从广义土壤有机质的角度认知生物炭

Recognizing biochar from the angle of soil humus

  • 摘要: 土壤有机质组成成分、结构及其性能十分复杂, 目前还不是很清楚。亚马孙流域古印第安人几千年农耕活动遗留的肥沃黑土(Terra preta), 以及近20多年生物炭的相关研究结果都表明, 生物炭是肥沃土壤的重要组成成分之一。无论是在结构还是功能上, 生物炭与土壤有机质的主要组分腐殖质有许多相似之处, 可视为火成的颗粒状的类腐殖物质。施入土壤的生物炭大部分转化为自由态颗粒状有机质, 少量可直接与矿质土粒结合, 或转化为腐殖物质, 成为重组有机质组分。将生物质转化为生物炭, 并添加到土壤, 可能是未来低碳甚至负碳农业的重要途径。需要进一步研究和回答的科学问题包括: (1)如何利用生物炭改造土体, 营造永久性良好的根系活动土层; (2)生物炭与土壤黏土矿物之间的相互作用过程与机理; (3)生物炭与土壤腐殖质之间的相互作用及其原理; (4)生物炭对土壤微生物碳泵的影响; (5)生物炭介导土壤有机物质转化及其产物特征。

     

    Abstract: It is not clear in the components, structure and function of soil organic matter for its extraordinary complexity. Both the terra preta soil in Amazon region developed by the cultivation of ancient Indians for thousands of years. The results in biochar soil amendment during recent two decades show that biochar may be one of the most important matrix for a fertile soil. Biochar can be considered as pyrogenic particulate humus-like matter since it has many similarities with soil humic matter known as the most important component of soil organic matter, in both features of structure and function. Most of the amended biochar become the free particulate organic matter, while a small portion may into heavy fraction of soil organic matter through either directly combining with clay minerals or transforming into humic materials. It may be a highly feasible approach to low C or even negative C agriculture if plant biomass is converted into biochar and then used as soil amendment. The scientific questions furtherly answered may include as followings. 1) How can we permanently establish the desirable soil root zone through biochar amendment in order to meet crop root development? (2) How does biochar interact with soil clay minerals? (3) How does biochar interact with soil humic materials? (4) How does biochar drive soil microbial C pump? (5) How does biochar intermediate organic matter mineralization?

     

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