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Effects of biochar on NH3 volatilization, N2O emission and nitrogen fertilizer use efficiency in brown soil
Received:November 15, 2015  
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KeyWord:biochar;NH3 volatilization;N2O emission;N fertilizer use efficiency
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CHENG Xiao-yi Shenyang Agricultural University, Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110866, China  
LIU Xiao-lin Shenyang Agricultural University, Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110866, China  
MENG Jun Shenyang Agricultural University, Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110866, China  
LAN Yu Shenyang Agricultural University, Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110866, China  
LIU Zun-qi Shenyang Agricultural University, Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110866, China  
YANG Xu Shenyang Agricultural University, Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110866, China  
HUANG Yu-wei Shenyang Agricultural University, Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110866, China  
CAO Ting Shenyang Agricultural University, Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110866, China  
CHEN Wen-fu Shenyang Agricultural University, Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110866, China wfchen0512@126.com 
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Abstract:
      A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of biochar on NH3 volatilization, N2O emission, and N fertilizer use efficiency in brown soil by acid absorption and static chamber method. Four treatments, including no N fertilizer(CK), N fertilizer(NB0), N fertilizer with 20 t·hm-2 biochar(NB20) and N fertilizer with 40 t·hm-2 biochar(NB40), were designed. Results showed that:Compared with NB0, NH3 volatilization in NB20 and NB40 decreased by 24.07% and 37.62%, respectively, while N2O emission in these two treatments reduced by 21.67%and 19.57%, with no significant difference between them; Soil bulk density was decreased, but soil pH, total nitrogen and organic carbon content were increased in NB20 and NB40; A significant positive correlation existed between NH3 volatilization and soil bulk density or ammonium nitrogen concentration, and between N2O emission and soil bulk density, whereas a negative correlation between NH3 volatilization and organic carbon content, and between N2O emission and nitrate-nitrogen concentration or organic carbon content; NB20 increased N fertilizer use efficiency and maize yield by 6.07%, while NB40 decreased the yield by 13.88%, as compared with NB0.