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Liu X, Yu Y, Yu H, Sarkar B, Zhang Y, Yang Y, Qin S. Nonbiodegradable microplastic types determine the diversity and structure of soil microbial communities: A meta-analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 260:119663. [PMID: 39043354 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2024] [Revised: 07/07/2024] [Accepted: 07/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
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As an emerging contaminant, microplastics (MPs) have received considerable attention for their potential threat to the soil environment. However, the response of soil bacterial and fungal communities to MPs exposure remains unclear. In this study, we conducted a global meta-analysis of 95 publications and 2317 observations to assess the effects of nonbiodegradable MP properties and exposure conditions on soil microbial biomass, alpha and beta diversity, and community structure. Our results indicate that MPs increased (p < 0.05) soil active microbial biomass by 42%, with the effect varying with MPs type, exposure concentration, exposure time and soil pH. MPs concentration was identified as the most important factor controlling the response of soil microbial biomass to MPs. MPs addition decreased (p < 0.05) the soil bacterial Shannon and Chao1 indices by 2% and 3%, respectively, but had limited effects (p > 0.05) on soil fungal Shannon and Chao1 indices. The type of MPs and exposure time determined the effects of MPs on bacterial Shannon and Chao1 indices, while the type of MPs and soil pH controlled the response ratios of fungal Shannon and Chao1 indices to MPs. Specifically, soil organic carbon (SOC) was the major factor regulating the response ratio of bacterial alpha diversity index to MPs. The presence of MPs did not affect soil bacterial community structure and beta diversity. Our results highlight that MPs reduced bacterial diversity and richness but increased the soil active microbial biomass, suggesting that MPs could disrupt biogeochemical cycles by promoting the growth of specific microorganisms.
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- Xinhui Liu
- Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Ecology, Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 286 Huaizhong Road, Shijiazhuang, 050021, Hebei, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Research Center for Environmental Ecology and Engineering, School of Environmental Ecology and Biological Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205, China.
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- College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Wetland Evolution & Ecological Restoration, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Ecology, Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 286 Huaizhong Road, Shijiazhuang, 050021, Hebei, China.
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Zhang D, Yang H, Zhang J, Xu M, Xu W, Fu J, Feng B, Zhang H, Huang Q, Wu D, Zhang Z, Songer M, Hull V. Effects of climate warming on soil nitrogen cycles and bamboo growth in core giant panda habitat. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 944:173625. [PMID: 38848927 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024]
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Climate change can pose a significant threat to terrestrial ecosystems by disrupting the circulation of soil nitrogen. However, experimental analyses on the effect of climate change on soil nitrogen cycles and the implications for the conservation of key wildlife species (i.e., the giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca) remain understudied. We investigated the effects of a 1.5 °C, 3 °C, and 4.5 °C temperature increase on nitrogen distribution in different soil layers of bamboo forest via an in-situ experiment and assessed the implications for the growth and survival of arrow bamboo (Bashania faberi), a critical food resource for giant pandas. Our results showed that warming treatments generally increased soil N content, while effects differed between surface soil and subsurface soil and at different warming treatments. Particularly an increase of 1.5 °C raised the subsurface soil NO3-N content, as well as the content of N in bamboo leaves. We found a significant positive correlation between the subsurface soil NO3-N content and the N content of arrow bamboo. An increase of 3-4.5 °C raised the content of total N and NO3-N in the surface soil and led to a reduction in the total aboveground biomass and survival rate of arrow bamboo. Limited warming (e.g., the increase of 0-1.5 °C) may promote the soil N cycle, raise the N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAG) enzyme activity, increase NO3-N in subsurface soil, increase the N content of bamboo, and boost the biomass of bamboo - all of which could be beneficial to giant panda survival. However, higher warming (e.g., an increase of 3-4.5 °C) resulted in mass death of bamboo and a large reduction in aboveground biomass. Our findings provide a cautiously optimistic scenario for bamboo forest ecosystems under low levels of warming over a short period of time, but risks from higher levels of warming may be serious, especially considering the unpredictability of global climatic change.
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- Dongyao Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, China West Normal University, Ministry of Education, Nanchong, Sichuan Province 637009, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, China West Normal University, Ministry of Education, Nanchong, Sichuan Province 637009, China.
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- College of Environmental Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- College of Environmental Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, China West Normal University, Ministry of Education, Nanchong, Sichuan Province 637009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, China West Normal University, Ministry of Education, Nanchong, Sichuan Province 637009, China
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- Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park, The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Dujiangyan 611800, China
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- Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, China West Normal University, Ministry of Education, Nanchong, Sichuan Province 637009, China
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- Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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Mu Z, Asensio D, Sardans J, Ogaya R, Llusià J, Filella I, Tie L, Liu L, Tariq A, Zeng F, Peñuelas J. Effects of long-term nighttime warming on extractable soil element composition in a Mediterranean shrubland. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 951:175708. [PMID: 39179043 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2024] [Revised: 08/20/2024] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 08/26/2024]
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Understanding the soil biogeochemical responses to increasing global warming in the near future is essential for improving our capacity to mitigate the impacts of climate change on highly vulnerable Mediterranean ecosystems. Previous studies have primarily focused on the effects of warming on various biogeochemical processes. However, there is limited knowledge about how the changes in water availability associated to high temperatures can alter the bioavailability and dynamics of soil elements, thereby impacting ecosystem productivity, species composition, and pollution through soil biogeochemical and hydrological processes. In this study, we investigated the effects of long-term nighttime warming on the extractable concentrations of organic carbon (EOC), total nitrogen (ETN), total phosphorus (ETP), and 17 mineral elements (arsenic (As), calcium (Ca), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), mercury (Hg), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), sulfur (S), strontium (Sr), vanadium (V), and zinc (Zn)) through environmental experiments in a semi-arid Mediterranean shrubland. We explored the potential biotic and abiotic mechanisms underlying the seasonal and long-term changes in extractable-mobilizable elemental composition and concentrations. Our findings revealed that prolonged warming led to higher mean annual soil temperature (with an average increase of 0.67 °C from 1999 to 2014), accumulation of soil organic matter (EOC) and extractable concentrations of soil elements (particularly increased ETP and extractable Ca, Mg, Cu, Sr, Mn, and As). These changes were attributed to uniformly higher activities of extracellular soil enzymes and/or lower plant photosynthetic and nutrient uptake capacity linked to more water deficit under warmer conditions. Seasonality unevenly altered element extractable concentrations, with soil microclimate (temperature and water content) and biological (soil microbial and plant) activity being the main drivers of this variability, thus influencing soil element composition. These results suggest significant fluctuations in the extractable concentrations of specific mineral elements in these soils, implying potential future variations in soil element composition as well as the loss of total element concentrations/contents in semi-arid Mediterranean ecosystems due to increasing warming. Therefore, these findings enhance our ability to predict ecosystem management strategies and mitigate the observed negative impacts on plant-soil systems and water quality in the context of climate change.
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- Zhaobin Mu
- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 830011 Urumqi, China; Cele National Station of Observation and Research for Desert-Grassland Ecosystems, 848300 Cele, China
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institute for Forest Resources and Environment of Guizhou, Key Laboratory of Forest Cultivation in Plateau Mountain of Guizhou Province, College of Forestry, Guizhou University, 550025 Guiyang, China
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- Institute of Ecology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, 210044 Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 830011 Urumqi, China; Cele National Station of Observation and Research for Desert-Grassland Ecosystems, 848300 Cele, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 830011 Urumqi, China; Cele National Station of Observation and Research for Desert-Grassland Ecosystems, 848300 Cele, China
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Hu CC, Liu XY, Driscoll AW, Kuang YW, Brookshire ENJ, Lü XT, Chen CJ, Song W, Mao R, Liu CQ, Houlton BZ. Global distribution and drivers of relative contributions among soil nitrogen sources to terrestrial plants. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6407. [PMID: 39079989 PMCID: PMC11289379 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50674-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024] Open
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Soil extractable nitrate, ammonium, and organic nitrogen (N) are essential N sources supporting primary productivity and regulating species composition of terrestrial plants. However, it remains unclear how plants utilize these N sources and how surface-earth environments regulate plant N utilization. Here, we establish a framework to analyze observational data of natural N isotopes in plants and soils globally, we quantify fractional contributions of soil nitrate (fNO3-), ammonium (fNH4+), and organic N (fEON) to plant-used N in soils. We find that mean annual temperature (MAT), not mean annual precipitation or atmospheric N deposition, regulates global variations of fNO3-, fNH4+, and fEON. The fNO3- increases with MAT, reaching 46% at 28.5 °C. The fNH4+ also increases with MAT, achieving a maximum of 46% at 14.4 °C, showing a decline as temperatures further increase. Meanwhile, the fEON gradually decreases with MAT, stabilizing at about 20% when the MAT exceeds 15 °C. These results clarify global plant N-use patterns and reveal temperature rather than human N loading as a key regulator, which should be considered in evaluating influences of global changes on terrestrial ecosystems.
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- Chao-Chen Hu
- School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany and Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- Erguna Forest-Steppe Ecotone Research Station, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration On Forest Ecosystem Protection and Restoration of Poyang Lake Watershed, College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Global Development and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Liu B, Ahnemann H, Arlotti D, Huyghebaert B, Cuperus F, Tebbe CC. Impact of diversified cropping systems and fertilization strategies on soil microbial abundance and functional potentials for nitrogen cycling. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 932:172954. [PMID: 38723956 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Revised: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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Diversified cropping systems and fertilization strategies were proposed to enhance the abundance and diversity of the soil microbiome, thereby stabilizing their beneficial services for maintaining soil fertility and supporting plant growth. Here, we assessed across three different long-term field experiments in Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, Northern Germany) whether diversified cropping systems and fertilization strategies also affect their functional gene abundance. Soil DNA was analyzed by quantitative PCR for quantifying bacteria, archaea and fungi as well as functional genes related to nitrogen (N) transformations; including bacterial and archaeal nitrification (amoA-bac,arch), three steps of the denitrification process (nirK, nirS and nosZ-cladeI,II) and N2 assimilation (nifH), respectively. Crop diversification and fertilization strategies generally enhanced soil total carbon (C), N and microbial abundance, but with variation between sites. Overall effects of diversified cropping systems and fertilization strategies on functional genes were much stronger than on the abundance of bacteria, archaea and fungi. The legume-based cropping systems showed great potential not only in stimulating the growth of N-fixing microorganisms but also in boosting downstream functional potentials for N cycling. The sorghum-based intercropping system suppressed soil ammonia oxidizing prokaryotes. N fertilization reduced the abundance of nitrifiers and denitrifiers except for ammonia-oxidizing bacteria, while the application of the synthetic nitrification inhibitor DMPP combined with mineral N reduced growth of both ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea. In conclusion, this study demonstrates a strong impact of diversified agricultural practices on the soil microbiome and their functional potentials mediating N transformations.
