N loss and improving FRE in a calcareous soil under rice cropping.
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- Ting Lan
- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China.
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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Zhou M, Li T, Liu P, Zhang S, Liu Y, An T, Zhao H. Real-time on-site monitoring of soil ammonia emissions using membrane permeation-based sensing probe. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 289:117850. [PMID: 34358875 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117850] [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: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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An ability to real-time, continuously monitor soil ammonia emission profiles under diverse meteorological conditions with high temporal resolution in a simple and maintenance-free fashion can provide the urgently needed scientific insights to mitigate ammonia emission to the atmosphere and improve agricultural fertilization practice. Here, we report an open-chamber deployment unit embedded a gas-permeable membrane-based conductometric sensing probe (OC-GPMCP) capable of on-site continuously monitoring soil ammonia emission flux ( [Formula: see text] ) -time (t) profiles without the need for ongoing calibration. The developed OC-GPMCPs were deployed to a sugarcane field and a cattle farm under different fertilization/meteorological conditions to exemplify their real-world applicability for monitoring soil ammonia emission from agricultural land and livestock farm, respectively. The obtained [Formula: see text] - t profiles from the sugarcane field unveil that the ammonia emission rate is largely determined by fertilization methods and meteorological conditions. While the [Formula: see text] - t profiles from the cattle farm can be decisively correlated to various meteorological conditions. The reported OC-GPMCP is cheap to fabricate, easy to deploy, and maintenance-free to operate. These advantageous features make OC-GPMCP an effective analytical tool for large-scale soil ammonia emission assessment under diverse meteorological conditions, providing critically important scientific insights to mitigate ammonia emission into the atmosphere and improve agricultural fertilization practice.
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- Ming Zhou
- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia
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- Collaborative Innovation Centre of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210044, China
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- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory Environmental Catalysis and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia.
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Dong D, Li J, Ying S, Wu J, Han X, Teng Y, Zhou M, Ren Y, Jiang P. Mitigation of methane emission in a rice paddy field amended with biochar-based slow-release fertilizer. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 792:148460. [PMID: 34147789 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2021] [Revised: 05/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Despite improving soil quality and reducing nitrogen (N) loss in paddy soil, replacing chemical fertilizer with organic fertilizer would significantly accelerate greenhouse gas emission in terms of methane (CH4). The application of slow-release fertilizer has been proposed an effective approach to control CH4 emissions, in addition to reducing N loss. Yet, the understanding of CH4 emissions from paddy fields with the additions of different fertilizers is still less known. Therefore, the effects of different fertilizer treatments, including chemical fertilizer treatment (CF), mixed chemical and organic fertilizer treatment (OF), biochar-based slow-release fertilizer treatment (SF), and no fertilizer control treatment (CK) on CH4 emissions and methanogenic community structure in paddy soils were investigated through a field experiment. Results showed that slow-release fertilizer addition significantly decreased CH4 emissions by 33.4%, during the whole rice growing season compared to those in OF. The cumulative CH4 emissions were in a significantly positive relation to soil NH4+-N. Slow-release fertilizer amendment decreased the relative abundances of Methanosarcina and Methanoregula and increased the relative abundances of hydrogenotrophic Methanocella and Rice Cluster I. Reduced CH4 emissions with slow-release fertilizer amendment might be mainly attributed to the different forms of N in the fertilizer and available potassium (K) in the paddy soil. Our findings produce novel insights into the application of slow-release fertilizer in controlling CH4 emissions from rice fields.
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- Da Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China; College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China; College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China; College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China; College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH Zurich), Universitätstrasse 16, Zurich 8092, Switzerland
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China; College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China; College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China; College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China; College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an, Hangzhou 311300, China.
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Gaseous Nitrogen Losses from Tropical Soils with Liquid or Granular Urea Fertilizer Application. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13063128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gaseous loss of N leads to lower nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of applied urea and N content of the soil. This laboratory study was conducted to compare the nitrogen losses from two tropical soil series (Bungor sandy clay loam and Selangor clay) incubated with either liquid urea (LU) or granular urea (GU) at 0, 300, 400, or 500 mg/kg of soil for thirty days. The NH3 volatilization, N2O emission, and N content in the soils were measured throughout the incubation period. For the same application rate, the total NH3 volatilization loss was higher in GU-treated soils than the LU-treated soils. NH3 volatilization loss continued up to the 15th day in the Selangor soil, while in the Bungor soil series it continued up to the 26th day. Higher amounts of N2O emissions were recorded in GU-treated soils than the LU-treated soils, and N2O emission increased with increasing rate of GU and LU applications in both soils. The N2O emission was higher only in the first few days and then tapered off at the seventh and eighth day in Bungor and Selangor soil series, respectively. The total N2O emission was higher in the Selangor soil series than that of Bungor soil series. The total N content that remained in the LU-treated soils after 30 days of incubation was higher than the GU-treated soils. The total N loss from applied urea was higher in the sandy clay loam Bungor soils than that of clayey Selangor soil series. The results suggest that the LU may be a better N fertilizer source than GU due to lower N loss from NH3 volatilization and N2O emission.
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