Effects of adding microplastics and rice straw on emission of CO2 from typical farmland soils
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    Microplastics are widely present in soil, and the problem of microplastic pollution in soil has been considered during recent years. Three typical farmland soils including the paddy soil, the red soil and the fluvo-aquic soil were used to conduct indoor incubation experiments for 70 days to study the effects of microplastic pollution on the mineralization of organic carbon in soil under rice straw returning. 4 treatments including the control (CK), addition of microplastics (polyethylene, PE), addition of rice straw (RS), addition of microplastics and rice straw (RS-PE) were set for each type of soil. The physical and chemical properties, the emission of CO2, the content of soluble organic carbon (SOC) and microbial biomass carbon (MBC) in each soil treated were measured. The results showed that the cumulative emission of CO2 from three types of soils within 70 days under the PE and RS-PE treatment was in the order of fluvo-aquic soil>paddy soil>red soil. Compared with CK, the cumulative emission of CO2 from three types of soils significantly increased after RS treatment, and the cumulative emission of CO2 from the red soil and fluvo-aquic soil significantly increased after PE treatment. Adding PE and RS increased the content of SOC and MBC in three types of soils, promoting the mineralization of organic carbon in soil. The E2/E3 value in three types of soils was in the order of paddy soil>red soil>fluvo-aquic soil. The addition of PE and RS increased the average relative molecular weight, aromaticity, and hydrophobicity of SOC in soil. The mineralization of organic carbon in three types of soils was significantly and negatively correlated with the average relative molecular weight of SOC (E2/E3), and the mineralization of organic carbon in paddy and fluvo-aquic soil was significantly and positively correlated with the aromaticity (SUVA254) and hydrophobicity (SUVA260) of SOC. It is indicated that t the addition of microplastics and rice straw significantly affect the mineralization of organic carbon in soil.

    Fig.1 Cumulative CO2-C emission during co-incubation with exogenously added materials during 70 days
    Fig.2 Soluble organic carbon (A) and microbial biomass carbon (B) content of soil co- incubation with microplastics, rice straw, and both
    Fig.3 Fluorescence spectra and loadings of the three components(C1, C2, C3) determined by EEM -PARAFAC analysis
    Fig.4 Fluorescence intensity of DOC components C1(A), C2(B) and C3(C) after co-incubation of soil with microplastics, rice straw, and both
    Table 1 Basic properties of tested materials
    Table 2 The properties of soils co-incubation with microplastics, rice straw and both
    Table 3 UV spectral indices of DOC after co-incubation of soil with microplastics, rice straw and both
    Table 4 Correlation coefficients of cumulative CO2 emission with DOC, MBC and UV spectral index
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胡思晗,南倩茹,温丽莲,赵丽娅. Effects of adding microplastics and rice straw on emission of CO2 from typical farmland soils[J]. Jorunal of Huazhong Agricultural University,2024,43(6):219-228.

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  • Received:January 16,2024
  • Online: January 07,2025
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