scholarly journals Flower litters of alpine plants affect soil nitrogen and phosphorus rapidly in the eastern Tibetan Plateau

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinniu Wang ◽  
Bo Xu ◽  
Yan Wu ◽  
Jing Gao ◽  
Fusun Shi
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Pot Experiment ◽  
Eastern Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Nutrient Pool ◽  
Litter Addition ◽  
Litter Bag ◽  
Soil Nutrition

Abstract. Litters of reproductive organs have been rarely studied, despite their role in allocating nutrients for offspring reproduction. This study determines the mechanism through which flower litters efficiently increase the available soil nutrient pool. Field experiments were conducted to collect plant litters and calculate biomass production in an alpine meadow of the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, lignin, cellulose, and their relevant ratios of litters were analyzed to identify their decomposition features. A pot experiment was performed to determine the effects of litter addition on soil nutrition pool by comparison between the treated and control samples. Litter-bag method was used to verify decomposition rates. The flower litters of phanerophyte plants were comparable with non-flower litters. Biomass partitioning of other herbaceous species accounted for 10%–40% of the aboveground biomass. Flower litter possessed significantly higher N and P levels but less C/N, N/P, lignin/N, and lignin and cellulose concentrations than leaf litter. Flower litter fed soil nutrition pool more efficiently because of their faster decomposition rate and higher nutrient contents. Litter-bag experiment confirmed that the flower litters of Rhododendron przewalskii and Meconopsis integrifolia decomposes approximately three times faster than mixed litters within 50 days. Moreover, the findings of the pot experiment indicated that flower litter addition significantly increased the available nutrient pool. Flower litter influenced nutrition cycling in alpine ecosystems, as evident by its non-ignorable production and significantly faster decomposition. The underlying mechanism can enrich nutrients, which return to the soil, and non-structural carbohydrates, which feed and enhance the transitions of soil microorganisms.

scholarly journals Flower litters of alpine plants affect soil nitrogen and phosphorus rapidly in the eastern Tibetan Plateau

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 5619-5631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinniu Wang ◽  
Bo Xu ◽  
Yan Wu ◽  
Jing Gao ◽  
Fusun Shi
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Pot Experiment ◽  
Cellulose Content ◽  
Eastern Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Nutrient Pool ◽  
Available N ◽  
Litter Addition ◽  
Litter Bag ◽  
Soil Microbial ◽  
Soil Nutrition

Abstract. Litters of reproductive organs have rarely been studied despite their role in allocating nutrients for offspring reproduction. This study determines the mechanism through which flower litters efficiently increase the available soil nutrient pool. Field experiments were conducted to collect plant litters and calculate biomass production in an alpine meadow of the eastern Tibetan Plateau. C, N, P, lignin, cellulose content, and their relevant ratios of litters were analyzed to identify their decomposition features. A pot experiment was performed to determine the effects of litter addition on the soil nutrition pool by comparing the treated and control samples. The litter-bag method was used to verify decomposition rates. The flower litters of phanerophyte plants were comparable with non-flower litters. Biomass partitioning of other herbaceous species accounted for 10–40 % of the aboveground biomass. Flower litter possessed significantly higher N and P levels but less C ∕ N, N ∕ P, lignin ∕ N, and lignin and cellulose concentrations than leaf litter. The litter-bag experiment confirmed that the flower litters of Rhododendron przewalskii and Meconopsis integrifolia decompose approximately 3 times faster than mixed litters within 50 days. Pot experiment findings indicated that flower litter addition significantly increased the available nutrient pool and soil microbial productivity. The time of litter fall significantly influenced soil available N and P, and soil microbial biomass. Flower litters fed the soil nutrition pool and influenced nutrition cycling in alpine ecosystems more efficiently because of their non-ignorable production, faster decomposition rate, and higher nutrient contents compared with non-flower litters. The underlying mechanism can enrich nutrients, which return to the soil, and non-structural carbohydrates, which feed and enhance the transitions of soil microorganisms.

Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer sources and placement methods in maize (Zea mays L.) using labelled fertilizers

1983 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 687-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. P. Papanicolaou ◽  
V. D. Skarlou ◽  
C. Nobeli ◽  
N. S. Katranis
Keyword(s):  
Crop Yield ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilizer ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Alluvial Soil ◽  
Ammonium Phosphate ◽  
Maize Yield ◽  
Phosphate Fertilizer ◽  
Pot Experiment ◽  
Phosphorus Fertilizer ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus

SUMMARYThe influence of various nitrogen and phosphorus sources, applied at the preseeding stage with two placement methods, on maize yield and fertilizer utilization, was studied in two field experiments and a pot experiment with a calcareous, heavy to medium heavy textured recent alluvial soil.Phosphorus alone had no effect on crop yield. Nitrogen alone or nitrogen (various forms) and phosphorus had a clear positive effect on crop yield. As to the various sources the observed differences in the crop yield of the field experiments were not significant, while in the pot experiment ammonium sulphate gave the highest yields.The data on the phosphate concentrations in the tops derived from phosphate fertilizer (Pf) indicate that the presence of nitrogen increased the utilization of phosphorus fertilizer. From the tested placement methods the incorporation method appears clearly superior in the pot experiment with a similar trend in the field experiment for all sources except ammonium phosphate-sulphate.The utilization coefficients of the nitrogen fertilizer sources suggest that ammonium and urea were better utilized than nitrates, that the higher nitrogen utilization reflected higher yields and that phosphorus fertilizer exerted a beneficial effect on nitrogen fertilizer utilization. Finally they suggest that the addition of 120 kg N/ha enhanced the amount of soil nitrogen taken up in the maize grain by 53%.

scholarly journals Plant growth promotion effects of rhizopheric and endophytic bacteria on sugarcane cultivated on Acrisols of Tay Ninh province, Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-221
Author(s):  
Hoang Minh Tam ◽  
Cao Ngoc Diep
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Plant Growth Promotion ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Growth Promotion ◽  
Pot Experiment ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
P 75 ◽  
Phosphorus Fertilizers ◽  
P Fertilizer ◽  
Four Levels

Plant growth promotion of the best two strains: Serratia oryzae CT4b and Bacillus subtilis TPD3b together with chemical nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers were continuously evaluated on sugarcane cultivated on Acrisols of Tay Ninh province, Vietnam in pots and field experiments. The experiments were arranged into a Split-Plot Design with four replications. The main plot factor was N-P fertilizer at five levels: without N-P, 25% N-P, 50% N-P, 75% N-P and 100% N-P for the pot experiment and at four levels: without N-P; 50% N-P; 75% N-P; and 100% N-P for the field experiment. The sub-plot factor was bacterial inoculation with 4 treatments: no bacteria; CT4bd; TPD3b; and mixture of both. Recommended amount of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers for sugarcane planted on Acrisols of Tay Ninh province were 200 kg N, 160 kg P2O5 in a hectare. The results showed that a combination of two bacteria had the highest plant growth stimulation potential. The mixture at rate of 75% N- P fertilizers produced sugarcane yield equal to that at level of 100% N-P fertilizer without bacteria in the pot experiment; increased sugar yield by 14.4%, equivalent to 1.02 ton / ha in the field trial and saved 25% of N-P fertilizer application. These two potential strains were proposed to be tested their ability to promote plant growth on many different sugarcane varieties in both plant-cane and ratoon crops in different material sugarcane areas of Tay Ninh province.

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