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Yang S, Chen L, Xiong R, Jiang J, Liu Y, Tan X, Liu T, Zeng Y, Pan X, Zeng Y. Long-term straw return improves cooked indica rice texture by altering starch structural, physicochemical properties in South China. Food Chem X 2023; 20:100965. [PMID: 38144815 PMCID: PMC10739843 DOI: 10.1016/j.fochx.2023.100965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023] Open
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Straw return can improve rice eating quality by modifying starch formation from long-term field trials, whereas the relevant mechanisms are still unknown. A long-term field experiment, including straw removal (CK), straw burning return (SBR), and straw return (SR) was conducted to investigate the starch structure, physicochemical properties, and cooked rice textures of indica early- and late-rice. Compared with CK, SBR and SR enhanced relative crystallinity, amylopectin long chains in both rice seasons, and gelatinization temperatures in late rice. Compared to SBR, SR decreased protein content and amylopectin short chains but increased starch branching degree, breakdown, and stickiness, ultimately contributing to improved starch thermal and pasting properties. Meanwhile, SR decreased hardness, cohesiveness, and chewiness, resulting in cooked texture meliorated, which was mainly attributed to amylopectin chain length and starch granule size. The results suggest that SR increased cooked texture of indica rice by altering starch structural and physicochemical properties.
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- Shiqi Yang
- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Biodiversity, Jingdezhen University, 3 Fuliang Avenue, Jingdezhen 333400, Jiangxi, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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Wang L, Zhang H, Xu C, Yuan J, Xu X, Wang J, Zhang Y. Long-term nitrogen fertilization and sweetpotato cultivation in the wheat-sweetpotato rotation system decrease alkaline phosphomonoesterase activity by regulating soil phoD-harboring bacteria communities. Sci Total Environ 2023; 900:165916. [PMID: 37524185 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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The alkaline phosphomonoesterase (ALP)-harboring community (phoD-harboring community) plays a crucial role in the conversion of organic phosphorus (P) into available P (AP). However, the response mechanisms of phoD-harboring communities to fertilization strategies, crop types, and their interactions within the wheat-sweetpotato rotation are poorly understood. A nine-year field experiment of different fertilization strategies was established under the wheat-sweetpotato rotation. After harvesting the crop, we collected soil samples without fertilization (CK), inorganic NK fertilization (NK), inorganic NPK fertilization (NPK), and a combined application of inorganic NPK and organic fertilizer (NPKM). We employed high-throughput sequencing and enzymology techniques to analyze the composition and functional activity of phoD-harboring bacterial communities as well as their correlation with soil physicochemical properties. The results showed that long-term nitrogen (N) fertilization, especially inorganic N, significantly reduced soil pH and ALP activity while increasing AP compared with CK. The AP content in sweetpotato season was significantly higher than that in wheat season. Inorganic N fertilization dramatically reshaped the communities of phoD-harboring bacteria and decreased diversity. The phoD-harboring bacterial communities in sweetpotato season were significantly different from those in wheat season. The N fertilization significantly reduced the relative abundance of Acuticoccus, Methylibium, Rhizobacter, and Roseivivax, which was positively correlated with ALP activity. These groups in sweetpotato season decreased significantly compared with wheat season. A structural equation model indicates that pH and AP play a significant role in regulating the phoD-harboring bacteria communities, ALP activity, and their interactions. We demonstrate that fertilization strategies and crop types have a substantial impact on the phoD-harboring bacteria communities and functions, which are closely linked to soil pH and AP levels. Our study highlights the detrimental effects of soil acidification resulting from inorganic N fertilization on P-cycling bacterial communities and functions. However, the combination of inorganic and organic fertilizer can mitigate these adverse effects.
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- Lei Wang
- National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Luhe, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Luhe, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212023, China
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- National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Luhe, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212023, China
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- National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Luhe, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Luhe, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Luhe, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212023, China.
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- National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Luhe, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212023, China.
