Long-term effects of land use and fertiliser treatments on sulphur transformations in soils from the Broadbalk experiment

Knights, J. S.; Zhao, Fang‐Jie; McGrath, Steve P.; Magan, Naresh

doi:10.1016/s0038-0717(01)00106-7

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“…A suspension was formed from 10 g of soil which was left to before being filtered and made up [22]. Sulphate concentration in soils was ascertained from the entration of S, which in turn was determined via the extraction of S from 10 g of of 0.016 M potassium dihydrogen orthophosphate [23]. Plant available phosphorous was determined by shaking 0.5 g of soil with 100 ml of sodium bicarbonate (pH 8.5) for 30 min at temperature of 20°C [24].…”

Section: Soil Analysesmentioning

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Modifying Soil Chemistry to Enhance Heathland Recreation: A Use for Sulphur Captured During Oil Refining

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Evans

Díaz

2015

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The overall aim of this paper is to evaluate potential new modifications to methods for re-creating heathland habitats. Heathlands need acidic soils so the specific objectives are to evaluate the effectiveness of a new method for heathland re-creation by soil acidification using a sulphur soil amendment and to explore the benefits for re-creation of applying a soil stripping treatment in conjunction with soil acidification. A new source of sulphur was recovered from oil refinery towers and applied over agricultural sites covering a total of 13 ha on Trehill Farm, Marloes, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK in 2004. In the summer of 2011 we compared soil chemistry and plant communities on sites subjected to different sulphur treatments (sulphur applied to the existing soil Green et al.; IJPSS, 6(5): 272-282, 2015; Article no.IJPSS.2015.117 273 surface and sulphur applied after top soil had been stripped) with those on an adjacent untreated control and on a nearby established heathland. Each of the four treatment sites and the control and heath site was surveyed using 10 random locations measuring 4 m x 4 m. The total above ground % cover was measured for each plant species and a bulk soil sample was taken in a 'W' shape from within each 4 m x 4 m quadrat. pH and all chemical parameters of the soil showed highly significant differences amongst the sampled sites (P>0.01 in all cases) and produced even greater abundance of ericaceous species on some of the treated sites than occurred in the established heath. However, soil stripping had no significant additional effect on either edaphic factors or plant species abundances. Sulphur recovered from oil refinery is a potentially useful tool in heathland recreation, but soil stripping prior to sulphur amendment did not enhance success. We propose that sulphur application drives success through increasing H + toxicity reducing the availability of base cations and creating Fe-induced Mn deficiency in plants. Short Research Article

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Section: Soil Analysesmentioning

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Modifying Soil Chemistry to Enhance Heathland Recreation: A Use for Sulphur Captured During Oil Refining

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Díaz

2015

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“…The observed long-term effects of different treatments indicate that FYM can increase the net S mineralization potential of soils (Boye et al 2009;Knights et al 2001;Sammi Reddy et al 2001), while the effect of long-term mineral S fertilization appears to be small (Eriksen and Mortensen 1999;Knights et al 2001). Differences in S cycling patterns between different soil types have also been observed (Maynard et al 1983;McLaren et al 1985;Ghani et al 1992), but without deeper discussions on underlying factors.…”

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“…Previous studies, some using the isotope dilution technique, have shown that sulfur dynamics are influenced in the short term by addition of various amendments, such as glucose (Ghani et al 1992(Ghani et al , 1993Knights et al 2001), cellulose (Eriksen 1997a, b), sulfate (SO 4 2− ) (Eriksen 1997a, b;Ghani et al 1992;Nziguheba et al 2005), plant residues/green manure (Nziguheba et al 2006;Sammi Reddy et al 2002;Vong et al 2008), and farmyard manure (FYM) (Sammi Reddy et al 2002). The observed long-term effects of different treatments indicate that FYM can increase the net S mineralization potential of soils (Boye et al 2009;Knights et al 2001;Sammi Reddy et al 2001), while the effect of long-term mineral S fertilization appears to be small (Eriksen and Mortensen 1999;Knights et al 2001).…”

