Efforts have increased to measure nitrate losses from farmland under different management practices due to environmental and public concerns over levels of nitrate-nitrogen (NO<sub>3</sub>-N) in surface an...Efforts have increased to measure nitrate losses from farmland under different management practices due to environmental and public concerns over levels of nitrate-nitrogen (NO<sub>3</sub>-N) in surface and ground waters. This study evaluated the effect of conventional tillage (CT) and strip tillage (ST) practices and three N application rates on NO3-N concentrations in soil water at a 76 cm depth under irrigated sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) in a clay loam soil. Nitrogen rates were applied as dry urea at 120, 150, 180 kg N ha-1</sup> in 2006;130, 160, 190 kg N ha-1 in 2007;and 110, 140, 170 kg N ha<sup>-1</sup> in 2008. Soil water volumes were measured weekly during each growing season using three ceramic suction cup samplers per plot placed at a 76 cm depth below the soil surface under each tillage. Results indicated that NO<sub>3</sub>-N concentrations at the 76 cm depth in the soil profile were not significantly affected by either tillage practice or by N application rate due to soil variability across the field and due to suction cup samplers’ biased estimate of soil water. The three N rates under CT and ST practices maintained NO<sub>3</sub>-N concentrations below the root zone to levels exceeding the 10 mg L<sup>-1</sup> safe drinking water maximum level in all three years. There were large variations in NO<sub>3</sub>-N concentrations among replicates within each tillage and N rate that were likely caused by variability in soil physical, hydraulic and chemical properties that impacted water movement through the soil profile, N dynamics and leaching below the root zone of sugarbeet. In conclusion, suction cup samplers are point water measurement devices that reveal considerable variability among replicates within each treatment due to the heterogeneity of field soils. Further, these samplers are not recommended in heterogeneous soils with preferential flow characteristics.展开更多
This article analyses the effect of the proportion of the different nitrogen forms on key enzyme activity of carbon and nitrogen metabolism under the condition of nutritional water while Tian Yan-7 was used as experim...This article analyses the effect of the proportion of the different nitrogen forms on key enzyme activity of carbon and nitrogen metabolism under the condition of nutritional water while Tian Yan-7 was used as experimental material.The result showed that nitrate reductase(NR) activity in the leaves gradually enhanced with the increase of NO - 3.No matter in root or leaves,glutamina synthetase(GS) activity first enhanced with increasing NH + 4 when NH + 4 was lower than that of NO - 3,and GS activity was the highest when NH + 4and NO - 3 was equal,then GS activity declined with NH + 4 increasing further.In the anaphase of growth,synthetic activity in root of sucrose synthetase(SS) in the mixed NH + 4 and NO - 3 was obviously highr than or NO - 3 alone.Both of the root and sugar yields were the highest when the proportion of NH + 4 and NO - 3 was 1:1.展开更多
文摘Efforts have increased to measure nitrate losses from farmland under different management practices due to environmental and public concerns over levels of nitrate-nitrogen (NO<sub>3</sub>-N) in surface and ground waters. This study evaluated the effect of conventional tillage (CT) and strip tillage (ST) practices and three N application rates on NO3-N concentrations in soil water at a 76 cm depth under irrigated sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) in a clay loam soil. Nitrogen rates were applied as dry urea at 120, 150, 180 kg N ha-1</sup> in 2006;130, 160, 190 kg N ha-1 in 2007;and 110, 140, 170 kg N ha<sup>-1</sup> in 2008. Soil water volumes were measured weekly during each growing season using three ceramic suction cup samplers per plot placed at a 76 cm depth below the soil surface under each tillage. Results indicated that NO<sub>3</sub>-N concentrations at the 76 cm depth in the soil profile were not significantly affected by either tillage practice or by N application rate due to soil variability across the field and due to suction cup samplers’ biased estimate of soil water. The three N rates under CT and ST practices maintained NO<sub>3</sub>-N concentrations below the root zone to levels exceeding the 10 mg L<sup>-1</sup> safe drinking water maximum level in all three years. There were large variations in NO<sub>3</sub>-N concentrations among replicates within each tillage and N rate that were likely caused by variability in soil physical, hydraulic and chemical properties that impacted water movement through the soil profile, N dynamics and leaching below the root zone of sugarbeet. In conclusion, suction cup samplers are point water measurement devices that reveal considerable variability among replicates within each treatment due to the heterogeneity of field soils. Further, these samplers are not recommended in heterogeneous soils with preferential flow characteristics.
文摘This article analyses the effect of the proportion of the different nitrogen forms on key enzyme activity of carbon and nitrogen metabolism under the condition of nutritional water while Tian Yan-7 was used as experimental material.The result showed that nitrate reductase(NR) activity in the leaves gradually enhanced with the increase of NO - 3.No matter in root or leaves,glutamina synthetase(GS) activity first enhanced with increasing NH + 4 when NH + 4 was lower than that of NO - 3,and GS activity was the highest when NH + 4and NO - 3 was equal,then GS activity declined with NH + 4 increasing further.In the anaphase of growth,synthetic activity in root of sucrose synthetase(SS) in the mixed NH + 4 and NO - 3 was obviously highr than or NO - 3 alone.Both of the root and sugar yields were the highest when the proportion of NH + 4 and NO - 3 was 1:1.