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Wang L, Wang J, Yuan J, Tang Z, Wang J, Zhang Y. Long-Term Organic Fertilization Strengthens the Soil Phosphorus Cycle and Phosphorus Availability by Regulating the pqqC- and phoD-Harboring Bacterial Communities. Microb Ecol 2023; 86:2716-2732. [PMID: 37528183 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-023-02279-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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The pqqC and phoD genes encode pyrroloquinoline quinone synthase and alkaline phosphomonoesterase (ALP), respectively. These genes play a crucial role in regulating the solubilization of inorganic phosphorus (Pi) and the mineralization of organic phosphorus (Po), making them valuable markers for P-mobilizing bacterial. However, there is limited understanding of how the interplay between soil P-mobilizing bacterial communities and abiotic factors influences P transformation and availability in the context of long-term fertilization scenarios. We used real-time polymerase chain reaction and high-throughput sequencing to explore the characteristics of soil P-mobilizing bacterial communities and their relationships with key physicochemical properties and P fractions under long-term fertilization scenarios. In a 38-year fertilization experiment, six fertilization treatments were selected. These treatments were sorted into three groups: the non-P-amended group, including no fertilization and mineral NK fertilizer; the sole mineral-P-amended group, including mineral NP and NPK fertilizer; and the organically amended group, including sole organic fertilizer and organic fertilizer plus mineral NPK fertilizer. The organically amended group significantly increased soil labile P (Ca2-P and enzyme-P) and Olsen-P content and proportion but decreased non-labile P (Ca10-P) proportion compared with the sole mineral-P-amended group, indicating enhanced P availability in the soil. Meanwhile, the organically amended group significantly increased soil ALP activity and pqqC and phoD gene abundances, indicating that organic fertilization promotes the activity and abundance of microorganisms involved in P mobilization processes. Interestingly, the organically amended group dramatically reshaped the community structure of P-mobilizing bacteria and increased the relative abundance of Acidiphilium, Panacagrimonas, Hansschlegelia, and Beijerinckia. These changes had a greater positive impact on ALP activity, labile P, and Olsen-P content compared to the abundance of P-mobilizing genes alone, indicating their importance in driving P mobilization processes. Structural equation modeling indicated that soil organic carbon and Po modulated the relationship between P-mobilizing bacterial communities and labile P and Olsen-P, highlighting the influence of SOC and Po on the functioning of P-mobilizing bacteria and their impact on P availability. Overall, our study demonstrates that organic fertilization has the potential to reshape the structure of P-mobilizing bacterial communities, leading to increased P mobilization and availability in the soil. These findings contribute to our understanding of the mechanisms underlying P cycling in agricultural systems and provide valuable insights for enhancing microbial P mobilization through organic fertilization.
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- Lei Wang
- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Luhe, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Xuzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences of Xuhuai District of Jiangsu Province, Xuzhou, 221131, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Luhe, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Xuzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences of Xuhuai District of Jiangsu Province, Xuzhou, 221131, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Luhe, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China.
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Luhe, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China.
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Masuda Y, Satoh S, Miyamoto R, Takano R, Ishii K, Ohba H, Shiratori Y, Senoo K. Biological nitrogen fixation in the long-term nitrogen-fertilized and unfertilized paddy fields, with special reference to diazotrophic iron-reducing bacteria. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:291. [PMID: 37470860 PMCID: PMC10359436 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-023-03631-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is important to sustain nitrogen fertility of paddy soil and rice yield, while could be affected by nitrogen fertilization. Iron-reducing bacteria, Anaeromyxobacter and Geobacter, are newly found diazotrophic bacteria predominant in paddy soil. Experimental field of this study is a long-term (35 years) nitrogen fertilized (6.0 g N/m2/year) and unfertilized paddy field, where ca. 70% of rice yield was obtained yearly in nitrogen unfertilized plot (443 ± 37 g/m2) compared to fertilized plot (642 ± 64 g/m2). Effects of long-term nitrogen fertilization/unfertilization on soil properties related to BNF were investigated with special reference to diazotrophic iron-reducing bacteria. Soil chemical/biochemical properties, soil nitrogen-fixing activity, and community composition of diazotrophic bacteria were similar between nitrogen fertilized and unfertilized plot soils. In both plot soils, Anaeromyxobacter and Geobacter were the most predominant diazotrophs. Their nifD transcripts were detected at similar level, while those of other general diazotrophs were under detection limit. It was concluded that long-term use/unuse of nitrogen fertilizer in this field did not affect the predominance and nitrogen-fixing activity of diazotrophic iron-reducing bacteria, composition of other general diazotrophs, and the resulting soil nitrogen-fixing activity. BNF, primarily driven by diazotrophic iron-reducing bacteria, might significantly contribute to sustain soil nitrogen fertility and rice yield in both plot soils. Appropriate soil management to maintain BNF, including diazotrophic iron-reducing bacteria, will be important for sustainable soil nitrogen fertility and rice production.
