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Microbial nitrification, denitrification and respiration in the leached cinnamon soil of the upper basin of Miyun Reservoir.

ABSTRACT: Leached cinnamon soil is the main agricultural soil distributed in the North China Plain. In this research, leached cinnamon soil samples were collected in the upper basin of Miyun Reservoir (northeast of Beijing, China). The BaPS method (Barometric Process Separation) was applied to measure nitrification, denitrification and respiration rates. The rates of nitrification, denitrification and respiration were 0-120.35??g?N/kg SDW h, 0-246.86??g N/kg SDW h and 0.17-225.85??g?C/kg SDW h (Soil Dry Weight, SDW), respectively. The emission rates of CO₂ and N_xO_y through nitrification, denitrification and respiration were 1.00-547.80 and 6.00-4850.65??mol/h, respectively. The analysis of relationships between nitrification, denitrification and respiration rates indicated that these three microbial processes were interacted, which posed impacts on soil nitrogen availability. As indicated by the results, C:N ratio coupled with content could be taken as the indicators of content, which is usually the predominant form of N available to plants growing in soil. Results showed that content was the highest (i.e., >62.4?mg/kg) when C:N ratio was 5.30-8.40, meanwhile content was 3.71-4.39?mg/kg. Nevertheless, content was the lowest (i.e., <6.40?mg/kg) when C:N ratio was 9.2-12.10, meanwhile content was 3.41-4.35?mg/kg.

SUBMITTER: Xu W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5292740 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Microbial nitrification, denitrification and respiration in the leached cinnamon soil of the upper basin of Miyun Reservoir.

Xu Wen W Cai Yan-Peng YP Yang Zhi-Feng ZF Yin Xin-An XA Tan Qian Q

Scientific reports 20170206

Leached cinnamon soil is the main agricultural soil distributed in the North China Plain. In this research, leached cinnamon soil samples were collected in the upper basin of Miyun Reservoir (northeast of Beijing, China). The BaPS method (Barometric Process Separation) was applied to measure nitrification, denitrification and respiration rates. The rates of nitrification, denitrification and respiration were 0-120.35 μg N/kg SDW h, 0-246.86 μg N/kg SDW h and 0.17-225.85 μg C/kg SDW h (Soil Dry W ...[more]

PMID: 28165035

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