Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (S1): 219-227. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194825

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Effects of Saline Water Irrigation on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Microbial Communities in Winter Wheat Fields

ZHANG Wenwen1,2, DONG Xinliang2, DONG Wenxu2, WANG Jintao2, ZHANG Xuejia2, SUN Hongyong1,2   

  1. 1 College of Resources and Environmental Sciences,Gansu Agricultural University,Lanzhou 730000,China
    2 Center for Agricultural Resources Research,Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shijiazhuang 050022,China
  • Received:2024-06-17 Published:2025-01-24

Abstract:

To investigate the impact of saline water irrigation on greenhouse gas emissions,including CO2,N2O,CH4,and the soil microbial community in winter wheat fields,three types of saline water with different salinity levels(1,3,and 5 g/L,denoted as W1,W3,and W5)were employed.Field experiments were conducted at the Nanpi Eco-Agriculture Experimental Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences from March to June 2023.The results indicated that CO2 emissions had similar trends in the different saline water irrigation treatments during the wheat growing stages,which were high in the early stage,low in the middle stage,and high in the late stage.N2O emissions exhibited a trend of high values in the early period and lower values in the later stages.While,CH4 showed fluctuations between positive and negative emissions.Comparative analysis revealed that the average CO2 and N2O emission rates in W3 treatment were significantly lower than in W1,with reductions of 39.4% and 68.9%,respectively.The average CO2 and N2O emission rates in W5 treatment decreased by 21.9% and 40.0%,although the difference was not statistically significant.Saline water irrigation with different concentrations minimally affected soil microbial α-diversity but significantly altered community structure.Cluster analysis demonstrated a significant difference in microbial composition between W1 and W5,with W3 positioned between the two treatments.Correlation analysis showed that there was a significant positive correlation between CO2 and N2O emission rates and soil TN,while there was a significant positive correlation between N2O emission rate and soil TN,TOC,DOC,MBC,respectively.Soil N2O and CH4 emission rates correlated positively with the abundance of S0134 terrestrial and Sphingomonas and Subgroup 25,respectively.Redundancy analysis(RDA)identified pH,NH4+,EC,and DOC as key physicochemical factors influencing the abundance of Sphingomonas and Subgroup 25.In conclusion,irrigation with 3 g/L mildly saline water can reduce soil respiration rates and decrease agricultural carbon emissions without significantly increasing soil salinity,providing theoretical support for the development and utilization of mildly saline water resources in the North China Plain.

Key words: Winter wheat field, Greenhouse gases, Saline water irrigation, Microbial community, Saline water salinity

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ZHANG Wenwen, DONG Xinliang, DONG Wenxu, WANG Jintao, ZHANG Xuejia, SUN Hongyong. Effects of Saline Water Irrigation on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Microbial Communities in Winter Wheat Fields[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2024, 39(S1): 219-227. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194825.

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