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Grants
- JP20H00409, JP20H05679, JP20K15423, JP18K19165, JP18K14366, and JP17H01464 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- JP20H00409, JP20H05679, JP20K15423, JP18K19165, JP18K14366, and JP17H01464 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- JPMJMI20E5 JST-Mirai Program
- JPMJMI20E5 JST-Mirai Program
- CANON Foundation
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- Yoko Masuda
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-City, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-City, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-City, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-City, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Niigata Agricultural Research Institute, 857 Nagakuramachi, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-0826, Japan
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- Niigata Agricultural Research Institute, 857 Nagakuramachi, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-0826, Japan
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- Niigata Agricultural Research Institute, 857 Nagakuramachi, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-0826, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-City, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-City, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
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Viketoft M, Riggi LG, Bommarco R, Hallin S, Taylor AR. Type of organic fertilizer rather than organic amendment per se increases abundance of soil biota. PeerJ 2021; 9:e11204. [PMID: 34012726 PMCID: PMC8109005 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Addition of organic amendments is a commonly used practice to offset potential loss of soil organic matter from agricultural soils. The aim of the present study was to examine how long-term addition of organic matter affects the abundance of different soil biota across trophic levels and the role that the quality of the organic amendments plays. Here we used a 17-year-old fertilization experiment to investigate soil biota responses to four different organic fertilizers, compared with two mineral nitrogen fertilizers and no fertilization, where the organic fertilizers had similar carbon content but varied in their carbon to nitrogen ratios. We collected soil samples and measured a wide range of organisms belonging to different functional groups and trophic levels of the soil food web. Long-term addition of organic and mineral fertilizers had beneficial effects on the abundances of most soil organisms compared with unfertilized soil, but the responses differed between soil biota. The organic fertilizers generally enhanced bacteria and earthworms. Fungi and nematodes responded positively to certain mineral and organic fertilizers, indicating that multiple factors influenced by the fertilization may affect these heterogeneous groups. Springtails and mites were less affected by fertilization than the other groups, as they were present at relatively high abundances even in the unfertilized treatment. However, soil pH had a great influence on springtail abundance. In summary, the specific fertilizer was more important in determining the numerical and compositional responses of soil biota than whether it was mineral or organic. Overall, biennial organic amendments emerge as insufficient, by themselves, to promote soil organisms in the long run, and would need to be added annually or combined with other practices affecting soil quality, such as no or reduced tillage and other crop rotations, to have a beneficial effect.
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- Maria Viketoft
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Mehrtens A, Licha T, Broers HP, Burke V. Tracing veterinary antibiotics in the subsurface - A long-term field experiment with spiked manure. Environ Pollut 2020; 265:114930. [PMID: 32544789 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The purpose of this long-term experiment was on gaining more insights into the environmental behaviour of veterinary antibiotics in the subsurface after application with manure. Therefore, manure spiked with a bromide tracer and eight antibiotics (enrofloxacin, lincomycin, sulfadiazine, sulfamethazine, tetracycline, tiamulin, tilmicosin and tylosin) in concentrations of milligrams per litre were applied at an experimental field site. Their pathway was tracked by continuous extraction of soil pore water at different depths and systematic sampling of groundwater for a period of two years. Seven target compounds were detected in soil pore water of which four leached into groundwater. Concentrations of the detected target compounds were, with few exceptions, in the range of nanograms per litre. It was concluded that a large fraction of the investigated antibiotics sorbed or degraded already within the first meter of the soil. Further, it was inferred from the data that long and warm dry periods cause attenuation of the target compounds through increased degradation or sorption occurring in the soil. In addition, the comprehensive data-set allowed to estimate a retardation factor between 1.1 and 2.0 for sulfamethazine in a Plaggic Anthrosol soil, and to classify the individual compounds by environmental relevance based on transport behaviour and persistence. According to the distribution of resistant genes in the environment, sulfamethazine was found to be the most mobile and persistent substance.
