Abstract:
The concentrations of nitrous oxide (N
2O), methane (CH
4) and carbon dioxide (CO
2) at 7 cm, 15 cm, 30 cm and 50 cm soil depths under bare fallow, rotation field?Ⅰ (rotation of celery-tung choy-baby bok choy-amaranth) and rotation field?Ⅱ (rotation of choy sum-celery-tung choy-bok choy) were monitored using a special in situ soil gas collection device and gas chromatography to explore the distribution characteristics of N
2O, CH
4 and CO
2 in soil profiles. The results showed great variations in annual concentrations of N
2O, CH
4 and CO
2 within the 0-50 cm soil depth with respective values of 0.63 1 657.0 μL(N
2O)L
-1, 0.872.5 μL(CH
4)L
-1 and 0.4136.6 mL(CO
2)L
-1. N
2O concentrations under rotation?Ⅰ?and rotation?Ⅱ increased with increasing soil depth. Also N
2O concentration under bare fallow increased with increasing soil depth within the 030 cm soil layer, while it decreased with increasing depth within the 3050 cm soil layer. Average N
2O concentrations of two vegetable rotational fields were significantly higher than that of bare fallow. Different N fertilizers application to the two vegetable rotational fields did not significantly change N
2O concentration for the same soil layer. The orders of both CH
4 and CO
2 concentrations in soil profile were 50 cm > 30 cm > 15 cm > 7 cm. N fertilizer application had no significant effect on CH
4 concentration. Average CH
4 concentration under the two vegetable rotations in the 015 cm soil depth was higher than that under bare fallow. However, CH
4 concentration at the 1550 cm soil depth was higher under field rotation Ⅰ but lower under field rotation Ⅱ than that under bare fallow. CO
2 concentration had a clear seasonal variation. Average CO
2 concentration under the two vegetable rotations was lower than that in corresponding soil layers under bare fallow, except for the 50 cm soil depth under field rotation Ⅰ. The results suggested that soil N
2O, CH
4 and CO
2 concentrations of vegetable rotational fields with high nitrogen input and frequent tillage had greater temporal and spatial variability. The effect of nitrogen application on N
2O was stronger than that on CH
4 and CO
2. Nitrogen application and tillage slightly affected the distribution of CH
4 concentration in the soil. CO
2 concentration was significantly affected by soil temperature and tillage. Other factors affected the distribution of N
2O, CH
4 and CO
2 in the soil can be the focus of further research.