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- Bei Liu
- Thünen Institute of Biodiversity, Bundesallee 65, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Chamber of Agriculture, Lower Saxony, Vor dem Zoll 2, D-31582 Nienburg, Germany
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- Walloon agricultural Research Centre; Soil, water and integrated production Unit, 4, rue du Bordia, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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- Walloon agricultural Research Centre; Soil, water and integrated production Unit, 4, rue du Bordia, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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- Wageningen University & Research, Edelhertweg 1, NL-8219 PH Lelystad, Netherlands
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- Thünen Institute of Biodiversity, Bundesallee 65, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Yaffar D, Lugli LF, Wong MY, Norby RJ, Addo-Danso SD, Arnaud M, Cordeiro AL, Dietterich LH, Diaz-Toribio MH, Lee MY, Ghimire OP, Smith-Martin CM, Toro L, Andersen K, McCulloch LA, Meier IC, Powers JS, Sanchez-Julia M, Soper FM, Cusack DF. Tropical root responses to global changes: A synthesis. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2024; 30:e17420. [PMID: 39044411 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2023] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
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Tropical ecosystems face escalating global change. These shifts can disrupt tropical forests' carbon (C) balance and impact root dynamics. Since roots perform essential functions such as resource acquisition and tissue protection, root responses can inform about the strategies and vulnerabilities of ecosystems facing present and future global changes. However, root trait dynamics are poorly understood, especially in tropical ecosystems. We analyzed existing research on tropical root responses to key global change drivers: warming, drought, flooding, cyclones, nitrogen (N) deposition, elevated (e) CO2, and fires. Based on tree species- and community-level literature, we obtained 266 root trait observations from 93 studies across 24 tropical countries. We found differences in the proportion of root responsiveness to global change among different global change drivers but not among root categories. In particular, we observed that tropical root systems responded to warming and eCO2 by increasing root biomass in species-scale studies. Drought increased the root: shoot ratio with no change in root biomass, indicating a decline in aboveground biomass. Despite N deposition being the most studied global change driver, it had some of the most variable effects on root characteristics, with few predictable responses. Episodic disturbances such as cyclones, fires, and flooding consistently resulted in a change in root trait expressions, with cyclones and fires increasing root production, potentially due to shifts in plant community and nutrient inputs, while flooding changed plant regulatory metabolisms due to low oxygen conditions. The data available to date clearly show that tropical forest root characteristics and dynamics are responding to global change, although in ways that are not always predictable. This synthesis indicates the need for replicated studies across root characteristics at species and community scales under different global change factors.
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- Daniela Yaffar
- Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
- Functional Forest Ecology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- Forest and Climate Change Division, CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IEES), Paris, France
- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
- Department of Biology, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Jardín Botánico Francisco Javier Clavijero, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Functional Forest Ecology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Biology and Bieler School of Environment, McGill University, Montreal, Qubec, Canada
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama
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Liu X, Tian Y, Heinzle J, Salas E, Kwatcho-Kengdo S, Borken W, Schindlbacher A, Wanek W. Long-term soil warming decreases soil microbial necromass carbon by adversely affecting its production and decomposition. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2024; 30:e17379. [PMID: 39031669 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 07/22/2024]
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Microbial necromass carbon (MNC) accounts for a large fraction of soil organic carbon (SOC) in terrestrial ecosystems. Yet our understanding of the fate of this large carbon pool under long-term warming is uncertain. Here, we show that 14 years of soil warming (+4°C) in a temperate forest resulted in a reduction in MNC by 11% (0-10 cm) and 33% (10-20 cm). Warming caused a decrease in the content of MNC due to a decline in microbial biomass carbon and reduced microbial carbon use efficiency. This reduction was primarily caused by warming-induced limitations in available soil phosphorus, which, in turn, constrained the production of microbial biomass. Conversely, warming increased the activity of soil extracellular enzymes, specifically N-acetylglucosaminidase and leucine aminopeptidase, which accelerated the decomposition of MNC. These findings collectively demonstrate that decoupling of MNC formation and decomposition underlie the observed MNC loss under climate warming, which could affect SOC content in temperate forest ecosystems more widespread.
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- Xiaofei Liu
- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Key Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Process of Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Soils, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape - BFW, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Soil Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (Bayceer), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (Bayceer), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Soils, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape - BFW, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Center of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Shen Y, Zhang C, Peng Y, Ran X, Liu K, Shi W, Wu W, Zhao Y, Liu W, Ding Y, Tang S. Effects of warming on rice production and metabolism process associated with greenhouse gas emissions. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 926:172133. [PMID: 38569960 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2024] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Evaluating the impact of global warming on rice production and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is critical for ensuring food security and mitigating the consequences of climate change. Nonetheless, the impacts of warming on crop production, GHG emissions, and microbial mechanisms in the single-cropping rice systems remain unclear. Here, a two-year field experiment was conducted to explore the effects of warming (increased by 2.7-3.0 °C on average) in the rice growing season on crop production and functional microorganisms associated with GHG emissions. Results showed that warming resulted in significant reduction (p < 0.01) in the aboveground biomass and grain yield as well as in grain weight, the number of spikelets per panicle, and the seed-setting rate. However, it caused a significant increase (p < 0.01) in the number of panicles by 15.6 % and 34.9 %, respectively. Furthermore, warming significantly increased (p < 0.01) seasonal methane (CH4) emissions but reduced nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, particularly in 2022.The relative abundance of genes associated with CH4 metabolism and nitrogen metabolism was increased by 40.7 % and 32.7 %, respectively, in response to warming. Moreover, warming had a positive impact on the abundance of genes related to CH4 production and oxidation processes but did not affect the denitrification processes associated with N2O production. These results showed that warming decreased rice yield and biomass in the single cropping rice system but increased CH4 emissions and global warming potential. Taken together, to address the increasing food demand of a growing population and mitigate the impacts of global warming, it is imperative to duce GHG emissions and enhance crop yields.
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- Yingying Shen
- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China.
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China.
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China.
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China.
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China.
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China.
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China.
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China.
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China.
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, 210095 Nanjing, PR China.
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, 210095 Nanjing, PR China.
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Tu X, Wang J, Liu X, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Uwiragiye Y, Elrys AS, Zhang J, Cai Z, Cheng Y, Müller C. Warming-Induced Stimulation of Soil N 2O Emissions Counteracted by Elevated CO 2 from Nine-Year Agroecosystem Temperature and Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:6215-6225. [PMID: 38546713 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c10775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Globally, agricultural soils account for approximately one-third of anthropogenic emissions of the potent greenhouse gas and stratospheric ozone-depleting substance nitrous oxide (N2O). Emissions of N2O from agricultural soils are affected by a number of global change factors, such as elevated air temperatures and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). Yet, a mechanistic understanding of how these climatic factors affect N2O emissions in agricultural soils remains largely unresolved. Here, we investigate the soil N2O emission pathway using a 15N tracing approach in a nine-year field experiment using a combined temperature and free air carbon dioxide enrichment (T-FACE). We show that the effect of CO2 enrichment completely counteracts warming-induced stimulation of both nitrification- and denitrification-derived N2O emissions. The elevated CO2 induced decrease in pH and labile organic nitrogen (N) masked the stimulation of organic carbon and N by warming. Unexpectedly, both elevated CO2 and warming had little effect on the abundances of the nitrifying and denitrifying genes. Overall, our study confirms the importance of multifactorial experiments to understand N2O emission pathways from agricultural soils under climate change. This better understanding is a prerequisite for more accurate models and the development of effective options to combat climate change.
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- Xiaoshun Tu
- School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Institute of Resource, Ecosystem and Environment of Agriculture, and Center of Agricultural and Climate Change, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
- Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Environmental Management and Renewable Energy, University of Technology and Arts of Byumba, POB 25 Byumba, Rwanda
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- Soil Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
- Liebig Centre of Agroecology and Climate Impact Research, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
- Liebig Centre of Agroecology and Climate Impact Research, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
- Liebig Centre of Agroecology and Climate Impact Research, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing 210023, China
- Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Nanjing Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, China
- Soil and Fertilizer & Resources and Environmental Institute, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang 330200, China
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- Liebig Centre of Agroecology and Climate Impact Research, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Institute of Plant Ecology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- School of Biology and Environmental Science and Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield Dublin 4, Ireland
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Wang X, Guo H, Wang J, He P, Kuzyakov Y, Ma M, Ling N. Microbial phosphorus-cycling genes in soil under global change. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2024; 30:e17281. [PMID: 38619550 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2024] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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The ongoing climate change on the Tibetan Plateau, leading to warming and precipitation anomalies, modifies phosphorus (P) cycling in alpine meadow soils. However, the interactions and cascading effects of warming and precipitation changes on the key "extracellular" and "intracellular" P cycling genes (PCGs) of bacteria are largely unknown for these P-limited ecosystems. We used metagenomics to analyze the individual and combined effects of warming and altered precipitation on soil PCGs and P transformation in a manipulation experiment. Warming and increased precipitation raised Olsen-P (bioavailable P, AP) by 13% and 20%, respectively, mainly caused by augmented hydrolysis of organic P compounds (NaOH-Po). The decreased precipitation reduced soil AP by 5.3%. The richness and abundance of the PCGs' community in soils on the cold Tibetan plateau were more sensitive to warming than altered precipitation. The abundance of PCGs and P cycling processes decreased under the influence of individual climate change factors (i.e., warming and altered precipitation alone), except for the warming combined with increased precipitation. Pyruvate metabolism, phosphotransferase system, oxidative phosphorylation, and purine metabolism (all "intracellular" PCG) were closely correlated with P pools under climate change conditions. Specifically, warming recruited bacteria with the phoD and phoX genes, which encode enzymes responsible for phosphoester hydrolysis (extracellular P cycling), strongly accelerated organic P mineralization and so, directly impacted P bioavailability in alpine soil. The interactions between warming and altered precipitation profoundly influenced the PCGs' community and facilitated microbial adaptation to these environmental changes. Warming combined with increased precipitation compensated for the detrimental impacts of the individual climate change factors on PCGs. In conclusion, warming combined with rising precipitation has boosting effect on most P-related functions, leading to the acceleration of P cycling within microbial cells and extracellularly, including mineralization and more available P release for microorganisms and plants in alpine soils.
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- Xuewei Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, Centre for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, Centre for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, Centre for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Department of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, Department of Agricultural Soil Science, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, P.R. China
- Gansu Gannan Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Maqu, Gansu Province, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, Centre for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Hu W, Zhao P. Soil warming affects sap flow and stomatal gas exchange through altering functional traits in a subtropical forest. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 918:170581. [PMID: 38309334 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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Climate warming influences the structure and function of ecosystems. However, the mechanisms of plant water use and gas exchange responses to climate warming have been less studied, especially from the perspective of different functional traits. We conducted a field experiment to investigate how soil warming (+2 °C) affects sap flow and stomatal gas exchange through plant functional traits and nutrient characteristics in a subtropical forest. We measured stomatal gas exchange of trees (Acacia auriculiformis and Schima superba) and shrubs (Castanea henryi and Psychotria asiatica), and monitored long-term sap flow of both tree species. Besides, plant leaf nutrient contents, functional traits, and soil nutrients were also studied. It is demonstrated that soil warming significantly increased maximum sap flow density (Js_max, 35.1 %) and whole-tree transpiration (EL, 46.0 %) of A. auriculiformis, but decreased those of S. superba (15.6 % and 14.9 %, respectively). Warming increased the photosynthetic rate of P. asiatica (18.0 %) and water use efficiency of S. superba (47.2 %). Leaf nutrients and stomatal anatomical characteristics of shrubs were less affected by soil warming. Soil warming increased (+42.7 %) leaf K content of A. auriculiformis in dry season. Decomposition of soil total carbon, total nitrogen, and available nitrogen was accelerated under soil warming, and soil exchangeable Ca2+ and Mg2+ were decreased. Trees changed stomatal and anatomic traits to adapt to soil warming, while shrubs altered leaf water content and specific leaf area under soil warming. Warming had a greater effect on sap flow of trees, as well as on their leaf gas exchange (total effect: -0.27) than on that of shrubs (total effect: 0.06). In summary, our results suggest that the combination of functional and nutrient traits can help to better understand plant water use and gas exchange responses under climate warming.