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- Anne Mehrtens
- Department Hydrogeology and Landscape Hydrology, Institute for Biology and Environmental Science of the Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Uhlhornsweg 84, 26129, Oldenburg, Germany.
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- Department Applied Geology, Geoscience Center of the University of Göttingen, Goldschmidtstr. 3, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany; Hydrochemistry Group, Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands, P.O. Box 80015, 3508, TA, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department Hydrogeology and Landscape Hydrology, Institute for Biology and Environmental Science of the Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Uhlhornsweg 84, 26129, Oldenburg, Germany
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Farkas É, Feigl V, Gruiz K, Vaszita E, Fekete-Kertész I, Tolner M, Kerekes I, Pusztai É, Kari A, Uzinger N, Rékási M, Kirchkeszner C, Molnár M. Long-term effects of grain husk and paper fibre sludge biochar on acidic and calcareous sandy soils - A scale-up field experiment applying a complex monitoring toolkit. Sci Total Environ 2020; 731:138988. [PMID: 32438089 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Biochar is produced from a wide range of organic materials by pyrolysis, specifically for improvement of poor quality soils. One of the main issues nowadays in studying biochar as soil amendment is to upscale experiments and move from short-term, laboratory conditions to long-term field trials. This paper presents a long-term field study, being the final step of a scale-up technology development, on grain husk and paper fibre sludge biochar application for soil improvement with focus on two degraded soil types of a temperate region. The effects of biochar on an acidic and a calcareous sandy agricultural soil were studied applying a complex approach including physico-chemical, biological and ecotoxicological methods. Our study demonstrated that the applied biochar had positive direct and indirect influences on the acidic sandy soil, but these effects were different in terms of extent and time. 30 t/ha biochar addition improved the pH of the acidic sandy soil by 24% and also increased significantly the nutrient concentrations (P2O5 by 68%, K2O by 11% and organic matter by 33%), and the water-holding capacity after 30 months. Furthermore, biochar addition improved also the microbiological activity and diversity in the acidic sandy soil. Biochar application did not induce any negative effects. Biochar had no toxic effect on the plants and the biochar-treated soil provided a more liveable habitat for soil living animals than the untreated acidic sandy soil. The favourable biochar-mediated influences on soil properties were manifested mainly in the acidic sandy soil, proving that the biochar-related advantages have to be verified for different soil types. The benefits of grain husk and paper fibre sludge biochar application in an acidic sandy soil were confirmed on the long term by the applied tiered approach.
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- Éva Farkas
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. 3, Hungary.
