Effects of solid-digestate biochar application on soil nitrogen leaching and cabbage yield with liquid-digestate irrigation in karst-mountainous region of southwest China

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.11.13

Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (11): 2104-2115.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.11.13

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Effects of solid-digestate biochar application on soil nitrogen leaching and cabbage yield with liquid-digestate irrigation in karst-mountainous region of southwest China

JIANG Tao¹^,²^,³(), WANG Liguo¹^,²^,³, SUN Fangfang¹^,²^,³, CHENG Jianbo¹^,²^,³^,^*(), HE Tengbing¹^,²^,³, QIN Song⁴, FAN Chengwu⁴, YIN Wenfang¹^,²^,³

1. College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
2. Institute of New Rural Development, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
3. Guizhou Engineering Research Center for Technologies in Control and Recycling of Livestock and Poultry Breeding Waste in Mountain Area, Guiyang 550025, China
4. Institute of Soil and Fertilizer, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang 550006, China

Received:2021-02-19 Online:2021-11-25 Published:2021-11-26
Contact: CHENG Jianbo

Abstract

Abstract:

In order to explore the effects of solid-digestate (SD) biochar application on soil nitrogen (N) leaching and cabbage yield with liquid-digestate irrigation in the karst-mountainous region of southwest China, a pot experiment was performed in a greenhouse to simulate liquid-digestate irrigation, and SD biochar was incorporated into either yellow soil or calcareous soil at the rates (mass fraction) of 0 (CK), 1% (BC1), 2% (BC2), 4% (BC4), and 6% (BC6), respectively.It was shown that no significant effects of biochar application on N leaching and cabbage N uptake were measured in yellow soil. However, in calcareous soil, the leaching of total nitrogen, $NH 4 +$ -N, $NO 3 -$ -N, and $NO 2 -$ -N were lowered by 12.06 kg·hm^-2 (equivalent to 35.89%), 11.82 kg·hm^-2 (equivalent to 52.99%), 1.14 kg·hm^-2 (equivalent to 25.53%), 0.103 kg·hm^-2 (equivalent to 23.25%), respectively, under BC6 treatment as compared with CK. The N uptake of cabbage was increased by 9.25-19.13 kg·hm^-2 with SD biochar application, and the highest N uptake was found in the BC6 treatment, which was 60.15 kg·hm^-2. The yield of cabbage was increased by 29.82%-68.78%, 23.58%-79.07% in the yellow soil and calcareous soil, respectively, and the highest yield in the yellow soil and calcareous soil was recorded under BC4 and BC6 treatment, respectively, which was 13.81, 9.01 t·hm^-2, respectively.

Key words: liquid-digestate irrigation, soil-digestate biochar, nitrogen leaching, cabbage yield, enzyme activity, karst-mountainous region

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JIANG Tao, WANG Liguo, SUN Fangfang, CHENG Jianbo, HE Tengbing, QIN Song, FAN Chengwu, YIN Wenfang. Effects of solid-digestate biochar application on soil nitrogen leaching and cabbage yield with liquid-digestate irrigation in karst-mountainous region of southwest China[J]. Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis, 2021, 33(11): 2104-2115.

Figures/Tables 5

Fig.1 Dynamic of nitrogen leaching in yellow soil and calcareous soil

Fig.2 Nitrogen leaching rate in yellow soil and calcareous soil Bars marked without the same letters indicated significant difference within treatments at P<0.05 under the same soil type. The same as below.

Fig.3 Soil nitrogen contents in different growth stages of cabbage

Fig.4 Soil enzymes activities in different growth stages of cabbage

Fig.5 Yield and nitrogen uptake of cabbage under different treatments

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