Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (10): 913-920.doi: 10.11934/j.issn.1673-4831.2017.10.007

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Carbon Metabolism Diversity Characteristics of Soil Microbe Affected by Wheat Straw Incorporation Pattern

ZHOU Yun-lai1,2, ZHANG Zhen-hua1, FAN Ru-qin1, QIAN Xiao-qing2, LU Xin1, LIU Li-zhu1   

  1. 1. Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China;
    2. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225100, China
  • Received:2016-09-29 Online:2017-10-25 Published:2017-11-24

Abstract:

Straw incorporation is an important measure to improve soil carbon sequestration potential in paddy fields. The research to characterize soil microbial biomass carbon metabolism as affected by straw incorporation method or pattern means significantly to utilization of crop straw and soil carbon sequestration. To explore effects of straw incorporations different in pattern on soil microbiological characteristics, four treatments were designed, i. e. incorporation of straw used as padding of a fermentation bed (SP), incorporation of carbonized straw or biochar as supplement to chemical fertilization (BR), incorporation of straw plus composted pig dung (OF) and chemical fertilization (CF), in addition to CK (no fertilization), for the field experiment of the study. All the treatments were equivalently the same in N application rate. The biology-ECO technology was used to reveal diversity of soil microbial community structure, and PCA performed to characterize variation of the soil microbial community structure. Results show that straw incorporation pattern was an important factor affecting soil microbial carbon metabolism in characteristic. Treatment OF was obviously higher than all the other ones in effect on soil microbial carbon metabolism capacity, microbial diversity and saccharides, amino acid, polymers and amine utilization rates, and Treatment SP was much lower than Treatments OF and BR in effect on soil microbe. Straw incorporation pattern could also significantly affect soil microbial carbon utilization in the top soil layer (0-5 cm) and sub-surface soil layer (>5-10 cm), but not so much in the subsoil layer (>10-20 cm). It also affected soil microbial diversity. Compared with Treatments CF and BR, Treatments OF and SP improved soil microbial diversity. It is, therefore, held that OF and BR may significantly improve soil microbial carbon metabolism diversity and soil microbial carbon utilization within a short period of time.

Key words: straw-incorporation, biochar, fermentation bed padding, Biolog-ECO

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