Effect of Freezing and Thawing on Activity of Cu and Zn in Black Soil of Northeast China Under Simulated Fertilization Using Pig Manure

• Main Authors: XU Cong-long, JIA Li, ZHANG Lu, LIU Qiu-meng, XIE Zhong-lei
• Format: Article
• Language: zho
• Published: Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture 2015-06-01
• Series: Journal of Agricultural Resources and Environment
• Subjects: freezing and thawing; pig manure; black soil; simulating fertilization; activities of copper and zinc
• Online Access: http://www.aed.org.cn/nyzyyhjxb/html/2015/3/20150303.htm

With the development of large-scale farms and the addition of Cu and Zn in feed additives, high Cu and Zn contents in feces of livestock and poultry occurred, and may cause soil pollution of the heavy metal especially Cu and Zn by livestock and poultry manure fertilization. Both fertilization of livestock and poultry manure and freeze-thaw action can alter the activity of heavy metals in soil, and furthermore change the environmental effect of heavy metals in soil. This paper aimed at the influence of freezing and thawing on the activities of Cu and Zn (exchangeable and carbonate) in black soil of Northeast China under pig manure fertilization according to the northeast climate characteristics through laboratory simulation. The results showed that the contents of exchangeable Cu and Zn significantly increased and that of carbonate Cu and Zn slightly decreased under pig manure fertilization initial stage comparing with the control without fertilizer. The contents of exchangeable Cu and Zn slightly increased and that of carbonate Cu and Zn decreased for the higher fertilization comparing with lower fertilization. The contents of exchangeable Cu and Zn decreased and that of carbonate Cu and Zn significantly increased with the extension of fertilization time (one month) compared with the early fertilization (one week). Moreover, the contents of exchangeable Cu and Zn under higher fertilization were all higher than that under lower fertilization, on the contrary, the contents of carbonate Cu and Zn under higher fertilization all were lower than that under lower fertilization. The contents of exchangeable and carbonate Cu and Zn all increased obviously with the freezing and thawing temperature decreased, and the contents of Cu and Zn for higher fertilization were higher than that for lower fertilization. In conclusion, the activities of Cu and Zn in black soil were disturbed by both pig manure with different fertilization amounts and fertilization culture time and freezing and thawing, there were a varying degree decreasing for the activities of Cu and Zn in black soil with the increase of fertilization amount and fertilization culture time, nevertheless, the freezing and thawing action could increase the activities of Cu and Zn in black soil under pig manure fertilization, and the amplitude of increasing Cu and Zn activity increased with the freezing and thawing temperature decreasing.