文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Jiang, Xinyu ¹ ; Haddix, Michelle L. ⁴ ; Cotrufo, M. Francesca ⁴ ;

作者机构： 1.Guangdong Inst Ecoenvironm & Soil Sci, Guangdong Key Lab Agr Environm Pollut Integrated, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China

2.Chinese Acad Sci, South China Bot Garden, Key Lab Vegetat Restorat & Management Degraded Ec, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China

3.Chinese Acad Sci, South China Bot Garden, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Appl Bot, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China

4.Colorado State Univ, Nat Resource Ecol Lab, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA

5.Colorado State Univ, Dept Soil & Crop Sci, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA

关键词： Biochar loss;Nitrogen;Low molecular weight C compound;C-13 of microbial biomass C;Dissolved organic C

期刊名称：SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY （ 影响因子：7.609； 五年影响因子：8.312 ）

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摘要： Conversion of plant residues to biochar is an attractive strategy for atmospheric CO2 emission mitigation and soil carbon (C) storage enhancement. However, our understanding of the factors controlling biochar persistence in soil is still limited, and generally based on biochar chemical recalcitrance. In addition to its chemical properties, biochar C decomposition might be limited by other factors, such as N and low molecular weight C compounds (LMW-C) availability. We presented results from a laboratory incubation experiment, where 4 atom% C-13 enriched biochar was added at a rate of 10% by weight to two different soils, with or without N and LMW-C additions. Sucrose was used as the LMW-C, and its 13C natural abundance composition was manipulated, by mixing sucrose from sugar beet (C3) and from sugar cane (C4), to make it equal or dissimilar to the native soil organic carbon (SOC). This approach allowed partitioning the biochar-C from the 'soil + LMW-C' in the biochar amendment units and the LMW-C from SOC in the non-biochar amended units. Biochar-C, SOC and LMW-C were traced into CO2 throughout the 112 day incubation and into microbial biomass C (MBC) and dissolved organic C (DOC) at the end of the incubation. Compared to LMW-C addition, N was a more significant factor stimulating biochar-C mineralization and biochar-C incorporation in microbial biomass. Biochar significantly decreased SOC mineralization and this negative effect was not influenced by N and LMW-C additions. Biochar addition promoted formation of SOC derived DOC; however, DOC accumulated in soil rather than being mineralized to CO2. According to our study, biochar was confirmed to be highly resistant to decomposition, and N or LMW-C availability did not affect the overall soil C sequestration potential of biochar. Biochar effects on soil DOC dynamics will need to be farther investigated in the field to better constrain the overall C sequestration potential of biochar. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.