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Split N and P addition decreases straw mineralization and the priming effect of a paddy soil: a 100-day incubation experiment

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Abstract

The effect of mineral fertilization and its application pattern on microbial activity and the subsequent CO2 and CH4 emissions arising from soil organic matter (SOM) or added substrate remains unclear. We quantified the decomposition of 13C-labeled straw and the priming effect (PE) governed by the N and P fertilizer application pattern during a 100-day experiment in a flooded soil. Straw addition increased the total CO2 and CH4 emissions. Straw mineralization increased by 30% and decreased by 19% after full and split NP application, respectively, compared with only straw addition. However, application of NP fertilization (full or split) inhibited straw-derived CH4 emissions compared with only straw addition. SOM decomposition was increased by straw addition, yielding a positive PE for CO2 emission. The application of split NP fertilization along with straw addition improved microbial activity, yielding the highest positive PE for CO2 emission. In contrast, compared with the control (no addition), split NP application decreased the positive PE for CH4 emission. Therefore, the straw-C-derived total CO2 equivalent emission was decreased by split NP application. These results were mainly attributable to the increased Olsen P, microbial biomass, enzyme activity, and straw-derived C microbial use efficiency of split NP application, which negatively affected the PE for CH4 emission; this was supported by the results of standardized total effects determined from structural equation models. Overall, compared with full application, split NP fertilizer application significantly decreased the straw-C mineralization rate and PE for CH4 emission, thereby mitigating greenhouse gas emission and SOM storage in paddy soil.

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  • 06 August 2019

    The author regret that the above article originally published with an error in the equation under “Calculation of GHG emission, PE, C-mineralization, microbial C use efficiency, and enzyme activity” section. The corrected equation is now presented in this article.

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This study was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (41430860, 41877104, and 41811540031); Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2019JJ30028); Innovative Research Groups of the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2019JJ10003); the Youth Innovation Team Project of the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017QNCXTD_GTD); the Hunan Province Base for Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation (2018WK4012); JSPS and NSFC under the Japan-China Scientific Cooperation Program; and the Public Service Technology Centre, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region & Changsha Research Station for Agricultural and Environmental Monitoring, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, Hunan, China

    Dongdong Wang, Zhenke Zhu, Shoulong Liu, Jinshui Wu & Tida Ge

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Dongdong Wang & Jinshui Wu

  3. Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7014, 75007, Uppsala, Sweden

    Muhammad Shahbaz

  4. Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden

    Muhammad Shahbaz

  5. Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China

    Liang Chen

  6. Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo, Chiba, 271-8510, Japan

    Kazuyuki Inubushi

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Wang, D., Zhu, Z., Shahbaz, M. et al. Split N and P addition decreases straw mineralization and the priming effect of a paddy soil: a 100-day incubation experiment. Biol Fertil Soils 55, 701–712 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-019-01383-6

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