Effects of different long-term crop straw management practices on ammonia volatilization from subtropical calcareous agricultural soil

长期秸秆还田或秸秆焚烧会显著影响土壤肥力及土壤氮素循环,但该措施对土壤氨挥发的影响仍尚不明确。本研究利用秸秆还田长期定位试验小区,研究了无秸秆配施(CK),配施100%或50%秸秆(SI1, SI2)和配施50%秸秆焚烧(SI2B)对土壤氨挥发的影响。结果表明:氨挥发在小麦季持续38天,而玉米季持续7–10天。秸秆还田显著影响混施基肥期的土壤氨挥发而非表施追肥期。与CK相比, SI1和SI2分别降低了35.1%和16.1%的年累积氨排放,可能因为秸秆的高C/N比及较高的微生物活性促进了无机氮的固定降低土壤NH4+的浓度。SI2B比SI2增加了29.9%的氨排放。因此,长期合理的秸秆还田可为石灰性旱地土壤氨挥发减排提供选择和依据。

Ammonia(NH3)volatilized from agricultural production and its secondary aerosols contribute greatly to air pollution.Different long-term crop straw management practices may significantly affect the soil fertility and soil nitrogen cycle,however,the effect on NH3 volatilization has not been well studied.Therefore,a one-year field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of straw incorporation on NH3 volatilization from subtropical calcareous agricultural soil from a longterm perspective,including four treatments:synthetic fertilizer(CK);synthetic fertilizer incorporation with 100%or 50%of the previous season’s crop straw(SI1 and SI2,respectively);and synthetic fertilizer incorporation with 50%burned crop straw(SI2B).Soil NH3 volatilizations were monitored through a wheat–maize rotation year by using a dynamic chamber method.The results demonstrated that NH3 volatilization primarily occurred within 38 days and 7–10 days following nitrogen fertilization events for the wheat and maize seasons,respectively.Different crop straw management practices mainly impacted the NH3 flux of the basal fertilization rather than the topdressing fertilization;long-term crop straw incorporation effectively lowered NH3 loss(35.1%for SI1 and 16.1%for SI2 compared to CK;and the inhibiting effect increased with increasing straw amount,possibly contributed by the high straw carbon/nitrogen ratio,and enhanced microbial activity,which contributed to inorganic nitrogen immobilization and lower ammonium content in the topsoil.However,SI2B significantly increased(29.9%)the annual NH3 flux compared with SI2,indicating that long-term 100%straw incorporation could be a promising straw management practice for mitigating NH3 loss and increasing soil fertility.