The fate of fertilizer nitrogen in a high nitrate accumulated agricultural soil

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Quan, Zhi ^a   Huang, Bin ^a   Lu, Caiyan ^a   Shi, Yi ^a   Chen, Xin ^a   Zhang, Haiyang ^a   Fang, Yunting ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; MINERAL; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; MINERALS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84958093793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21539     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Galloway, J. N., Townsend, A. R., Erisman, J. W. Transformation of the nitrogen cycle: recent trends, questions, and potential solutions. Science 320, 889-892 (2008).
2. Schlesinger, W. H. On the fate of anthropogenic nitrogen. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 203-208 (2009).
3. Ju, X., Liu, X., Zhang, F., Roelcke, M. Nitrogen fertilization, soil nitrate accumulation, and policy recommendations in several agricultural regions of China. Ambio 33, 300-305 (2004).
4. Subbarao, G. V. et al. Scope and strategies for regulation of nitrification in agricultural systems-challenges and opportunities. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 25, 303-335 (2006).
5. Stark, J. M., Hart, S. C. High rates of nitrification and nitrate turnover in undisturbed coniferous forests. Nature 385, 61-64 (1997).
6. Ju, X. et al. Reducing environmental risk by improving N management in intensive Chinese agricultural systems. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 106, 3041-3046 (2009).
7. Zhang, J. et al. Agricultural land use affects nitrate production and conservation in humid subtropical soils in China. Soil Biol. Biochem. 62, 107-114 (2013).
8. Chu, H., Fujii, T., Morimoto, S., Lin, X., Yagi, K. Population size and specific nitrification potential of soil ammonia-oxidizing bacteria under long-term fertilizer management. Soil Biol. Biochem. 40, 1960-1963 (2008).
9. Zhu, T., Dang, Q., Zhang, J., Müller, C., Cai, Z. Reductive soil disinfestation (RSD) alters gross N transformation rates and reduces NO and N2O emissions in degraded vegetable soils. Plant Soil 382, 269-280 (2014).
10. Li, S., Jiang, X., Wang, X., Wright, A. L. Tillage effects on soil nitrification and the dynamic changes in nitrifying microorganisms in a subtropical rice-based ecosystem: A long-term field study. Soil Till. Res. 150, 132-138 (2015).
11. Guo, Z., Jia, Z. Meta-analysis of soil nitrification activity in ecosystems typical of China. Acta Pedologica Sinica 5, 138-145 (2014).(in Chinese with English abstract).
12. Xie, H. et al. Long-term manure amendments enhance neutral sugar accumulation in bulk soil and particulate organic matter in a Mollisol. Soil Biol. Biochem. 78, 45-53 (2014).
13. Nannipieri, P., Eldor, P. The chemical and functional characterization of soil N and its biotic components. Soil Biol. Biochem. 41, 2357-2369 (2009).
14. Kuzyakov, Y., Xu, X. Competition between roots and microorganisms for nitrogen: mechanisms and ecological relevance. New Phytol. 198, 656-669 (2013).
15. Zhang, W. et al. Differentiating the mineralization dynamics of the originally present and newly synthesized amino acids in soil amended with available carbon and nitrogen substrates. Soil Biol. Biochem. 85, 162-169 (2015).
16. Shen, W. et al. Higher rates of nitrogen fertilization decrease soil enzyme activities, microbial functional diversity and nitrification capacity in a Chinese polytunnel greenhouse vegetable land. Plant Soil 337, 137-150 (2010).
17. Morier, I., Schleppi, P., Siegwolf, R., Knicker, H., Guenat, C. 15N immobilization in forest soil: a sterilization experiment coupled with 15CPMAS NMR spectroscopy. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 59, 467-475 (2008).
18. Sørensen, P. Short-term nitrogen transformations in soil amended with animal manure. Soil Biol. Biochem. 33, 1211-1216 (2001).