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- Weiting Hu
- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
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Li S, Tang S, Chen H, Jin K. Soil nitrogen availability drives the response of soil microbial biomass to warming. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 917:170505. [PMID: 38301778 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Although soil microbial biomass responses to experimental warming have been extensively studied, the mechanisms through which elevated temperatures influence soil microbial biomass remain unclear. In this study, we performed a global meta-analysis to quantify the global pattern of soil microbial biomass in response to warming. Our findings suggest that global warming effect is not apparent when all the data are pooled together, while warming does increase microbial biomass under specific conditions (Δ°C ≥ 2 °C). This constructive influence is particularly accentuated under certain circumstances, including high precipitation levels (>800 mm), short treatment durations (<1 year), and within agricultural ecosystems. More importantly, our findings suggest that the impact of global warming on soil microbial biomass is largely mediated by changes in soil nitrogen availability. These findings underscore the pivotal role of nitrogen availability in modulating the response of soil microbial biomass to warming, while also emphasizing the intricate influence between multiple factors such as temperature, duration, and precipitation in shaping the patterns of warming effects.
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- Shucheng Li
- College of Agriculture, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang 233100, China
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- Key Laboratory for Model Innovation in Forage Production Efficiency, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affuirs, Institute of Grassland Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hohhot 010010, China.
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- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory for Model Innovation in Forage Production Efficiency, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affuirs, Institute of Grassland Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hohhot 010010, China.
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Zhou Z, Su P, Yang J, Shi R, Ding X. Warming affects leaf light use efficiency and functional traits in alpine plants: evidence from a 4-year in-situ field experiment. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1353762. [PMID: 38567127 PMCID: PMC10985207 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1353762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Introduction Light use efficiency (LUE) is a crucial determinant of plant productivity, while leaf functional traits directly affect ecosystem functions. However, it remains unclear how climate warming affects LUE and leaf functional traits of dominant species in alpine meadows. Methods We conducted a 4-year in-situ field warming experiment to investigate the eco-physiological characteristics for a dominant species (Elymus nutans) and a common species (Potentilla anserina) on the Tibetan Plateau. The leaf traits, photosynthesis and fluorescence characteristics were measured, along with the soil physical-chemical properties associated with the two species. Results and discussions Experimental warming increased the leaf LUE, maximum photochemical efficiency, non-photochemical quenching, relative water content and specific leaf area for both species. However, there was a decrease in leaf and soil element content. Different species exhibit varying adaptability to warming. Increasing temperature significantly increased the photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, total water content, and specific leaf volume of E. nutans; however, all these traits exhibited an opposite trend in P. anserina. Warming has a direct negative impact on leaf LUE and an indirectly enhances LUE through its effects on leaf traits. The impact of warming on plant photosynthetic capacity is primarily mediated by soil nutrients and leaf traits. These results indicate that the two different species employ distinct adaptive strategies in response to climate change, which are related to their species-specific variations. Such changes can confer an adaptive advantage for plant to cope with environmental change and potentially lead to alterations to ecosystem structure and functioning.
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- Zijuan Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Process and Climate Change in Cold and Arid Regions, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Process and Climate Change in Cold and Arid Regions, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Process and Climate Change in Cold and Arid Regions, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Process and Climate Change in Cold and Arid Regions, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
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- School of Geography, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China
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Shi B, Yang R, Tian W, Lu M, Wang X. Factors influencing cadmium accumulation in plants after inoculation with rhizobacteria: A meta-analysis. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 916:170277. [PMID: 38266722 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Rhizobacteria have the potential to enhance phytoremediation by generating substances that stimulate plant development and influence the effectiveness of cadmium (Cd) remediation by adjusting Cd availability via metal solubilization. Furthermore, rhizobacterial inoculation affects plants' metal tolerance and uptake by controlling the expression of several metal transporters, channels, and metal chelator genes. A meta-analysis was conducted to quantitatively assess the effects of rhizobacteria on Cd accumulation in plants using 207 individual observations from 47 articles. This meta-analysis showed an average Cd concentration increase of 8.09 % in plant cells under rhizobacteria treatment. The effects of different plant-microbial interactions on the bioaccumulation of Cd in plants varied. Selecting the proper rhizobacteria-plant association is essential to affect Cd buildup in plant roots and shoots. A more extended planting period (>30 days) and a suitable soil pH (<6, 7-8) would aid in the phytoextraction of Cd from the soil. This study comprehensively and quantitatively investigated the effects of plants, rhizobacteria, soil pH, planting period, experimental sites, and plant organs on plant Cd accumulation. According to the analysis of explanatory factors, plant species, planting period, soil pH, and rhizobacteria species have a more decisive influence on Cd accumulation than other factors. The results provide information for future research on the successful remediation of soils contaminated with Cd. More investigations are required to elucidate the intricate interactions between plant roots and microorganisms.
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- Ben Shi
- Department of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
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Francis Justine M, Kaiwen P, Tadesse Z, Hongyan Z, Lin Z. Cooling has stimulated soil carbon storage in forest ecosystems. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 245:118012. [PMID: 38154564 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.118012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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The interactive effect of soil cooling and nitrogen (N) addition can accurately simulate climatic and anthropogenic effects on terrestrial and other land-based ecosystems, but direct empirical measurements on the effects of cooling and N addition on soil carbon (C) and N are lacking. Hence, transplanting soils into colder regions was used to evaluate the effects of cooling and N addition on soil C and N. We used PVCs of 30 cm in height and 8 cm in diameter to extract soil samples. Soil C and N were significantly (P < 0.05) increased by transplanting soils into colder regions. In contrast, cooling has insignificantly (P > 0.05) increased the soil dissolved organic C (DOC) and dissolved organic (DON), but the effect was negatively significant on soil pH compared to the C/N ratio. Similarly, N addition significantly increased the measured soil N stock. However, the effect was negatively significant on soil pH (P < 0.05) compared to the C/N ratio (P > 0.05). Nevertheless, the interaction of cooling and N addition did not affect the soil C and N storage. A similar effect was observed on the soil DOC and DON. The results presented here illustrate that transplanting soils into colder regions and N deposition has perfectly simulated the effects of climate-forcing factors on soil C and N storage in terrestrial and other land-based ecosystems. Accordingly, this study suggests that low temperatures have stimulated the accumulation of the measured soil organic and dissolved properties, but the effect is less consequential when low temperature interacts with N addition in high-elevation areas where ecosystem structures and functions are limited by temperature and may serve as a baseline for future research on land feedbacks to the climate system.
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- Meta Francis Justine
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization and Ecological Restoration of Biodiversity Conservation, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China; International College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Juba, South Sudan
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization and Ecological Restoration of Biodiversity Conservation, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization and Ecological Restoration of Biodiversity Conservation, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China; International College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization and Ecological Restoration of Biodiversity Conservation, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China; International College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization and Ecological Restoration of Biodiversity Conservation, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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Wang J, Zhang X, Wang R, Yu M, Chen X, Zhu C, Shang J, Gao J. Climate Factors Influence Above- and Belowground Biomass Allocations in Alpine Meadows and Desert Steppes through Alterations in Soil Nutrient Availability. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:727. [PMID: 38475573 DOI: 10.3390/plants13050727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Biomass is a direct reflection of community productivity, and the allocation of aboveground and belowground biomass is a survival strategy formed by the long-term adaptation of plants to environmental changes. However, under global changes, the patterns of aboveground-belowground biomass allocations and their controlling factors in different types of grasslands are still unclear. Based on the biomass data of 182 grasslands, including 17 alpine meadows (AMs) and 21 desert steppes (DSs), this study investigates the spatial distribution of the belowground biomass allocation proportion (BGBP) in different types of grasslands and their main controlling factors. The research results show that the BGBP of AMs is significantly higher than that of DSs (p < 0.05). The BGBP of AMs significantly decreases with increasing mean annual temperature (MAT) and mean annual precipitation (MAP) (p < 0.05), while it significantly increases with increasing soil nitrogen content (N), soil phosphorus content (P), and soil pH (p < 0.05). The BGBP of DSs significantly decreases with increasing MAP (p < 0.05), while it significantly increases with increasing soil phosphorus content (P) and soil pH (p < 0.05). The random forest model indicates that soil pH is the most important factor affecting the BGBP of both AMs and DSs. Climate-related factors were identified as key drivers shaping the spatial distribution patterns of BGBP by exerting an influence on soil nutrient availability. Climate and soil factors exert influences not only on grassland biomass allocation directly, but also indirectly by impacting the availability of soil nutrients.
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- Jiangfeng Wang
- College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830054, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830054, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830054, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830054, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830054, China
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- East China Survey and Planning Institute, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Hangzhou 430010, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830054, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830054, China
- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes of Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Tang S, Liu T, Hu R, Xu X, Wu Y, Meng L, Hattori S, Tawaraya K, Cheng W. Twelve-year conversion of rice paddy to wetland does not alter SOC content but decreases C decomposition and N mineralization in Japan. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 354:120319. [PMID: 38387348 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Land-use change worldwide has been driven by anthropogenic activities, which profoundly regulates terrestrial C and N cycles. However, it remains unclear how the dynamics and decomposition of soil organic C (SOC) and N respond to long-term conversion of rice paddy to wetland. Here, soil samples from five soil depths (0-25 cm, 5 cm/depth) were collected from a continuous rice paddy and an adjacent wetland (a rice paddy abandoned for 12 years) on Shonai Plain in northeastern Japan. A four-week anaerobic incubation experiment was conducted to investigate soil C decomposition and N mineralization. Our results showed that SOC in the wetland and rice paddy decreased with soil depth, from 31.02 to 19.66 g kg-1 and from 30.26 to 18.86 g kg-1, respectively. There was no significant difference in SOC content between wetland and rice paddy at any depth. Soil total nitrogen (TN) content in the wetland (2.61-1.49 g kg-1) and rice paddy (2.91-1.78 g kg-1) showed decreasing trend with depth; TN was significantly greater in the rice paddy than in the wetland at all depths except 20-25 cm. Paddy soil had significantly lower C/N ratios but significantly larger decomposed C (Dec-C, CO2 and CH4 production) and mineralized N (Min-N, net NH4+-N production) than wetland soil across all depths. Moreover, the Dec-C/Min-N ratio was significantly larger in wetland than in rice paddy across all depths. Rice paddy had higher exponential correlation between Dec-C and SOC, Min-N and TN than wetland. Although SOC did not change, TN decreased by 14.1% after the land-use conversion. The Dec-C and Min-N were decreased by 32.7% and 42.2%, respectively, after the12-year abandonment of rice paddy. Conclusively, long-term conversion of rice paddy to wetland did not distinctly alter SOC content but increased C/N ratio, and decreased C decomposition and N mineralization in 0-25 cm soil depth.
