残留地膜对粉壤土水盐氮运移与再分布的影响

为探究残留地膜(以下简称“残膜”)对土壤水盐氮运移与再分布的影响,设置了不同残膜含量(0,100,200,400 kg/hm2)室内一维垂直土柱入渗-蒸发试验,测定了水分再分布过程中土壤湿润锋和各土层土壤质量含水率、电导率、硝态氮及铵态氮等指标.结果表明:残膜改变了土壤的入渗性能,当土壤中残膜量低于200 kg/hm2时,土壤湿润锋运移距离与累积入渗量均有增加;当残膜量高于400 kg/hm2时,土壤湿润锋运移距离与累积入渗量比处理CK分别减少3.59%和4.07%;随残膜含量增加,水分对盐分的淋洗效果降低,对氮肥的淋洗效果增加;残膜阻碍了盐分与硝态氮的向上运移,对铵态氮向上运移随铵态氮质量比减小由阻碍作用转变为促进作用;当残膜量高于400 kg/hm2时,土壤水分与盐分CV值比处理CK分别增加10.15%和6.51%;随残膜含量增加,硝态氮质量比CV值显著减小,不同处理土壤相同土层铵态氮质量比CV值差异较大,土壤剖面内铵态氮的变异程度无明显差异;蒸发结束时,残膜对水分蒸发的促进作用随残膜含量增加转变为阻碍作用.该研究可探明残膜污染土壤水盐氮运移与再分布规律,为含残膜农田制定合理的灌溉制度提供理论依据.

滴灌下生物质改良材料对盐渍土水盐氮运移的调控效应

为探究生物质改良材料对滴灌盐渍土水、盐、肥运移过程的调控效应,采用土箱模拟试验,研究了水肥一体化滴灌条件下,生物炭和腐殖酸两种改良材料对盐渍土水、盐、氮运移和再分布过程及其时空分布特征的影响规律。结果表明:在滴灌条件下,盐渍土壤水盐的时空动态变化表现出明显的水分入渗驱动的盐分运移过程和蒸发扩散驱动的水盐再分布过程;铵态氮含量在时间上表现出先增大、后减小的变化趋势,在空间上的运移再分布特征较弱;硝态氮含量初始时空分布表现出与水盐相似的运移特征,受铵态氮硝化作用的多重影响,后期空间分布与铵态氮空间分布相似;生物炭通过提高土壤饱和导水率,增大了入渗阶段土壤水、盐、氮的运移速率和分布范围;腐殖酸通过提高土壤田间持水率增大了再分布过程土壤水、盐、氮的分布范围和强度,同时其对尿素的水解和硝化过程表现出更强的抑制效果。应用生物质改良材料在改变土壤物理性状进而调控滴灌土壤水盐运移的同时,还影响土壤氮素转化运移过程及其分布,这为水肥一体化滴灌盐渍农田的节水、控盐、减肥治理提供了理论基础。

膜孔直径对微咸水膜孔灌土壤水盐氮运移分布影响

通过室内不同膜孔直径膜孔灌单点源微咸水入渗试验,分析了相同灌水时间下膜孔直径对微咸水膜孔灌土壤水、盐、硝态氮运移分布影响,结果表明:膜孔直径越大,相同入渗时间的累积入渗量越大;相同入渗时间,湿润锋运移距离随膜孔直径的增大而增大;灌水结束时,膜孔直径越小,相同位置的土壤含水量越小;土壤硝态氮含量随着距离膜孔中心距离增大而减小,随着膜孔直径的增大而增大,而土壤含盐量则相反。以上研究结果可以为合理利用微咸水进行膜孔灌灌溉提供理论依据。

不同氮水平下盐胁迫对大麦幼苗中某些氮化物积累的影响(简报)

在土培条件下,提高氮素供应水平和NaCl处理浓度后大麦幼苗地上部和根中的全氮,蛋白质氮和游离氨基酸总量增加;蛋白质氮占全氮的比值亦因NaCl处理浓度的增大而提高。在盐胁迫下,游离脯氨酸占氨基酸总量的百分比明显增加,而谷氨酸所占比例则下降。

