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60 Years of Fertilization and Liming Impacts on Soil Organic Carbon Stabilization in A Sub-Tropical Alfisol
Area/Stream: Environmental Science, Authors: Ankita Trivedi, Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Avijit Ghosh, Namita Das Saha, Dipak Ranjan Biswas, Prabhakar Mahapatra, Shikha Verma, Dhirendra Kumar Shahi, Shakeel Ahmed Khan, Arti Bhatia, Rajesh Agnihorti & Chamendra Sharma Keywords: Carbon sequestration, Farmyard manure application on equivalent N basis, Microaggregates inside macroaggregates, Glomalin contentJournal Name: Environmental Science and Pollution Research Year:2021, Month:April, Volume: 28, Issue: Page No: 45946–45961, ISSN: 09441344, 16147499, DOI/Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-021-14019-w#article-infoAbstract:
Limited information is available on the C stabilization mechanism of tropical soils under different management practices including long-term organic manuring, mineral fertilization alone, or in combination with lime. Hence, to understand the effect of continuous application (for 60 years) of organic manure, fertilizer, and lime alone or in combination on an acidic Alfisol, stabilization of soil organic carbon (SOC) was evaluated under maize (Zea mays L.) wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cropping. There were eight treatments that included farmyard manure (FYM) and nitrogen (N) applied in terms of FYM, additional dose of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) applied in terms of inorganic fertilizer (FYM + P’K’), FYM + P’K’ with liming (FYM + P’K’ + L) and NPK alone. These treatments were laid in a randomized block design with three replications. Results indicated that FYM + P’K’ plots had maximum amount of SOC inside large macroaggregates. The value was 33 and 92% greater than only minerally fertilized (NPK) and unfertilized control plots, respectively, whereas microaggregate-associated C was highest in plots with FYM + P’K’ and lime (FYM + P’K’ + L), which was 48 and 183% more than unfertilized control and NPK plots, respectively. Inside soil microaggregates, plots under FYM + P’K’ had highest labile C, while NPK + L plots had highest recalcitrant C. Plots with organic amendments contained higher glomalin in large macroaggregates. Plots treated with FYM + P’K’ had maximum intra-aggregate particulate organic matter within microaggregates inside macroaggregates (iPOM_mM), which was 28 and 74% higher than NPK and unfertilized control plots, respectively. Total C stock inside the protected microaggregates within macroaggregates was maximum for FYM + P’K’ plots. It had 38, 67, and 171% higher C stock than NPK, FYM, and unfertilized control plots, respectively. Interestingly, despite estimated C input in FYM-treated plots was much higher than NPK plots, FYM-treated plots had less C stabilization within microaggregates and within microaggregates inside macroaggregates. Microaggregates within macroaggregates accounted for ~54% of the recalcitrant C content. Thus, macroaggregates stabilization through occlusion of microaggregates was accountable for sequestration of SOC and only FYM application did not promote that mechanism compared to NPK. Carbon stabilization within macroaggregates under FYM plots was mainly governed by amorphous iron oxide.
Cite this: Ankita Trivedi, Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Avijit Ghosh, Namita Das Saha, Dipak Ranjan Biswas, Prabhakar Mahapatra, Shikha Verma, Dhirendra Kumar Shahi, Shakeel Ahmed Khan, Arti Bhatia, Rajesh Agnihorti & Chamendra Sharma ,"60 Years of Fertilization and Liming Impacts on Soil Organic Carbon Stabilization in A Sub-Tropical Alfisol", Environmental Science and Pollution Research , 28, , April, 2021, 45946–45961, 09441344, 16147499, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-021-14019-w#article-info
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