简介：Hydrolyzedleather,obtainedfromindustrialleatherwaste,isanorganicnitrogenousfertilizerwithahighchromium(Cr)content.SoybeancropscanbeadverselyaffectedbythepresenceofresidualCrinsoilafterapplicationofhydrolyzedleatherfertilizer.TheaimofthisworkwastoassesstheeffectofhydrolyzedleatheronCrabsorption,rootdevelopment,andsymbioticnodulationofsoybeanplantsgrownonthreedifferentsoilsincludingtwoLixisolsandaGleysol.Thesesoilswerepreviouslyfertilizedwithhydrolyzedleatheratthreedifferentrates(0.0,0.1,and0.8kgm-2).Soybeanshootheight,rootdevelopment,nodulation,andmineralnutrientconcentrationsinplanttissuesweredeterminedafter45dofcropgrowth.TheapplicationofhydrolyzedleathersignificantlyincreasedCrcontentinsoilandCruptakebyplants.Surprisingly,Crwasstoredmainlyintheaerialpartoftheplants.ThepresenceofCrhadanadverseimpactonshootdrymatter(41%reduction)andnumberofnodules(49%reduction)perplantgrownonthesoilwiththelowestcationexchangecapacity.However,noothersignificanteffectwasobservedinnoduleweight,diameter,oranyothermeasuredparameters.

简介：Organicamendmentssuchasvermicompostandbiocharhavebeenreportedtoenhancesoilfertilityandcropproductivity.However,whethertheco-applicationofbothamendmentshassynergisticeffectsorwhethersuchbenefitsareaccompaniedbytheriskofgaseousnitrogen(N)lossinanagroecosystemremainsunknown.Asoilcolumnexperimentwithafullyfactorialdesignwasconductedusingthreelevelsofvermicompost(nodose,lowdose(1%,weight:weight),andhighdose(3%,weight:weight))withoutorwithbiochar(1%,weight:weight)toinvestigatetheireffectsonricegrowthandgaseousNlossacrossthecropgrowingseason.Ourresultsdemonstratedthatsynergisticinteractionsexistedbetweenvermicompostandbiocharinpromotingcropyield.Comparedwithbiocharamendmentalone,biocharcombinedwithvermicompostsignificantly(P<0.01)increasedriceyieldby26.5%–35.3%.However,highdoseofvermicompostsignificantly(P<0.01)increasedthecumulativeammonia(NH3)andnitrousoxide(N2O)emissions.Inthepresenceofvermicompost,theincorporationofbiocharamendmentsignificantly(P<0.01)decreasedthecumulativeN2Oemissionby14.1%–18.6%.ThelowestemissionfactorvalueofNH3andN2Owasachievedusingbiocharincombinationwithlowdoseofvermicompost.Thisstudyrevealedthatthecombinationofbiocharandmoderatedoseofvermicompostoffersanovelapproachtopromotecropproductivitywhilereducingtheenvironmentalrisk.

简介：Nutrient-poor,sandysoilsformtheprevailingsubstrateatpost-miningsitesoftheLusatianregion(Brandenburg,Germany)andpresentachallengeforvegetationdevelopment.Westudiedtheorganicacidquantityandcompositionofthreecommonlyoccurringpioneerplantspecies,thelegumesLotuscorniculatusL.andTrifoliumarvenseL.andthegrassCalamagrostisepigeios(L.)Roth,todetermineifplantgrowthandexudationdifferedwith(non-sterilizedsoil)andwithout(sterilizedsoil)anindigenoussoilmicrobialcommunity.Weinvestigatedwhetherorganicacidswerefoundintherhizosphereandsurroundingsoilandwhetherthisinfluencednutrientmobilization.Thisstudyconsistsoflinkedfieldinvestigationsandagreenhouseexperiment.Plantsweregrowninthegreenhouseineithersterilizedornon-sterilizedsandysoilfromareclamationsiteintheLusatianmininglandscape(WelzowSu¨d,EastGermany).Aftersevenmonths,theplantbiomass,rootmorphology,organicacids,andwater-solublenutrientsandrootcolonizationwitharbuscularmycorrhizalfungi(AMF)anddarkseptateendophytes(DSE)wereanalyzed.RootsofallthreeplantsinthefieldandgreenhouseexperimentswerehighlycolonizedwithAMF.CalamagrostisepigeiosandT.arvensehadasignificantlyhighercolonizationfrequencywithDSEthanL.corniculatus.Thequantityandcompositionoforganicacidsstronglydifferedamongplantspecies,withthehighestnumberoforganicacidsfoundforL.corniculatusandlowestforC.epigeios.Thequantityoforganicacidswasgreatlyreducedinallplantsundersterilizedsoilconditions.However,thecompositionoforganicacidsandplantgrowthinsterilizedsoilwerereducedforbothlegumes,butnotforC.epigeios,whichhadahigherbiomassundersterilizedconditions.Changesinnutrientconcentrationsinthefieldrhizospheresoilrelativetothoseinthecontrolweremeasurableaftersevenmonths.Whilethespectrumoforganicacidsandthegrowthoflegumesseemedtobedependentonahighly