Effect of Saline Aquaculture Effluent on Salt-Tolerant Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) in a Semi-Arid Coastal Area of China

An experiment with six treatments: CK1 (rainfed), CK2 (irrigated with freshwater), and 4 treatments of saline aquaculture effluent blended with brackish groundwater at different ratios of 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, and 1:4 (v/v) was carried out during 2004 to assess the effect of saline aquaculture effluent on plant growth and soil properties in the Laizhou region, Shandong Province, China and to determine an optimal salinity threshold for aquaculture effluent. Cumulative evapotranspiration for the saline aquaculture effluent irrigation and non-irrigation treatments was lower than that for the freshwater irrigation treatment. Soil electrical conductivity was higher with respect to saline aquaculture effluent irrigation treatment compared to that with respect to non-irrigation or freshwater irrigation treatment. For Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.), in comparison to the freshwater treatment, plant height and aboveground biomass for the 1:3 and 1:4 treatments were constrained, whereas stem width and root biomass were enhanced. Concomitantly, higher tuber yield was obtained for the 1:3 and 1:4 treatments compared to that for CK1 and 1:1 treatments. Nitrogen and phosphorus were higher in tubers of the 1:4 treatment. This study demonstrated that saline aquaculture effluent could be used successfully to irrigate Jerusalem artichoke with higher tuber yield and nutrient removal.

Mechanisms of Enhanced Rice Growth and Nitrogen Uptake by Nitrate

Rice is being increasingly cultivated in intermittently irrigated regions and also in aerobic soil in which Nitrate （NO3^- ） plays important role in nutrition of plant. However, there is no information regarding the influence of nitrate on the overall growth and uptake of nitrogen （N） in rice plant. Solution culture experiments were carried out to study the effects of NO^3- on the plant growth, uptake of N, and uptake kinetics of NH4^＋ in four typical rice （Oryza sativa L.） cultivars （conventional indica, conventional japonica, hybrid indica, and hybrid japonica）, and on plasma membrane potential in roots of two conventional rice cultivars （indica and japonica） at the seedling stage. The results obtained indicated that a ratio of 50/50 NH4^＋-N/NO3^--N increased the average biomass of rice shoots and roots by 20% when compared with that of 100/0 NH4^＋-N/NO3^--N. In case of the 50/50 ratio, as compared with the 100/0 ratio, total N accumulated in shoots and roots of rice increased on an average by 42% and 57%, respectively. Conventional indica responds to NO3^- more than any other cultivars that were tested. The NO^3- supply increased the maximum uptake rate （Vmax） of NH4^＋ by rice but did not show any effect on the apparent Michaelis-Menten constant （Km） value, with the average value of Vmax for NH4^＋ among the four cultivars being increased by 31.5% in comparison with those in the absence of NO3^-. This suggested that NO3^- significantly increased the numbers of the ammonium transporters. However, the lack of effect on the Km value also suggested that the presence of NO3^- had no effect on the affinity of the transporters for NH4^＋. The plasma membrane potential in the roots of conventional indica and japonica were greatly increased by the addition of NO3^- , suggesting that NO3^- could improve the uptake of N by roots of the rice plant. In conclusion, the mechanisms by which NO3^- enhances the growth and N uptake of rice plant was found by the increased value of Vmax of NH4^＋ and increased plasma membrane potential. Thus promotion of nitrification in paddy soil is of great significance for improving the production of rice.

