GUO Bilin, CHEN Xiaomin, JING Feng, et al. Effects of Biochar Addtion on Physicochemical Properties and Microbial Biomass of the Red Paddy Soil Polluted by Heavy Metals[J]. 2018, 32(4): 279-284.
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GUO Bilin, CHEN Xiaomin, JING Feng, et al. Effects of Biochar Addtion on Physicochemical Properties and Microbial Biomass of the Red Paddy Soil Polluted by Heavy Metals[J]. 2018, 32(4): 279-284. DOI: 10.13870/j.cnki.stbcxb.2018.04.044.
Effects of Biochar Addtion on Physicochemical Properties and Microbial Biomass of the Red Paddy Soil Polluted by Heavy Metals
The objective of this long-term positioning experiment was to study the effects of biochar addition on soil physicochemical properties
heavy metal concentrations and microbial biomass in the red paddy soil polluted by heavy metals. Biochar was added once at rates of 0
10
20
30
and 40 t/hm2
and the topsoil samples (0-15 cm) were collected in September 2017. The results showed that biochar addition had signification effects on soil physicochemical properties
heavy metal concentrations and microbial biomass. Soil pH
electrical conductivity (EC) and soil organic matter (SOM) were observed significantly increased under biochar addition as compared to the control
ranging from 5.11% to 18.43%
37.62% to 104.31%
and 1.72% to 22.41%
respectively. However
the available phosphorus and ammonium nitrogen content were firstly increased and then decreased with the biochar addition rate increment
and the highest available phosphorus and ammonium nitrogen content were in the 10 t/hm2 and 30 t/hm2 treatments
respectively. As for the changes of heavy metals
the available content of Cd and Pb decreased with the biochar addition rate increment
whereas the available content of As increased firstly
and then decreased with biochar amendment rate increased
and the highest content of As was in the 40 t/hm2 treatment. Soil microbial biomass carbon
nitrogen and microbial quotient firstly increased and then decreased with the addition rate of biochar increment
they maximum value of them were all in the 20 t/hm2 treatments. Correlation analysis showed that the biochar addition was significant negative correlated with the available content of Cd and Pb (P<0.01). The path analysis indicated that the available content of Cd in soil was mainly affected by biochar addition through the direct impact
whereas the soil pH
EC
SOM
microbial biomass carbon
nitrogen
and available phosphorus content could mainly affected the available Cd content by indirect impact. In conclusion
biochar addition can not only improve status of soil heavy metal pollution and soil physicochemical properties
but also improve the soil biological properties. This study can provide a scientific basis and support for improving the soil fertility and remediating the heavy metal contamination.
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