Abstract:To improve nitrogen utilization efficiency in brown soil, in this paper, based on a soil cultivation experiment, the effects of two nitrification inhibitors and two organic materials on the inorganic nitrogen contents, N2O and NH3 emissions, and nitrogen conversion related enzyme activities and their mechanisms in brown soil were studied. Humic acid and biochar were used as exogenous organic materials, hydroxyphenylpropanoic acid (MHPP) and 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) as biological sources and chemically synthesized nitrification inhibitors, respectively, and n-butylthiophosphate triamine (NBPT) as the urease inhibitor. Seven treatments were set up, including urea (U); Urea+DMPP+NBPT (UDN); Urea+MHPP+NBPT (UMN); Urea+DMPP+NBPT+humic acid (UDNH); Urea+MHPP+NBPT+humic acid (UMNH); Urea+DMPP+NBPT+Biochar (UDNB); Urea+MHPP+NBPT+Biochar (UMNB). The results showed that inhibitors and organic materials improved soil physicochemical properties, affected soil nitrogen conversion related enzyme activities and nitrification and denitrification processes, further regulated soil NH3 volatilization and N2O emissions. Compared to U, the peak net nitrification inhibition rate of the DMPP group reached 72.40% to 89.04%, which was higher than that of the MHPP group (9.63% to 33.00%). There were significant differences in the total amounts of NH3 volatilization among different fertilization treatments, with the order of UDNB>UMNB>UDN>UDNH>UMN> UMNH>U. Compared with U, the addition of biochar significantly increased soil NH3 volatilization by 496.9% to 579.7%. On the contrary, humic acid had a tendency reducing soil NH3 volatilization loss. Soil N2O emission was mainly affected by the NO- 3-N content. The DMPP group, which has a stronger nitrification inhibition effect, significantly reduced soil N2O emissions due to lower soil NO- 3-N content, with a decrease of 44.83% to 70.87%, while the MHPP group had a decrease of 1.82% to 45.86%. In summary, the application of DMPP in brown soil in Northeast China can reduce the gaseous loss of nitrogen fertilizer in the form of N2O, while the combined application of humic acid can reduce the total volatilization of soil NH3, and their combination is more conducive to nitrogen sequestration in brown soil in Northeast China.