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- Shuirong Tang
- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya, 572025, China; Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka, 997-8555, Japan; College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka, 997-8555, Japan; College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China; College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya, 572025, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya, 572025, China
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka, 997-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka, 997-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka, 997-8555, Japan.
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Cui N, Veresoglou S, Tian Y, Guo R, Zhang L, Jiang L, Kang F, Yuan W, Hou D, Shi L, Guo J, Sun M, Zhang T. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi offset NH 3 emissions in temperate meadow soil under simulated warming and nitrogen deposition. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 354:120239. [PMID: 38354607 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Most soil ammonia (NH3) emissions originate from soil nitrogen (N) that has been in the form of exchangeable ammonium. Emitted NH3 not only induces nutrient loss but also has adverse effects on the cycling of N and accelerates global warming. There is evidence that arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi can alleviate N loss by reducing N2O emissions in N-limited ecosystems, however, some studies have also found that global changes, such as warming and N deposition, can affect the growth and development of AM fungi and alter their functionality. Up to now, the impact of AM fungi on NH3 emissions, and whether global changes reduce the AM fungi's contribution to NH3 emissions reduction, has remained unclear. In this study, we examined how warming, N addition, and AM fungi alter NH3 emissions from high pH saline soils typical of a temperate meadow through a controlled microscopic experiment. The results showed that warming significantly increased soil NH3 emissions, but N addition and combined warming plus N addition had no impact. Inoculations with AM fungi strongly reduced NH3 emissions both under warming and N addition, but AM fungi effects were more pronounced under warming than following N addition. Inoculation with AM fungi reduced soil NH4+-N content and soil pH, and increased plant N content and soil net N mineralization rate while increasing the abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacterial (AOB) gene. Structural equation modeling (SEM) shows that the regulation of NH3 emissions by AM fungi may be related to soil NH4+-N content and soil pH. These findings highlight that AM fungi can reduce N loss in the form of NH3 by increasing N turnover and uptake under global changes; thus, AM fungi play a vital role in alleviating the aggravation of N loss caused by global changes and in mitigating environmental pollution in the future.
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- Nan Cui
- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Dryland Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China
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- College of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
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- Alashan Forestry and Grassland Bureau, Alashan 750306, China
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- Jilin Institute of Geological Sciences, Changchun 130012, China
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- Jilin Institute of Geological Sciences, Changchun 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China.
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Yu Z, Zhang C, Liu X, Lei J, Zhang Q, Yuan Z, Peng C, Koerner SE, Xu J, Guo L. Responses of C:N:P stoichiometric correlations among plants, soils and microorganisms to warming: A meta-analysis. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:168827. [PMID: 38030014 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Plants, soils and microorganisms play important roles in maintaining stable terrestrial stoichiometry. Studying how nutrient balances of these biotic and abiotic players vary across temperature gradients is important when predicting ecosystem changes on a warming planet. The respective responses of plant, soil and microbial stoichiometric ratios to warming have been observed, however, whether and how the stoichiometric correlations among the three components shift under warming has not been clearly understood and identified. In the present study, we have performed a meta-analysis based on 600 case studies from 74 sites or locations to clarify whether and how warming affects plant, soil and microbial stoichiometry, respectively, and their correlations. Our results indicated that: (1) globally, plants had higher C:N and C:P values compared to soil and microbial pools, but their N:P distributions were similar; (2) warming did not significantly alter plant, soil and microbial C:N and C:P values, but had a noticeable effect on plant N:P ratios. When ecosystem types, duration and magnitude of warming were taken into account, there was an inconsistent and even inverse warming response in terms of the direction and magnitude of changes in the C:N:P ratios occurring among plants, soils and microorganisms; (3) despite various warming responses of the stoichiometric ratios detected separately for plants, soils and microorganisms, the stoichiometric correlations among all three parts remained constant even under different warming scenarios. Our study highlighted the complexity of the effect of warming on the C:N:P stoichiometry, as well as the absence and importance of simultaneous measurements of stoichiometric ratios across different components of terrestrial ecosystems, which should be urgently strengthened in future studies.
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- Zongkai Yu
- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- The Research Center of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Education, Yangling 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling 712100, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- School of Geographic Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China; Department of Biology Science, Institute of Environment Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, H3C 3P8, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro 27402, USA
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- Center for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; World Agroforestry Center, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling 712100, China.
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Niu B, Fu G. Response of plant diversity and soil microbial diversity to warming and increased precipitation in alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau - A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:168878. [PMID: 38029973 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Plant diversity and soil microbial diversity are closely related, and they maintain the health and stability of terrestrial ecosystems. As a hotspot region of global biodiversity research, both air temperature and precipitation of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau tend to increase in future. Based on an overview of the responses of grassland/alpine ecosystems to seasonal asymmetric warming and increased precipitation worldwide, we elaborated the advancements and uncertainties on the responses of plant diversity and soil microbial diversity to warming and increased precipitation in alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. The future research focus of plant diversity and soil microbial diversity in the alpine grasslands of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau under climate warming and increased precipitation was proposed. Generally, previous studies found that the responses of plant species diversity and soil microbial species diversity to warming and increased precipitation differed between alpine meadows and alpine steppes, but few studies focused on their responses to warming and increased precipitation in alpine desert steppes. Previous studies mainly focused on species diversity, although phylogenetic and functional diversities are also important aspects of biodiversity. Previous studies mainly explained responses of plant diversity and soil microbial diversity to warming and increased precipitation based on niche theory, although neutral theory is also the other important mechanism in regulating biodiversity. Moreover, previous studies almost ignored the coupling relationship between plant diversity and soil microbial diversity. Therefore, the following four aspects need to be strengthened, including the responses of plant diversity and soil microbial diversity to warming and increased precipitation in alpine desert steppes, the responses of plant and soil microbial phylogenetic diversity and functional diversity to warming and increased precipitation, combining the niche theory and neutral theory to examining the mechanism of biodiversity, and the coupling relationships between plant diversity and soil microbial diversity under warming and increased precipitation.
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- Ben Niu
- Lhasa Plateau Ecosystem Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Lhasa Plateau Ecosystem Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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Zhao J, Xie X, Jiang Y, Li J, Fu Q, Qiu Y, Fu X, Yao Z, Dai Z, Qiu Y, Chen H. Effects of simulated warming on soil microbial community diversity and composition across diverse ecosystems. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 911:168793. [PMID: 37996030 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Soil warming can directly affect the microbial community, or indirectly affect the microbial community by affecting soil moisture, nutrient availability, vegetation growth, etc. However, the response of microorganisms to soil warming is complex, and there is no uniform conclusion on the impact and mechanism of warming on microbial diversity. As the global climate gradually warms, a comprehensive assessment of warming on soil microbial community changes is essential to understand and predict the response of microbial geochemical processes to soil warming. Here, we perform a meta-analysis of studies to investigate changes in soil microbial communities along soil warming gradients and the response of soil microbes to elevated temperature in different ecosystems. We found that the α diversity index of soil microorganisms decreased significantly with the increase in temperature, and the β diversity altered with the increase in soil temperature and the shifts in ecosystem. Most bacteria only alter when the temperature rises higher. Compared to the non-warming condition, the relative abundance of Acidobacteria, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes and Verrucomicrobia decreased by 19 %, 11 %, 19 %, 8 % and 6 %, respectively, and the relative abundance of Firmicutes increased by 34 %. Compared to farmland, forest, grassland and tundra ecosystems, soil microorganisms in wetland ecosystems were more sensitive to temperature increase, and the changes in bacteria were consistent with the overall alterations. This meta-analysis revealed significant changes in the composition of microbial communities on soil warming. With the decrease in biodiversity under increasing temperature conditions, these dominant microbiomes, which can grow well under high-temperature conditions, will play a stronger role in regulating nutrient and energy flow. Our analysis adds a global perspective to the temperature response of soil microbes, which is critical to improving our understanding of the mechanisms of how soil microbes change in response to climate warming.
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- Jiayi Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, China.
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Zhang H, Adalibieke W, Ba W, Butterbach-Bahl K, Yu L, Cai A, Fu J, Yu H, Zhang W, Huang W, Jian Y, Jiang W, Zhao Z, Luo J, Deng J, Zhou F. Modeling denitrification nitrogen losses in China's rice fields based on multiscale field-experiment constraints. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2024; 30:e17199. [PMID: 38385944 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Denitrification plays a critical role in soil nitrogen (N) cycling, affecting N availability in agroecosystems. However, the challenges in direct measurement of denitrification products (NO, N2 O, and N2 ) hinder our understanding of denitrification N losses patterns across the spatial scale. To address this gap, we constructed a data-model fusion method to map the county-scale denitrification N losses from China's rice fields over the past decade. The estimated denitrification N losses as a percentage of N application from 2009 to 2018 were 11.8 ± 4.0% for single rice, 12.4 ± 3.7% for early rice, and 11.6 ± 3.1% for late rice. The model results showed that the spatial heterogeneity of denitrification N losses is primarily driven by edaphic and climatic factors rather than by management practices. In particular, diffusion and production rates emerged as key contributors to the variation of denitrification N losses. These findings humanize a 38.9 ± 4.8 kg N ha-1 N loss by denitrification and challenge the common hypothesis that substrate availability drives the pattern of N losses by denitrification in rice fields.
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- Huayan Zhang
- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Environment and Ecology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Geography and Remote Sensing, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Ecological Environment Protection Research, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- AgResearch Ruakura, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Earth Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
- College of Geography and Remote Sensing, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
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Ming Y, Ningxi G, Jiatong Z, Zhanhan H, Zixuan C, Di S, Hongtao Z. Enhanced-efficiency nitrogen fertilizer provides a reliable option for mitigating global warming potential in agroecosystems worldwide. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 907:168080. [PMID: 37898212 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
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Enhanced-efficiency nitrogen fertilizer (EENF), developed to improve synchronization between crop nitrogen demand and nitrogen supply, can guarantee global food security and mitigate nitrogen fertilizer-induced environmental consequences. However, comprehensive assessments of how EENF affects CH4 and CO2 emissions from paddies and drylands and the associated benefits are lacking. Here, we present the results of a global meta-analysis conducted to assess the above issues. Our results showed that, on average, applying nitrification inhibitors and coated controlled-release urea to paddy fields significantly decreased CH4 emissions by 24.0 % and 25.3 %, respectively, likely due to the weakened inhibition of NH4+ on CH4 oxidation. A similar effect on CO2 emission was observed when farmers used nitrification inhibitors and coated controlled-release urea in the drylands. The meta-analysis results revealed that all EENF products could help mitigate the global warming potential of paddies and drylands. After incorporating the benefit of global warming potential mitigation into the cost-benefit analysis, coated controlled-release urea application in paddies and drylands produced the largest environmental gains of $ 76.34 ha-1 and $ 79.35 ha-1, respectively. However, the relatively lower purchasing cost and larger yield increase of urease inhibitors resulted in the largest net profits for farmers. Moreover, a greater economic return was generally achieved by applying EENF to paddy fields than by applying EENF to drylands. These findings highlight the role of EENF in mitigating the global warming potential of global paddy and dryland fields, which has facilitated the comprehensive recognition of EENF-induced impacts.
