Effects of a decade of organic fertilizer substitution on vegetable yield and soil phosphorus pools, phosphatase activities, and the microbial community in a greenhouse vegetable production system

Partial substitution of chemical fertilizers by organic amendments is adopted widely for promoting the availability of soil phosphorus(P)in agricultural production.However,few studies have comprehensively evaluated the effects of longterm organic substitution on soil P availability and microbial activity in greenhouse vegetable fields.A 10-year(2009–2019)field experiment was carried out to investigate the impacts of organic fertilizer substitution on soil P pools,phosphatase activities and the microbial community,and identify factors that regulate these soil P transformation characteristics.Four treatments included 100%chemical N fertilizer(4 CN),50%substitution of chemical N by manure(2 CN+2 MN),straw(2 CN+2 SN),and combined manure with straw(2 CN+1 MN+1 SN).Compared with the 4 CN treatment,organic substitution treatments increased celery and tomato yields by 6.9-13.8%and 8.6-18.1%,respectively,with the highest yields being in the 2 CN+1 MN+1 SN treatment.After 10 years of fertilization,organic substitution treatments reduced total P and inorganic P accumulation,increased the concentrations of available P,organic P,and microbial biomass P,and promoted phosphatase activities(alkaline and acid phosphomonoesterase,phosphodiesterase,and phytase)and microbial growth in comparison with the 4 CN treatment.Further,organic substitution treatments significantly increased soil C/P,and the partial least squares path model(PLS-PM)revealed that the soil C/P ratio directly and significantly affected phosphatase activities and the microbial biomass and positively influenced soil P pools and vegetable yield.Partial least squares(PLS)regression demonstrated that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi positively affected phosphatase activities.Our results suggest that organic fertilizer substitution can promote soil P transformation and availability.Combining manure with straw was more effective than applying these materials separately for developing sustainable P management practices.

Functional diversity of soil microbial communities in response to supplementing 50% of the mineral N fertilizer with organic fertilizer in an oat field

The effects of supplementing 50%of the mineral N fertilizer with organic fertilizer on the metabolism and diversity of soil microbial communities in an oat field were investigated using Biolog-Eco plates.The experiment consisted of five treatments:no fertilizer(CK),mineral N fertilizer applied at 90 and 45 kg ha^(-1) N in the form of urea(U1 and U2,respectively),and U2 supplemented with organic fertilizer in the form of sheep manure at 90 and 45 kg ha^(-1) N(U2OM1 and U2OM2,respectively).Each treatment had three replications.The experiment was conducted in 2018 and 2019 in Pinglu District,Shanxi Province,China.The carbon source utilization by soil microbial communities,such as amino acids,amines,carbohydrates,carboxylic acids,and polymers,increased when 50%of the mineral N fertilizer was replaced with organic fertilizer in both years.This result was accompanied by increased richness,dominance,and evenness of the microbial communities.The utilization of amino acid,amine,and carboxylic acid carbon sources and community evenness were further improved when the organic fertilizer amount was doubled in both years.Biplot analysis indicated that amines and amino acids were the most representative of the total carbon source utilization by the soil microbial communities in both years.The highest oat yield was achieved at a total N application rate of 135 kg ha^(-1) in the treatment involving 45 kg ha^(-1) N in the form of urea and 90 kg ha^(-1) N in the form of sheep manure in both years.It was concluded that the application of 50%of the conventional rate of mineral N fertilizer supplemented with an appropriate rate of organic fertilizer enhanced both the functional diversity of soil microbial communities and oat yield.Amine and amino acid carbon sources may be used as a substitute for total carbon sources for assessing total carbon source utilization by soil microbial communities in oat fields in future studies.

Microbial community structure and functional metabolic diversity are associated with organic carbon availability in an agricultural soil

