ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Changes in Soil Humic Acid Composition after
Nine Years of Repeated Application of Organic
Wastes in Black Soil: a Study Using Solid-State
FT-IR and (13C-NMR) Analysis
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College of Resource and Environmental Science, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China
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Soils and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, 11651, Egypt
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Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China
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College of Agronomy, Plant Biotechnology Center, Jilin Agricultural University Changchun 130118, Jilin, China
Submission date: 2020-06-04
Final revision date: 2020-12-24
Acceptance date: 2020-12-27
Online publication date: 2021-09-01
Publication date: 2021-10-01
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(6):5211-5223
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In this study, soil samples under long term OW treatments were collected to analyze the changes
in soil humic acid composition. The treatments in this study included a control (CK), fodder grass
(FG), mushroom (MR), maize straw (MS) and tree leaves (TL) wastes. Soil HA structure was analyzed
using (FTIR) and (13C- NMR). The results from the study showed that treatments TL, MS, FG, and MR
increased soil organic carbon (SOC) by 23.45%, 13.83%, 11.90%, and 5.76%, respectively. Similarly,
the contents of humic carbon (HAC) increased in all the OW treatments. Moreover, there was a positive
relationship between O-alkyl C and SOC, alkyl C, soil HA contents while a negative relationship
was observed between O-alkyl C and aromatic C, and carbonyl C. Compared with other treatments,
TL and FG were also recorded as having the lowest E4/E6 ratio, ΔlogK value, and hydrophobic
carbon (C)/hydrophilic carbon (C) ratio of soil HA. In conclusion, the OW treatments improved the
structural characteristics of soil humic acid where the most effective treatment was TL as it higher the
accumulation of SOC, soil HA, and made the structure of HA more complex and stable.