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- Yang Ming
- College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Water Conservancy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Water Conservancy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China.
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- College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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Shen Y, Xu L, Guo H, Ismail H, Ran X, Zhang C, Peng Y, Zhao Y, Liu W, Ding Y, Tang S. Mitigating the adverse effect of warming on rice canopy and rhizosphere microbial community by nitrogen application: An approach to counteract future climate change for rice. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 905:167151. [PMID: 37730044 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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The adverse impact of climate change on crop production continues to increase, necessitating the development of suitable strategies to mitigate these effects and improve food security. Several studies have revealed how global warming negatively impacts the grain-filling stage of rice and that this effect could be mitigated by nitrogen; however, the impact of nitrogen application on rice canopy and rhizosphere microbial communities remains unclear. We conducted a study using an open-field warming system. Results showed that warming influenced rice canopy by decreasing aboveground biomass and harvest index, whereas nitrogen application had positive effect on rice production under warming conditions by increasing the plant nitrogen content, biomass, harvest index and soil fertilities. Moreover, soil ammonium nitrogen (NH4+-N) and nitrate nitrogen (NO3--N) contents were significantly decreased under warming, which were higher after nitrogen application. Notably, warming and nitrogen fertilizer caused 19 % (P < 0.01) and 7 % (P < 0.05) variations, respectively, in the β diversity of the microbial community, respectively. The impact of warming was significant on NH4+-N-related microorganisms; however, this impact was weakened by nitrogen application for microbes in the rhizosphere. This study demonstrated that enhanced nitrogen fertilizer can alleviate the adverse impact of warming by weakening its effects on rhizosphere microbes, improving soil fertility, promoting rice nitrogen uptake, and increasing the aboveground biomass and harvest index. These findings provide an important theoretical basis for developing practical, responsive cultivation strategies.
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- Yingying Shen
- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, 210095 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, PR China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, 210095 Nanjing, PR China.
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Li X, Feng J, Zhang Q, Zhu B. Warming inhibits the priming effect of soil organic carbon mineralization: A meta-analysis. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 904:166170. [PMID: 37562634 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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Fresh organic carbon (C) input will accelerate or inhibit the mineralization of native soil organic carbon (SOC), which is called positive or negative priming effect (PE), respectively. However, little is known about how warming affects the PE. Here, we adopted a widely-used ratio of SOC mineralization between substrate-added and unadded-control treatments to represent PE intensity and used the PE difference between ambient-control temperature and elevated temperature to indicate the effect of warming on PE (ΔPE). By conducting a meta-analysis of 146 observations from 57 independent soils worldwide, we found that experimental warming significantly decreased the PE by 0.26 (unitless). Among ecosystems, warming significantly suppressed the PE of cropland and grassland soils by 0.43 and 0.21 respectively, but did not change the PE of forest soils. Moreover, we found significant positive correlations of ΔPE with the initial soil C/N ratio and the effect size of warming on microbial biomass. Between substrate types (i.e., containing N or not), warming significantly decreased the PE induced by N-containing substrates. These results suggested that the response of PE to warming is likely regulated by soil N availability and warming-induced changes in microbial biomass. As such, we proposed a conceptual framework-the microbial N mining hypothesis dominates in soils with low C/N ratio where warming inhibits PE by promoting N mineralization, while the stoichiometric decomposition hypothesis dominates in soils with high C/N ratio where warming stimulates PE by promoting N mineralization. Collectively, these findings provide important insights into how warming affects SOC dynamics via inhibiting PE, which may weaken the positive feedback between soil C emission and climate warming.
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- Xiaojie Li
- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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Wan L, Liu G, Cheng H, Yang S, Shen Y, Su X. Global warming changes biomass and C:N:P stoichiometry of different components in terrestrial ecosystems. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2023; 29:7102-7116. [PMID: 37837281 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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Global warming has significantly affected terrestrial ecosystems. Biomass and C:N:P stoichiometry of plants and soil is crucial for enhancing plant productivity, improving human nutrition, and regulating biogeochemical cycles. However, the effect of warming on the biomass and C:N:P stoichiometry of different components (plant, leaf, stem, root, litter, soil, and microbial biomass) in various terrestrial ecosystems remains uncertain. We conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis to investigate the global patterns of biomass and C:N:P stoichiometry responses to warming, as well as interaction relationships based on 1399 paired observations from 105 warming studies. Results indicated that warming had a significant impact on various aspects of plant growth, including an increase in plant biomass (+16.55%), plant C:N ratio (+4.15%), leaf biomass (+16.78%), stem biomass (+23.65%), root biomass (+22.00%), litter C:N ratio (+9.54%) and soil C:N ratio (+5.64%). However, it also decreased stem C:P ratio (-23.34%), root C:P ratio (-12.88%), soil N:P ratio (-14.43%) and soil C:P ratio (-16.33%). The magnitude of warming was the primary drivers of changes of biomass and C:N:P stoichiometry. By establishing the general response curves of changes in biomass and C:N:P ratios with increasing temperature, we demonstrated that warming effect on plant, root, and litter biomass shifted from negative to positive, whereas that on leaf and stem biomass changed from positive to negative as temperature increased. Additionally, the effect of warming on root C:N ratio, root biomass, and microbial biomass N:P ratios shifted from positive to negative, whereas the effects on plant N:P, leaf N:P, leaf C:P, root N:P ratios, and microbial biomass C:N ratio changed from negative to positive with increasing temperature. Our research can help assess plant productivity and optimize ecosystem stoichiometry precisely in the context of global warming.
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- Lingfan Wan
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Chen S, Elrys AS, Zhao C, Cai Z, Zhang J, Müller C. Global patterns and controls of yield and nitrogen use efficiency in rice. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 898:165484. [PMID: 37454862 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Factors influencing rice (Oryza sativa L.) yield mainly include nitrogen (N) fertilizer, climate and soil properties. However, a comprehensive analysis of the role of climatic factors and soil physical and chemical properties and their interactions in controlling global yield and nitrogen use efficiency (e.g., agronomic efficiency of N (AEN)) of rice is still pending. In this article, we pooled 2293 observations from 363 articles and conducted a global systematic analysis. We found that the global mean yield and AEN were 6791 ± 48.6 kg ha-1 season-1 and 15.6 ± 0.29 kg kg-1, respectively. Rice yield was positively correlated with latitude, N application rate, soil total and available N, and soil organic carbon, but was negatively correlated with mean annual temperature (MAT) and soil bulk density. The response of yield to soil pH followed the parabolic model, with the peak occurring at pH = 6.35. Our analysis indicated that N application rate, soil total N, and MAT were the main factors driving rice yield globally, while precipitation promoted rice yield by enhancing soil total N. N application rate was the most important inhibitor of AEN globally, while soil cation exchange capacity (CEC) was the most important stimulator of AEN. MAT increased AEN through enhancing soil CEC, but precipitation decreased it by decreasing soil CEC. The yield varies with climatic zones, being greater in temperate and continental regions with low MAT than in tropical regions, but the opposite was observed for AEN. The driving factors of yield and AEN were climatic zone specific. Our findings emphasize that soil properties may interact with future changes in temperature to affect rice production. To achieve high AEN in rice fields, the central influence of CEC on AEN should be considered.
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- Shending Chen
- School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Soil Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, 44519 Zagazig, Egypt; College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; Liebig Centre for Agroecology and Climate Impact Research, Justus Liebig University, Germany
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- Institute of Geographical Science, Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; Liebig Centre for Agroecology and Climate Impact Research, Justus Liebig University, Germany.
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- Liebig Centre for Agroecology and Climate Impact Research, Justus Liebig University, Germany; Institute of Plant Ecology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, 35392 Giessen, Germany; School of Biology and Environmental Science and Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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Yokamo S, Irfan M, Huan W, Wang B, Wang Y, Ishfaq M, Lu D, Chen X, Cai Q, Wang H. Global evaluation of key factors influencing nitrogen fertilization efficiency in wheat: a recent meta-analysis (2000-2022). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1272098. [PMID: 37965011 PMCID: PMC10642427 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1272098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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Improving nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) without compromising yield remains a crucial agroecological challenge in theory and practice. Some meta-analyses conducted in recent years investigated the impact of nitrogen (N) fertilizer on crop yield and gaseous emissions, but most are region-specific and focused on N sources and application methods. However, various factors affecting yield and N fertilizer efficiency in wheat crops on a global scale are not extensively studied, thus highlighting the need for a comprehensive meta-analysis. Using 109 peer-reviewed research studies (published between 2000 and 2022) from 156 experimental sites (covering 36.8, 38.6 and 24.6% of coarse, medium, and fine texture soils, respectively), we conducted a global meta-analysis to elucidate suitable N management practices and the key factors influencing N fertilization efficiency in wheat as a function of yield and recovery efficiency and also explained future perspectives for efficient N management in wheat crop. Overall, N fertilization had a significant impact on wheat yield. A curvilinear relationship was found between N rates and grain yield, whereas maximum yield improvement was illustrated at 150-300 kg N ha-1. In addition, N increased yield by 92.18% under direct soil incorporation, 87.55% under combined chemical and organic fertilizers application, and 72.86% under split application. Site-specific covariates (climatic conditions and soil properties) had a pronounced impact on N fertilization efficiency. A significantly higher yield response was observed in regions with MAP > 800 mm, and where MAT remained < 15 °C. Additionally, the highest yield response was observed with initial AN, AP and AK concentrations at < 20, < 10 and 100-150 mg kg-1, respectively, and yield response considerably declined with increasing these threshold values. Nevertheless, regression analysis revealed a declining trend in N recovery efficiency (REN) and the addition of N in already fertile soils may affect plant uptake and RE. Global REN in wheat remained at 49.78% and followed a negative trend with the further increase of N supply and improvement in soil properties. Finally, an advanced N management approach such as "root zone targeted fertilization" is suggested to reduce fertilizer application rate and save time and labor costs while achieving high yield and NUE.
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- Solomon Yokamo
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences; The State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management (SKL-NUM), Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Biology for Mango, College of Agriculture and Food Engineering, Baise University, Baise, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Gong H, Song W, Wang J, Wang X, Ji Y, Zhang X, Gao J. Climate factors affect forest biomass allocation by altering soil nutrient availability and leaf traits. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 65:2292-2303. [PMID: 37470341 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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Biomass in forests sequesters substantial amounts of carbon; although the contribution of aboveground biomass has been extensively studied, the contribution of belowground biomass remains understudied. Investigating the forest biomass allocation is crucial for understanding the impacts of global change on carbon allocation and cycling. Moreover, the question of how climate factors affect biomass allocation in natural and planted forests remains unresolved. Here, we addressed this question by collecting data from 384 planted forests and 541 natural forests in China. We evaluated the direct and indirect effects of climate factors on the belowground biomass proportion (BGBP). The average BGBP was 31.09% in natural forests and was significantly higher (38.75%) in planted forests. Furthermore, we observed a significant decrease in BGBP with increasing temperature and precipitation. Climate factors, particularly those affecting soil factors, such as pH, strongly affected the BGBP in natural and planted forests. Based on our results, we propose that future studies should consider the effects of forest type (natural or planted) and soil factors on BGBP.