Exploration of soil environmental characteristics governing soil microbial community structure and activity may improve our understanding of biogeochemical processes and soil quality. The impact of soil environmental characteristics especially organic carbon availability after 15-yr different organic and inorganic fertilizer inputs on soil bacterial community structure and functional metabolic diversity of soil microbial communities were evaluated in a 15-yr fertilizer experiment in Changping County, Beijing, China. The experiment was a wheat-maize rotation system which was established in 1991 including four different fertilizer treatments. These treatments included： a non-amended control（CK）, a commonly used application rate of inorganic fertilizer treatment（NPK）; a commonly used application rate of inorganic fertilizer with swine manure incorporated treatment（NPKM）, and a commonly used application rate of inorganic fertilizer with maize straw incorporated treatment（NPKS）. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis（DGGE） of the 16 S r RNA gene was used to determine the bacterial community structure and single carbon source utilization profiles were determined to characterize the microbial community functional metabolic diversity of different fertilizer treatments using Biolog Eco plates. The results indicated that long-term fertilized treatments significantly increased soil bacterial community structure compared to CK. The use of inorganic fertilizer with organic amendments incorporated for long term（NPKM, NPKS） significantly promoted soil bacterial structure than the application of inorganic fertilizer only（NPK）, and NPKM treatment was the most important driver for increases in the soil microbial community richness（S） and structural diversity（H）. Overall utilization of carbon sources by soil microbial communities（average well color development, AWCD） and microbial substrate utilization diversity and evenness indices（H＇ and E） indicated that long-term inorganic fertilizer with organic amendments incorporated（NPKM, NPKS） could significantly stimulate soil microbial metabolic activity and functional diversity relative to CK, while no differences of them were found between NPKS and NPK treatments. Principal component analysis（PCA） based on carbon source utilization profiles also showed significant separation of soil microbial community under long-term fertilization regimes and NPKM treatment was significantly separated from the other three treatments primarily according to the higher microbial utilization of carbohydrates, carboxylic acids, polymers, phenolic compounds, and amino acid, while higher utilization of amines/amides differed soil microbial community in NPKS treatment from those in the other three treatments. Redundancy analysis（RDA） indicated that soil organic carbon（SOC） availability, especially soil microbial biomass carbon（Cmic） and Cmic/SOC ratio are the key factors of soil environmental characteristics contributing to the increase of both soil microbial community structure and functional metabolic diversity in the long-term fertilization trial. Our results showed that long-term inorganic fertilizer and swine manure application could significantly improve soil bacterial community structure and soil microbial metabolic activity through the increases in SOC availability, which could provide insights into the sustainable management of China＇s soil resource.

Characterizing Rhizodegradation of the Insecticide Bifenthrin in Two Soil Types

Rhizodegradation is a process by which plant-supplied substrates stimulate microbial populations in plant root zones (rhizospheres) to cause removal of undesirable levels of contaminants in soil. This study characterized rhizodegradation of the insecticide bifenthrin in Armour silt loam and Sullivan fine sandy loam soils that were planted with switchgrass, big bluestem, and alfalfa. After six weeks in soils, plate dilution frequency assays (PDFA) of bacterial populations were higher in all planted soils than in unplanted ones. Planted Sullivan soils contained higher bacteria than corresponding Armour soils and alfalfa rhizospheres of both soil types contained highest bacteria. Bacterial populations generally increased between week 6 and week 10, before declining in each treatment at week 12. Carbon utilization patterns (CUP) of bacterial communities, measured as color development on BIOLOG plates, were higher in planted soils than in unplanted ones. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) constructed patterns based on different extents of color development;these patterns were used to relate microbial communities in the different treatments. Gas chromatography (GC-ECD) showed that significantly more bifenthrin dissipated in planted soils than unplanted ones. Different levels of bifenthrin were recovered in planted soils but the differences were generally not significant. Data are being evaluated further to provide a basis for the development of strategies for enhancing rhizodegradation of soils contaminated with bifenthrin.

Deep soil microbial carbon metabolic function is important but often neglected:a study on the Songnen Plain reed wetland,Northeast China

Soil microbial carbon metabolism is critical in wetland soil carbon cycling,and is also a research hotspot at present.However,most studies focus on the surface soil layer in the wetlands and the microorganisms associated with this layer.In this study,0-75 cm soil profiles were collected from five widely separated reed wetlands in the Songnen Plain,which has a large number of middle-high latitude inland saline-sodic wetlands.The Biolog-ECO method was used to determine the carbon metabolic activity and functional diversity of soil microorganisms.The results showed that soil carbon metabolic activity decreased with increasing soil depth.The carbon metabolic activity of soil microorganisms in the 60-75 cm layer was approximately 57.41%-74.60%of that in the 0-15 cm layer.The soil microbial Shannon index and utilization rate of amines decreased with an increase in soil depth,while the Evenness index and utilization rate of polymers tended to increase with soil depth.Dissolved organic carbon(DOC)is the most important factor affecting microbial carbon source utilization preference,because microorganisms mainly obtain the carbon source from DOC.The result of the correlation analysis showed that the soil microbial carbon metabolic activity,Shannon index,and Evenness index significantly correlated with soil total carbon(TC),microbial biomass carbon(MBC),DOC,total nitrogen(TN),ammonium nitrogen(NH_(4)^(+)-N),nitrate nitrogen(NO_(3)_(−)-N)contents,and electrical conductivity(EC).This study emphasized the important role of microbial carbon metabolic function in deep soil.

