Effect of Potassium and C/N Ratios on Conversion of NH_4^+ in Soils  

作　　者：TANG Yan WANG Xiao-Zhi ZHAO Hai-Tao FENG Ke 

机构地区：[1]College of Environment Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009 （China）

出　　处：《Pedosphere》2008年第4期539-544,共6页土壤圈（英文版）

基　　金：the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.39770427).

摘　　要：Two soils, one consisting of 1:1 clay minerals at pH 4.5 and the other containing 2:1 clay minerals at pH 7.0, were used to estimate the conversion of added NH+4 under different C/N ratios (glucose as the C source) and the addition of potassium. Under lower C/N ratios (0:1 and 5:1), a large part of the added NH4+ in the acid soil was held in the forms of either exchangeable or water soluble NH4+ for a relatively long time and under higher C/N ratio (50:1), a large amount of the added NH4+ was directly immobilized by microorganisms. In the second soil containing appreciable 2:1 type clay minerals a large part of the added NH+4 at first quickly entered the interlayer of the minerals under both lower and higher C/N ratios. In second condition, however, owing to microbial assimilation stimulated by glucose the newly fixed NH4+c ould be completely released in further incubation because of a large concentration gradient between external NH4+ and fixed NH4+ in the mineral interlayer caused by heterotrophic microorganisms, which imply the fixed NH4+ to be available to plants. The results also showed that if a large amount of K+ with carbon source together was added to soil, the higher K+ concentration of soil solution could impede the release of fixed NH4+ , even if there was a lot of carbon source.Two soils, one consisting of 1：1 clay minerals at pH 4.5 and the other containing 2：1 clay minerals at pH 7.0, were used to estimate the conversion of added NH4^＋ under different C/N ratios （glucose as the C source） and the addition of potassium. Under lower C/N ratios （0：1 and 5：1）, a large part of the added NH4^＋ in the acid soil was held in the forms of either exchangeable or water soluble NH4^＋ for a relatively long time and under higher C/N ratio （50：1）, a large amount of the added NH4^＋ was directly immobilized by microorganisms. In the second soil containing appreciable 2：1 type clay minerals a large part of the added NH4^＋ at first quickly entered the interlayer of the minerals under both lower and higher C/N ratios. In second condition, however, owing to microbial assimilation stimulated by glucose the newly fixed NH4^＋ could be completely released in further incubation because of a large concentration gradient between external NH4^＋ and fixed NH4^＋ in the mineral interlayer caused by heterotrophic microorganisms, which imply the fixed NH4^＋ to be available to plants. The results also showed that if a large amount of K＋ with carbon source together was added to soil, the higher K＋ concentration of soil solution could impede the release of fixed NH4^＋, even if there was a lot of carbon source.

关 键 词：clay minerals fixed NH4^＋ N mineralization organic C POTASSIUM 

分 类 号：S15[农业科学—土壤学]