Abstract
AbstractTopsoil samples from a long‐term fertilizer trial on a red earth rice paddy from Jiangxi Province, China, were used to investigate soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization using aerobic incubation for 58 days at 20 °C and 25 °C. SOC mineralization rates varied between 0.62 and 0.76 mg C/g SOC/h at 20 °C, and between 0.65 and 0.97 mg C/g SOC/h at 25 °C. There was no significant correlation between the mineralization potential and SOC content in treated soil samples. However, a close correlation was found between total C mineralization and the carbon stability index. This suggests that the potential C release from the soil is controlled by C lability rather than by total SOC. The calculated Q10 quotient was negatively correlated with dithionate‐citrate‐bicarbonate‐extracted Fe. It is suggested that the free Fe‐oxyhydrates that are prevalent in red earth paddy soils provide physico‐chemical protection and control biological decomposition rates under warming and these are modified in the long‐term fertilizer treatments. The enhancement of physico‐chemical protection of labile SOC by free Fe‐oxyhydrates is a potential mechanism for soil C stabilization under warming conditions. The interaction with fertilizers in the red earth‐derived paddies of South China deserves further study.
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