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- Hede Gong
- School of Geography and Ecotourism, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, 830054, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, 830054, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, 830054, China
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- College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, 95616, California, USA
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- College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, 830054, China
- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes of Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100091, China
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Meeran K, Verbrigghe N, Ingrisch J, Fuchslueger L, Müller L, Sigurðsson P, Sigurdsson BD, Wachter H, Watzka M, Soong JL, Vicca S, Janssens IA, Bahn M. Individual and interactive effects of warming and nitrogen supply on CO 2 fluxes and carbon allocation in subarctic grassland. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2023; 29:5276-5291. [PMID: 37427494 PMCID: PMC10962691 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Climate warming has been suggested to impact high latitude grasslands severely, potentially causing considerable carbon (C) losses from soil. Warming can also stimulate nitrogen (N) turnover, but it is largely unclear whether and how altered N availability impacts belowground C dynamics. Even less is known about the individual and interactive effects of warming and N availability on the fate of recently photosynthesized C in soil. On a 10-year geothermal warming gradient in Iceland, we studied the effects of soil warming and N addition on CO2 fluxes and the fate of recently photosynthesized C through CO2 flux measurements and a 13 CO2 pulse-labeling experiment. Under warming, ecosystem respiration exceeded maximum gross primary productivity, causing increased net CO2 emissions. N addition treatments revealed that, surprisingly, the plants in the warmed soil were N limited, which constrained primary productivity and decreased recently assimilated C in shoots and roots. In soil, microbes were increasingly C limited under warming and increased microbial uptake of recent C. Soil respiration was increased by warming and was fueled by increased belowground inputs and turnover of recently photosynthesized C. Our findings suggest that a decade of warming seemed to have induced a N limitation in plants and a C limitation by soil microbes. This caused a decrease in net ecosystem CO2 uptake and accelerated the respiratory release of photosynthesized C, which decreased the C sequestration potential of the grassland. Our study highlights the importance of belowground C allocation and C-N interactions in the C dynamics of subarctic ecosystems in a warmer world.
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- Research Group Plants and EcosystemsUniversity of AntwerpAntwerpBelgium
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- Research Group Plants and EcosystemsUniversity of AntwerpAntwerpBelgium
- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems ScienceUniversity of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of EcologyUniversity of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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- Department of EcologyUniversity of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems ScienceUniversity of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Research Group Plants and EcosystemsUniversity of AntwerpAntwerpBelgium
- Soil and Crop Sciences DepartmentColorado State UniversityFort CollinsColoradoUSA
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- Research Group Plants and EcosystemsUniversity of AntwerpAntwerpBelgium
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- Research Group Plants and EcosystemsUniversity of AntwerpAntwerpBelgium
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- Department of EcologyUniversity of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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Gou X, Reich PB, Qiu L, Shao M, Wei G, Wang J, Wei X. Leguminous plants significantly increase soil nitrogen cycling across global climates and ecosystem types. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2023; 29:4028-4043. [PMID: 37186000 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Leguminous plants are an important component of terrestrial ecosystems and significantly increase soil nitrogen (N) cycling and availability, which affects productivity in most ecosystems. Clarifying whether the effects of legumes on N cycling vary with contrasting ecosystem types and climatic regions is crucial for understanding and predicting ecosystem processes, but these effects are currently unknown. By conducting a global meta-analysis, we revealed that legumes increased the soil net N mineralization rate (Rmin ) by 67%, which was greater than the recently reported increase associated with N deposition (25%). This effect was similar for tropical (53%) and temperate regions (81%) but was significantly greater in grasslands (151%) and forests (74%) than in croplands (-3%) and was greater in in situ incubation (101%) or short-term experiments (112%) than in laboratory incubation (55%) or long-term experiments (37%). Legumes significantly influenced the dependence of Rmin on N fertilization and experimental factors. The Rmin was significantly increased by N fertilization in the nonlegume soils, but not in the legume soils. In addition, the effects of mean annual temperature, soil nutrients and experimental duration on Rmin were smaller in the legume soils than in the nonlegume soils. Collectively, our results highlighted the significant positive effects of legumes on soil N cycling, and indicated that the effects of legumes should be elucidated when addressing the response of soils to plants.
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- Xiaomei Gou
- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Research Center of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Environment, Ministry of Education, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangling, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Institute for Global Change Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Research Center of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Environment, Ministry of Education, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Research Center of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Environment, Ministry of Education, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangling, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Research Center of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Environment, Ministry of Education, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangling, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Su J, Xu F, Zhang Y. Grassland biodiversity and ecosystem functions benefit more from cattle than sheep in mixed grazing: A meta-analysis. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 337:117769. [PMID: 36958283 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Grasslands have been widely grazed for livestock production by cattle and sheep. However, previous studies have mainly focused on the impacts of single-species grazing on grassland biodiversity and ecosystem functions; the effects of mixed grazing of cattle and sheep remain largely unknown. We conducted a meta-analysis to examine the impacts of mixed grazing and analyzed the relative roles of cattle and sheep on grassland biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions. Mixed grazing studies mainly originated from Europe, the USA, and China. Generally, cattle and sheep exhibited distinctive impacts on grassland biodiversity and functions in single-species and mixed grazing regimes. Cattle grazing alone increased plant diversity and soil organic carbon content (SOC), while sheep grazing alone had little impact. Compared to single-species grazing, mixed grazing generally increased plant density and richness of insect herbivores and decreased soil nematode richness, but did not alter plant biomass, soil nitrogen, or nematode abundance. Cattle in the mixed grazing regime increased plant diversity, biomasses of forbs and legumes, SOC, and liveweight gains of livestock. The mixed grazing impacts were further regulated by climate conditions, grazing intensity, and grazing duration. Our findings provide compelling evidence that mixed grazing benefits biodiversity, soil carbon sequestration, livestock production, and community structure of grasslands, and cattle are more influential than sheep in creating the benefits of mixed grazing for sustainable management of grasslands.
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- Jishuai Su
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, PR China
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- Grassland Research Center of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, PR China.
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- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, PR China.
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Feng H, Guo J, Peng C, Kneeshaw D, Roberge G, Pan C, Ma X, Zhou D, Wang W. Nitrogen addition promotes terrestrial plants to allocate more biomass to aboveground organs: A global meta-analysis. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2023; 29:3970-3989. [PMID: 37078965 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A significant increase in reactive nitrogen (N) added to terrestrial ecosystems through agricultural fertilization or atmospheric deposition is considered to be one of the most widespread drivers of global change. Modifying biomass allocation is one primary strategy for maximizing plant growth rate, survival, and adaptability to various biotic and abiotic stresses. However, there is much uncertainty as to whether and how plant biomass allocation strategies change in response to increased N inputs in terrestrial ecosystems. Here, we synthesized 3516 paired observations of plant biomass and their components related to N additions across terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. Our meta-analysis reveals that N addition (ranging from 1.08 to 113.81 g m-2 year-1 ) increased terrestrial plant biomass by 55.6% on average. N addition has increased plant stem mass fraction, shoot mass fraction, and leaf mass fraction by 13.8%, 12.9%, and 13.4%, respectively, but with an associated decrease in plant reproductive mass (including flower and fruit biomass) fraction by 3.4%. We further documented a reduction in plant root-shoot ratio and root mass fraction by 27% (21.8%-32.1%) and 14.7% (11.6%-17.8%), respectively, in response to N addition. Meta-regression results showed that N addition effects on plant biomass were positively correlated with mean annual temperature, soil available phosphorus, soil total potassium, specific leaf area, and leaf area per plant. Nevertheless, they were negatively correlated with soil total N, leaf carbon/N ratio, leaf carbon and N content per leaf area, as well as the amount and duration of N addition. In summary, our meta-analysis suggests that N addition may alter terrestrial plant biomass allocation strategies, leading to more biomass being allocated to aboveground organs than belowground organs and growth versus reproductive trade-offs. At the global scale, leaf functional traits may dictate how plant species change their biomass allocation pattern in response to N addition.
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- Huili Feng
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Trees and Ornamental Plants/Hainan Biological Key Laboratory for Germplasm Resources of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Trees and Ornamental Plants/Hainan Biological Key Laboratory for Germplasm Resources of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- College of Geographic Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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Han F, Yu C, Fu G. Temperature sensitivities of aboveground net primary production, species and phylogenetic diversity do not increase with increasing elevation in alpine grasslands. Glob Ecol Conserv 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
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He D, Jin B, Zhao X, Cheng H, Chen C, Wang H, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Yang Q, Liu K, Han M, Li Z, Peng J. Karst grassland forage quality and its determinants in Guizhou Province of Southwest China. PeerJ 2023; 11:e15323. [PMID: 37214107 PMCID: PMC10198152 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Forage quality is a key property of grassland ecosystems. In this study, grassland forage qualities were measured at 373 sampling sites throughout Guizhou Province in the karst mountain region of Southwest China, and the factors affecting it were explored. The forage quality level of most plant species was categorized into four levels: (1) preferred forage species; (2) desirable forage species; (3) consumed but undesirable forage species; and (4) non-consumable or toxic forage species. High temperature and precipitation appeared to facilitate the growth of preferred forage species, but limited the growth of other plants. Increasing soil pH had a positive impact on the number and biomass of preferred forage plants, but a negative influence on other plants, especially non-consumable or toxic plants. Both GDP and population density had a positive correlation with the number and biomass of preferred forage species, while such correlations for other levels of forage species tended to be negative. Grazing could lead to a decrease in the preferred forage species. Therefore, it is suggested that by focusing on soil improvement in grassland and maintaining an appropriate grazing intensity, global warming and rapid economic growth in Guizhou Province will likely contribute to increase the forage quality of karst grasslands in Southwest China.
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- Dengming He
- College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- School of Tourism, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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- College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- Guizhou Institute of Natural Resources Survey and Planning, Guizhou Department of Natural Resources, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- Guizhou Institute of Natural Resources Survey and Planning, Guizhou Department of Natural Resources, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- Guizhou Institute of Natural Resources Survey and Planning, Guizhou Department of Natural Resources, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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Yang T, Tan X, Huang S, Pan X, Zeng Y, Zhang J, Cheng S, Zeng Y. Grain yield and quality performances of different late-season rice cultivars in response to experimental warming in subtropical China. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1136564. [PMID: 37255558 PMCID: PMC10225640 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1136564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Introduction Climate warming has pronounced effects on rice production in China. However, late-seasons rice cultivars are diverse in double rice cropping systems, and the actual responses in grain yield and quality of different late-season rice cultivars to climate warming are still unclear. Methods A two-year field warming experiment was conducted by using free-air temperature increase facilities with three widely-planted late-season rice cultivars, including Taiyou398 (TY, short growth duration indica hybrid rice), Jiuxiangnian (JXN, long growth duration indica inbred rice), and Yongyou1538 (YY, long growth duration indica-japonica hybrid rice) in a double rice cropping system in subtropical China. Results Warming (1.9-2.0°C) had no significant effects on the grain yields of TY and JXN, but significantly decreased that of YY by 4.8% relative to ambient treatment due to a reduction of spikelet number. Compared to ambient treatment, the head rice yields of TY and YY did not change while that of JXN increased by 6.3% under warming conditions. Warming significantly increased the head rice rates of JXN and YY by 6.6% and 7.8%, and the chalky grain rates of TY, JXN, and YY by 79.1%, 21.6%, and 7.6%, respectively. Under warming conditions, the amylose content of JXN and YY decreased significantly by 7.5% and 8.8%, and the setback of three cultivars decreased significantly by an average of 41.5%. Conclusion Warming could improve the milling and eating qualities of long growth duration late-season rice (JXN and YY) and increase or maintain their head rice yield, even though decreased the grain yield of indica-japonica hybrid rice (YY). These results will provide a better understanding for the selection of suitable late-season rice cultivars under future climate warming conditions.