Impacts of Aquaculture and Domestic Wastewater on the Water Quality of Santubong River, Malaysia

Developments along the Santubong River basin may have an impact on the aquatic ecosystem. To determine the impacts of activities on the water quality, ten stations were selected for water quality study over 9 months. Results show that salinity increases from 14.0 PSU upstream to 30.4 PSU downstream. Lowest DO range was 2.3-4.1 mg/L. TSS ranged was 20-135 mg/L and the highest was observed near construction and residential areas, the second and third highest near shrimp culture discharge areas. BOD5 was the highest near construction and residential areas. BOD5 of a station near shrimp culture was not significantly different from the residential areas. Two stations near shrimp culture site also recorded the highest Chl-a. The highest ammonia-nitrogen, nitrite-nitrogen and reactive phosphorus were observed at stations near shrimp farm sites whereas nitrate-nitrogen was the highest near construction and residential areas. Cage culture site showed the highest phosphorus and second highest nitrite-nitrogen and ammonia-nitrogen. This study showed that TSS and BOD5 were elevated near residential and construction areas and nutrients were elevated near shrimp farm sites resulting in algal bloom. Therefore, it is recommended that residential and shrimp farm discharge be treated to acceptable quality before discharge to protect the aquatic resources.

Preparation of p-Hydroxybenzaldehyde by Hydrolysis of Diazonium Salts Using Rotating Packed Bed

A new type of reactor,featured with impinging stream-rotating packed bed（IS-RPB）and coil pipes,was designed and used to prepare p-hydroxybenzaldehyde（PHB）by hydrolysis from diazonium salts.The influence of operating parameters,such as reaction temperature,reaction time and high gravity factor,on the yield of PHB was investigated.Compared with the traditional kettle-type reactor,the yield of PHB with the new reactor is increased significantly and the reaction time is much shorter.Under the optimum conditions,the yield of PHB is increased from 51%to 84.1%.The reactor offers an opportunity for replacing the traditional batch mode operation with a continuous process.

Dynamics study on effect of temperature to Nitrous nitrification reaction of coking wastewater

Dynamic effects of NO2--N accumulation were discussed owing to temperature.In different temperature,a series of vmax and Ks were found considering the relation between the temperature and rate of ammonia nitrogen transforming into NO2--N.The kinetics models,which reflected the conditions of ammonia nitrogen transforming into NO2--N in the treatment process of the coking wastewater,were built up.The characteristic coefficient temperature was determined according to Arrhenius.

Advanced purification of filtered water by aerobic IBAC

Conventional water purified processes have low removal efficiencies for low concentrations of ammonia nitrogen, nitrite nitrogen and micro-pollutants. The efficiency and mechanisms of a novel immobilized biological activated carbon (IBAC) process to remove those pollutants from treated potable water was investigated. Operated at a hydraulic retention time of 24 minutes, the IBAC process achieved ammonia nitrogen, nitrite nitrogen and organic micro-pollutants (measured as COD equivalent) removal efficiencies of 95%, 96% and 37%, respectively. A GC/MS analysis of the organic micro-pollutants revealed that the initial 24 organic compounds in the in-coming water were reduced to 7 after the IBAC treatment. The organic micro-pollutant removal efficiency decreased with decreasing in-coming concentrations. Pollutant reduction in the IBAC process was achieved by a rapid physical adsorption on the activated carbon, which effectively retained the pollutants in the system despite the short hydraulic retention time, followed by a slower biological enzymatic degradation of the pollutants.

Treatment of Shrimp Pond Effluent Using Sedimentation Pond in the Tropics

Aquaculture plays a major role in providing the needed protein. However, there have been reports of negative impacts of shrimp farming which include environmental pollution. Therefore, shrimp pond effluent had to be retained for treatment. Treatment in tanks showed good improvement in water quality but in sedimentation ponds it may not be the case. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the water quality of effluent retained in sedimentation pond for a duration of 76 hours. Results show that water quality at 1/3 depth was better than 2/3 depth. There was an improvement in water quality with reductions of TSS, BOD5, COD, nitrate-N, nitrite-N, SRP and TP ranging from 25-52% except for DO and TAN. In addition, there was fluctuation of each parameter during the duration of study. It is important to monitor the water quality prior to the release of effluent so that it coincides with low nutrients and acceptable DO and partial release of the top 1/3 portion is recommended. There is a limit on the reduction achievable by sedimentation ponds likely due to processes occurring in the sediment. For higher reductions, other methods of effluent management and recovery of nutrients have to be considered.

