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N2O and NO production and functional microbes responding to biochar aging process in an intensified vegetable soil

Zhang, Xi, Zhang, Junqian, Song, Mengxin, Dong, Yubing, Xiong, Zhengqin·2022·Environmental Pollution
DOI 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119491
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Vegetable soils with high nitrogen input are hotspots of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and nitric oxide (NO), and biochar amended to soil has been documented to effectively decrease N 2 O and NO emissions. However, the aging effects of biochar on soil N 2 O and NO production and the relevant mechanisms are not thoroughly understood. A 15 N tracing microcosm study was conducted to clarify the responses of N 2 O and NO production pathways to the biochar aging process in vegetable soil. The results showed that autotrophic nitrification was the predominant source of N 2 O production. Biochar aging increased the O-containing functional groups while lowering the aromaticity and pore size. Fresh biochar enhanced the AOB-amoA gene abundance and obviously stimulated N 2 O production by 15.5% via autotrophic nitrification and denitrification. In contrast, field-aged biochar markedly weakened autotrophic nitrification and denitrification and thus decreased N 2 O production by 17.0%, as evidenced by the change in AOB-amoA and nosZI gene abundances. However, the amendment with artificially lab-aged biochar had no effect on N 2 O production. With the extension of aging time, biochar application reduced the soil NO production dominated by nitrification. Changes in the N 2 O and NO fluxes were closely associated with soil NH 4+-N and NO 2--N contents, indicating that autotrophic nitrification played a critical role in NO production. Overall, our study demonstrated that field-aged biochar suppressed N 2 O production via autotrophic nitrification and denitrification by regulating associated functional genes, but not for lab-aged biochar or fresh biochar. These findings improved our insights regarding the implications of biochar aging on N 2 O and NO mitigation in vegetable soils.

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Authors
Zhang, X., Zhang, J., Song, M., Dong, Y., & Xiong, Z.
Affiliations
Nanjing Agricultural University (CN)
Corresponding author
Xiong, Zhengqin
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Environmental Pollution
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-08
Volume
307
Pages
119491
ISSN
0269-7491 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119491
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W4280556453
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  • Graduate Research and Innovation Projects of Jiangsu Province (KYCX20_0591)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (41977078, 32001213)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
Keywords
biochar aging, nitrous oxide production, nitric oxide production, autotrophic nitrification, denitrification, ammonia-oxidizing bacteria, amoA gene, vegetable soil, nitrogen inputs, 15N tracing, soil nitrogen cycling
MeSH terms
Charcoal, Nitric Oxide, Nitrous Oxide, Soil, Soil Microbiology, Vegetables, Denitrification, Nitrification

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