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Every coin has two sides: Continuous and substantial reduction of ammonia volatilization under the coexistence of microplastics and biochar in an annual observation of rice-wheat rotation system
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Researchers investigated the effects of polyethylene, polyester, and polyacrylonitrile microplastics combined with straw-derived biochar on ammonia volatilization in rice-wheat rotation soils over one year, finding that biochar alone reduced cumulative ammonia volatilization by 5.5% and microplastics combined with biochar reduced it by 11.2-26.6% in the rice season, with mechanisms involving increased nitrate concentration and soil cation exchange capacity.
Microplastics (MPs) are verified to affect the fate of ammonia (NH) in agricultural soils. However, the impacts and mechanisms of MPs coupled with biochar (BC), a widely used agricultural conditioner, on NH losses are mostly untapped. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms of common MPs (i.e., polyethylene, polyester, and polyacrylonitrile) and straw-derived BC on NH volatilization in rice-wheat rotation soils. Results showed that BC alone and MPs with BC (MPs + BC) reduced 5.5 % and 11.2-26.6 % cumulative NH volatilization than the control (CK), respectively, in the rice season. The increased nitrate concentration and soil cation exchange capacity were dominant contributors to the reduced soil NH volatilization in the rice season. BC and MPs + BC persistently reduced 44.5 % and 60.0-62.6 % NH losses than CK in the wheat season as influenced by pH and nitrate concentration. Moreover, BC and MPs + BC increased humic acid-like substances in soil dissolved organic matter by an average of 159.1 % and 179.6 % than CK, respectively, in rice and wheat seasons. The increased adsorption of soil NH and the promotion of crop root growth were the main mechanisms of NH reduction. Our findings partially revealed the mechanisms of the coexistence of MPs and BC on NH mitigation in rice-wheat rotational ecosystems.
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