Responses of Soil Microbial Activity and Biomass to Salinity After Repeated Additions of Plant Residues

Microbial adaptation to salinity can be achieved through synthesis of organic osmolytes,which requires high amounts of energy;however,a single addition of plant residues can only temporarily improve energy supply to soil microbes.Therefore,a laboratory incubation experiment was conducted to evaluate the responses of soil microbes to increasing salinity with repeated additions of plant residues using a loamy sand soil with an electrical conductivity in saturated paste extract(EC_e) of 0.6 dS m^(-1).The soil was kept non-saline or salinized by adding different amounts of NaCl to achieve EC_e of 12.5,25.0 and 50.0 dS m^(-1).The non-saline soil and the saline soils were amended with finely ground pea residues at two rates equivalent to 3.9 and 7.8 g C kg^(-1) soil on days 0,15 and29.The soils receiving no residues were included as a control.Cumulative respiration per g C added over 2 weeks after each residue addition was always greater at 3.9 than 7.8 g C kg^(-1) soil and higher in the non-saline soil than in the saline soils.In the saline soils,the cumulative respiration per g C added was higher after the second and third additions than after the first addition except with3.9 g C kg^(-1) at EC_e of 50 dS m^(_1).Though with the same amount of C added(7.8 g C kg^(-1)),salinity reduced soil respiration to a lesser extent when 3.9 g C kg^(-1) was added twice compared to a single addition of 7.8 g C kg^(-1).After the third residue addition,the microbial biomass C concentration was significantly lower in the soils with EC_e of 25 and 50 dS m^(_1) than in the non-saline soil at3.9 g C kg^(-1),but only in the soil with EC_e of 50 dS m^(-1) at 7.8 g C kg^(-1).We concluded that repeated residue additions increased the adaptation of soil microbial community to salinity,which was likely due to high C availability providing microbes with the energy needed for synthesis of organic osmolytes.

不同森林土壤微生物群落对Biolog-GN板碳源的利用

应用Biolog方法研究了不同森林恢复类型(人工恢复的湿地松林、杉木林、油茶林和自然恢复的天然次生林)土壤微生物群落对Biolog-GN板不同类型碳源的利用情况,结果表明,自然恢复的天然次生林土壤微生物群落的碳源代谢能力比3种人工林强,其次是油茶林.4种森林类型土壤微生物群落比较偏好、利用率较高的3类碳源是糖类、羧酸类和氨基酸类.对4类森林恢复类型土壤微生物群落具有分异作用的主要碳源类型亦为糖类、羧酸类和氨基酸类,这3类碳源是研究森林恢复后导致土壤微生物群落变化的敏感碳源.

紫色土丘陵坡地土壤微生物群落的季节变化

采用稀释平板法和Biolog-ECO微平板技术,以剌槐(Robinia pseudoacacia)天然次生林为研究对象,研究湖南省衡阳市紫色土丘陵坡地表层(0~10 cm)土壤微生物群落的季节变化特征。结果表明:1)夏季,土壤微生物总数,细菌数量、真菌数量和放线菌数量最高,分别为16.34×106、16.09×106、10.43×104和14.64×104 cfu·g-1干土,春季次之:11.61×106、11.45×106、5.00×104和10.65×104 cfu·g-1干土,秋季最低:5.87×106、5.78×106、4.67×104和4.08×104 cfu·g-1干土,春、夏和秋3季的差异达显著水平(P<0.05);2)在培养168 h时,土壤微生物C源平均颜色变化率(Average well color development,AWCD)以夏季最高(1.20),春季次之(0.88),秋季最低(0.83);3)土壤微生物功能多样性表现为夏季明显高于春、秋2季(P<0.05),夏季的Patrick丰富度指数(R)(28)、Shannon-Wiener指数(H)(3.22)、Simpson指数(D)(0.96)和Mc Intosh指数(U)(8.20)显著高于春、秋2季(P<0.05),而春、秋2季的R(23,24)、H(3.06,3.08)、D(0.95,0.95)和U(5.90,5.91)无显著差异(P>0.05);4)氨基酸类、聚合物类和羧酸C源类是衡阳紫色土丘陵坡地土壤微生物偏好且利用率较高的C源类型;5)主成分分析表明,土壤微生物群落的C源利用可分为2类,一类在夏季,另一类在春、秋2季,其得分系数的分布范围分别为(2.59~6.00,2.43~5.09)和(-7.65^-1.90,-6.38^-3.43)。研究结果为科学评价湖南省衡阳市紫色土丘陵坡地土壤生境质量退化和恢复过程中微生物特征的变化提供了本底值参考。