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- Taotao Yang
- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
- Rice Research Institute/Guangdong Key Laboratory of New Technology in Rice Breeding/Guangdong Rice Engineering Laboratory, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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Costa JM, Egipto R, Aguiar FC, Marques P, Nogales A, Madeira M. The role of soil temperature in mediterranean vineyards in a climate change context. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1145137. [PMID: 37229125 PMCID: PMC10205021 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1145137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The wine sector faces important challenges related to sustainability issues and the impact of climate change. More frequent extreme climate conditions (high temperatures coupled with severe drought periods) have become a matter of concern for the wine sector of typically dry and warm regions, such as the Mediterranean European countries. Soil is a natural resource crucial to sustaining the equilibrium of ecosystems, economic growth and people's prosperity worldwide. In viticulture, soils have a great influence on crop performance (growth, yield and berry composition) and wine quality, as the soil is a central component of the terroir. Soil temperature (ST) affects multiple physical, chemical and biological processes occurring in the soil as well as in plants growing on it. Moreover, the impact of ST is stronger in row crops such as grapevine, since it favors soil exposition to radiation and favors evapotranspiration. The role of ST on crop performance remains poorly described, especially under more extreme climatic conditions. Therefore, a better understanding of the impact of ST in vineyards (vine plants, weeds, microbiota) can help to better manage and predict vineyards' performance, plant-soil relations and soil microbiome under more extreme climate conditions. In addition, soil and plant thermal data can be integrated into Decision Support Systems (DSS) to support vineyard management. In this paper, the role of ST in Mediterranean vineyards is reviewed namely in terms of its effect on vines' ecophysiological and agronomical performance and its relation with soil properties and soil management strategies. The potential use of imaging approaches, e.g. thermography, is discussed as an alternative or complementary tool to assess ST and vertical canopy temperature profiles/gradients in vineyards. Soil management strategies to mitigate the negative impact of climate change, optimize ST variation and crop thermal microclimate (leaf and berry) are proposed and discussed, with emphasis on Mediterranean systems.
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- J. Miguel Costa
- Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, LEAF Research Center, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Laboratório Associado TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisboa, Portugal
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- INIAV, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Polo de Inovação de Dois Portos, Dois Portos, Portugal
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- Laboratório Associado TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisboa, Portugal
- CEF, Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, LEAF Research Center, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Laboratório Associado TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Laboratório Associado TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisboa, Portugal
- CEF, Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Xu Y, Feng Z, Peng J, Uddling J. Variations in leaf anatomical characteristics drive the decrease of mesophyll conductance in poplar under elevated ozone. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2023; 29:2804-2823. [PMID: 36718962 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Decline in mesophyll conductance (gm ) plays a key role in limiting photosynthesis in plants exposed to elevated ozone (O3 ). Leaf anatomical traits are known to influence gm , but the potential effects of O3 -induced changes in leaf anatomy on gm have not yet been clarified. Here, two poplar clones were exposed to elevated O3 . The effects of O3 on the photosynthetic capacity and anatomical characteristics were assessed to investigate the leaf anatomical properties that potentially affect gm . We also conducted global meta-analysis to explore the general response patterns of gm and leaf anatomy to O3 exposure. We found that the O3 -induced reduction in gm was critical in limiting leaf photosynthesis. Changes in liquid-phase conductance rather than gas-phase conductance drive the decline in gm under elevated O3, and this effect was associated with thicker cell walls and smaller chloroplast sizes. The effects of O3 on palisade and spongy mesophyll cell traits and their contributions to gm were highly genotype-dependent. Our results suggest that, while anatomical adjustments under elevated O3 may contribute to defense against O3 stress, they also cause declines in gm and photosynthesis. These results provide the first evidence of anatomical constraints on gm under elevated O3 .
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- Yansen Xu
- Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Carbon Source and Sink, China Meteorological Administration (ECSS-CMA),School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Carbon Source and Sink, China Meteorological Administration (ECSS-CMA),School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Liang X, Wang D, Ye Q, Zhang J, Liu M, Liu H, Yu K, Wang Y, Hou E, Zhong B, Xu L, Lv T, Peng S, Lu H, Sicard P, Anav A, Ellsworth DS. Stomatal responses of terrestrial plants to global change. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2188. [PMID: 37069185 PMCID: PMC10110556 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37934-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023] Open
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Quantifying the stomatal responses of plants to global change factors is crucial for modeling terrestrial carbon and water cycles. Here we synthesize worldwide experimental data to show that stomatal conductance (gs) decreases with elevated carbon dioxide (CO2), warming, decreased precipitation, and tropospheric ozone pollution, but increases with increased precipitation and nitrogen (N) deposition. These responses vary with treatment magnitude, plant attributes (ambient gs, vegetation biomes, and plant functional types), and climate. All two-factor combinations (except warming + N deposition) significantly reduce gs, and their individual effects are commonly additive but tend to be antagonistic as the effect sizes increased. We further show that rising CO2 and warming would dominate the future change of plant gs across biomes. The results of our meta-analysis provide a foundation for understanding and predicting plant gs across biomes and guiding manipulative experiment designs in a real world where global change factors do not occur in isolation.
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- Xingyun Liang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Guangzhou, 510650, China.
- College of Life Sciences, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, China.
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing, 211200, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510520, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Guangzhou, 510650, China
- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125, USA
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Guangzhou, 510650, China
- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Guangzhou, 510650, China
- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, 519087, China
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- ARGANS Ltd, 260 route du Pin Montard, 06410, Biot, France
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- ENEA, Climate Modeling Laboratory, CR Casaccia, 301 Via Anguillarese, 00123, Rome, Italy
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia
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Gineyts R, Niboyet A. Nitrification, denitrification, and related functional genes under elevated CO 2 : A meta-analysis in terrestrial ecosystems. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2023; 29:1839-1853. [PMID: 36537009 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Global change may have profound effects on soil nitrogen (N) cycling that can induce positive feedback to climate change through increased nitrous oxide (N2 O) emissions mediated by nitrification and denitrification. We conducted a meta-analysis of the effects of elevated CO2 on nitrification and denitrification based on 879 observations from 58 publications and 46 independent elevated CO2 experiments in terrestrial ecosystems. We investigated the effects of elevated CO2 alone or combined with elevated temperature, increased precipitation, drought, and N addition. We assessed the response to elevated CO2 of gross and potential nitrification, potential denitrification, and abundances of related functional genes (archaeal amoA, bacterial amoA, nirK, nirS, and nosZ). Elevated CO2 increased potential nitrification (+28%) and the abundance of bacterial amoA functional gene (+62%) in cropland ecosystems. Elevated CO2 increased potential denitrification when combined with N addition and higher precipitation (+116%). Elevated CO2 also increased the abundance of nirK (+25%) and nirS (+27%) functional genes in terrestrial ecosystems and of nosZ (+32%) functional gene in cropland ecosystems. The increase in the abundance of nosZ under elevated CO2 was larger at elevated temperature and high N (+62%). Four out of 14 two-way interactions tested between elevated CO2 and elevated temperature, elevated CO2 and increased precipitation, and elevated CO2 and N addition were marginally significant and mostly synergistic. The effects of elevated CO2 on potential nitrification and abundances of bacterial amoA and nirS functional genes increased with mean annual temperature and mean annual precipitation. Our meta-analysis thus suggests that warming and increased precipitation in large areas of the world could reinforce positive responses of nitrification and denitrification to elevated CO2 and urges the need for more investigations in the tropical zone and on interactive effects among multiple global change factors, as we may largely underestimate the effects of global change on soil N2 O emissions.
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- Robin Gineyts
- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, UPEC, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, Paris, France
- AgroParisTech, Palaiseau, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, UPEC, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, Paris, France
- AgroParisTech, Palaiseau, France
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Shi C, Urbina‐Malo C, Tian Y, Heinzle J, Kwatcho Kengdo S, Inselsbacher E, Borken W, Schindlbacher A, Wanek W. Does long-term soil warming affect microbial element limitation? A test by short-term assays of microbial growth responses to labile C, N and P additions. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2023; 29:2188-2202. [PMID: 36622092 PMCID: PMC10946488 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/25/2022] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Increasing global temperatures have been reported to accelerate soil carbon (C) cycling, but also to promote nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems. However, warming can differentially affect ecosystem C, N and P dynamics, potentially intensifying elemental imbalances between soil resources, plants and soil microorganisms. Here, we investigated the effect of long-term soil warming on microbial resource limitation, based on measurements of microbial growth (18 O incorporation into DNA) and respiration after C, N and P amendments. Soil samples were taken from two soil depths (0-10, 10-20 cm) in control and warmed (>14 years warming, +4°C) plots in the Achenkirch soil warming experiment. Soils were amended with combinations of glucose-C, inorganic/organic N and inorganic/organic P in a full factorial design, followed by incubation at their respective mean field temperatures for 24 h. Soil microbes were generally C-limited, exhibiting 1.8-fold to 8.8-fold increases in microbial growth upon C addition. Warming consistently caused soil microorganisms to shift from being predominately C limited to become C-P co-limited. This P limitation possibly was due to increased abiotic P immobilization in warmed soils. Microbes further showed stronger growth stimulation under combined glucose and inorganic nutrient amendments compared to organic nutrient additions. This may be related to a prolonged lag phase in organic N (glucosamine) mineralization and utilization compared to glucose. Soil respiration strongly positively responded to all kinds of glucose-C amendments, while responses of microbial growth were less pronounced in many of these treatments. This highlights that respiration-though easy and cheap to measure-is not a good substitute of growth when assessing microbial element limitation. Overall, we demonstrate a significant shift in microbial element limitation in warmed soils, from C to C-P co-limitation, with strong repercussions on the linkage between soil C, N and P cycles under long-term warming.
