Assessing Microbial Contributions to N2O Impacts Following Biochar Additions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Soil and Biochar Characterization
Property | Prairie Soil | Agricultural Soil | Forest Soil | Sterilized Sand | Biochar |
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Organic Matter (%) | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 71.63 |
Total Nitrogen (%) | 0.2 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.88 |
Cation Exchange Capacity (%) | 23.5 | 15.1 | 4 | 16.1 | - |
pH (1:5 distilled H2O) | 7.2 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 9.5 | 6.2 |
Potassium (ppm) | 180 | 145 | 63 | 16 | <0.10 |
Calcium (ppm) | 4250 | 2433 | 358 | 3840 | 0.15 |
Magnesium (ppm) | 1100 | 527 | 53 | 102 | 0.07 |
Iron (ppm) | 75 | 190 | 252 | 10 | 4353 |
Nitrate (NO3, ppm) | 3.4 | 15.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | <0.1 |
Nitrite (NO2, ppm) | 0.3 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
Ammonium (NH4, ppm) | 9.1 | 2.8 | 1.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
2.2. Impact of Biochar on Soil CO2 Production
2.3. Impact of Biochar on Soil N2O Production
2.4. Impacts of Biochar Addition on Soil Microbial Biomass
2.5. Microbial Group Functional Assessment of N2O and CO2 Production
Treatments | CO2 | N2O | ||
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Control | Biochar | Control | Biochar | |
μg-C g−1 h−1 | μg-C g−1 h−1 | ng-N g−1 h−1 | ng-N g−1 h−1 | |
Glucose Addition | 26.9 (3.2) a | 18.90 (4.20) a | 32.5 (2.2) a | 22.70 (4.10) a |
Streptomycin + Glucose | 19.9 (2.3) b | 16.58 (5.10) a | 22.6 (3.4) b | 18.85 (2.00) a |
Cyclohexamide + Glucose | 8.4 (3.7) c | 9.50 (4.20) b | 16.9 (4.5) c | 14.55 (3.10) b |
Both inhibitors + Glucose | 9.4 (3.4) c | 10.00 (3.50) b | 12.8 (3.6) c | 16.52 (4.20) b |
Calculations | ||||
Net Microbial Inhibition (%) | 64.84 | 47.09 | 60.82 | 27.22 |
Bacterial Contribution (%) | 26.07 | 12.28 * | 30.70 | 16.96 * |
Fungal (%) | 68.57 | 49.74 * | 48.22 | 35.90 |
IAR | 1.46 | 1.32 | 1.30 | 1.94 |
Fungal: Bacterial | 2.6 | 4.1 * | 1.6 | 2.1 * |
Treatments | Control Biochar | Control Biochar | ||
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CO2 | CO2 | N2O | N2O | |
μg-C-CO2 g−1 h−1 | μg-C-CO2 g−1 h−1 | ng-N-N2O g−1 h−1 | ng-N-N2O g−1 h−1 | |
Glucose Addition | 13.3 (1.2) a | 8.4 (1.5) a | 27.7 (2.0) a | 10.1 (2.0) a |
Streptomycin + Glucose | 7.8 (1.3) b | 6.9 (1.1) a | 18.5 (1.8) b | 9.5 (0.6) a |
Cyclohexamide + Glucose | 5.4 (0.6) c | 3.2 (0.7) b | 14.8 (2.2) b | 9.0 (0.8) a |
Both inhibitors + Glucose | 4.3 (1.4) c | 3.0 (1.1) b | 10.4 (3.4) c | 8.5 (0.9) a |
Calculations | ||||
Net Microbial Inhibition (%) | 68.09 | 64.35 | 62.45 | 15.84 * |
Bacterial Contribution (%) | 41.25 | 18.06 * | 33.39 | 5.94 * |
Fungal (%) | 59.20 | 62.32 | 46.68 | 10.89 * |
IAR | 1.48 | 1.25 | 1.28 | 1.06 |
Fungal: Bacterial | 1.4 | 3.5 * | 1.4 | 1.8 * |
Treatments | Control | Soil + Biochar | Control | Soil + Biochar |
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CO2 | CO2 | N2O | N2O | |
µg-C-CO2 g−1 h−1 | µg-C-CO2 g−1 h−1 | ng-N-N2O g−1 h−1 | ng-N-N2O g−1 h−1 | |
Glucose Addition | 4.9 (1.0) a | 3.44 (0.80) a | 3.6 (1.0) a | 2.70 (0.50) a |
Streptomycin + Glucose | 1.9 (0.9) b | 3.30 (0.90) a | 1.9 (0.9) a | 2.50 (0.90) a |
Cyclohexamide + Glucose | 3.6 (0.6) a | 3.20 (1.00) a | 2.8 (0.8) a | 2.60 (0.40) a |
Both inhibitors + Glucose | 2.1 (0.5) b | 2.50 (0.90) a | 2.0 (0.8) a | 2.50 (0.56) a |
Calculations | ||||
Net Microbial Inhibition (%) | 57.73 | 27.33 * | 45.07 | 7.41 * |
Bacterial Contribution (%) | 60.82 | 4.07 * | 46.48 | 7.41 * |
Fungal (%) | 26.80 | 6.98 * | 21.97 | 3.70 * |
IAR | 1.52 | 0.40 | 1.52 | 1.50 |
Fungal: Bacterial | 0.4 | 1.7 * | 0.5 | 0.5 |
3. Discussion
4. Experimental Section
4.1. Soils and Biochar
4.2. Incubations
4.3. Measurements and Analysis
4.4. Statistics
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Lin, X.; Spokas, K.A.; Venterea, R.T.; Zhang, R.; Baker, J.M.; Feyereisen, G.W. Assessing Microbial Contributions to N2O Impacts Following Biochar Additions. Agronomy 2014, 4, 478-496. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy4040478
Lin X, Spokas KA, Venterea RT, Zhang R, Baker JM, Feyereisen GW. Assessing Microbial Contributions to N2O Impacts Following Biochar Additions. Agronomy. 2014; 4(4):478-496. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy4040478
Chicago/Turabian StyleLin, Xiurong, Kurt A. Spokas, Rodney T. Venterea, Renduo Zhang, John M. Baker, and Gary W. Feyereisen. 2014. "Assessing Microbial Contributions to N2O Impacts Following Biochar Additions" Agronomy 4, no. 4: 478-496. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy4040478