Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (10): 939-945.doi: 10.11934/j.issn.1673-4831.2018.10.011

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Effect of the Combined Application of Biochar and Phosphorus Fertilizer on Forms and Efficacy of Cd in Brown Soil

CAO Yong-qiang1,2, JING Yan-de1,2, SHEN Lei1,2, HAO Hao1,2   

  1. 1. College of Geography and Tourism, Qufu Normal University, Rizhao 276826, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Nansihu Lake Wetland Ecological and Environmental Protection in Universities of Shandong, Jining 273165, China
  • Received:2017-12-27 Online:2018-10-25 Published:2018-10-25

Abstract:

By simulating Cd-contaminated brown soils in the laboratory, the impacts of single applications of different amounts (20, 40 g·kg-1) of peanut straw biochar (PB) or cotton straw biochar (CB) and 20 g·kg-1 phosphate fertilizer (P), as well as the combined application of biochar and P fertilizer, on soil pH and the contents of five forms of Cd in contaminated soils were investigated. The mechanisms of the effects of biochar, phosphate fertilizer and their combination on the bioavailability of Cd in brown soil were analyzed. The results show that the single application of P fertilizer significantly reduced the pH of the soil (by 14.64% compared with CK) and that the application of biochar alone or the combination of biochar and P fertilizer increased the pH of the soil (by 0.99%-24.67% compared with CK). The single application of 40 g·kg-1 peanut biochar yielded the most significant increase in soil pH. The application of P fertilizer alone significantly reduced the contents of exchangeable, carbonated, and iron-manganese oxide-bound forms of Cd in the soil while increasing the contents of organic-bound and residual forms. The application of biochar alone and the combined treatment significantly reduced the content of the exchangeable form of Cd in the soil and significantly increased that of carbonate-bound Cd (by 49.76%). With the same applied amount of biochar (20 g·kg-1), the decrease in effective Cd content was higher in the soil treated with the combined application than in that of the single application treatment, and the effect of the combined application of peanut straw biochar and phosphate fertilizer was superior to that of cotton biochar and phosphate fertilizer, with Cd activity coefficients of 0.150 and 0.236, respectively. The combined application of 20 g·kg-1 peanut straw biochar + 20 g·kg-1 phosphate fertilizer (P + PB2) was the most beneficial for reducing the bioavailability of Cd in soil.

Key words: peanut straw, cotton straw, biochar, phosphate fertilizer, brown soil, cadmium

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