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Impacts of adding FeSO4 and biochar on nitrogen loss, bacterial community and related functional genes during cattle
Zhuangzhuang Liu1, Zhiwei Yan1, Gang Liu1
1College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan 410128, PR China; Hunan Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Swine Production, Changsha 410128, PR China.
Abstract:
This study investigated the impacts of adding FeSO4 and biochar to cattle manure and rice straw composts on functional genes controlling nitrogen loss, bacterial community, nitrification, and denitrification. Four treatments were established, including a control group (CP), and CP mixtures that included 4% biochar (TG1), 4% FeSO4 (TG2), or 2% FeSO4 and 2% biochar (TG3). Compared to CP, TG1-3 had a lower total nitrogen loss rate, and TG3 resulted in reduced NH3 (52.4%) and N2O (35.6%) emissions to mitigate nitrogen loss. The abundance of amoA and narG gene in TG3 was higher than in the other groups, and TG3 was beneficial to the growth of Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria. According to redundancy and Pearson analysis, TG3 had a positive effect on the nitrification process by increasing the abundance of amoA and narG. Thus, biochar and FeSO4 addition mitigate nitrogen loss by regulating the nitrification processes.
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