Ozone pollution influences soil carbon and nitrogen sequestration and aggregate composition in paddy soils

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 380; no. 1/2; pp. 305 - 313
• Main Authors: Kou, Taiji, Wang, Lirui, Zhu, Jianguo, Xie, Zubin, Wang, Yanling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer 01.07.2014; Springer International Publishing; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aggregates; Agricultural soils; Agrology; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Air pollution; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Carbon content; Carbon cycle; Cell aggregates; China; chronic exposure; Clay; Clay soils; Ecology; elevated atmospheric gases; Environmental aspects; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; Life Sciences; Nitrogen; Nitrogen content; Organic soils; Oryza sativa; Ozone; paddy soils; Physical properties; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; Plant growth; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; pollution; Regular Article; Rice; Rice fields; Silt; Soil aggregates; Soil aggregation; Soil chemistry; soil organic carbon; Soil organic matter; Soil pollution; Soil quality; Soil research; Soil science; Soil Science & Conservation; Soil sciences; Soil structure; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility. Fertilization. Amendments; Soils; Structure, texture, density, mechanical behavior. Heat and gas exchanges; Terrestrial ecosystems; Triticum aestivum; Wheat; China; China, People's Rep., Jiangsu Prov; Free-air ozone enrichment (O; Carbon cycle; Soil aggregate; FACE; Environment change; Ozone pollution; Monocotyledones; Cultivated soil; Property of soil; Environmental factor; Ozone; Soil structure; Stimulating environment; Physical properties; Carbon sequestration; Pollution; Nitrogen cycle; Oryza; Gramineae; Angiospermae; Spermatophyta; Paddy field; Aggregate; Soil plant relation

Background and aims Much attention has focused on the effects of tropospheric ozone (O₃) on terrestrial ecosystems and plant growth. Since O₃ pollution is currently an issue in China and many parts of the world, understanding the effects of elevated O₃ on soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) sequestrati...