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- Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. 3, Hungary
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- Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. 3, Hungary
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- Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. 3, Hungary
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- Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. 3, Hungary
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- Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. 3, Hungary
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- Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. 3, Hungary
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- Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. 3, Hungary
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- Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Microbiology, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány P. sétány 1/C, Hungary
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- Institute for Soil Sciences and Agricultural Chemistry, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest, Herman Ottó street 15, Hungary
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- Institute for Soil Sciences and Agricultural Chemistry, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest, Herman Ottó street 15, Hungary
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- Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Analytical Chemistry, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány P. sétány 1/A, Hungary
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- Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. 3, Hungary
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Wang X, Feng Y, Yu L, Shu Y, Tan F, Gou Y, Luo S, Yang W, Li Z, Wang J. Sugarcane/soybean intercropping with reduced nitrogen input improves crop productivity and reduces carbon footprint in China. Sci Total Environ 2020; 719:137517. [PMID: 32120112 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Global climate change and decreases in available land are significant challenges that humans are currently facing. Alternative management approaches for sugarcane fields have great potential to help mitigate these problems in China. We hypothesized that soybean intercropping with reduced nitrogen input could increase crop productivity and reduce the carbon footprint (CF) of sugarcane fields in China. Therefore, a long-term field experiment from 2009 to 2017 in the Pearl River Delta of China was chosen to test this hypothesis. The results showed that the energy yields of sugarcane/soybean intercropping systems were 17.8%-39.4% higher than those of sugarcane monocropping systems. The energy yields of the same cropping systems using conventional and reduced N inputs (525 kg ha-1 and 300 kg ha-1) did not show a significant difference. Additionally, the CF values of the unit yield (CFY) for sugarcane/soybean intercropping were 3.2%-30.4% lower than those of the monocropping systems, showing the higher CF efficiency of the intercropping pattern, although the difference was not significant. The CF of the unit area (CFA) and the CFY of all the cropping patterns at the conventional N level were 19.5%-62.0% higher than that at the reduced N level, demonstrating that reducing the nitrogen input could significantly lower the CF of the sugarcane fields. In addition, the high N level cased negative effects in terms of increasing the crop productivity and reducing the CF of the soybean/sugarcane intercropping pattern. In conclusion, sugarcane/soybean intercropping with reduced N input improved crop productivity while lowering the CF of sugarcane fields in China. The sugarcane/soybean (1:2) intercropping with 300 kg N ha-1 system showed the best benefits in the Pearl River Delta of China. These advanced agricultural practices contributed to improved farmland use efficiency and clean production in an agricultural system.
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- Xiaolong Wang
- College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Environments in Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; College of Natural Resources and Environmental, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Environments in Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; College of Natural Resources and Environmental, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Environments in Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; College of Natural Resources and Environmental, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Environments in Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; College of Natural Resources and Environmental, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Environments in Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; College of Natural Resources and Environmental, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Environments in Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; College of Natural Resources and Environmental, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Environments in Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; College of Natural Resources and Environmental, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Environments in Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; College of Natural Resources and Environmental, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Environments in Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; College of Natural Resources and Environmental, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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Sun Z, Zhang Z, Zhu K, Wang Z, Zhao X, Lin Q, Li G. Biochar altered native soil organic carbon by changing soil aggregate size distribution and native SOC in aggregates based on an 8-year field experiment. Sci Total Environ 2020; 708:134829. [PMID: 31806304 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Revised: 09/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Soil aggregates play an important function in soil carbon sequestration because larger aggregates have higher soil organic carbon contents. A field experiment was set up in 2009 that included four treatments, i.e., B0, B30, B60, and B90 representing biochar application rates of 0, 30, 60, and 90 t ha-1, respectively. In 2017, we investigated the soil aggregate distribution, biochar and n-SOC contents in soil and different aggregate sizes using the ignition method, as well as the contribution of wheat and maize residues to n-SOC content in each aggregate by isotopic analysis. The results showed that, relative to B0, the n-SOC content presented an 14.0% decrease in B30, compared with an 18.8% and 8.2% increase in B60 and B90 (p < 0.05), respectively. Furthermore, the decreased n-SOC content in B30 was due to the decreased proportions of < 53 μm and 1000-250 μm aggregates. The increased n-SOC content in B60 was due to the significantly enhanced proportion of 2000-1000 μm and 1000-250 μm aggregates because the n-SOC contents of these two aggregates size classes were not changed by biochar. However, in B90, the increased n-SOC content was ascribed to the enhanced proportions of 2000-1000 μm and < 53 μm aggregates, although the n-SOC content in 2000-1000 μm aggregate was significantly decreased by biochar. Further analysis showed that the decreased n-SOC content in 2000-1000 μm aggregates was associated with decreased wheat-derived n-SOC content. In synthesis, our study showed a long-term effect of biochar on the n-SOC content by mainly changing soil aggregation and native organic carbon derived from wheat residue, and this effect was dependent on the applied amount. The biochar rate of 60 t ha-1 is recommended for carbon sequestration in terms of the more pronounced negative priming of native SOC, while the feasible combination between other biochars and soils needs further clarification.
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- Zhencai Sun
- College of Agronomy, China Agricultural University
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- College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University
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- College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University
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- College of Agronomy, China Agricultural University
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- College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University
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- College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University
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- College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University.
