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Effect of preincubation treatments on the ratio of N2O/N2 evolution

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1980

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9

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Letey, J., Dept. Soil Environ. Sci., Univ. California, Riverside, Calif. 92521, United States
Hadas, A., Dept. Soil Environ. Sci., Univ. California, Riverside, Calif. 92521, United States
Valoras, N., Dept. Soil Environ. Sci., Univ. California, Riverside, Calif. 92521, United States
Focht, D.D., Dept. Soil Environ. Sci., Univ. California, Riverside, Calif. 92521, United States

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Previous investigations demonstrated that air-dry soils incubated in the laboratory under conditions to cause denitrification had an initial high N2O/N2 evolution ratio which rapidly decreased and approached zero. Two experiments were conducted to determine if the observed ratios were strictly related to using air-dry soils. Three preincubation treatments were used in the first experiment: air-dry, moist to promote microbial activity under aerobic conditions, and saturated to impose anoxic conditions. All soils had 15NO3 added and were incubated under saturated conditions following 1 week of the preincubation. Almost no N2O evolved during incubation of the soil preincubated under saturated conditions. Nitrous oxide evolution was generally highest during the first day of incubation and decreased thereafter for soils preincubated under air-dry and moist conditions. During the second experiment, soils were preincubated under air-dry and moist conditions and incubated under 0, 5, and 10% air-filled porosity. The N2O and N2 evolution patterns were similar for the two preincubation treatments except that there was a higher rate of gas evolution from the air-dry soils presumably because of a greater energy source. The results support a previous proposal that dissimilatory NO2 reductase develops rapidly and that dissimilatory N2O reductase develops more slowly following anoxic conditions. Our data provide indirect evidence that soils may act as a sink for N2O even in the presence of NO3 under appropriate conditions.

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