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Effects of biochar on soil chemical and biological properties in high and
low pH soils.Phil Brookes, Luo Yu, Mark Durenkamp and
Qimei Lin
Rothamsted Research, UK
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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The Hoosfield Acid strip at Rothamsted
• More than 100 years old.
• Sown with wheat every year.
• pH range about 8.3 to 3.8.
• Never received fertilizer.
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Site: Hoosfield acid strip
pH 8.0
pH 5.0
pH 4.0
flinty silty clay loam (18-27 % clay)
HOOSFIELD ACID STRIPStarted more than 100years ago
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Soil pH
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Wheat crop along Hoosfield acid strip
pH 8.0 pH 6.7 pH 5.0 pH 4.5
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)Hoosfield acid strip
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250y = 188 - 3496(-0.8x)
R2 = 0.80
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Soil pH
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Biomass C and ninhydrin-N v soil pH
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Experimental Hypothesis
• Incorporation of biochar could improve soil properties and overcome the adverse effects of soil pH.
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Experimental design
• Soil: Hoosfield pH 4 and pH 8
• Biochar: Miscanthus produced at 350 and 700 oC,added at 5 % C by weight.
• Incubation: 90 and 180 days at 40 % Water Holding Capacity.
• Substrate: with and without ryegrass at 5000 µg C g-1
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Treatments
• O Nil
• S Substrate (5000 ug ryegrass C/g soil)
• BC350 Biochar made at 350 °C
• BC700 Biochar made at 700 °C
• BC350 + S Biochar made at 350 °C + substrate
• BC700 + S Biochar made at 700 °C + substrate
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Measurements
• Water-extractable elements.
• K2SO4-extractable Mn, Al (Mg and Ca).
• Extractable ammonium and nitrate.
• Microbial biomass C.
• Adenosine 5 triphosphate (ATP).
• Total C and N and CO2-C
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Water extractable elements in biochar.
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Ca K Mg Mn Na P S Cl
µg g-1 biochar
BC350
BC700
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K2SO4 extractable Al at 90 daysat pH 4
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O S 350 700 350+S 700+S
µg g-1 soil
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K2SO4 -extractable Mn at 90 daysat pH 4
020406080
100120140
O S 350 700 350+S 700+S
µg g-1 soil Mn
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Soil pH at 90 and 180 days
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pH 8 pH 8 + substrate
pH 8 + BC350
pH 8 + BC700
pH 8 + substrate+
BC 350
pH 8 + substrate+
BC 700
pH
treatments
pH 8 soil
Day 0 Day 90 Day 180
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Soil pH at 90 and 180 days
3.66
3
4
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6
pH 4 pH 4 + substrate
pH 4 + BC350
pH 4 + BC700
pH 4 + substrate+
BC 350
pH 4 + substrate+
BC 700
Ph
treatments
pH 4 soil
Day 0 Day 90 Day 180
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Al and Mn at 180 days incubationat pH 4
• Practically identical results with Al and Mn at 180 d incubation at pH 4.
• Al and Mn practically undetectable at pH 8 in all treatments
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Extractable Al and Mn at 90 and 180 days incubation at pH 4
• Al decreased by 50 % or more with biochar at 350 and 700 °C, with or without substrate, at pH 4.
• Mn decreased by 90 % with biochar at 700 °C, with and without substrate, at pH 4. No effect with biochar at 350 °C.
• We do not fully understand the mechanisms involved. Probably linked to soil pH changes.
Al and Mn not detectable at pH 8.
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Effects of pH on soil CO2 evolution
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Effects of soil pH 4 on CO2 evolution
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2-C
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incubation days
cumulative
pH 4 pH 4 + substrate
pH 4 + biochar 350 pH 4 + biochar 700
pH 4 + substrate + biochar 350 pH 4 + substrate + biochar 700
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Effects of soil pH 8 on CO2 evolution
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pH 8 pH 8 + substrate pH 8 + biochar 350
pH 8 + biochar 700 pH 8 + substrate + biochar 700 pH 8 + substrate + biochar 350
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• Effects of biochar on biomass C
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Changes in biomass C at pH4
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Microbial biomass C (µg C g-1 soil) Changes in biomass C
pH 4
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Changes in biomass C at pH 8
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O S 350 700 350+S 700+S
Microbial biomass C (µg C g-1 soil) Changes in biomass C
pH 8
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Microbial ATP and biochar
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Mean biomass ATP concentration10.6 µmol ATP g-1 biomass C
Jenkinson, Davidson & Powlson (1978)
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ATP concentration of microbial biomass
10.4 moles ATP g-1 biomass C (n=207)
Contin et al. (2001)
Acidic reagents only
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ATP and biomass C relationships in soils at pH 4 and 8 with and without biochar
y = 0.0113xR² = 0.7594
y = 0.0135xR² = 0.9875
00.5
11.5
22.5
33.5
4
0 100 200 300
ATP µmol g-1 soil
Biomass C (µg g-1 soil)
Biomass ATP relationships at Day 180
with Biochar
without Biochar
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Biomass ATP concentrations
• Jenkinson et al. (1978) 10.6 umol ATP g-1
biomass C
• Contin et al. (2001) 11.7 umol ATP g-1 biomass C
• Luo Yu (2010) 12.4 umol ATP g-1 biomass C
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Efficiency of biosynthesis - Eb
• % of added substrate C incorporated into biomass:
Eb = [100 (biomass C in soil +substrate)
minus
(biomass C in soil)]
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(C in substrate)
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Efficiency of biosynthesis at 90 days of incubation
Treatment Soil pH 4 Soil pH 8
Control + ryegrass 1.42% 4.86 %
BC350 + ryegrass 2.22 % 2.96 %
BC700 = ryegrass______________________5000 ug C g-1 soil5% C by weight
0.76 %______________________
3.48 %______________________
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Efficiency of biosynthesis
• Higher efficiency of biosynthesis at pH 8 than pH 4. There is a ‘metabolic cost’ for organisms living in difficult environments.
• No evidence of increased efficiency of biosynthesis with biochar at high or low pH.
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Efficiency of biosynthesis
• Higher efficiency of biosynthesis at pH 8 than pH 4. There is a ‘metabolic cost’ for organisms living in difficult environments.
• No evidence of increased efficiency of biosynthesis with biochar at high or low pH.
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Conclusions
• Significant increase in pH with biochar added at 350 and 700 °C. Greater with 700 °C.
• No change in biosynthesis efficiency with biochar but greater efficiency at pH 8.
• Increases in biomass C following substrate addition and with biochar at 350 °C. No change (or even small decrease)with biochar at 700 °C.
• Biochar did not change ATP concentration in microbial biomass.
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Acknowledgements
• Rothamsted Research is funded by the Biotechnological and Biological Sciences Research Institute (BBSRC).
• We thank Rhys Ashton for help with the experiments.
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Site: Hoosfield acid strip
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Site: Hoosfield acid strip
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Site: Hoosfield acid strip