Pedosphere 28(2): 277--287, 2018
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©2018 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
Short-Term Response of Soil Microbial Biomass to Different Chabazite Zeolite Amendments
Giacomo FERRETTI1, Katharina Maria KEIBLINGER2, Dario DI GIUSEPPE1,4, Barbara FACCINI1, Nicolò COLOMBANI3, Sophie ZECHMEISTER-BOLTENSTERN2, Massimo COLTORTI1, Micòl MASTROCICCO4
1Deptartment of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, Ferrara 44122 (Italy)
2Institute of Soil Research, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Peter Jordan Strasse 82, Vienna 1190 (Austria)
3Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Piazzale Flaminio, Roma 900196 (Italy)
4Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, Second University of Naples, Caserta 81100 (Italy)
Corresponding Author:Giacomo FERRETTI
ABSTRACT
      Zeolitites (ZTs) are rocks containing more than 50% of zeolite minerals and are known to be a suitable material for agricultural purposes by improving soil physicochemical properties and nitrogen (N) use efficiency. However, little is known about their effects on soil microbial biomass. This study aimed to evaluate short-term effects of different chabazite-rich ZT (CHAZT) amendments on soil microbial biomass and activity. A silty-clay agricultural soil was amended in three different ways, including the addition of natural (5% and 15%) and NH4+ -enriched (10%) CHAZT. Soil dissolved organic carbon (C), total dissolved N, NH4+, NO3-, NO2-, microbial biomass C and N, and ergosterol were measured periodically over 16 d in a laboratory incubation. To verify the microbial immobilization of the N derived from NH4+ -enriched CHAZT, a high 15N source was used for enriching the mineral to measure the microbial biomass δ15N signature. An increase in the ergosterol content was observed in the soil amended with 5% natural CHAZT. However, no similar result was observed in the soil amended with 15% natural CHAZT, suggesting that the fungal biomass was favored at a lower CHAZT application rate. In the soil amended with NH4+ -enriched CHAZT, microbial biomass N was related to NO3- production over time and inversely related to NH4+, suggesting high nitrification process. Isotopic measurements on microbial biomass confirmed immediate assimilation of N derived from NH4+ -enriched CHAZT. These results suggested that the NH4+ -enriched CHAZT used in this study supplied an immediately available N pool to the microbial biomass.
Key Words:  ergosterol,microbial biomass δ15N,natural zeolite,NH4+ -enriched zeolite,nitrification,slow-release fertilizer
Citation: Ferretti G, Keiblinger K M, Di Giuseppe D, Faccini B, Colombani N, Zechmeister-Boltenstern S, Coltorti M, Mastrocicco M. 2018. Short-term response of soil microbial biomass to different chabazite zeolite amendments. Pedosphere. 28(2):277-287.
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