Combined effects of rhizodeposit C and crop residues on SOM priming, residue mineralization and N supply in soil
Combined effects of rhizodeposit C and crop residues on SOM priming, residue mineralization and N supply in soil
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DOI:
10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.05.026
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发表时间:
2017-10
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9.7
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Lumbani Mwafulirwa;E. Baggs;J. Russell;N. Morley;A. Sim;E. Paterson
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作者:
Lumbani Mwafulirwa;E. Baggs;J. Russell;N. Morley;A. Sim;E. Paterson
Fluxes of rhizodeposit carbon (C) to soil stimulate microbial activity affecting soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition and, in turn, nutrient fluxes in soil. In agricultural soils, residues from previous crops also have major impacts on SOM and nutrient cycling, and their turnover by microbes is likely to be indirectly impacted by rhizodeposition. However, the combined effects of rhizodeposit C and inputs of C from dead plant materials in soil on native SOM decomposition are unclear. In this study, we assessed (i) the individual and combined effects of barley rhizodeposition and ryegrass root residue inputs (as a model for residue input from previous crop) on SOM mineralization, (ii) the intraspecies variation within barley in impacting residue mineralization, and (iii) whether genotypes that stimulate high mineralization rates of plant residues in soil also directly benefit through increased nutrient uptake from these residues. We continuously applied13C depleted CO2to selected barley recombinant chromosome substitution lines (RCSLs) to trace the flow of barley root-derived C in surface soil CO2efflux, soil microbial biomass and soil particle-size fractions. In addition,13C and15N enriched ryegrass root residues were mixed into soil to trace the mineralization of residue-derived C and the residue-derived nitrogen (N) uptake by plants. Our results show (i) genotype-specific variation in impacting total soil CO2efflux and its component sources: SOM-derived C, barley root-derived C and/or ryegrass residue-derived C, (ii) residue effects on total C and SOM-derived C respired as CO2, (iii) genotype-residue combined effects on SOM primed C, that were very similar to the sum of primed C caused by planting or residue addition alone (except for the last sampling date), and (iv) that plant uptake of residue released N between genotypes was linked to genotype impacts on residue mineralization. These results suggest that impacts of plant rhizodeposition and residue inputs had additive effects on SOM priming. Furthermore, these results demonstrate, for the first time, genotype differences in impacting the mineralization of recent plant-derived organic materials in soil, and reveal that this process directly contributes to plant nutrition.