Abstract
Purpose
The aim of the research was to explore the effect of Chinese milk vetch (CM vetch) addition and different water management practices on soil pH change, C and N mineralization in acid paddy soils.
Materials and methods
Psammaquent and Plinthudult paddy soils amended with Chinese milk vetch at a rate of 12 g kg−1 soil were incubated at 25 °C under three different water treatments (45 % field capacity, CW; alternating 1-week wetting and 2-week drying cycles, drying rewetting (DRW) and waterlogging (WL). Soil pH, dissolved organic carbon, dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), CO2 escaped, microbial biomass carbon, ammonium (NH4 +) and nitrate (NO3 −) during the incubation period were dynamically determined.
Results and discussion
The addition of CM vetch increased soil microbial biomass concentrations in all treatments. The CM vetch addition also enhanced dissolved organic N concentrations in all treatments. The NO3–N concentrations were lower than NH4–N concentrations in DRW and WL. The pH increase after CM vetch addition was 0.2 units greater during WL than DRW, and greater in the low pH Plinthudult (4.59) than higher pH Paleudalfs (6.11) soil. Nitrogen mineralization was higher in the DRW than WL treatment, and frequent DRW cycles favored N mineralization in the Plinthudult soil.
Conclusions
The addition of CM vetch increased soil pH, both under waterlogging and alternating wet–dry conditions. Waterlogging decreased C mineralization in both soils amended with CM vetch. Nitrogen mineralization increased in the soils subjected to DRW, which was associated with the higher DON concentrations in DRW than in WL in the acid soil. Frequent drying–wetting cycles increase N mineralization in acid paddy soils.
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This work was financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB100502), the National Key Technologies R&D Program of China (2012BAD05B04, 2012BAD15B04), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
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Wang, Y., Liu, X., Butterly, C. et al. pH change, carbon and nitrogen mineralization in paddy soils as affected by Chinese milk vetch addition and soil water regime. J Soils Sediments 13, 654–663 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-012-0645-3
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