Long-Term Conservation Tillage Enhanced Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Contents of Particulate Organic Matter in Soil Aggregates
LI Jing,1,2, WU HuiJun,2, WU XuePing,2, WANG BiSheng3, YAO YuQing4, Lü JunJie41School of Water Resources and Environment, Hebei GEO University/Hebei Province Collaborative Innovation Center for Sustainable Utilization of Water Resources and Optimization of Industrial Structure, Shijiazhuang 050031 2Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081 3College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, Shandong 4Luoyang Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Luoyang 471022, Henan
Abstract 【Objective】 Tillage management has essential effects on soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN). Based on a combined soil aggregate size, particle density and size fractionation method, the study aimed at revealing effects of different tillage treatments on SOC and TN of physical fractions within different sizes of aggregates. This study provided theoretical basis for understanding mechanisms soil carbon and nitrogen sequestration and selecting optimized tillage management for loess hilly region of China. 【Method】 The long-term tillage experiment, started in 1999, was used for the study. The tillage treatments included: reduced tillage without mulch (RT), no-tillage (NT), sub-soiling with mulch (SM), and conventional tillage (CT). The soil samples from the 0-10 cm layer were collected to obtain physical fractions, including free light fraction (LF), coarse and fine particulate organic matter (cPOM and fPOM) and mineral associated organic matter (m-SOM) within four dry-sieving aggregate sizes (>2 mm, 1-2 mm, 0.25-1 mm and <0.25 mm), by applying a combined soil aggregate size, and particle density and size fractionation procedure.【Result】 (1) 15 years application of conservation tillage (including NT and SM) significantly increased SOC and TN contents in 0-10 cm layer. Compared to CT, NT and SM increased SOC content by 22.9% and 21.8%, and increased TN content by 35.2% and 42.3%, respectively. However, RT had no significant effects on SOC and TN contents. (2) Different tillage practices changed the mass distribution, SOC and TN contents of aggregates. Compared to CT, NT and SM improved the mass percentage of 1-2 mm and 0.25-1 mm size aggregates, relatively, increased the mass percentage of >2 mm and<0.25 mm aggregates. Moreover, conservation tillage enhanced SOC and TN contents across four sizes aggregates. Compared to CT, NT and SM averagely increased SOC content in aggregates by 8.5% and 9.5% and increased TN contents by 12.2% and 24.1%, respectively. The fPOM and m-SOM stored largest parts of aggregate SOC and TN, constituting 27.3%-45.1% and 25.0%-52.6% of aggregate SOC, 23.5%-34.7% and 42.2%-64.3% of aggregate TN. Different physical fractions had different reflects to tillage managements. The cPOM and fPOM were the most sensitive fractions. Compared to CT, NT and SM led to higher contents of SOC and TN accumulated in cPOM and fPOM in all aggregates, especially cPOM in >2 mm aggregates and fPOM in <2 mm aggregates.【Conclusion】The long-term conservation tillage (included no-tillage and sub-soiling and mulch management) promoted SOC and TN sequestration in aggregates by increasing the storage of physical protected particulate organic matter in aggregates. Thus, the conservation tillage was a sustainable soil carbon and nitrogen enhancement management for dryland soils for the loess hilly region of China. Keywords:conservation tillage;long-term tillage;soil aggregate;organic carbon;nitrogen;density fraction
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连续15年保护性耕作(包括NT和SM处理)显著提高了0—10 cm表层的SOC含量和储量(表2)。同CT处理相比,NT和SM处理的SOC含量分别提高了22.9%和21.8%,SOC储量分别提高了21.8%和16.7%。与试验开始前相比,15年的NT和SM处理下SOC储量呈增加趋势,年固碳速率分别为0.094和0.061 t C·hm-2·a-1。
Table 2 表2 表2不同耕作处理下土壤表层(0—10 cm)有机碳及全氮的含量及年固定率 Table 2The contents and annual sequestration rate of SOC and TN in 0-10 cm layer under different tillage treatments
处理 Treatment
SOC含量 SOC content (g·kg-1)
SOC储量 SOC stock (t C·hm-2)
年固碳速率 Annual C sequestration rate (t C·hm-2·a-1)
TN含量 TN content (g·kg-1)
TN储量 TN stock (t N·hm-2)
年固氮速率 Annual N sequestration rate (t N·hm-2·a-1)
RT
7.35 b
8.46 b
-0.078 b
0.67 b
0.77 b
-0.057 b
NT
9.20 a
10.86 a
0.094 a
0.96 a
1.13 a
-0.032 a
SM
9.13 a
10.40 a
0.061 a
1.01 a
1.15 a
-0.030 a
CT
7.49 b
8.92 b
-0.045 b
0.71 b
0.84 b
-0.052 b
试验开始初期SOC储量为9.55 t C·hm-2,初始TN 储量为1.57 t N·hm-2。数据后不同小写字母表示不同耕作处理间差异显著(P<0.05)。下同 The initial SOC stock is 9.55 t C·hm-2, TN stock is 1.57 t N·hm-2. Different lowercase letters mean significant difference among different tillage treatment (P<0.05). The same as below
小写字母表示相同团聚体粒级不同耕作处理间的比较,大写字母代表相同耕作处理不同团聚体粒级间的比较。不同字母表示差异显著(P<0.05)。下同 Fig. 2SOC (a) and TN contents (b) of aggregates under different tillage treatments
Lowercase letters denote differences between tillage treatments in the same size class of aggregate, likewise uppercase letters denote significant differences among aggregate size classes in a single tillage treatment and, different letters mean significance at 5% level. The same as below
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