The effect of soil pH and dicyandiamide (DCD) on N2O emissions and ammonia oxidiser abundance in a stimulated grazed pasture soil

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	The effect of soil pH and dicyandiamide (DCD) on N2O emissions and ammonia oxidiser abundance in a stimulated grazed pasture soil
	Robinson, Aimee ; Di, Hong Jie ; Cameron, Keith C. ; Podolyan, Andriy ; He, Jizheng
刊名	JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
	2014
卷号	14 期号:8 页码:1434-1444
关键词	Acidification Ammonia oxidising archaea Ammonia oxidising bacteria Denitrification Nitrification Nitrification inhibitor Nitrogen cycle
ISSN号	1439-0108
中文摘要	Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas which is mainly produced from agricultural soils through the processes of nitrification and denitrification. Although denitrification is usually the major process responsible for N2O emissions, N2O production from nitrification can increase under some soil conditions. Soil pH can affect N2O emissions by altering N transformations and microbial communities. Bacterial (AOB) and archaeal (AOA) ammonia oxidisers are important for N2O production as they carry out the rate-limiting step of the nitrification process. A field study was conducted to investigate the effect of soil pH changes on N2O emissions, AOB and AOA community abundance, and the efficacy of a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide (DCD), at reducing N2O emissions from animal urine applied to soil. The effect of three pH treatments, namely alkaline treatment (CaO/NaOH), acid treatment (HCl) and native (water) and four urine and DCD treatments as control (no urine or DCD), urine-only, DCD-only and urine + DCD were assessed in terms of their effect on N2O emissions and ammonia oxidiser community growth. Results showed that total N2O emissions were increased when the soil was acidified by the acid treatment. This was probably due to incomplete denitrification caused by the inhibition of the assembly of the N2O reductase enzyme under acidic conditions. AOB population abundance increased when the pH was increased in the alkaline treatment, particularly when animal urine was applied. In contrast, AOA grew in the acid treatment, once the initial inhibitory effect of the urine had subsided. The addition of DCD decreased total N2O emissions significantly in the acid treatment and decreased peak N2O emissions in all pH treatments. DCD also inhibited AOB growth in both the alkaline and native pH treatments and inhibited AOA growth in the acid treatment. These results show that N2O emissions increase when soil pH decreases. AOB and AOA prefer different soil pH environments to grow: AOB growth is favoured in an alkaline pH and AOA growth favoured in more acidic soils. DCD was effective in inhibiting AOB and AOA when they were actively growing under the different soil pH conditions.
WOS记录号	WOS:000339342000011
公开日期	2015-03-26
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.rcees.ac.cn/handle/311016/9626]
专题	生态环境研究中心_土壤环境科学实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Robinson, Aimee,Di, Hong Jie,Cameron, Keith C.,et al. The effect of soil pH and dicyandiamide (DCD) on N2O emissions and ammonia oxidiser abundance in a stimulated grazed pasture soil[J]. JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS,2014,14(8):1434-1444.
APA	Robinson, Aimee,Di, Hong Jie,Cameron, Keith C.,Podolyan, Andriy,&He, Jizheng.(2014).The effect of soil pH and dicyandiamide (DCD) on N2O emissions and ammonia oxidiser abundance in a stimulated grazed pasture soil.JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS,14(8),1434-1444.
MLA	Robinson, Aimee,et al."The effect of soil pH and dicyandiamide (DCD) on N2O emissions and ammonia oxidiser abundance in a stimulated grazed pasture soil".JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS 14.8(2014):1434-1444.