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Shahbaz M, Menichetti L, Kätterer T, Börjesson G. Impact of long-term N fertilisation on CO 2 evolution from old and young SOM pools measured during the maize cropping season. Sci Total Environ 2019; 658:1539-1548. [PMID: 30678012 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 11/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The relationship between carbon (C) inputs and nitrogen (N) fertilisation is a key element of soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics, which remains poorly resolved. In temperate climates, it is critical to investigate the interactive effect of C and N inputs on SOM stabilisation under low or high substrate availability. We measured SOM content and in situ soil respiration in a long-term field experiment in Sweden, which started in 1956. In 2000, the previous C3 crops were replaced with C4 maize, making it possible to trace old- (C3-derived) and young-C (C4-derived) sources in CO2 and SOM under bare fallow, maize cropped with or without N-fertilisation (root C-inputs). Soil respiration and its isotopic composition were measured in the field prior to sowing, every second week during crop growth and once after harvest. During 1956-1999, the bare fallow lost 38% of its SOM, following an exponential decay trend. Despite root C inputs, total SOM content under C3 crops declined from 1.5% in 1956 to 1.4% and 1.2% C in fertilised and unfertilised treatments, respectively, in 1999. After the crop change in 2000, estimated C input increased by 5% (under fertilisation), but SOM content continued to decline (as before 2000), to 1.25% (fertilised) and 1.03% (unfertilised) in 2017. Analysis of δ13C revealed that 9 and 11% of young-C was retained in unfertilised and fertilised SOM, respectively. However, up to 70% of soil respiration derived from young-C. Comparing the contributions of old- and young-C to CO2 and SOM showed that, irrespective to the time of measurement, young-C was always more available for microbial decomposition than old-C, particularly under fertilisation. We conclude that the amount of C entering the soil through root inputs was insufficient to counterbalance SOM losses over time. Moreover, soil nutrient status and recent root-C availability appear to be important for CO2 release, and must be considered in further recommendations on maintaining/improving SOM stocks.
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- Muhammad Shahbaz
- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7014, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7044, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7044, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7014, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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Cambier P, Michaud A, Paradelo R, Germain M, Mercier V, Guérin-Lebourg A, Revallier A, Houot S. Trace metal availability in soil horizons amended with various urban waste composts during 17 years - Monitoring and modelling. Sci Total Environ 2019; 651:2961-2974. [PMID: 30463147 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Revised: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Recycling organic residues in agrosystems presents several benefits but faces the question of contaminants, among them a few trace metals which eventually accumulate in soils following regular applications of organic waste products (OWP) and represent an ecological risk. The increase of total trace metal contents in amended topsoils can be predicted by a mass balance approach, but the evolution of their available fractions is a more intricate issue. We aimed at modelling this evolution by using the dataset of a long-term field experiment of OWP applications (manure and three urban waste composts). Two operationally-defined fractions of 6 trace metals have been quantified in the OWP and amended topsoils between 2002 and 2015: the soluble and potentially available metals, extracted in 0.01 M CaCl2 and 0.05 M EDTA solutions, respectively. The potentially available metals have progressively increased in amended topsoils, at rates depending on elements and types of OWP. For Zn, these increases corresponded in average to inputs of potentially available Zn from OWP. But the soil stocks of potentially available Cu increased faster than from the inputs of EDTA-extractable Cu, showing linear regression slopes between 1.4 and 2.5, depending on OWP type. The influence of OWP has been provisionally interpreted in the light of their efficiency to increase soil organic matter and their inputs of reactive oxides. Soluble copper has increased with repeated amendments. But soluble cadmium, nickel and zinc have generally decreased, as they are influenced by changing soil variables such as pH and organic matter. Statistic models were used to unravel the relationships between soluble and EDTA-extractable metals and other soil variables. For Cu, the most satisfactory models just relate soluble and potentially available Cu. Developing such models could contribute to predict the long-term effects of a precise scenario of agricultural OWP recycling upon available trace metals in soils.
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- Philippe Cambier
- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France.
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- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France.
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- Departamento de Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Facultade de Farmacia, Praza Seminario de Estudos Galegos s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France.