19. Miltner, A., Kindler, R., Knicker, H., Richnow, H. H., Kästner, M. Fate of microbial biomass-derived amino acids in soil and their contribution to soil organic matter. Org. Geochem. 40, 978-985 (2009).
20. Qin, Z., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Z., Shi, X., Guo, T. Characteristics of mineralization and nitrification in neutral purple paddy soil from a long-term fertilization experiment. Scientia Agricultura Sinica. 46, 3392-3400 (2013).(in Chinese with English abstract)
21. Ste-Marie, C., Paré, D. Soil, pH and N availability effects on net nitrification in the forest floors of a range of boreal forest stands. Soil Biol. Biochem. 31. 1579-1589 (1999).
22. Tahovská, K. et al. Microbial N immobilization is of great importance in acidified mountain spruce forest soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 59, 58-71 (2013).
23. Fang, Y. et al. Microbial denitrification dominates nitrate losses from forest ecosystems. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 112, 1470-1474 (2015).
24. Nicolardot, B., Recous, S., Mary, B. Simulation of C and N mineralisation during crop residue decomposition: a simple dynamic model based on the C: N ratio of the residues. Plant Soil 228, 83-103 (2001).
25. Probert, M. E., Delve, R. J., Kimani, S. K., Dimes, J. P. Modelling nitrogen mineralization from manures: representing quality aspects by varying C:N ratio of sub-pools. Soil Biol. Biochem. 37, 279-287 (2005).
26. Luce, M. S., Whalen, J. K., Ziadi, N., Zebarth, B. J., Chantigny, M. H. Labile organic nitrogen transformations in clay and sandyloam soils amended with 15N-labelled faba bean and wheat residues. Soil Biol. Biochem. 68, 208-218 (2014).
27. Farrell, M., Prendergast-Miller, M., Jones, D. L., Hill, P. W., Condron, L. M. Soil microbial organic nitrogen uptake is regulated by carbon availability. Soil Biol. Biochem. 77, 261-267 (2014).
28. Shi, W., Norton, J. M. Microbial control of nitrate concentrations in an agricultural soil treated with dairy waste compost or ammonium fertilizer. Soil Biol. Biochem. 32, 1453-1457 (2000).
29. Knicker, H., Lüdemann, H. D., Haider, K. Incorporation studies of NH4 + during incubation of organic residues by 15N-CPMASNMR spectroscopy. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 48, 431-441 (1997).
30. Abe, T., Katayama, A., Watanabe, A. Temporal changes in distribution and composition of N from labeled fertilizer in soil organic matter fractions. Bio. Fert. Soils 43, 427-435 (2007).
31. Miltner, A., Bombach, P., Schmidt-Brücken, B., Kästner, M. SOM genesis: microbial biomass as a significant source. Biogeochemistry 111, 41-55 (2012).
32. Simpson, A. J., Simpson, M. J., Smith, E., Kelleher, B. P. Microbially derived inputs to soil organic matter: are current estimates too low? Environ. Sci. Technol. 41, 8070-8076 (2007).
33. Tremblay, L., Benner, R. Microbial contributions to N-immobilization and organic matter preservation in decaying plant detritus. Geochim Cosmochim Ac. 70, 133-146 (2006).
34. Malik, M. A. Khan, K. S., Marschner, P. Microbial biomass, nutrient availability and nutrient uptake by wheat in two soils with organic amendments. J. Soil Sci Plant Nutr. 13, 955-966 (2013).
35. Ma, Q. et al. Responses of biotic and abiotic effects on conservation and supply of fertilizer N to inhibitors and glucose inputs. Soil Biol. Biochem. 89, 72-81 (2015).
36. Appel, T., Schneide, B., Kosegarten, H. Extractability of labelled microbial biomass N by electro-ultrafiltration and CaCl2 extraction. Bio. Fert. Soils 23, 314-320 (1996).