Possible link between new coronavirus variants and atmospheric lightning and seawater intrusion

SARS-CoV-2(COVID-19) has been affecting the world for more than one year.The appearance of the new coronavirus variants makes the current situation full of uncertainty.In this respect,the authors discuss the connection between virus mutation and atmospheric factors.Based on the process of nitrogen fixation and transformation of nitrate inside the human body,the authors propose that the new coronavirus variants might be related to lightning and seawater intrusion.This study provides a new perspective in terms of the possible mechanism underlying the emergence of new coronavirus variants.

Removal of Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Saline Wastewater Using Up-Flow Sludge Blanket Filtration Process

There is recent trend of providing additional treatment of wastewater beyond tertiary level. The purpose is to refine water to a quality that is safe for reuse for unrestricted irrigation and other non potable uses. For this purpose, Kuwait has built and operated an advanced wastewater treatment plant with capacity of 500,000 m3·dl. This plant providing treatment beyond tertiary utilizes the process of Ultra Filtration （UF） and Reverse Osmosis （RO）. The reject water of this unit contains high concentration of total nitrogen and total phosphate. Safe disposal of this water into the environment or possible reuse needs substantial reduction of these chemicals. In this study, a bench scale up-flow sludge blanket filtration system was investigated. The system operated with an average Hydraulic-Retention Time （HRT） of 19 h, whereas, sludge age varied within the range of 14 days to 16.5 days. The results show that the average removal efficiencies of the system for Biological Oxygen Demand （BOD）, Chemical Oxygen Demand （COD） were over 86% and 82% respectively. The phosphate and nitrogen＇s average removal were found to be 50% and 45% respectively.

Efficiency and mechanism of pretreatment on water supply in reservoirs of Yellow River by subsurface constructed wetlands

In order to improve the source water quality of drinking water and mitigate the load of drinking water treatment plant, a pilot test was conducted with integrated horizontal flow constructed wetlands to pretreat the water supply in the reservoirs of Yellow River. Resuhs show that under the hydraulic loading rate of 4 m^3/（ m^2 · d）, the average removal rates of chemical oxygen demand （COD）, total nitrogen （TN）, ammonium nitrogen （ NH4 ^＋ - N）, nitrate nitrogen （ NO3 ^- - N）, nitrite - nitrogen （ NO2^ - - N） and total phosphorus （TP） in the horizontal flow constructed wetlands are 49. 68% , 53.01%, 48.48%, 53.61% , 62. 57% and 49. 56%, re- spectively. The study on purifying mechanism of the constructed wetlands indicates that the disposal of contamination by subsurface wetlands is the combined actions of physical chemistry, plants and microorganism.

Groundwater Contaminated by Nitrates--A Case Study of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria

Nitrate is one of the problematic and wide spread contaminations. Indiscriminate disposition of human and animal wastes in Nigeria especially in urban region, and lack of proper environmental sanitation geared the need for the monitoring of groundwater contamination. This research work monitored the concentration of nitrate and nitrate-nitrogen in portable water from wells in Odo Ado, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, and examined the relationship between this concentration and the well depth as well as its nature （ringing）. The results showed that out of 20 water wells sampled, 50% of samples contain high level of nitrate with the highest having concentration of 140 mg/L and least 49 mg/L while the remaining has acceptable concentration ranging between 3.5 mg/L and 35 mg/L with most ringed wells. The mean concentration of nitrates is 48.06 mg/L and the nitrate-nitrogen is 10.85 mg/L. The statistical correlation between the concentrations and depth showed that there is a significant difference between their means at 95% confidence using T-test. Out of ringed wells, five have high concentration and eight have low concentrations while two of the wells （not ringed） fall below the acceptable limit （EPA） which indicates that there are other factors such as closeness to the point source and soil texture which were not considered in this work.

