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Dynamic changes of reactive oxygen species in paddy overlying water: mechanisms and implications

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Purpose

The paddy soils are covered with overlying water for a long time during rice growth, which is critical to elements cycling and contaminants transformation due to the sunlight-mediated biotic processes. In this study, the reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation was investigated to reveal the associated processes in the paddy overlying water.

Methods

The dynamic changes of ROS in overlying paddy water were in situ captured in paddy plots, with biochar and straw amended in different agricultural managements. The hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) concentration was in situ measured through the chemiluminescence method. The accumulation of hydroxyl radical (•OH) was quantified via chemical probes, with the steady-state concentrations of •OH calculated accordingly. The As(III) oxidation experiments were performed through the indoor experiments with the simulated sunlight by 500 W xenon lamp.

Results and discussion

Results indicated that the hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) concentration decreased from the daytime 8:00 to 16:00 in the tillering stage, falling within the range of 0 ~ 260.16 nmol L−1. Abundant •OH was produced, giving the steady-state concentration of 3.94 × 10–18 ~ 3.90 × 10–17 mol L−1 in different treatments. More •OH production was observed with the amendment of inorganic fertilizers than organic fertilizers, while •OH production with biochar amendment was higher than that of straw amendment. The results of quenching experiments showed that more than 70% of •OH production in paddy overlying water derived from the dissolved organic matter (DOM)-based photochemical processes. The ROS can efficiently drive As(III) oxidation in paddy overlying water, and the •OH plays the dominant role.

Conclusion

This study elucidated that photochemically produced ROS dynamically changed during rice growth, which was highly affected by the agricultural managements and might be of great significance to pollutants transformation in paddy fields.

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We thank the editor and anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and revision of the manuscript.

Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 42130707, 42107382, 22176091), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20200323) and the 333 Project of Jiangsu Province (BRA2019106).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China

    Shaochong Liu, Mengxi Tan, Danyu Huang, Dixiang Wang, Mengyuan Geng, Jialin Wen, Changyin Zhu, Liqiang Ge, Ning Chen & Dongmei Zhou

  2. Geological Survey of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210018, People’s Republic of China

    Liqiang Ge

  3. Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China

    Yan Gao & Jiangye Li

  4. State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Jianbin Pan

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Shaochong Liu: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing—original draft. Mengxi Tan: Methodology, Writing—original draft. Danyu Huang: Investigation, Writing—review & editing. Dixiang Wang: Investigation, Writing—review & editing. Mengyuan Geng: Data Curation, review & editing. Jialin Wen: Data Curation, review & editing. Changyin Zhu: Writing—review & editing. Liqiang Ge: Writing—review & editing. Ning Chen: Writing—review & editing, Funding acquisition. Yan Gao: Paddy site & management. Jiangye Li: Paddy site & management. Jianbin Pan: Instrumental analysis, Dongmei Zhou: Methodology, Resources, Funding acquisition.

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Liu, S., Tan, M., Huang, D. et al. Dynamic changes of reactive oxygen species in paddy overlying water: mechanisms and implications. J Soils Sediments 22, 1746–1760 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-022-03195-y

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