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Interaction of Soil Nutrients and Arsenic (As) in Paddy Soil in a Long-Term Fertility Experiment

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  • Muhammad Qaswar

    (Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System for the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River, Soil and Fertilizer & Resources and Environmental Institute, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanchang 330200, China
    National Engineering Laboratory for Improving Quality of Arable Land, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
    Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Liu Yiren

    (Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System for the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River, Soil and Fertilizer & Resources and Environmental Institute, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanchang 330200, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Kailou Liu

    (Scientific Observational and Experimental Station of Arable Land Conservation in Jiangxi, Jiangxi Institute of Red Soil, National Engineering and Technology Research Center for Red Soil Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanchang 331717, China)

  • Lv Zhenzhen

    (Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System for the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River, Soil and Fertilizer & Resources and Environmental Institute, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanchang 330200, China)

  • Hou Hongqian

    (Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System for the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River, Soil and Fertilizer & Resources and Environmental Institute, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanchang 330200, China)

  • Xianjin Lan

    (Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System for the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River, Soil and Fertilizer & Resources and Environmental Institute, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanchang 330200, China)

  • Ji Jianhua

    (Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System for the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River, Soil and Fertilizer & Resources and Environmental Institute, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanchang 330200, China)

  • Waqas Ahmed

    (Key Laboratory of Agro Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China)

  • Liu Lisheng

    (National Engineering Laboratory for Improving Quality of Arable Land, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China)

  • Abdul M. Mouazen

    (Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Zhang Huimin

    (National Engineering Laboratory for Improving Quality of Arable Land, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China)

Abstract

In this study, we examined the interaction between arsenic (As) and nutrients in paddy soil which received pig manure and chemical fertilizers for 36 years (since 1984). The treatments consisted of: CK (without fertilization); NPK (chemical nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilization); NPK30%M (70% NPK plus 30% manure); NPK50%M (50% NPK plus 50% manure); and NPK70%M (30% NPK plus 70% manure). The combined application of pig manure and chemical fertilizer improved grain yield, soil pH and nutrient levels compared to chemical fertilizer application treatment. In comparison to CK, grain yield increased by 55.9%, 75.0%, 74.9% and 71.9%, respectively under the NPK, NPK30%M, NPK50%M and NPK70%M treatments. Soil As concentration increased by increasing the amount of manure input, and the highest concentration of As was 0.64 mg kg −1 found in the NPK70%M treatment. Increasing the rate of manure application decreased the As bioaccumulation coefficient (BAC) for rice grain. SOC, total N and P showed a positive correlation with the soil-available As concentration and negative correlation with BAC. Furthermore, the partial least square model (PLS) showed that the soil pH and SOC were the most influencing factors on BAC among the different properties of soil, which explained the 75.4% and 17.6% of total variations, respectively. This study concluded that the addition of pig manure together with chemical fertilizers can increase crop production by supplying essential nutrients, but the concentration of As in manure should be monitored to reduce soil and food contamination.

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  • Muhammad Qaswar & Liu Yiren & Kailou Liu & Lv Zhenzhen & Hou Hongqian & Xianjin Lan & Ji Jianhua & Waqas Ahmed & Liu Lisheng & Abdul M. Mouazen & Zhang Huimin, 2022. "Interaction of Soil Nutrients and Arsenic (As) in Paddy Soil in a Long-Term Fertility Experiment," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-11, September.
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