Tea pruning for the umbrella-shaped canopy can alleviate rhizosphere soil degradation and improve the ecosystem functioning of tea orchards

Jiang, Yuhang; Lin, Xiangui; Khan, Muhammad Umar; Jiang, Wenjia; Xu, Yina; Li, Zhong; Lin, Wei

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2022.106885

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“…For the sampling of tea buds, nine sampling points were randomly established for each treatment, and the area of each sampling point was 33.3 cm × 33.3 cm. All fresh tea buds (one bud and one or two leaves) within the sampling point area were collected, and the sum of fresh tea buds collected in each of the three plots was recorded as the density of tea buds per square meter 36 . The density of tea buds per square meter was calculated by counting one bud with one or two leaves of the tea tree in each sampling plot from these samples.…”

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Tea and Pleurotus ostreatus intercropping modulates structure of soil and root microbial communities

Yang,

Qu,

Qiao

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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Intercropping with Pleurotus ostreatus has been demonstrated to increase the tea yield and alleviate soil acidification in tea gardens. However, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Here, high-throughput sequencing and Biolog Eco analysis were performed to identify changes in the community structure and abundance of soil microorganisms in the P. ostreatus intercropped tea garden at different seasons (April and September). The results showed that the soil microbial diversity of rhizosphere decreased in April, while rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soil microbial diversity increased in September in the P. ostreatus intercropped tea garden. The diversity of tea tree root microorganisms increased in both periods. In addition, the number of fungi associated with organic matter decomposition and nutrient cycling, such as Penicillium, Trichoderma, and Trechispora, was significantly higher in the intercropped group than in the control group. Intercropping with P. ostreatus increased the levels of total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), and available phosphorus (AP) in the soil. It also improved the content of secondary metabolites, such as tea catechins, and polysaccharides in tea buds. Microbial network analysis showed that Unclassified_o__Helotiales, and Devosia were positively correlated with soil TN and pH, while Lactobacillus, Acidothermus, and Monascus were positively correlated with flavone, AE, and catechins in tea trees. In conclusion, intercropping with P. ostreatus can improve the physical and chemical properties of soil and the composition and structure of microbial communities in tea gardens, which has significant potential for application in monoculture tea gardens with acidic soils.

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“…The flow rate was 1 mL/min, and a 10 μL sample was injected into the column using gradient elution. The elution programme was as follows: 0-10 min, 0% of phase B; 10-25 min, 0-32% of phase B; 25-30 min, 32% of phase B; 30-35 min, 32-0% of phase B 36,40 .…”

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Tea and Pleurotus ostreatus intercropping modulates structure of soil and root microbial communities

Yang,

Qu,

Qiao

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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“…Sarmah et al [10] found that pruning was beneficial in promoting tea plants to absorb more trace elements from the soil. Jiang et al [11] analyzed the rhizosphere soil of the tea plant and found that pruning could alleviate the degradation of the rhizosphere soil of the tea plant, improve the ecosystem function of the tea plantation, and thus stabilize tea yield, but it would reduce the content of polyphenols and amino acids in the tea leaves. Borgohain et al [12] analyzed soil litter accumulation and found that tea plant litter after pruning could promote tea plant growth and improve tea plant biomass.…”

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Transcriptomic Analysis of the Effect of Pruning on Growth, Quality, and Yield of Wuyi Rock Tea

Zhang,

Wang

et al. 2023

Plants

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Pruning is an important agronomic measure in tea plantation management. In this study, we analyzed the effect of pruning on gene expression in tea leaves from a transcriptomics perspective and verified the results of a transcriptomic analysis in terms of changes in physiological indicators of tea leaves. The results showed that pruning enhanced the gene expression of nine metabolic pathways in tea leaves, including fatty acid synthesis and carbohydrate metabolism, nitrogen metabolism, protein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum, and plant hormone signal transduction, thereby promoting the growth of tea plants and increasing tea yield. However, pruning reduced the gene expression of nine metabolic pathways, including secondary metabolites biosynthesis, flavonoid biosynthesis, phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, and sesquiterpenoid and triterpenoid biosynthesis, and lowered the content of caffeine, flavonoids, and free amino acids in tea plant leaves. In conclusion, pruning could promote the growth of tea plants and increase the yield of tea, but it was not conducive to the accumulation of some quality indicators in tea leaves, especially caffeine, flavonoids, and free amino acids, which, in turn, reduced the quality of tea. This study provides an important theoretical reference for the management of agronomic measures in tea plantations.

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“…Current research on tea tree pruning focused on the effect of pruning degree on tea yield and quality [11,12]. It has been reported that pruning not only improves tea yield, but also slows down tea tree senescence and mitigates rhizosphere soil degradation [13]. Secondly, after pruning, the tea tree litter remains in the tea plantation, which favors the increase in soil nutrient content, promoting uptake by the tea tree [14].…”

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Effects of Pruning on Growth, Rhizosphere Soil Physicochemical Indexes and Bacterial Community Structure of Tea Tree and Their Interaction

Zhang,

Wang,

Chen

et al. 2023

Agriculture

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Pruning is an agronomic practice that contributes to tea tree yield during cultivation, but little is known about how pruning improves yield through shifting bacterial communities in rhizosphere soil. Therefore, Meizhan tea (Camellia sinensis) was used as the research object to analyze the effect of unpruning and pruning on the growth and rhizosphere soil physicochemical indexes of the tea tree, and sequencing technology was used to obtain the diversity of soil bacterial communities. The results showed that leaf area, hundred bud weight and yield of pruned tea trees increased by 1.32, 1.40, and 1.84 times, respectively, and pH and available N, available P, and available K contents increased by 1.10, 1.07, 1.30, and 1.07 times, respectively, compared with unpruned treatment, while total N, total P, and total K contents decreased by 1.20, 1.37, and 1.13 times, respectively. Analysis of the bacterial community structure showed that the key differential bacteria between pruned and unpruned tea trees were Candidatus Solibacter, Acidibacter, Rhizomicrobium, Bryobacter, Solanum torvum, Mizugakiibacter, Nitrospira, Sphingomonas, and Granulicella. Among them, the bacterial abundance of Candidatus Solibacter, Bryobacter, and Nitrospira showed an upward trend and the rest showed a downward trend after pruned treatment. Interaction network analysis showed that the correlation between the total key genera of microorganisms and organic matter, total N, total K, and total P content in rhizosphere soil did not reach a significant level, whereas the correlation with soil available N, available K, available P, pH, and tea tree growth indexes were all positively and significantly correlated. It can be seen that pruning changed the structure of the rhizosphere soil microbial community of tea trees, promoted soil nutrient transformation, increased the content of soil available nutrients, and promoted the growth of tea tree.

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Tea pruning for the umbrella-shaped canopy can alleviate rhizosphere soil degradation and improve the ecosystem functioning of tea orchards

Cited by 7 publications

References 45 publications

Tea and Pleurotus ostreatus intercropping modulates structure of soil and root microbial communities

Tea and Pleurotus ostreatus intercropping modulates structure of soil and root microbial communities

Transcriptomic Analysis of the Effect of Pruning on Growth, Quality, and Yield of Wuyi Rock Tea

Effects of Pruning on Growth, Rhizosphere Soil Physicochemical Indexes and Bacterial Community Structure of Tea Tree and Their Interaction

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