『Abstract
Literature reports on N2O and NO emissions
from organic and mineral agricultural soil amended with N-containing
fertilizers have reached contradictory conclusions. To understand
the influence of organic manure (OM) and chemical fertilizer application
on N2O and NO emissions, we conducted laboratory
incubation experiments on an agricultural sandy loam soil exposed
to different long-term fertilization practices. The fertilizer
treatments were initiated in 1989 at the Fengqiu State Key Agro-ecological
Experimental Station and included a control without fertilizer
(CK), OM, mineral NPK fertilizer (NPL), mineral NP fertilizer
(NP), and mineral NK fertilizer (NK). The proportion of N emitted
as NO and N2O varied considerably among fertilizer
treatments, ranging from 0.83% to 2.50% as NO and from 0.08% to
0.36% as N2O.Cumulative NO emission was highest
in the CK treatment after NH4+-N
was added at a rate of 200 mg N kg-1 soil during application
of fertilizers significantly reduced NO emission by 54-67%. In
contrast, the long-term application of NPK fertilizer and OM significantly
enhanced N2O emission by 95.6% and 253%,
respectively, compared to CK conditions. The addition of NP fertilizer
(no K) significantly reduced N2O emission
by 25.5%, whereas applications of NK fertilizer (no P) had no
effect. The difference among the N-fertilized treatments was due
probably to discrepancies in the N2O production
potential of the dominant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) species
rather than AOB abundance. The ratio of NO/N2O
was approximately 24 in the CK treatment, significantly higher
than those in the N-fertilized treatments (3-11), and it decreased
with increasing N2O production potential
in N-fertilized treatments. Our data suggests that the shift in
the dominant AOB species might produce reciprocal change in cumulative
NO and N2O emissions.
Keywords: Nitrous oxide; Nitric oxide; Nitrification; Ratio of
NO/N2O; Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria』
1. Introduction
2. materials and methods
2.1. Study site and sampling
2.2. Soil analysis and enumeration of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
2.3. Laboratory incubation
2.4. Statistical analysis
3. Results
3.1. general soil properties
3.2. AOB population
3.3. Changes in NH4+ and NO3- concentration
3.4. N2O emissions
3.5. NO emission and ratio of NO/N2O
3.6. Chemical production of N2O and NO
4. Discussion
4.1. Effect of organic manure and mineral fertilizer on N2O production potential
4.2. Effect of organic manure and mineral fertilizer on NO production
potential and ratio of NO/N2O
5. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
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