Wang, Yi, Wu, Bei, Berns, Anne E., Bol, Roland, Wombacher, Frank ORCID: 0000-0002-0755-8918, Ellmer, Frank and Amelung, Wulf . A century of liming affects the Mg isotopic composition of the soil and crops in a long-term agricultural field at Berlin-Dahlem, Germany. Eur. J. Soil Sci.. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1365-2389

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Abstract

Liming is widely used to alleviate soil acidity in western and central Europe, but its role in the cycling of magnesium (Mg) in arable soil-plant systems is still ambiguous. Here, we systematically analysed Mg concentrations and the natural Mg stable isotope compositions (delta Mg-26) of two Mg pools in soil profiles and a major crop (winter rye) in a long-term German agricultural experimental field that has been managed with and without liming since 1923. The results showed that the delta Mg-26 signatures of the bulk soil Mg pool in the studied Albic Luvisol displayed limited variation with depth and between the liming treatments. In contrast, the exchangeable soil Mg pool exhibited an increase in delta Mg-26 values with depth down to 50 cm, which was more pronounced in the limed plots. We attributed this enrichment of light Mg isotopes in upper layers to the Mg addition from Dolokorn 90 lime, as well as to the removal of heavy Mg isotopes by plant uptake. The subsequent use of a simple isotope-mixing model suggested that only 25% of the remaining Mg in the soil exchangeable pool stemmed from the last liming practice. The other parts of the exchangeable soil Mg pool had either interacted with the bulk soil matrix or had been utilized by the plants. Almost 100 years of liming enhanced Mg uptake by the vegetation, probably via elevated Mg contents in the grain, and reflected by the stronger depletion of heavy Mg isotopes in the soil exchangeable Mg pool relative to non-limed plots. Whole winter rye plants were enriched in heavy Mg isotopes but they displayed similar Mg isotope compositions among plant organs in all plots, indicating identical Mg uptake and translocation strategies in the different trials. Tracing the stable isotope compositions of soil and plant Mg thus opens novel opportunities to evaluate soil management impacts on the cycling and fate of this essential nutrient in agricultural systems. Highlights Mg concentrations and stocks in an Albic Luvisol were more heterogeneous in subsoils than in topsoils The variation of Mg isotope compositions of bulk soil was limited with depth and between liming treatments Liming induced a pronounced negative shift of delta Mg-26 values in soil exchangeable Mg pools down to a 50-cm soil depth Uptake of Mg by plants in limed plots was enhanced relative to that in non-limed plots

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Wang, YiUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wu, BeiUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Berns, Anne E.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Bol, RolandUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wombacher, FrankUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-0755-8918UNSPECIFIED
Ellmer, FrankUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Amelung, WulfUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-340260
DOI: 10.1111/ejss.12951
Journal or Publication Title: Eur. J. Soil Sci.
Publisher: WILEY
Place of Publication: HOBOKEN
ISSN: 1365-2389
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
MAGNESIUM ISOTOPES; FRACTIONATION; BEHAVIOR; FOREST; ACCUMULATION; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; SUBSOIL; BASALT; LIMultiple languages
Soil ScienceMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/34026

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