Completely Autotrophic Nitrogen-removal over Nitrite in Two Types of Reactors

Two lab-scale reactors, suspended-sludge and fluidized.bed, were conducted with the feed of ammonium-rich synthetic wastewater devoid of COD. Completely autotrophic nitrogen-removal process was fulfilled in both reactors and the maximum efficiencies of nitrogen removal were achieved, 65% in the suspended-sludge reactor and 73% in the fluidized-bed reactor respectively. Different from the steady performance of the fluldized-bed reactor, the suspended-sludge reactor came to deteriorate constantly after a period of stable operation, resulting in almost complete loss of the N-removal ability in the suspending system. Molecular methods such as PCR and FISH were employed for describing the microbial characteristics in two systems. This study suggests that a biofllm system is a suitable configuration for completely autotrophic N-removal with more feasibility and stability than a suspending system.

Nitrate-Nitrogen Dynamics and Nitrogen Budgets in Rice-Wheat Rotations in Taihu Lake Region, China

Nitrate-nitrogen （NO3-N） dynamics and nitrogen （N） budgets in rice （0ryza sativa L.）-wheat （Triticum aestivum L.） rotations in the Taihu Lake region of China were studied to compare the effects of N fertilizer management over a two-year period. The experiment included four N rates for rice and wheat, respectively： N1 （125 and 94 kg N ha-1）, N2 （225 and 169 kg N ha-1）, N3 （325 and 244 kg N ha-1）, and NO （0 kg N ha-1）. The results showed that an overlying water layer during the rice growing seasons contributed to moderate concentrations of NO3-N in sampled waters and the concentrations of NO3-N only showed a rising trend during the field drying stage. The NO3-N concentrations in leachates during the wheat seasons were much higher than those during the rice seasons, particularly in the wheat seedling stage. In the wheat seedling stage, the NO3-N concentrations of leachates were significantly higher in N treatments than in NO treatment and increased with increasing N rates. As the NO3-N content （below 2 mg N L-1） at a depth of 80 cm during the rice-wheat rotations did not respond to the applied N rates, the high levels of NO3-N in the groundwater of paddy fields might not be directly related to NO3-N leaching. Crop growth trends were closely related to variations of NO3-N in leachates. A reduction in N application rate, especially in the earlier stages of crop growth, and synchronization of the peak of N uptake by the crop with N fertilizer application are key measures to reduce N loss. Above-ground biomass for rice and wheat increased significantly with increasing N rate, but there was no significant difference between N2 and N3. Increasing N rates to the levels greater than N2 not only decreased N use efficiency, but Mso significantly increased N loss. After two cycles of rice-wheat rotations, the apparent N losses of N1, N2 and N3 amounted to 234, 366 and 579 kg N ha-1, respectively. With an increase of N rate from NO to N3, the percentage of N uptake in total N inputs decreased from 63.9% to 46.9%. The apparent N losses during the rice seasons were higher than those during the wheat seasons and were related to precipitation; therefore, the application of fertilizer should take into account climate conditions and avoid application before heavy rainfall.

Impacts of Salinity and Nitrogen on the Photosynthetic Rate and Growth of Sunflowers(Helianthus annuus L.)

