利用方式对红壤硝化作用的水分效应的影响

风干过程是土壤水分丢失的过程,研究亚热带酸性土壤硝化作用对水分水平的响应,有助于分析干土效应对硝化作用影响.本试验以分别发育于第四纪红土(Quaternary red earth,Q)和红砂岩(Tertiary red sandstone,S)、利用方式为水稻(rice,R)与旱地(upland,U)的4个农田土壤的风干土为供试材料,分别加入铵态氮0和150mg·kg-1,在5个即时水分含量下室内培养35d.结果表明,土壤水分水平显著影响供试土壤的硝化作用(p0.01),但影响程度因利用方式而异.对供试条件下无外源铵输入的处理而言,旱地土壤QU和SU硝化率的极差分别为11%和8%,显著低于水稻土的硝化率极差(QR与SR分别为35%和20%).外源铵的加入增加了土壤硝化率的极差,土壤QR、QU、SR和SU硝化率的极差分别达到56%、26%、31%、26%,且随水分水平的增高,加铵有促进土壤酸化的趋势.总之,利用方式显著影响了土壤硝化作用对水分效应的响应,进而体现为干土效应的差异.

Influence of Land-Use Type on Moisture-Effect of Nitrification in Subtropical Red Soils

Air-drying is always accompanied by soil moisture loss. The different influences of air-drying on soil nitrification might due to the different nitrification responses to moisture changing of acid subtropical soils. So, after applying 0 and 150 mg·kg^-1 of ammonium bicarbonate, a 35-day incubation study was conducted to determine the nitrification potential of four acid subtropical soils under 5 soil moisture levels, namely 30% water-holding capacity (WHC), 45% WHC, 60%WHC, 75%WHC and 90%WHC. Four soils, designated QR, QU, SR and SU, derived from Quaternary red earth and Tertiary red sandstone, were collected from rice and upland field. The results indicated that the soil nitrification was significantly influenced by the moisture content(p<0.01), and the nitrification sensitivities to soil moisture content varied with land-use types. For the treatments without ammonium input, the ranges of nitrification ratio were 11% and 8% in upland soils, QU and SU respectively, which were obviously lower than those in paddy soils (35% for QR, and 20% for SR). The ammonium input would increase the ranges of nitrification ratio which were 56%, 26%, 31%, and 26% for soil QR, QU, SR, and SU, respectively. And the ammonium input would accelerate soil acidification under high moisture levels. In a word, the land-use type presents a significant influence on the nitrification response to moisture content, which might lead to the difference of air-drying effect.