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Phyllostachys edulis (moso bamboo) rhizosphere increasing soil microbial activity rather than biomass

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Abstract

Purpose

Rhizosphere and fertilization might affect soil microbial activities, biomass, and community. This study aimed to evaluate the impacts of Phyllostachys edulis (moso bamboo) rhizospheres on soil nutrient contents and microbial properties in a moso bamboo forest with different fertilizer applications and to link soil microbial activities with abiotic and biotic factors.

Materials and methods

The experiment included three treatments: (1) application of 45% slag fertilizer (45%-SF); (2) application of special compound fertilizer for bamboos (SCF); and (3) the control without any fertilizer application (CK). Simultaneously, bulk soils and 0.5, 2.5, 4.5, and 6.5-year-old (y) bamboo rhizosphere soils were selected. Soil nutrient contents were analyzed. Microbial activities were evaluated based on the activities of soil enzymes including β-glucosidase, urease, protease, phosphatase, and catalase. The total microbial biomass and community were assessed with the phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) method.

Results and discussion

In the CK and SCF treatments, organic matter contents of rhizosphere soils were significantly higher than those of bulk soils. Soil β-glucosidase, urease, protease, phosphatase, and catalase activities in rhizosphere soils were higher than those of bulk soils, with the sole exception of β-glucosidase of 0.5 y rhizosphere soil in the 45%-SF treatment. Compared with the CK treatment, fertilizer applications tended to increase soil total PLFAs contents and changed soil microbial community. Moso bamboo rhizospheres did not significantly increase the total microbial biomass. In the SCF treatment, the Shannon index of bulk soil was significantly lower than those of rhizosphere soils.

Conclusions

Our results suggested that both rhizospheres and fertilizer applications could change the soil microbial community structures and that moso bamboo rhizosphere could increase microbial activity rather than biomass in the forest soils with different fertilizer applications.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31560204) and by Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Forest Ecosystem Protection and Restoration of Poyang Lake Watershed. Manyun Zhang sincerely thanks the support of the Youth Talent Program of Anhui University (S01002142).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Co-Innovation Center of Jiangxi Typical Trees Cultivation and Utilization, College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China

    Wenyuan Zhang, Shun Liu & Keyin Sheng

  2. Environmental Futures Research Institute, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, 4111, Australia

    Manyun Zhang, Yinan Li & Zhihong Xu

  3. School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China

    Manyun Zhang

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Zhang, W., Liu, S., Zhang, M. et al. Phyllostachys edulis (moso bamboo) rhizosphere increasing soil microbial activity rather than biomass. J Soils Sediments 19, 2913–2926 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-019-02334-2

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