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dc.contributor.authorLu, Jia
dc.contributor.authorHu, Zhengyi
dc.contributor.authorXu, Zhihong
dc.contributor.authorCao, Zhihong
dc.contributor.authorZhuang, Shunyao
dc.contributor.authorYang, Linzhang
dc.contributor.authorLin, Xiangui
dc.contributor.authorDong, Yuanhua
dc.contributor.authorYin, Rui
dc.contributor.authorDing, Jinlong
dc.contributor.authorZheng, Yunfei
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:31:45Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:31:45Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-08-04T07:19:08Z
dc.identifier.issn1439-0108
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11368-009-0138-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/30205
dc.description.abstractPurpose Rice cropping density, rice cropping duration, and fertilization can affect soil nitrogen (N) supply, but rice cropping intensity (RCI) on soil N fertility is not fully understood, particularly for ancient paddy soils without N fertilization. Materials and methods Eight buried ancient paddy soils from the Neolithic Age in China's Yangtze River Delta, and its parent material, and seven present paddy soils in the same fields were used to investigate the effects of RCI on soil nitrogen mineralization rate and potential. In the present study, concentration of phytolith of rice in soils was used to indicate the RCI. Results and discussion Soil N content was obviously greater in the buried Neolithic paddy soils than in the parent material. Total soil N increased with increasing phytolith from 5,200 to 60,000 pellets g-1, but tended to decrease with increasing phytolith from 60,000 to 105,000 pellets g-1. A possible reason for RCI-induced increase of soil N was due to biological N2 fixation in the rice field because there was a significant negative relationship between total N and d15N in the buried Neolithic soils. The mineralization rate constant (k) ranged from 0.0126 to 0.0485 d-1 with an average of 0.0276 d-1, which was similar to that of the parent material, but lower than those in the present paddy soils. The k value increased with increasing RCI in the Neolithic paddy soils. There was a significant positive relation between RCI and the percentage of cumulative mineralizable N in the 14 d of that within 103 d incubation. Conclusions Soil N content tended to increase with the increasing intensity of rice cropping and then decreased under the high intensity of rice cropping; the excessive high intensification of rice cropping could facilitate fast N mineralization (labile N) fraction in the cumulated mineralized N. The unfertilized paddy field could only meet soil N supply under the low intensification of cropping rice in the Neolithic Age. The N fertilization is necessary in order to improve soil fertility for sustaining the present high-yield rice production.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeGermany
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom526
dc.relation.ispartofpageto536
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Soils and Sediments
dc.relation.ispartofvolume9
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEarth sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSoil biology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSoil chemistry and soil carbon sequestration (excl. carbon sequestration science)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAgricultural, veterinary and food sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode37
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410603
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410604
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode30
dc.titleEffects of rice cropping intensity on soil nitrogen mineralization rate and potential in buried ancient paddy soils from the Neolithic Age in China’s Yangtze River Delta
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorXu, Zhihong


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