南疆野生黑果枸杞果实抗氧化成分与土壤理化性质、微生物特征的相关性

【目的】黑果枸杞(Lycium ruthenicum Murr.)是一种耐盐小灌木,其果实富含花青素和多糖等抗氧化成分,经济价值高。影响黑果枸杞抗氧化成分含量的因素较多,测定南疆不同生态条件下野生黑果枸杞根际土壤理化性质、微生物特征和果实抗氧化成分的组成情况,分析三者之间的相关性,为黑果枸杞开发利用提供依据。【方法】采用常规测定方法、Biolog微平板和分光光度计法分别测定土壤理化性质、微生物特征和果实抗氧化成分,运用统计学方法对这三者之间的相关性进行分析。【结果】黑果枸杞根际土壤理化性质、微生物特征和果实抗氧化成分含量不同地区差异较大,但存在着一定的相关性。(1)根际土壤p H、电导率的变化幅度分别为8.86~8.04和16.43~0.06 ms/cm,二者与微生物活性(AWCD)、Shannon丰富度指数之间呈显著负相关;电导率与Simpson优势度指数、Mc Intosh均匀度呈显著正相关。(2)144 h Biolog碳源利用表明,黑果枸杞的根际土壤微生物的AWCD值阿克陶和野云沟分别为2.04和1.62,库尔楚园艺场为0.71,其余均较低。土壤养分含量与AWCD和Shannon指数呈负相关;与Simpson指数和Mc Intosh指数呈正相关。载荷因子分析表明,影响黑果枸杞根际土壤微生物的碳源类型为碳水化合物、羧酸类和多聚物类碳源。(3)果实中花青素、还原糖和多糖含量分别变化于46.88~11.75、351.16~229.19和176.34~169.52 mg/g。土壤p H、电导率、有机质、全氮与黑果枸杞果实花青素呈正相关。p H和多糖呈显著正相关;但电导率和养分与多糖呈负相关。Shannon指数与花青素和多糖含量呈显著正相关。【结论】提高p H、盐分含量和微生物丰富度能增加果实抗氧化成分的累积。

施氮和增雨对内蒙古半干旱地区草原土壤微生物群落碳源利用潜力的影响

已有许多研究证明,中国北方草地生态系统的植物群落结构和组成对气候变化和氮沉降较为敏感,但是关于草原土壤微生物群落响应多重环境因子变化方面的研究较薄弱。水和氮是陆地生态系统生产力的两大限制性因子。本研究在内蒙古多伦半干旱草原地区进行增雨和施氮的野外控制试验,以模拟未来该地区的降水变化和氮沉降,使用微生物群落水平生理图谱法,监测样地土壤理化指标和土壤微生物群落碳源利用潜力的变化。3年的跟踪监测结果显示:增雨显著提高了半干旱草原地区土壤含水量和有机质含量;施氮和增雨同时施氮则显著提高了土壤可溶性氮含量,降低了土壤pH;施氮和增雨都没有单独引起土壤微生物群落碳源利用潜力的显著变化,而在同时增雨和施氮试验处理下,微生物群落碳源利用潜力得到提高,说明在水和氮都充足的条件下,土壤微生物碳源利用潜力才会显著提高。以上研究结果预示着在未来降雨增加和氮沉降的全球变化背景下,中国北方半干旱草地生态系统的碳循环速率可能会加快。

贵阳市东郊不同植被类型下土壤特性对微生物功能的影响

选取贵阳市东郊7种植被下土壤,测定了微生物群落功能(Biolog法)和13种土壤特性,采用主成分分析和回归分析方法,研究了土壤特性对微生物群落功能的影响。结果表明,土壤特性解释了土壤微生物底物利用变异的77.9%和土壤微生物功能多样性的全部变异,其中,土壤pH、有效P、速效K、有机C、水解N和溶解性有机C分别解释了底物利用的48.4%、15.9%、5.9%、5.7%、1.6%和0.4%;有效P、速效K、有机C和全N分别解释了微生物功能多样性指标(H′)变异的67.4%、27.7%、4.7%和0.2%,表明土壤特性对微生物底物利用和功能多样性有决定性影响。

