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Identifying microbial drivers promoting plant growth on soil amended with composted aquatic plant: insight into nutrient transfer from aquatic to terrestrial systems

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Effects of applying composted aquatic plants on soil chemistry, soil microbes (fungi and bacteria), and the growth of cultivated plant were demonstrated. To identify drivers promoting cultivated plant growth on soil amended with composted aquatic plant, empirical data of pot experiments were incorporated into structural equation models by hypothesizing causal relationships between the application of composted aquatic plants, soil chemistry, soil microbes, and cultivated plant growth. Cultivated plant growth, total carbon content, and bacterial and fungal richness in soil increased on soil applied with composted aquatic plants, and the composition of bacterial and fungal assemblages in soil were significantly different among the application treatments. Structural equation models explicitly demonstrated the relative importance of bacterial assemblages compared to soil chemistry as a promoter of cultivated plant growth in response to the application of composted aquatic plants. The present study is the first to demonstrate that the positive effects of composted aquatic plants on terrestrial plant growth are mediated by soil microbial processes. Our results could provide basic insights into the transfer and cycling of nutrients from aquatic to terrestrial systems through human activities.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. N. Okuda, Dr. Y. Sakai, Dr. S. Asano, Dr. I. Tayasu, Dr. S. Yachi, Dr. K. Wakita, Dr. T. Iwata, and Dr. S. Ban for useful comments and suggestions on experimental design, data analyses, and interpretations; Dr. S. Fujinaga and members of Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University for assistance in laboratory works and pot experiments; staffs of Lake Biwa Policy Division of Shiga Prefecture and Ohmi Environment Conservation Foundation for providing composted aquatic plants and soil used in the pot experiments; Dr. H. Doi for critical comments on the manuscript; and Dr. E. Nakajima for critical reading of the manuscript. This study received partial financial support from Research Project (D06-14200119) of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Ohmi Environment Conservation Foundation, and from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (MEXT) (No. 17K15199 and 18K05731).

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  1. Graduate School of Simulation Studies, University of Hyogo, 7-1-28 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan

    Shunsuke Matsuoka

  2. Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755-8505, Japan

    Yuki Kobayashi

  3. Department of Environmental Sciences, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8501, Japan

    Satoru Hobara

  4. Department of Environmental Systems Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyoto, 610-0394, Japan

    Takashi Osono

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Matsuoka, S., Kobayashi, Y., Hobara, S. et al. Identifying microbial drivers promoting plant growth on soil amended with composted aquatic plant: insight into nutrient transfer from aquatic to terrestrial systems. Limnology 21, 443–452 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10201-020-00613-3

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