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Substitution of Chemical Fertilizer with Organic Fertilizer Affects Soil Total Nitrogen and Its Fractions in Northern China

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  • Md Elias Hossain

    (Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
    Key Laboratory of Dryland Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (MARA), Beijing 100081, China
    Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh)

  • Xurong Mei

    (Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
    Key Laboratory of Dryland Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (MARA), Beijing 100081, China
    Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (MARA), Beijing 100081, China)

  • Wenying Zhang

    (Institute of Dryland Farming, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Hengshui 053000, China)

  • Wenyi Dong

    (Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
    Key Laboratory of Dryland Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (MARA), Beijing 100081, China)

  • Zhenxing Yan

    (Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
    Key Laboratory of Dryland Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (MARA), Beijing 100081, China)

  • Xiu Liu

    (Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
    Key Laboratory of Dryland Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (MARA), Beijing 100081, China)

  • Saxena Rachit

    (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502324, India)

  • Subramaniam Gopalakrishnan

    (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502324, India)

  • Enke Liu

    (Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
    Key Laboratory of Dryland Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (MARA), Beijing 100081, China)

Abstract

The impact of chemical to organic fertilizer substitution on soil labile organic and stabilized N pools under intensive farming systems is unclear. Therefore, we analyzed the distribution of soil total N (STN), particulate organic N (PON), microbial biomass N (MBN), dissolved organic N (DON), and mineral N (NO 3 − and NH 4 + ) levels down to 100 cm profile under wheat–maize rotation system in northern China. The experiment was established with four 270 kg ha −1 N equivalent fertilizer treatments: Organic manure (OM); Organic manure with nitrogen fertilizer (OM + NF); Nitrogen fertilizer (NF); and Control (CK). Results found that the OM and OM + NF treatments had significantly higher STN, PON, MBN, DON, and NO 3 − contents in 0–20 cm topsoil depths. Conversely, the NF treatment resulted in the highest ( p < 0.01) DON and NO 3 − depositions in 40–100 cm subsoil depths. The NH 4 + contents in selected profile depths were significantly highest ( p < 0.01) under OM treatment. The correlations between STN and its fractions were positively significant at 0–10 and 10–20 cm topsoil depths. Our results suggest that partial substitution of chemical fertilizer with organic manure could be a sustainable option for soil N management of intensive farming systems.

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  • Md Elias Hossain & Xurong Mei & Wenying Zhang & Wenyi Dong & Zhenxing Yan & Xiu Liu & Saxena Rachit & Subramaniam Gopalakrishnan & Enke Liu, 2021. "Substitution of Chemical Fertilizer with Organic Fertilizer Affects Soil Total Nitrogen and Its Fractions in Northern China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-15, December.
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