Global meta-analysis shows progress towards recovery of soil microbiota following revegetation

Watson, Carl D.; Gardner, Michael G.; Hodgson, Riley J.; Liddicoat, Craig; Peddle, Shawn D.; Breed, Martin F.

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109592

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“…Conversely, restoration efforts might employ 'bottom-up' approaches that focus on the soil microbes which release and transport plant-available nutrients, secrete growth-promoting hormones, and mediate plant community succession through plant-soil feedbacks. Until recently, most restoration efforts failed to consider whether and how to re-introduce beneficial microbes to a site-and without intervention, recovery of the soil microbiome in revegetated sites is often incomplete (Watson et al, 2022). Although inoculation with specific, beneficial plant symbionts (i.e., mycorrhizal fungi) is a relatively well-established practice (Neuenkamp et al, 2019); more recent work explores the possibility of plant inoculation with whole-soil or phyllosphere microbiomes to accelerate ecosystem recovery (Wubs et al, 2016;Busby et al, 2022).…”

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Grand challenges in ecosystem restoration

Waring

2024

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Grand challenges in ecosystem restoration

Waring

2024

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…Production and use of native vascular plant materials are major components of most ecological restoration practices (Espeland et al, 2016; Hulvey et al, 2017; Watson et al, 2022). Seeds and stock are produced in farms and nurseries and then planted or transplanted at restoration sites.…”

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Moss establishment in restoration: The role of moss production method and short‐term benefits of abscisic acid

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Mosses may be useful in ecological restoration activities but are excluded from most native plant materials programs. Recent efforts have attempted to propagate mosses in controlled environments for deployment to boost the recovery of degraded field sites. Field re‐entry and establishment have proven challenging, possibly because the moss materials are not field‐ready. We compared the field establishment rates of mosses of the same species propagated using three methodologies carried out either in greenhouses or outdoors. In an attempt to chemically boost field‐readiness, we amended each with either sucrose, an osmoprotectant, or abscisic acid, a stress response phytohormone, or neither. Mosses grown outdoors with only one initial fall irrigation event lost at least 30% less cover than outdoor‐grown moss that was irrigated in spring and moss tissue grown in a fog chamber inside of a greenhouse. The addition of abscisic acid also induced a subtle difference, leading to about 10% less cover loss compared to controls. Ultimately, all treatments declined to only trace level moss cover at most after 3 years. From these results, we put forward the working hypothesis that growing methodologies more similar to field conditions and exposing mosses to environmental fluctuations are more likely to produce field‐ready moss materials. Abscisic acid addition is promising as a way to delay the mortality of mosses introduced into a desiccating environment. To translate short‐term relative differences to long‐term success, these practices may need to be combined with techniques that reduce the stress experienced in the field.

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“…Esse cenário gera consequências negativas, tanto para a produção de alimentos quanto para as mudanças climáticas. Dessa forma, é essencial adotar medidas urgentes para conservar e manejar os solos de forma sustentável, assegurando sua vitalidade e a viabilidade de longo prazo dos sistemas agrícolas e dos ecossistemas (WATSON et al, 2022;CUSTÓDIO et al, 2022).…”

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