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- Veolia Recherche & Innovation, Chemin de la digue, 78600 Maisons-Laffitte, France.
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- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France.
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Buhk C, Oppermann R, Schanowski A, Bleil R, Lüdemann J, Maus C. Flower strip networks offer promising long term effects on pollinator species richness in intensively cultivated agricultural areas. BMC Ecol 2018; 18:55. [PMID: 30514253 PMCID: PMC6280486 DOI: 10.1186/s12898-018-0210-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background Intensively cultivated agricultural landscapes often suffer from substantial pollinator losses, which may be leading to decreasing pollination services for crops and wild flowering plants. Conservation measures that are easy to implement and accepted by farmers are needed to halt a further loss of pollinators in large areas under intensive agricultural management. Here we report the results of a replicated long-term study involving networks of mostly perennial flower strips covering 10% of a conventionally managed agricultural landscape in southwestern Germany. Results We demonstrate the considerable success of these measures for wild bee and butterfly species richness over an observation period of 5 years. Overall species richness of bees and butterflies but also the numbers of specialist bee species clearly increased in the ecological enhancement areas as compared to the control areas without ecological enhancement measures. A three to five-fold increase in species richness was found after more than 2 years of enhancement of the areas with flower strips. Oligolectic bee species increased significantly only after the third year. Conclusions In our long-term field experiment we used a large variety of seed mixtures and temporal variation in seeding time, ensured continuity of the flower-strips by using perennial seed mixtures and distributed the measures over c. 10% of the landscape. This led to an increase in pollinator abundance, suggesting that these measures may be instrumental for the successful support of pollinators. These measures may ensure the availability of a network of diverse habitats and foraging resources for pollinators throughout the year, as well as nesting sites for many species. The measures are applied in-field and are suitable for application in areas under intensive agriculture. We propose that flower strip networks should be implemented much more in the upcoming CAP (common agricultural policy) reform in the European Union and promoted more by advisory services for farmers. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12898-018-0210-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Constanze Buhk
- Institute of Agroecology and Biodiversity (IFAB), Böcklinstr. 27, 68163, Mannheim, Germany. .,Institute for Environmental Sciences, University Koblenz-Landau, 76829, Landau, Germany.
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- Institute of Agroecology and Biodiversity (IFAB), Böcklinstr. 27, 68163, Mannheim, Germany
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- Institut für Landschaftsökologie und Naturschutz (ILN), Sandbachstr. 2, 77815, Bühl, Germany
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- Institute of Agroecology and Biodiversity (IFAB), Böcklinstr. 27, 68163, Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Agroecology and Biodiversity (IFAB), Böcklinstr. 27, 68163, Mannheim, Germany
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Tlustoš P, Hejcman M, Hůlka M, Patáková M, Kunzová E, Száková J. Mobility and plant availability of risk elements in soil after long-term application of farmyard manure. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:23561-23572. [PMID: 27614644 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7592-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 09/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Crop rotation long-term field experiments were established in 1955 and 1956 at three locations in the Czech Republic (Čáslav, Ivanovice, and Lukavec) differing in their climatic and soil physicochemical properties. The effect of long-term application of farmyard manure and farmyard manure + NPK treatments on plant-available, easily mobilizable, potentially mobilizable, and pseudo-total contents of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) contents in soils (in 2013) as well as the uptake of these elements by winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain and straw were analyzed in the two following seasons: 2012 and 2013. The treatments resulted in increasing the soil pH level when compared to the control, but the cation exchange capacity remained unchanged. Although all fertilizers were applied for six decades, the pseudo-total concentration elements in both the soil and wheat plants stayed far below those of the Czech and European threshold limits for agricultural soils and cereals for human nutrition and feedstuff. Although the mobile pools of As, Cu, and Zn were slightly changed at the treated soils, these changes were not related to the element uptake by the wheat plants. Moreover, the effect of the location and growing season was more decisive for the differences in soil and plant element contents than for the individual treatments. Thus, the long-term application of farmyard manure did not result in any substantial change in risk element contents in both soils and winter wheat plants.
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- Pavel Tlustoš
- Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
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