Effects of the consecutive cultivation and periodic residue incorporation of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton on soil microbe-mediated enzymatic properties
Effects of the consecutive cultivation and periodic residue incorporation of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton on soil microbe-mediated enzymatic properties
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DOI:
10.1016/j.agee.2017.01.017
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发表时间:
2017-02-15
影响因子:
6.6
通讯作者:
Cui, Jinjie
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作者:
Chen, Zhenhua;Wei, Kai;Cui, Jinjie
Risk assessments of insecticidal Cry proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton in soils have been mainly based on microcosm and short-term experiments. There is a lack of longer-term field results, especially when Bt-cotton residues are incorporated into the soil. In this study, we used a six-year field trial to evaluate how cultivation duration and Cry1Ac-inputted modes of Bt-cotton affect the persistence of Cry1Ac proteins and soil microbe-mediated enzymatic properties. The results showed that the persistence of Cry1Ac proteins increased with cultivation duration and periodic residue incorporation of the transgenic Bt-cotton variety ZM41. Moreover, temporal residue incorporation had a relatively larger contribution to the persistence of Cry1Ac proteins in the soil than their release in the growth period. Regardless of Bt-cotton cultivation or residue incorporation, soil microbial biomass was significantly suppressed. However, the dehydrogenase activity was significantly stimulated in Bt-cotton cultivation but suppressed in residue incorporation. The activities of beta-glucosidase, nitrate reductase, phosphomonoesterase and arylsulfatase were significantly stimulated in soils with Bt-cotton residue incorporation. Based on a structural equation model analysis, the change in enzymatic activity of these four enzymes was attributed to both a direct effect from Cry1Ac proteins and an indirect effect via dehydrogenase. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.