Water-soluble mercury induced by organic amendments affected microbial community assemblage in mercury-polluted paddy soil

Chemosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 236 ◽  
pp. 124405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hualing Hu ◽  
Meng Li ◽  
Guoxi Wang ◽  
Marios Drosos ◽  
Zhen Li ◽  
...  
2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 826-832
Author(s):  
Chuan-Deng YI ◽  
Li-Hong WANG ◽  
Xiao-Ping XIAO ◽  
Guang-Li YANG ◽  
Yue-Gao HU ◽  
...  

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 561
Author(s):  
Enze Wang ◽  
Xiaolong Lin ◽  
Lei Tian ◽  
Xinguang Wang ◽  
Li Ji ◽  
...  

Rice straw is a byproduct of agricultural production and an important agricultural resource. However, rice straw has not yet been effectively used, and incorrect treatment methods (such as burning in the field) can cause serious damage to the environment. Studies have shown that straw returning is beneficial to soil, but there have been few studies focused on the effect of the amount of short-term straw returned on the soil microbial community. This study evaluates 0%, 50%, 75%, and 100% rice straw returned to the field on whether returning different amounts of straw in the short term would affect the diversity and composition of the soil microbial community and the correlation between bacteria and fungi. The results show that the amount of straw returned to the field is the main factor that triggers the changes in the abundance and composition of the microbial community in the paddy soil. A small amount of added straw (≤ 50% straw added) mainly affects the composition of the bacterial community, while a larger amount of added straw (> 50% straw added) mainly affects the composition of the fungal community. Returning a large amount of straw increases the microbial abundance related to carbon and iron cycles in the paddy soil, thus promoting the carbon and iron cycle processes to a certain extent. In addition, network analysis shows that returning a large amount of straw also increases the complexity of the microbial network, which may encourage more microbes to be niche-sharing and comprehensively improve the ecological environment of paddy soil. This study may provide some useful guidance for rice straw returning in northeast China.


Soil Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sepideh Bagheri Novair ◽  
Hossein Mirseyed Hosseini ◽  
Hassan Etesami ◽  
Teimour Razavipour

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1166
Author(s):  
María José Carpio ◽  
Carlos García-Delgado ◽  
Jesús María Marín-Benito ◽  
María Jesús Sánchez-Martín ◽  
María Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz

The soil microbial activity, biomass and structure were evaluated in an unamended (S) and organically amended soil treated with two commercial formulations of the herbicides chlorotoluron (Erturon®) and flufenacet plus diflufenican (Herold®) under field conditions. Soils were amended with spent mushroom substrate (SMS) or green compost (GC). Soil microbial dehydrogenase activity (DHA), biomass and structure determined by the phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) profiles were recorded at 0, 45, 145, 229 and 339 days after herbicide treatment. The soil DHA values steadily decreased over time in the unamended soil treated with the herbicides, while microbial activity was constant in the amended soils. The amended soils recorded higher values of concentrations of PLFAs. Total soil microbial biomass decreased over time regardless of the organic amendment or the herbicide. Herbicide application sharply decreased the microbial population, with a significant modification of the microbial structure in the unamended soil. In contrast, no significant differences in microbial biomass and structure were detected in S + SMS and S + GC, untreated or treated with herbicides. The application of SMS and GC led to a significant shift in the soil microbial community regardless of the herbicides. The use of SMS and GC as organic amendments had a certain buffer effect on soil DHA and microbial biomass and structure after herbicide application due to the higher adsorption capacity of herbicides by the amended soils.


Soil Research ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiasen Wu ◽  
Haiping Lin ◽  
Cifu Meng ◽  
Penkun Jiang ◽  
Weijun Fu

Chinese hickory (Carya cathayensis Sarg.) is a woody nut and oil tree from China. Intensive management including heavy application of chemical fertiliser and long-term application of herbicides has resulted in serious soil loss and degradation. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that intercropping in the soil under Chinese hickory stands may improve soil fertility and microbial community functional diversity. A field experiment consisting of four treatments (clean tillage; intercropping rape (Brassica rapa L.), ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) or Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) was conducted to study the effects of intercropping on soil organic carbon (SOC) structure and microbial community functional diversity under C. cathayensis stand, by means of 13C-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and EcoPlates incubated at 25°C. After 4 years of treatment, intercropping increased available nitrogen (N), phosphorus and potassium in the soil by 25.1–54.2, 4.2–6.0 and 0–22.5 mg kg–1, respectively, relative to the clean tillage treatment; intercropping rape, ryegrass and Chinese milk vetch increased SOC, microbial biomass C (MBC), and water-soluble organic C (WOC) by 23.1–24.7, 138.6–159.7 and 56.2–69.5% (P < 0.05), respectively. The structure of SOC was also greatly changed by intercropping treatments. Intercropping increased carbonyl C by 29.9–36.9% (P < 0.05) and decreased alkyl C, O-alkyl C and aromatic C by 10.0–16.4, 18.9–20.9 and 10.5–16.6% (P < 0.05), respectively. Intercropping markedly improved microbial community functional diversity, which is characterised by increases in average well-colour development (AWCD), Shannon index and evenness index. Correlation analysis showed significant positive correlations among microbial biomass N, water-soluble organic N, SOC, WOC, MBC and AWCD (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). The results demonstrate that sod cultivation is an effective soil management practice that improves soil quality and eliminates detrimental effects of clean tillage in Chinese hickory production.


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