Mobility of Nitrate and Phosphate through Small Lysimeter with Three Physico-chemically Different Soils

Small lysimeter experiment under rain shelter plastic film house was conducted to investigate the effect of soil characteristics on the leaching and soil solution concentration of nitrate and phosphate. Three soils were obtained from different agricultural sites of Korea: Soil A (mesic family of Typic Dystrudepts), Soil B (mixed, mesic family of Typic Udifluvents), and Soil C (artificially disturbed soils under greenhouse). Organic-C contents were in the order of Soil C ($32.4g\;kg^{-1}$) > Soil B ($15.0g\;kg^{-1}$) > Soil A ($8.1g\;kg^{-1}$). Inorganic-N concentration also differed significantly among soils, decreasing in the order of Soil B > Soil C > Soil A. Degree of P saturation (DPS) of Soil C was 178%, about three and fifteen times of Soil B (38%) and Soil A (6%). Prior to treatment, soils in lysimeters (dia. 300 mm, soil length 450 mm) were tabilized by repeated drying and wetting procedures for two weeks. After urea at $150kg\;N\;ha^{-1}$ and $KH_2PO_4$ at $100kg\;P_2O_5\;ha^{-1}$ were applied on the surface of each soil, total volume of irrigation was 213 mm at seven occasions for 65 days. At 13, 25, 35, 37, and 65 days after treatment, soil solution was sampled using rhizosampler at 10, 20, and 30 cm depth and leachate was sampled by free drain out of lysimeter. The volume of leachate was the highest in Soil C, and followed by the order of Soils A and B, whereas the amount of leached nitrate had a reverse trend, i.e. Soil B > Soil A > Soil C. Soil A and B had a significant increase of the nitrate concentration of soil solution at depth of 10 cm after urea-N treatment, but Soil C did not. High nitrate mobility of Soil B, compared to other soils, is presumably due to relatively high clay content, which could induce high extraction of nitrate of soil matrix by anion exclusion effect and slow rate of water flow. Contrary to Soil B, high organic matter content of Soil C could be responsible for its low mobility of nitrate, inducing preferential flow by water-repellency and rapid immobilization of nitrate by a microbial community. Leached phosphate was detected in Soil C only, and continuously increased with increasing amount of leachate. The phosphate concentration of soil solution in Soil B was much lower than in Soil C, and Soil A was below detection limit ($0.01mg\;L^{-1}$), overall similar to the order of degree of P saturation of soils. Phosphate mobility, therefore, could be largely influenced by degree of P saturation of soils but connect with apparent leaching loss only more than any threshold of P accumulation.

소형 라이시메터시험을 통한 토양특성에 따른 질산과 인산의 이동성 비교

질산과 인산의 수직이동성에 대한 토양특성의 영향을 구명하고자 비가림 하우스에서 소형라이시메터(지름 300 mm, 토양깊이 450 mm) 시험을 수행하였다. 대상토양은 농경지 세 지점으로부터 표토 0~20cm를 채취한 후 이 토양의 풍건세토분획을 이용하여 수행하였다: mesic family of Typic Dystrudepts (토양 A, 사양토, 유기물함량 1.4%); mixed, mesic family of Typic Udifluvents (토양 B, 양토, 유기물함량 2.6%); 시설재배토양(토양 C, 사양토, 유기물함량 5.6%). 2주 동안 안정화시킨 토양의 표면에 질소와 인을 $150kg\;urea-N\;ha^{-1}$ 과 $100kg\;KH_2PO_4-P_2O_5\;ha^{-1}$ 만큼 처리하고, 65일 동안 7번 관수(총관수량 213 mm, 약 1 pore volume)하며 주기적으로 깊이 10, 20, 30 cm의 토양용액과 용탈액을 채취하여 질산과 인산농도를 분석하였다. 총 용탈액량은 토양 C > 토양 A > 토양 B 순으로 질산 용탈량, 토양 B > 토양 A > 토양 C 과 역의 관계를 가졌다. 토양 A와 B에서는 요소처리 후 깊이 10 cm에서 토양용액 중 질산 농도 증가가 뚜렷이 나타난 반면, 토양 C에서는 나타나지 않았다. 토양 B의 높은 질산이동성은 상대적으로 높은 점토함량으로 음전하를 띤 교질의 음이온배척과 느린 수분흐름으로 물의 머무름시간이 길어 토양매트릭스 질산의 추출을 촉진하기 때문으로 볼 수 있었다. 반면 토양 C는 질산의 이동성이 낮게 나타났다. 이는 유기물 함량이 높아 생기는 발수성으로 선택류와 질산의 미생물 부동화 때문으로 추정할 수 있었다. 인산용탈은 질산과 달리 인포화도가 가장 높은 토양 C에서만 검출되었다. 토양용액 중 인산농도는 인포화도의 순서와 동일하게 토양 C > 토양 B의 순서였고 토양 A에서는 검출되지 않았다. 따라서 인산의 이동성은 인포화도에 의해 크게 영향을 받으며, 일정 수준으로 축적될 때 까지는 용탈손실은 나타나지 않는다고 판단할 수 있었다.