Long-term effects of vegetation and soil on the microbial communities following afforestation of farmland with Robinia pseudoacacia plantations

Xu, Miaoping; Gao, Dexin; Fu, Shuyue; Lu, Xuqiao; Wu, Shaojun; Han, Xinhui; Yang, Gaihe; Feng, Yongzhong

doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114263

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“…Such trends were largely attributed to the effects of the soil environment (e.g., soil temperature and soil moisture) (Žifčáková et al, 2017), plant community, and soil substrates (Žifčáková et al, 2017;Lopez-Mondejar et al, 2018). In this regard, previous studies have showed that higher plant input (litter and root) can result in higher soil substrates and improve the demands of microorganisms for C sources (Ren et al, 2017;Xu et al, 2020), subsequently leading to the synthesis of soil enzymes. This corresponds with previous observations showing that high-quality litter was enriched in transcripts associated with cellulases and lignin-targeting enzymes (Lopez-Mondejar et al, 2016;Margida et al, 2020).…”

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Altered microbial CAZyme families indicated dead biomass decomposition following afforestation

Ren

Zhang

et al. 2021

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

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Section: Occurrence Of Microbial Cazyme Genes After Afforestationmentioning

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Altered microbial CAZyme families indicated dead biomass decomposition following afforestation

Ren

Zhang

et al. 2021

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

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“…Zhang et al (2020) also reported that the nitrogen availability, in the case of N 2 -fixing forests, could lead to an increased content of organic carbon in the studied mineral soil. Ground vegetation litter inputs may directly influence (increase) the labile soil organic carbon fraction (Xu et al 2020;Zhang et al 2020), which is a sensitive indicator of the quality of soil organic matter (Hamkalo & Bedernichek 2014). Xu et al (2020) reported that the characteristics of the ground vegetation (e.g., biomass) after the afforestation of agricultural land varied with the stand age.…”

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“…Ground vegetation litter inputs may directly influence (increase) the labile soil organic carbon fraction (Xu et al 2020;Zhang et al 2020), which is a sensitive indicator of the quality of soil organic matter (Hamkalo & Bedernichek 2014). Xu et al (2020) reported that the characteristics of the ground vegetation (e.g., biomass) after the afforestation of agricultural land varied with the stand age. Furthermore, the amount of litter tended to increase with the stand age (e.g., Vesterdal et al 2002;Cukor et al 2017a).…”

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“…Post-afforestation changes include the formation of a forest floor layer which may be influenced, for example, by the altitude (Vesterdal et al 2002;Cukor et al 2017a). Afforestation may be accompanied by acidification which may be influenced by the forest tree species, redistribution of the soil organic carbon, labile organic carbon fraction, changes in the soil properties (physical, chemical and biological) depending on the soil type (e.g., Ens et al 2013;Holubík et al 2014;Lara-Gómez et al 2020;Nikodemus et al 2020;Xu et al 2020;Zhang et al 2020). The effect of afforestation of agricultural land on the organic carbon in mineral soil may also be altered by the slope gradient (Hou et al 2020).…”

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Early changes in soil organic carbon following afforestation of former agricultural land

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Formánek²,

Janků³

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Soil Water Res.

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Afforestation of less productive, risky and degraded agricultural land is one of the methods which is recommended for practical agriculture to increase the carbon sequestration. In this study, we have attempted to determine the effect of afforestation of agricultural land (warm, mildly dry climatic region of the Czech Republic) on the soil organic carbon (Cox) concentrations in the mineral soil. Two soil types (Haplic Chernozem and Haplic Cambisol) were afforested. Both an indirect estimation (loss-on-ignition method) as well as chromsulfuric acid mixture oxidation were used to determine the organic carbon content in the soil samples and the methods were compared. In the case of the Haplic Chernozem, the Cox concentration at a depth of 0–10 cm after 1–3 years of afforestation with pedunculate oak or Scots pine significantly decreased (P < 0.01 and P < 0.004, respectively) with the stand age. Similar to the case of the Haplic Chernozem, the Cox concentration in the Haplic Cambisol also significantly decreased in the variants with Scots pine (P < 0.003) or a mixture of forest tree species (P < 0.006); no significant (P > 0.05) decrease was found in the case of a mixture of forest tree species on the Haplic Chernozem or with Douglas fir on the Haplic Cambisol. Significantly higher (P < 0.05) Cox concentrations were typically found in the case of 1-year-old stands compared to 2-year-old or 3-year-old stands. A higher Cox loss than the quantity of residues returned to the soils may be the reason the soil Cox concentration significantly (P < 0.00001 and P < 0.000001) decreased for the control agricultural plots (Haplic Chernozem and Haplic Cambisol). The carbon stock in the upper 10 cm of the 5-year-old stands was higher on the Haplic Chernozem and lower on the Haplic Cambisol compared to the control agricultural plots.

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“…Our data showed that there was no signi cant difference in the alpha diversity of the soil microbial community during the development of the Pinus tabulaeformis plantations. Generally, soil microbial diversity and richness increase with vegetation succession due to the increase in understory vegetation composition and diversity (Xu et al 2020;Zhong et al 2020). However, in the vegetation succession process, the changes in the microbial community lag behind those in the vegetation and soil (Niu et al 2007).…”

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Dynamic Microbial Network Structure and Assembly Process in Rhizosphere and Bulk Soils Along a Coniferous Plantation Chronosequence

Wang

Dong

Zhang

et al. 2021

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Aims: During plantation development, microbial composition and diversity are critical for the establishment of plant diversity and multiple ecosystem functions. Here we aimed to evaluate the impacts of chronosequence and soil compartment on the bacterial and fungal community compositions, species co-occurrence, and assembly processes in forest ecosystem.Methods: Soils were collected in rhizosphere and bulk soils along a Pinus tabulaeformis plantation chronosequence (15, 30 and 60 years old). The bacterial and fungal communities were determined using amplicon sequencing.Results: The effect of stand age on the soil properties and microbial community structures was stronger than the effect of the soil compartment. In all soil samples, the dominant bacterial phyla were Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Chloroflexi. Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, and Mortierellomycota were the dominant fungal phyla. Higher turnover rates of soil microbial communities were observed in rhizosphere soil than in bulk soil. Dispersal limitation governed the bacterial and fungal community assembly in all soil samples, and the fungal community was more susceptible to dispersal limitation. The bacterial and fungal keystone species compositions in the rhizosphere had significant positive correlations with the soil total phosphorus and nitrite nitrogen and total nitrogen and total phosphorus, respectively, indicating their importance in soil nitrogen and phosphorus cycling. The complexity of bacterial networks increased along the chronosequence. Fungal network complexity did not show a clear age-related trend but increased from bulk soil to the rhizosphere.Conclusions: During Pinus tabulaeformis plantation development, soil microbial assembly was less environmentally constrained due to an increase in resource availability.

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Long-term effects of vegetation and soil on the microbial communities following afforestation of farmland with Robinia pseudoacacia plantations

Cited by 58 publications

References 77 publications

Altered microbial CAZyme families indicated dead biomass decomposition following afforestation

Altered microbial CAZyme families indicated dead biomass decomposition following afforestation

Early changes in soil organic carbon following afforestation of former agricultural land

Dynamic Microbial Network Structure and Assembly Process in Rhizosphere and Bulk Soils Along a Coniferous Plantation Chronosequence

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