Understanding the interactions between salinity and fertilizers is of significant importance for enhancing crop yield and fertilizeruse efficiency. In this study a complete block design experiment was performed in the Hetao Irrigation District of Inner Mongolia,China, to evaluate the effects of interactions between soil salinity and nitrogen(N) application rate on sunflower photosynthesis and growth and to determine the optimum N application rate for sunflower growth in the district. Four levels of soil salinity expressed as electrical conductivity(0.33–0.60, 0.60–1.22, 1.2–2.44, and 2.44–3.95 dS m-1) and three application rates of N fertilization(90, 135,and 180 kg ha-1) were applied to 36 micro-plots. Soil salinity inhibited the photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, plant height, leaf area, and aboveground dry matter of sunflowers. The intercellular CO2 concentration first decreased and then increased with increasing soil salinity in the seedling stage, and the instantaneous leaf water-use efficiency fluctuated with soil salinity. The stomatal and non-stomatal limitations of sunflowers alternated in the seedling stage; however, in the bud, blooming,and mature stages, the stomatal limitation was prevalent when the salinity level was lower than 2.44 dS m-1, whereas the nonstomatal limitation was predominant above the salinity level. The application of N fertilizer alleviated the adverse effects of salinity on sunflower photosynthesis and growth to some extent. During some key growth periods, such as the seedling and bud stages, a moderate N application rate(135 kg ha-1) resulted in the maximum photosynthetic rate and yielded the maximum dry matter. We suggest a moderate N application rate(135 kg ha-1) for the Hetao Irrigation District and other sunflower-growing areas with similar ecological conditions.

Effect of Nitrogen Starvation on the Responses of Two Rice Cultivars to Nitrate Uptake and Utilization

Ammonium(NH+4) is the main nitrogen(N) form for rice crops, while NH+4near the root surface can be oxidized to nitrate(NO-3)by NH+4-oxidizing bacteria. Nitrate can be accumulated within rice tissues and reused when N supply is insufficient. We compared the remobilization of NO-3stored in the tissue and vacuolar between two rice(Oryza sativa L.) cultivars, Yangdao 6(YD6, indica)with a high N use efficiency(NUE) and Wuyujing 3(WYJ3, japonica) with a low NUE and measured the uptake of NO-3, expression of nitrate reductase(NR), NO-3transporter genes(NRTs), and NR activity after 4 d of N starvation following 7-d cultivation in a solution containing 2.86 mmol L-1NO-3. The results showed that both tissue NO-3concentration and vacuolar NO-3activity were higher in YD6 than WYJ3 under N starvation. YD6 showed a 2- to 3-fold higher expression of OsNRT2.1 in roots on the 1st and 4th day of N starvation and had significantly higher values of NO-3uptake(maximum uptake velocity, Vmax) than the cultivar WYJ3.Furthermore, YD6 had significantly higher leaf and root maximum NR activity(NRAmax) and actual NR activity(NRAact) as well as stronger root expression of the two NR genes after the 1st day of N starvation. There were no significant differences in NRAmax and NRAact between the two rice cultivars on the 4th day of N starvation. The results suggested that YD6 had stronger NRA under N starvation, which might result in better NO-3re-utilization from the vacuole, and higher capacity for NO-3uptake and use, potentially explaining the higher NUE of YD6 compared with WYJ3.

Effect of Combined Use of Brackish Water and Nitrogen Fertilizer on Biomass and Sugar Yield of Sweet Sorghum

Soil salinization and non-point source pollution are among the most important and widespread environmental problems in European Mediterranean regions. Sweet sorghum （Sorghum bicolor （L.） Moench var. saccharatum） is a moderate to high salinity tolerant crop with low water and nutrient needs, seen as an alternative to grow in the water scarce regions. A three-year multifactorial study was conducted in southern Portugal to evaluate the combined effects of saline water and nitrogen application on the dry biomass （total, stems, and leaves）, sugar content （total reducing sugars and sucrose eontents） and sugar yield （here defined as the product of total reducing sugars and stems dry biomass） functions of sweet sorghum. Sorghum dry biomass and sugar yield showed diminishing returns for each incremental change of nitrogen. The use of saline irrigation waters also led to yield reduction. Exception was sucrose content which increased with increasing levels of sodium in the soil. Nitrogen need decreased as the amount of sodium applied increased. Stem dry biomass, sucrose content, and sugar yield progressively increased with progress in the experiment. The effect could be attributed to the increase of the amount of irrigation applied throughout the years, thus increasing the leaching fraction which promoted salt leaching from the root zone, reduced the salinity stress, increased plant transpiration, nitrogen uptake and biomass yield.