Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (9): 1686-1699.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.09.13

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Driving mechanism of soil denitrifying bacterial community by soil organic carbon after long-term of straw return

JIA Shengqiang1,2(), FAN Huishan1,2, CHEN Xijing2, YU Man2, SHEN Alin2, SU Yao2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Environment and Resources, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
    2. Institute of Environment, Resource, Soil and Fertilizer, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
  • Received:2020-12-20 Online:2021-09-25 Published:2021-10-09
  • Contact: SU Yao

Abstract:

In this study, soil samples in 0-20, 20-40, 40-60, 60-80 and 80-100 cm soil layer treated with 5 years of straw return (SF) and no straw return (CK) were collected, and the contents of different components of soil organic carbon and nitrogen, and the abundance and structure of soil denitrifying bacterial community were analyzed. The results showed that the contents of soil particulate organic carbon (POC) in 0-40 cm soil layer, mineral-associated organic carbon (MOC) in 20-60 cm soil layer and total nitrogen in 0-80 cm soil layer under SF treatment were significantly (P<0.05) increased by 45.69%-142.75%, 89.34%-272.68% and 14.26%-90.34%, respectively, compared with CK treatment, but the contents of soil dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in 0-40 cm soil layer, microbial biomass organic carbon (MBC) in 0-60 cm soil layer and nitrate nitrogen in 0-60 cm soil layer were significantly (P<0.05) decreased by 68.89%-75.93%, 35.58%-75.43% and 12.91%-61.86%, respectively. About 63.81% of nitrate nitrogen loss occurred in the 0-40 cm soil. Correlation analysis results showed that soil POC and MOC were significantly (P<0.05) positively correlated with the abundance of soil denitrifying bacterial community, and affected the community structure. The number of nirS、nirK and nosZ gene copies in the 0-60 cm soil layer under SF treatment was 2.5-6.7 times higher than that under CK, and the genera of unclassified_c_Betaproteobacteria, unclassified_f_Rhodocyclaceae, unclassified_k_norank_d_Bacteria and unclassified_o_Burkholderiales were enhanced by the long-term straw return. In general, the abundance and structure of soil denitrifying bacterial community under long-term straw return were mainly driven by the relatively stable soil organic carbon components, such as POC and MOC. The loss of soil nitrate nitrogen caused by the enhanced soil denitrification should be taken into consideration in the maintenance and promotion of cultivated land fertility and crop nutrition management in future.

Key words: straw return, dissolved organic carbon, particulate organic carbon, mineral-associated organic carbon, denitrifying bacterial community

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