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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wang, Shuwei
• Shan, Jun
• Xia, Yongqiu
• Tang, Quan
• Xia, Longlong
• Lin, Jinghui
• Yan, Xiaoyuan

Titel

Different effects of biochar and a nitrification inhibitor application on paddy soil denitrification: A field experiment over two consecutive rice-growing seasons

Ist Teil von

• The Science of the total environment, 2017-09, Vol.593-594 (C), p.347-356

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Biochar and nitrification inhibitors are increasingly being proposed as amendments to improve nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). However, their effects on soil denitrification and the major N loss in rice paddies over an entire rice-growing season are not well understood. In this study, using intact soil core incubation combined with N2/Ar technique, the impacts of biochar and a nitrification inhibitor (Ni), 2-chloro-6-(trichloromethyl)-pyridine, on rice yield and soil denitrification, as well as ammonia (NH3) volatilization, were investigated over two rice-growing seasons in the Taihu Lake region of China. Field experiments were designed with four treatments: N0 (no N applied), N270 (270kg N ha−1 applied), N270+C (25tha−1 biochar applied) and N270+Ni (2-chloro-6- [trichloromethyl] -pyridine, 1.35kgha−1N applied). Compared with single application of N fertilizer alone (N270), biochar (N270+C) and Ni (N270+Ni) applications increased rice yields by 4.2–5.2% and 6.2–7.3%, respectively. The cumulative N2-N and NH3-N losses in different treatments varied from 11.9 to 21.8% and from 11.5 to 22.0% of the applied N, respectively. Compared with the single application of N fertilizer, the Ni application increased total NH3 emission by 4.0–20.6% and significantly decreased total N2-N emission by 9.7–19.4% (p<0.05), while the biochar application increased total NH3 and N2-N emissions by 8.6–17.9% and 3.3–9.7%, respectively. Overall, the biochar application resulted in an 11–15% higher net gaseous N than the Ni application. Although the biochar application may increase the rice yield and consequently the plant N uptake, it also promoted N loss more than Ni. Therefore biochar may not be good for maintaining soil fertility over a long period. Instead, applying Ni may be an optimal practice to ensure food security, while decreasing gaseous N loss, for rice production in the Taihu Lake region of China. [Display omitted] •Biochar and Ni additions increased rice yields by 4.2–5.2% and 6.2–7.3%, respectively.•Gaseous N losses were increased by 6.2–10.6kg N ha−1 for biochar application.•Ni application decreased gaseous N losses by 0.9–3.4kg N ha−1 through suppressing denitrification.•Ni application may be a good practice to ensure food security while decreasing gaseous N loss for rice production.