Excessive manure application stimulates nitrogen cycling but only weakly promotes crop yields in an acidic Ultisol:Results from a 20-year field experiment  

作　　者：Song Wan Yongxin Lin Hangwei Hu Milin Deng Jianbo Fan Jizheng He 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Processes of Ministry of Education,School of Geographical Sciences/School of Carbon Neutrality Future Technology,Fujian Normal University,Fuzhou 350007,China [2]School of Agriculture and Food,Faculty of Science,The University of Melbourne,Parkville,Victoria 3010,Australia [3]State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture,Institute of Soil Science,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Nanjing 210008,China

出　　处：《Journal of Integrative Agriculture》2024年第7期2434-2445,共12页农业科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41930756 and 42077041)。

摘　　要：Population growth and growing demand for livestock products produce large amounts of manure,which can be harnessed to maintain soil sustainability and crop productivity.However,the impacts of excessive manure application on crop yields,nitrogen(N)-cycling processes and microorganisms remain unknown.Here,we explored the effects of 20-year of excessive rates(18 and 27 Mg ha^(–1)yr^(–1))of pig manure application on peanut crop yields,soil nutrient contents,N-cycling processes and the abundance of N-cycling microorganisms in an acidic Ultisol in summer and winter,compared with none and a regular rate(9 Mg ha^(–1)yr^(–1))of pig manure application.Long-term excessive pig manure application,especially at the high-rate,significantly increased soil nutrient contents,the abundance of N-cycling functional genes,potential nitrification and denitrification activity,while it had a weaker effect on peanut yield and plant biomass.Compared with manure application,seasonality had a much weaker effect on N-cycling gene abundance.Random forest analysis showed that available phosphorus(AP)content was the primary predictor for N-cycling gene abundance,with significant and positive associations with all tested N-cycling genes.Our study clearly illustrated that excessive manure application would increase N-cycling gene abundance and potential N loss with relatively weak promotion of crop yields,providing significant implications for sustainable agriculture in the acidic Ultisols.

关 键 词：DENITRIFICATION manure amendment NITRIFICATION N-cycling functional genes peanut yields 

分 类 号：S141[农业科学—肥料学]