Abstract:Agricultural soil is the main emission source of greenhouse gas. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in agricultural soil is the labile component of organic matter and the most available substrates for microbial. Its concentration and dynamic change is closely related to the production and emission of greenhouse gas. The aim of this study was to estimate the effect of soil DOM concentration on the emission of CO2 and N2O after materials addition. And the relationship between the dynamics of DOM concentration and the emission of CO2 and N2O was evaluated after that. An incubation experiment was adopted in this study with the soil sampled from the tillage layer in the field at Yucheng comprehensive experimental station, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Four treatments, which were soil with or without material addition, i.e., straw only (S), nitrogen only (N), straw with nitrogen (S+N), and control (CK), respectively, were set. The amount of these added materials in this study was estimated based on the conventional application of N fertilizer and straw return in the North China Plain. The emissions of CO2 and N2O, and the concentrations of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen (DOC/DON) were measured at different time interval during the 342 days incubation. The results showed that there was significant difference between these four treatments (P < 0.05) for the concentration of DOM and the emissions of CO2 and N2O. It presented a gradually decreasing trend in the emission of CO2 and the concentration of DOC in soil for all these four treatments. However, the emission of N2O and the concentration of DON increased at first and then decreased with time for these two treatments of S and S+N. In addition, the treatment of S+N showed the highest average concentration of DOC and DON. The lowest mean concentration of DOC and DON was found in the treatment of N and CK, respectively. In the treatment of S+N added with N fertilizer and corn straw, the cumulative CO2 emission was 1668.11kg/hm2 during the incubation period, which was much higher than the other three treatments. In the treatment of N added with N fertilizer only, the cumulative CO2 emission was 196.01kg/hm2, which was much lower than the other three treatments. The highest cumulative N2O emission, 495.75g hm-2, was found in the treatment of S with the addition of straw only, and the lowest cumulative N2O emission, 136.93 g hm-2, was found in the treatment of CK. A logarithmic equation was fitted between CO2 emission and the time for each treatment (R2 > 0.57, P < 0.05). There was a significant correlation between the emission of CO2 and the concentration of DOC(R2 > 0.65). It also happened between the emission of N2O and the concentration of DON in soil (R2 > 0.62), indicated that the concentration and dynamics of DOC and DON in soil caused by the addition of straw and N fertilizer had a significant influence on the emission of CO2 and N2O.