37. Macdonald, A. J., Poulton, P. R., Stockdale, E. A., Powlson, D. S., Jenkinson, D. S. The fate of residual 15N-labelled fertilizer in arable soils: its availability to subsequent crops and retention in soil. Plant Soil 246, 123-137 (2002).
38. Sebilo, M., Mayer, B., Nicolardot, B., Pinay, G., Mariotti, A. Long-term fate of nitrate fertilizer in agricultural soils. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 110, 18185-18189 (2013).
39. Blagodatskaya, E., Kuzyakov, Y. Active microorganisms in soil: critical review of estimation criteria and approaches. Soil Biol. Biochem. 67, 192-211 (2013).
40. Micks, P., Aber, J. D., Boone, R. D., Davidson, E. A. Short-term soil respiration and nitrogen immobilization response to nitrogen applications in control and nitrogen-enriched temperate forests. Forest Ecol. Manag. 196, 57-70 (2004).
41. Zhu, W., Wang, W. Does soil organic matter variation affect the retention of 15NH4 + and 15NO3-in forest ecosystems? Forest Ecol. Manag. 261, 675-682 (2011).
42. Frey, S. D., Elliott, E. T., Paustian, K., Peterson, G. A. Fungal translocation as a mechanism for soil nitrogen inputs to surface residue decomposition in a no-tillage agroecosystem. Soil Biol. Biochem. 32, 689-698 (2000).
43. Lin, S., Dittert, K., Wu, W., Sattelmacher, B. Added nitrogen interaction as affected by soil nitrogen pool size and fertilization-significance of displacement of fixed ammonium. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 167, 138-146 (2004).
44. Ros, G. H., Hoffland, E., Temminghoff, E. J. M. Dynamics of dissolved and extractable organic nitrogen upon soil amendment with crop residues. Soil Biol. Biochem. 42, 2094-2101 (2010).
45. Nieder, R., Benbi, D. K., Scherer, H. W. Fixation and defixation of ammonium in soils: a review. Bio. Fert. Soils 47, 1-14 (2011).
46. Scherer, H. W., Feils, E., Beuters, P. Ammonium fixation and release by clay minerals as influenced by potassium. Plant Soil Environ. 60, 325-331 (2014).
47. Lu, C., Chen, X., Shen, S., Shi, Y., Ma, J., Zhao, M. Use efficiency and residual effect of 15N-labelled ryegrass green manure over a 9-year field micro-plot experiment. J. Soil Sci Plant Nutr. 13, 544-555 (2013).
48. Brookes, P. C., Landman, A., Pruden, G., Jenkinson, D. S. Chloroform fumigation and the release of soil nitrogen: a rapid direct extraction method for measuring microbial biomass nitrogen in soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 17, 837-842 (1985).
49. Keeney, D. R., Nelson, D. W. Nitrogen-inorganic forms. Page, A. L. Eds.; Methods of soil analysis. Part 2. Chemical and microbiological properties, Madison, pp 643-698 (1982).
50. Stark, J. M., Hart, S. C. Diffusion technique for preparing salt solutions kjeldahl digests, and persulfate digests for Nitrogen-15 analysis. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 60, 1846-1855 (1996).
51. Chen, R., Dittert, K. Diffusion technique for 15N and inorganic N analysis of low-N aqueous solutions and Kjeldahl digests. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 22, 1727-34 (2008).
52. Silva, J. A., Bremner, J. M. Determination and isotope-ratio analysis of different forms of nitrogen in soils: 5. Fixed ammonium. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 30, 587-594 (1966).
53. Beuters, P., Scherer, H. W. Modification of the standard method for determination of non-exchangeable NH4-N in soil. Plant Soil Environ. 58, 557-560 (2012).
54. Jenkinson, D. S. The determination of microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen in soil. In: Wilson, J. R. Eds.; Advances in nitrogen cycling in agricultural ecosystems. C.A.B. International, Wallingford, pp. 368-386 (1988).
55. Ku H. Notes on the use of propagation of error formulas. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards (National Bureau of Standards) 70, 263-273 (1966).