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Extracellular glycosidases in soil, produced by microorganisms, act as major agents for decomposing labile soil organic carbon (e.g., cellulose). Soil extracellular glycosidases are significantly affected by nitrogen (N) fertilization but fertilization effects on spatial distributions of soil glycosidases have not been well addressed. Whether the effects of N fertilization vary with bioenergy crop species also remains unclear. Based on a 3-year fertilization experiment in Middle Tennessee, USA, a total of 288 soil samples in topsoil (0–15 cm) were collected from two 15 m 2  plots under three fertilization treatments in switchgrass (SG:  Panicum virgatum  L.) and gamagrass (GG:  Tripsacum dactyloides  L.) using a spatially explicit design. Four glycosidases, α-glucosidase ( AG ), β-glucosidase ( BG ), β-xylosidase ( BX ), cellobiohydrolase ( CBH ), and their sum associated with C acquisition ( C   acq  ) were quantified. The three fertilization treatments were no N input (NN), low N input (LN: 84 kg N ha −1  year −1  in urea) and high N input (HN: 168 kg N ha −1  year −1  in urea). The descriptive and geostatistical approaches were used to evaluate their central tendency and spatial heterogeneity. Results showed significant interactive effects of N fertilization and crop type on  BX  such that LN and HN significantly enhanced  BX  by 14% and 44% in SG, respectively. The significant effect of crop type was identified and glycosidase activities were 15–39% higher in GG than those in SG except  AG . Within-plot variances of glycosidases appeared higher in SG than GG but little differed with N fertilization due to large plot-plot variation. Spatial patterns were generally more evident in LN or HN plots than NN plots for  BG  in SG and  CBH  in GG. This study suggested that N fertilization elevated central tendency and spatial heterogeneity of glycosidase activities in surficial soil horizons and these effects however varied with crop and enzyme types. Future studies need to focus on specific enzyme in certain bioenergy cropland soil when N fertilization effect is evaluated.

Effects of nitrogen fertilization and bioenergy crop species on central tendency and spatial heterogeneity of soil glycosidase activities