代谢指纹评估苯噻草胺对水稻土微生物群落的短期影响

本文探讨了酰胺类除草剂苯噻草胺对水稻土微生物群落功能多样性的短期影响。本研究采用微生物群落基质利用潜力测定(Biolog法)评估生物群落。结果表明,苯噻草胺污染引起了水稻田微生物群落功能多样性的下降,降低了微生物对单一碳源底物的利用能力,但这种影响是短暂的,在试验最终没有导致土壤微生物群落功能多样性下降。多食鞘氨醇杆菌Y1(Sphingobacterium multivorum)的添加有利于提高水稻土微生物群落的功能多样性。3个处理土壤的群落代谢剖面值与培养时间之间呈非线性关系,其变化过程符合微生物种群生长动态模型(S形)。模型模拟分析表明,动力学参数a和x0能更灵敏地表征苯噻草胺和Y1菌株处理对水稻土微生物群落功能多样性的影响。在本实验研究中,多样性指标指数Shannon(H)能灵敏而有效地指示污染环境的微生物学变化,但群落丰富度指标颜色变化孔数(S)提供的信息较片面。

Temperature and Straw Quality Regulate the Microbial Phospholipid Fatty Acid Composition Associated with Straw Decomposition

Variations in temperature and moisture play an important role in soil organic matter(SOM) decomposition. However, relationships between changes in microbial community composition induced by increasing temperature and SOM decomposition are still unclear.The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of temperature and moisture levels on soil respiration and microbial communities involved in straw decomposition and elucidate the impact of microbial communities on straw mass loss. A 120-d litterbag experiment was conducted using wheat and maize straw at three levels of soil moisture(40%, 70%, and 90% of water-holding capacity)and temperature(15, 25, and 35?C). The microbial communities were then assessed by phospholipid fatty acid(PLFA) analysis.With the exception of fungal PLFAs in maize straw at day 120, the PLFAs indicative of Gram-negative bacteria and fungi decreased with increasing temperatures. Temperature and straw C/N ratio significantly affected the microbial PLFA composition at the early stage, while soil microbial biomass carbon(C) had a stronger effect than straw C/N ratio at the later stage. Soil moisture levels exhibited no significant effect on microbial PLFA composition. Total PLFAs significantly influenced straw mass loss at the early stage of decomposition, but not at the later stage. In addition, the ratio of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial PLFAs was negatively correlated with the straw mass loss. These results indicated that shifts in microbial PLFA composition induced by temperature, straw quality, and microbial C sources could lead to changes in straw decomposition.

不同修复基质对外源四环素污染土壤酶活性及微生物量碳氮的影响

随着集约化畜禽养殖业的迅猛发展,抗生素大量使用并通过施肥不断进入土壤环境,给农田生态系统安全带来巨大的负面效应.因此,开展抗生素污染土壤的修复具有重要的理论和实践意义.选用四环素(TC)作为抗生素模型药物,采用土培试验对模拟污染土壤中TC进行修复研究,考察不同修复基质(蚯蚓粪、菌糠和生物炭)及其与菌剂配施对土壤理化性质及微生物活性的影响.结果显示,TC对土壤养分及其相关性状指标均有促进作用.菌糠添加显著促进了土壤速效磷、碱解氮和阳离子交换量,增幅分别为252.66%,41.65%和23.44%;生物炭配施菌剂则显著促进了土壤有机质和速效钾含量,增幅分别为148.95%和111.69%. TC对土壤过氧化氢酶、脲酶及蔗糖酶活性均有一定抑制作用,其中对脲酶的抑制作用最强,抑制率变化范围为40.25%(90 d)-61.60%(60 d);而菌糠配施菌剂对这3种酶的活性修复效果最明显. TC对土壤微生物量C和N分别表现为抑制和激活作用,菌糠配施菌剂对土壤微生物量C和N增幅作用最明显.相关性分析表明,土壤理化性质与微生物活性存在显著相关关系,特别是pH和土壤养分(速效钾和速效磷等)的影响极为显著.添加不同修复基质一定程度上能缓解TC对土壤的毒害作用,特别是菌糠配施菌剂对土壤酶活性及微生物量C和N的提高效果最佳.