少免耕对晚稻土生物活性影响的研究

为探明少免耕对土壤生物学特征的影响,制定合理的耕作制度培肥土壤,进行了33%稻草总重量覆盖少免耕对晚稻土生物活性影响的定位试验研究。结果表明:晚稻分蘖盛期土壤纤维素酶活性表现为免耕>翻耕>少耕,木聚糖酶活性、过氧化氢酶活性为少耕>免耕>翻耕,脲酶活性、蛋白酶活性为翻耕>少耕>免耕,硝化作用强度为免耕>少耕>翻耕,微生物活度、氨化作用强度为少耕>翻耕>免耕。在晚稻收获期,土壤脲酶活性、过氧化氢酶活性、木聚糖酶活性表现为少耕>免耕>翻耕,微生物活度、蛋白酶活性、纤维素酶活性、氨化作用强度、硝化作用强度表现为翻耕>少耕>免耕。少免耕能够在一定程度上改善土壤生物性状,且覆盖少量稻草时少耕能够在一定程度上促进稻草分解,有利于水稻生长。

Effects of Hg and Cu on the activities of soil acid phosphatase

Comparative study on the activity and kinectic properties of acid phosphatase （ACPase） of three soils amended with Hg and Cu at constant temperature and humidity was carried out. The results indicated that the inhibition on ACPase of the three sample soils by Hg and Cu varied with the content of soil organic matter and pH, where, Soil 1 was the most seriously contaminated due to its lowest content of organic matter and the lowest pH among three samples, Soil 2 took the second place, and Soil 3 was the least contaminated. Except Soil 3, the activity of soil ACPase tended to increase along with the contact time under the same type and the same concentration of heavy metal. In particular the Vmax values of ACPase in all three samples decreased with increasing Hg and Cu concentration, whereas the Km values were affected weakly. According to the change of Vmax and Km values, Cu and Hg had the same inhibition effect on soil ACPase. Both of them may he a type of compound of non-competitive and anti-competitive inhibition. Statistic analyses indicated that activities of soil ACPase and Vmax values could serve as bioindicator to partially denote the heavy metal Hg and Cu contamination degree.

Distribution of microbial fatty acids and fatty alcohols in soils from an altitude transect of Mt. Jianfengling in Hainan, China: Implication for paleoaltimetry and paleotemperature reconstruction

The temperature gradient along the altitude transect of Mt. Jianfengling provides a good opportunity to establish and evaluate the microbial lipid-based environmental proxies. The soils collected from 14 different altitudes of Mt. Jianfengling contain abundant microbial fatty acids and fatty alcohols, including iso/anteiso fatty acids （i/aC12：0-i[aCl9：0）, 10-Me-C16：0 fatty acid, iso/anteiso fatty alcohols （i/aC13-iC26）, 10-Me-C16：0 fatty alcohol and unsaturated fatty alcohols, which can indicate a strong microbial activity in the Jianfengling soils. The branched and unsaturated fatty alcohols can be only detected when saponifica- tion is performed, implying that these lipids are present as the constituents of bacterial wax esters in the soils. The ratio of aC15/iC15 fatty acids is positively correlated with altitude, suggesting that the decrease in temperature can induce the increase in the relative abundance of anteiso C^5 fatty acid. In contrast, the ratio of aCJiC15 fatty alcohols and of aCjs/nC15 fatty alco- hols both decrease with increased altitude or decreased temperature. Similarly, the ratio of nC18：l/nCi8：0 fatty alcohols also de- creases with decreased temperature, which is opposite to the previous observation that unsaturation of fatty acids in microor- ganism increases in response to decreased temperature. Besides, the average chain length （ACL） of long chain fatty alcohols （C22-C30） from leaf waxes and carbon preference index （CPI） of all n-fatty alcohols are also significantly correlated with alti- tude or mean annual temperature, demonstrating their potential for paleoclimate reconstruction. The correlation of microbial fatty acids and alcohols as well as ACL and CPI of plant wax-derived fatty alcohols with altitude may provide novel ways to reconstruct paleotemperature and paleoaltimetry.

Impact of Land Degradation on Soil Microbial Biomass and Activity in Northeast Brazil

Land degradation causes great changes in the soil biological properties.The process of degradation may decrease soil microbial biomass and consequently decrease soil microbial activity.The study was conducted out during 2009 and 2010 at the four sites of land under native vegetation(NV),moderately degraded land(LDL),highly degraded land(HDL) and land under restoration for four years(RL) to evaluate changes in soil microbial biomass and activity in lands with different degradation levels in comparison with both land under native vegetation and land under restoration in Northeast Brazil.Soil samples were collected at 0-10 cm depth.Soil organic carbon(SOC),soil microbial biomass C(MBC) and N(MBN),soil respiration(SR),and hydrolysis of fluorescein diacetate(FDA) and dehydrogenase(DHA) activities were analyzed.After two years of evaluation,soil MBC,MBN,FDA and DHA had higher values in the NV,followed by the RL.The decreases of soil microbial biomass and enzyme activities in the degraded lands were approximately 8-10 times as large as those found in the NV.However,after land restoration,the MBC and MBN increased approximately 5-fold and 2-fold,respectively,compared with the HDL.The results showed that land degradation produced a strong decrease in soil microbial biomass.However,land restoration may promote short-and long-term increases in soil microbial biomass.

Monitoring Soil Microbial Activities in Different Cropping Systems Using Combined Methods

Cropping activities may affect soil microbial activities and biomass,which would affect C and N cycling in soil and thus the crop yields and quality.In the present study,a combination of microcalorimetric,enzyme activity(sucrase,urease,catalase,and fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis),and real-time polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) analyses was used to investigate microbial status of farmland soils,collected from 5 different sites in Huazhong Agriculture University,China.Our results showed that among the 5sites,both positive and negative impacts of cropping activities on soil microbial activity were observed.Enzyme activity analysis showed that cropping activities reduced soil sucrase and urease activities,which would influence the C and N cycles in soil.Much more attentions should be given to microbial status affected by cropping activities in future.According to the correlation analysis,fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis showed a significantly(P < 0.05) negative correlation with the time to reach the maximum power output(R ——0.898),but a significantly(P < 0.05) positive correlation with bacterial gene copy number(R = 0.817).Soil catalase activity also showed a significantly(P < 0.05) positive correlation with bacterial gene copy number(R = 0.965).Using combined methods would provide virtual information of soil microbial status.