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Sulfur flow in a soil-plant system—effects of long-term treatment history and soil properties

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The influence of long-term treatment and soil type on sulfur (S) flow patterns within soil and from soil to plant was studied in a pot experiment with Italian rye grass (Lolium multiflorum cv. SW Fredrik) with (+S) or without (-S) added S. Soil samples were taken from two field treatments (farmyard manure (FYM) application or crop residue (CR) incorporation) at four sites with differing soil types within the Swedish long-term fertility experiment series. To follow gross processes, the initial soil sulfate pool was labeled with carrier-free H 2 35 SO 4 . The -S treatment resulted in visual symptoms of S deficiency, reduced biomass production and lower total S uptake by the rye grass. The isotopic measurements revealed that more than two thirds of the plant S was derived from non-labeled soil organic S, even in the + S treatment, and that all organic S pools (physically unprotected/protected and residual organic S) in the soil were involved in the S transformations. The long-term FYM treatment had resulted in higher S cycling rates and a slightly higher resistance to S deficiency than the CR treatment. The influence of soil type on S flow patterns was important, but probably only partly related to the soil S properties.

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“…The immobilization of S after 1 and 9 weeks was obtained by multiplying the percentage values of 35 S immobilized at these times by the initial SO 4 2¡ -S content measured after a 1 week soil preincubation, just before the 35 S and C additions. Gross S mineralization was calculated as follows: Gross mineralization = [(SO 4 2¡ -S content at week 1 or week 9 + immobilized-S at week 1 or week 9) -initial SO 4 2¡ -S content)] (Knights et al 2001;Zhao et al 2006). The net S mineralization was obtained as the diVerence of gross mineralization and immobilization.…”

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Water-soluble carbon in roots of rape and barley: impacts on labile soil organic carbon, arylsulphatase activity and sulphur mineralization

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Investigating the impact of plant species on sulphur (S) availability in the rhizosphere soil is agronomically important to optimize S fertilization. Bulk, rhizosphere soils and the roots of Weld-grown rape and barley were sampled 7 times (every fortnight), from March to June, at plant maturity. Root carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in water extract, along with soil SO 4 2¡ -S, labile soil organic-C (HWC) and -N (HWN) in hot water extract, as well as soil arylsulphatase activity were then monitored. The average concentrations of both HWC and HWN were observed in the following decreasing order: rape rhizosphere soil >barley rhizosphere soil >bulk soil. In parallel, the average contents of water extractable-C and -N in rape roots were higher than those in barley roots. These results suggest that soil C and N contents in hot water extract (including rhizodeposition) were correlated with C and N released by roots. Great ARS activities found in rape rhizosphere soil were accompanied by great SO 4 2¡ -S mineralization over time. Finally, bulk and rhizosphere soils of rape and barley were pooled from the seven samplings and incubated with the corresponding pooled root water-soluble C of both plant species and glucose-C. After 1 and 9 weeks, a greater net S mineralization (gross mineralization -immobilization) was observed with rape root water-soluble C than with barley root water-soluble C and glucose-C. Conjointly, we found a higher average value of ARS activity in rape rhizosphere than in barley rhizosphere soil. Our Wndings suggest that plant species, via their rhizodeposition, determine the dynamic of S in soil.

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Long-term effects of land use and fertiliser treatments on sulphur transformations in soils from the Broadbalk experiment

Cited by 53 publications

References 30 publications

Modifying Soil Chemistry to Enhance Heathland Recreation: A Use for Sulphur Captured During Oil Refining

Modifying Soil Chemistry to Enhance Heathland Recreation: A Use for Sulphur Captured During Oil Refining

Sulfur flow in a soil-plant system—effects of long-term treatment history and soil properties

Water-soluble carbon in roots of rape and barley: impacts on labile soil organic carbon, arylsulphatase activity and sulphur mineralization

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