Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (3): 148-157. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195771

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Effects of Warming and Organic Fertilization on Soil Nitrification and Denitrification and the Activities of Enzymes Related to Nitrogen Cycling

WU Qi, LI Jianlin, CHEN Yang, LUAN Chongsheng, WANG Xiaoyu, LIN Leili, LI Xiaoxiao, CHE Zhao, WANG Xiaobo, SONG He, WU Gong   

  1. School of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230031, China
  • Received:2025-01-15 Published:2026-06-28

Abstract:

In order to clarify the effects of climate change and organic fertilization on soil nitrogen cycling,a soybean field experiment was conducted in Hefei, Anhui from June to November 2023. Field warming was simulated using infrared radiation warming equipment, and two temperature levels(T0:Ambient temperature;T1:Warming)and different fertilization managements(SF:Synthetic fertilization;OF:Organic fertilization),and determined the effects of warming and organic fertilization on nitrification and denitrification processes and their drivers by investigating soil physicochemical properties,the relative contributions of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria(AOB)and archaea(AOA)to the nitrification potential,denitrification capacity and N2O/(N2O+N2)ratio,as well as soil respiration in combination with enzyme activity measurements.The results showed that warming significantly decreased soil moisture(2.3 precentage points),organic carbon(22.7%),total phosphorus(23.8%),N${\mathrm{H}}_{4}^{+}$-N(17.5%),while significantly increased NO3--N(52.8%);organic fertilization significantly increased soil moisture,organic carbon,total phosphorus,NH4+-N content by 1.2 percentage points,26.5%,31.3%,17.0%,respectively.Warming increased soil respiration(26.4%),nitrification potential(31.7%),AOB contribution(16.4 percentage points),denitrification capacity(49.1%),N2O/(N2O+N2)ratio(10.5 percentage points).Organic fertilization significantly decreased the nitrification potential, AOA contribution, denitrification capacity, and N2O/(N2O+N2)ratio by 39.3%, 18.2 percentage points, 24.7% and 16.2 percentage points,respectively.Warming and organic fertilization significantly increased urease (S-UE), nitrite reductase (S-NiR), and hydroxylamine reductase(HR)activities.The correlation analyses showed that NO3--N content,S-UE,S-NiR,and HR activities were significantly positively correlated with AOB contribution rate and denitrification capacity.Therefore,warming increased soil N${\mathrm{O}}_{3}^{-}$-N content and the activities of S-UE,S-NiR and HR,which in turn increased the nitrification contribution of AOB,denitrification capacity and N2O/(N2O+N2)ratio,leading to an increase in the loss of N2O;while organic fertilization could increase the soil nutrients and regulate the role of AOA and AOB in the nitrification process,reduce the contribution of AOA,denitrification capacity and N2O/(N2O+N2)ratio,and thus decrease the N2O loss,consequently,mitigating the adverse effects of warming.

Key words: Warming, Organic fertilization, Soil nutrients, Nitrification potential, Denitrification capacity, Enzyme activity

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WU Qi, LI Jianlin, CHEN Yang, LUAN Chongsheng, WANG Xiaoyu, LIN Leili, LI Xiaoxiao, CHE Zhao, WANG Xiaobo, SONG He, WU Gong. Effects of Warming and Organic Fertilization on Soil Nitrification and Denitrification and the Activities of Enzymes Related to Nitrogen Cycling[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2026, 41(3): 148-157. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195771.

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