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Effect of the combined application of biochar and chemical fertilizer on the migration and transformation of nitrogen and phosphorus in paddy soil
Received:April 19, 2018  Revised:July 03, 2018
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KeyWord:biochar;nitrogen;phosphorus;urease;phosphatase;output load
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CUI Hu Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China 
 
WANG Li-xia Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China lxwang@iga.ac.cn 
OU Yang Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China  
YAN Bai-xing Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China  
HAN Lu College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130061, China  
LI Ying-xin Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China 
 
JIANG Shan College of Science, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China  
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Abstract:
      The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the application of a combination of biochar and diammonium phosphate ([NH4)2HPO4] on the migration and transformation of nitrogen and phosphorus in paddy soil when the same amount of nitrogen was added. The treatments conducted for this study were N1+B0 ([NH4)2HPO4 750 kg·hm-2], N2+B5 ([NH4)2HPO4 583 kg·hm-2 + biochar 5000 kg·hm-2], N3+B10 ([NH4)2HPO4 416 kg·hm-2 + biochar 10 000 kg·hm-2], and N0+B20 (biochar 20 000 kg·hm-2). The results showed that the concentration of NH4+-N in soil for all four treatments peaked on day 9, and the total phosphorus (TP)concentration peaked on day 25 for the N0+B20 and N1+B0 treatments and on day 55 for the N2+B5 and N3+B10 treatments after fertilization. The concentration of NO3--N in soil with the N2+B5 and N3+B10 treatments presented a bimodal variation, peaking on days 10 and 55, whereas that with the N0+B20 and N1+B0 treatments remained steady during the early stages, days 1~10, and then gradually decreased to a stable level. The concentration of total nitrogen (TN)with the N1+B0 treatment slowly decreased during days 1~55 after fertilization, and then showed a unimodal trend with a peak value on day 85, whereas that with the N2+B5, N3+B10, and N0+B20 treatments showed a double-peak trend, peaking on days 9 and 85. Compared with the N1+B0 treatment, the concentration of TN and TP, urease and phosphatase activity in soil treated with biochar application treatments of N2+B5, N3+B10, and N0+B20 increased by 11.1%, 33.3%, 11.1% and 40.0%, 40.0%, 40.0%; 25.0%, 30.0%, 10.0% and 9.76%, 18.3%, 15.9%, respectively, indicating that biochar had a more sustained fertilizer effect than chemical fertilizer alone. At the beginning of fertilization, application of biochar could increase the ratio of nitrogen to phosphorus (N/P)in soil and reduce the outputs of N and P from paddy fields. At the rice maturation stage, biochar application increased the ratio of N/P in the field surface water. The output loads of NO3--N, NH4+-N, TN, and TP in surface water with the N3+B10 treatment decreased by 29.6%, 48.1%, 49.7%, and 50.0%, respectively, in comparison with the N1+B0 treatment, indicating that it is a suitable fertilization strategy for paddy fields in the black soil region of Northeast China.