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- Chupei Shi
- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Department of Ecosystem and Landscape DynamicsInstitute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Institute of Soil Science, Leibniz Universität HannoverHannoverGermany
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental ScienceUniversity of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Soil, Federal Research and Training Centre for ForestsNatural Hazards and Landscape‐BFWViennaAustria
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- Department of Soil Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BAYCEER)University of BayreuthBayreuthGermany
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- Institute of Soil ResearchUniversity of Natural Resources and Life SciencesViennaAustria
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- Department of Soil Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BAYCEER)University of BayreuthBayreuthGermany
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Soil, Federal Research and Training Centre for ForestsNatural Hazards and Landscape‐BFWViennaAustria
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- Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem ScienceCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of ViennaViennaAustria
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Li Z, Li Y, Hu G, Wu H, Liang Y, Yan J, He S, Ganjurjav H, Gao Q. Reclamation intensifies the positive effects of warming on N 2O emission in an alpine meadow. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1162160. [PMID: 37056506 PMCID: PMC10088515 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1162160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Climatic warming can alter grassland nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions due to soil property alterations. However, how the reclamation affect grassland N2O flux under warming conditions remains unclear in alpine meadow ecosystems. We conducted a long-term manipulative warming experiment in a natural alpine meadow and a cultivated grassland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau to explore the separate and interactive effects of warming and reclamation on the soil N2O emission flux. N2O fluxes were measured under four treatments including control (CK), warming (W), reclamation (R) and warming under reclamation (WR) from August 2018 to July 2019. We measured the content of soil C, N nutrients and 5 enzymatic activities in 2018 and 2019. Correlation analysis and structural equation modeling were used to clarify how soil N availability and soil enzyme activities affect N2O emission. Our results indicated that compared to the ambient conditions for the growing and non-growing seasons, soil N2O flux was significantly increased 59.1% and 152.0% by warming and 28.4% and 142.4% by reclamation, respectively. Compared with W, WR significantly increased N2O flux by 18.9% and 81.1% during the growing and non-growing seasons, respectively. Soil moisture was negatively correlated to enzymatic activity and N2O flux. Both warming and reclamation promoted soil nitrification by increasing related enzymatic activities that acted to increase the N2O flux. Reclamation resulted in a greater sensitivity of the activity of ammonia monooxygenase and hydroxylamine oxidoreductase to warming, thus enhancing the effects of warming on increasing the N2O flux. Our research indicated that reclamation can additionally increase the effects of warming on N2O emissions for alpine meadows. Therefore, excessive expansion of arable land should be avoided, and new reclamation sites should be planned scientifically, as warming is expected to intensify in the future.
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- Zheng Li
- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Nagqu, China
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- Tianjin Meteorological Bureau, Tianjin, China
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Nagqu, China
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- College of Resource and Environment, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, China
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- Ordos Foresry and Grassland Science Institute, Ordos, China
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- Nagqu Grassland Station, Nagqu, China
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Nagqu, China
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Nagqu, China
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Yin M, Gao X, Kuang W, Zhang Y. Meta-analysis of the effect of nitrification inhibitors on the abundance and community structure of N 2O-related functional genes in agricultural soils. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 865:161215. [PMID: 36584958 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Application of nitrification inhibitors (NIs) in agricultural systems is an important strategy to enhance fertilizer nitrogen use efficiency and mitigate soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. Here, we conducted a global meta-analysis of 88 published studies to assess the response of N2O-related functional gene and transcript abundances, and community structure to NIs application. Application of NIs significantly reduced the abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria ammonia monooxygenase (AOB amoA) genes, AOB amoA transcript and nitrite reductase (nirS and nirK) genes. The effectiveness of NIs on reducing the AOB amoA abundance was influenced by N form, soil texture, soil pH and the experimental type (field vs. laboratory). Specifically, NIs were more effective when a mixed inorganic and organic N source was applied to a medium-textured soils. The NIs effectiveness increased with increasing soil pH. The response of AOB amoA abundance to NIs application was not affected by NI type, N rate, soil moisture, soil temperature and soil organic carbon (SOC). The inhibitory effect of NIs on nirS abundance increased with increasing soil temperature. NIs decreased soil nitrifying enzyme activity (NEA) and denitrifying enzyme activity (DEA) by 34.5 % and 27.0 %, respectively, leading to an overall 63.6 % reduction of N2O emissions. Soil NEA correlated positively with the abundance and community structure of AOB amoA but not with AOA amoA. Decrease in DEA with NIs application coincided with the decreasing nirS and nirK abundances. This global-scale assessment demonstrates that the effectiveness of NIs in reducing N2O emissions was attributed to the inhibiting effects on AOB amoA, nirS and nirK genes. Our findings highlight that NIs' inhibition effects on bacterial ammonia-oxidizing community and the encode enzymes in transformation of nitrite to nitric oxide are the main mechanisms for mitigation of N fertilizer-induced N2O emissions.
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- Mingyuan Yin
- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Urban Integrated Pest Management and Ecological Security, College of Life Science and Engineering, Shenyang University, Shenyang 110044, China
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- Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada.
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- Research Center of Forest Management Engineering of State Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, PR China
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Zhang S, Bai J, Zhang G, Xia Z, Wu M, Lu H. Negative effects of soil warming, and adaptive cultivation strategies of maize: A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 862:160738. [PMID: 36496024 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Temperature is a key factor in regulating and controlling several ecological processes. As there is a feedback relationship between many biogeochemical processes and climate change, their response to temperature changes is particularly important. Previously, a large volume of literature has extensively explored the impact of rising air temperature on shoot growth and maize yield, from enzymatic responses within the leaf to grain yield. As the global temperature continues to increase and the frequency, duration, and/or intensity of heat wave events increases, the soil temperature of the tilth is likely to rise sharply. As one of the most widely planted food crops in the world, maize may be subjected to additional soil temperature pressure. However, as a nutrient organ in direct contact with soil, the root plays a key role in adapting the whole plant to excessive soil temperature. Little research has been done on the effect of the soil microenvironment induced by higher soil temperature on maize root growth and root to shoot communication regulation. Therefore, this review summarizes (1) the effects of excessive soil temperature on the soil microenvironment, including soil respiration, microbial community composition, carbon mineralization, and enzyme activity; (2) the negative response of absorption of water and nutrients by roots and maize root-shoot growth to excessive soil temperature; and (3) potential cultivation strategies to improve maize yield, including improving tillage methods, adding biochar amendments, applying organic fertilizers, optimizing irrigation, and farmland mulching.
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- Shibo Zhang
- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Maize in Arid Area of Northwest Region, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Maize in Arid Area of Northwest Region, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Maize in Arid Area of Northwest Region, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Maize in Arid Area of Northwest Region, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Maize in Arid Area of Northwest Region, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Maize in Arid Area of Northwest Region, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling 712100, China.
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Gao W, Chen D, Hu X, Fang X, Li Q, Huang Q, Sun F, Zhou J, Bai Y, Zhang J, Li Z, Zhao J, Yuan D, Cui X, Liu L. Nitrogen deposition drives the intricate changes of fine root traits. Glob Ecol Conserv 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Qin W, Chen Y, Wang X, Zhao H, Hou Y, Zhang Q, Guo X, Zhang Z, Zhu B. Whole-soil warming shifts species composition without affecting diversity, biomass and productivity of the plant community in an alpine meadow. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 3:160-169. [PMID: 38932915 PMCID: PMC11197663 DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2022.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The structure and function of plant communities in alpine meadow ecosystems are potentially susceptible to climate warming. Here, we utilized a unique field manipulation experiment in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and investigated the responses of plant species diversity, composition, biomass, and net primary productivity (NPP) at both community and functional group levels to whole-soil-profile warming (3-4 °C across 0-100 cm) during 2018-2021. Plant species diversity, biomass and NPP (both above- and belowground) at the community level showed remarkable resistance to warming. However, plant community composition gradually shifted over time. Over the whole experimental warming period, aboveground biomass of legumes significantly decreased by 45%. Conversely, warming significantly stimulated aboveground biomass of forbs by 84%, likely because of better growth and competitive advantages from the warming-induced stimulation of soil water and other variables. However, warming showed minor effects on aboveground biomass of grasses and sedges. Overall, we emphasize that experimental warming may significantly affect plant community composition in a short term by triggering adjustments in plant interspecific competition or survival strategies, which may cause potential changes in plant productivity over a more extended period and lead to changes in carbon source-sink dynamics in the alpine meadow ecosystem.
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- Wenkuan Qin
- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Qinghai Haibei National Field Research Station of Alpine Grassland Ecosystem, and Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, China
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- Qinghai Haibei National Field Research Station of Alpine Grassland Ecosystem, and Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, China
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Qu Q, Xu H, Ai Z, Wang M, Wang G, Liu G, Geissen V, Ritsema CJ, Xue S. Impacts of extreme weather events on terrestrial carbon and nitrogen cycling: A global meta-analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 319:120996. [PMID: 36608729 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Some weather events like drought, increased precipitation, and warming exert substantial impact on the terrestrial C and N cycling. However, it remains largely unclear about the effect of extreme weather events (extreme drought, heavy rainfall, extreme heat, and extreme cold) on terrestrial C and N cycling. This study aims to analyze the responses of pools and fluxes of C and N in plants, soil, and microbes to extreme weather events by conducting a global meta-analysis of 656 pairwise observations. Results showed that extreme weather events (extreme drought, heavy rainfall, and extreme heat) decreased plant biomass and C flux, and extreme drought and heavy rainfall decreased the plant N pool and soil N flux. These results suggest that extreme weather events weaken the C and N cycling process in terrestrial ecosystems. However, this study did not determine the impact of extreme cold on ecosystem C and N cycling. Additional field experiments are needed to reveal the effects of extreme cold on global C and N cycling patterns.
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- Qing Qu
- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety on the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River & Forestry Ecological Engineering in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Geomatics, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710054, China
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- The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Wageningen University & Research, Soil Physics and Land Management, POB 47, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Wageningen University & Research, Soil Physics and Land Management, POB 47, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Dynamic carbon-nitrogen coupling under global change. SCIENCE CHINA. LIFE SCIENCES 2023; 66:771-782. [PMID: 36680674 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-022-2245-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Carbon-nitrogen coupling is a fundamental principle in ecosystem ecology. However, how the coupling responds to global change has not yet been examined. Through a comprehensive and systematic literature review, we assessed how the dynamics of carbon processes change with increasing nitrogen input and how nitrogen processes change with increasing carbon input under global change. Our review shows that nitrogen input to the ecosystem mostly stimulates plant primary productivity but inconsistently decreases microbial activities or increases soil carbon sequestration, with nitrogen leaching and nitrogenous gas emission rapidly increasing. Nitrogen fixation increases and nitrogen leaching decreases to improve soil nitrogen availability and support plant growth and ecosystem carbon sequestration under elevated CO2 and temperature or along ecosystem succession. We conclude that soil nitrogen cycle processes continually adjust to change in response to either overload under nitrogen addition or deficiency under CO2 enrichment and ecosystem succession to couple with carbon cycling. Indeed, processes of both carbon and nitrogen cycles continually adjust under global change, leading to dynamic coupling in carbon and nitrogen cycles. The dynamic coupling framework reconciles previous debates on the "uncoupling" or "decoupling" of ecosystem carbon and nitrogen cycles under global change. Ecosystem models failing to simulate these dynamic adjustments cannot simulate carbon-nitrogen coupling nor predict ecosystem carbon sequestration well.
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Jiang Q, Lin C, Guo R, Xiong D, Yao X, Wang X, Chen T, Jia L, Wu D, Fan A, Chen G, Yang Y. Root nitrogen uptake capacity of Chinese fir enhanced by warming and nitrogen addition. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 43:31-46. [PMID: 36049081 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpac103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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There is a knowledge gap in the effects of climate warming and nitrogen (N) deposition on root N absorption capacity, which limits our ability to predict how climate change alters the N cycling and its consequences for forest productivity especially in subtropical areas where soil N availability is already high. In order to explore the effects and mechanism of warming and the N deposition on root N absorption capacity of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata), a subtropical arbuscular mycorrhizal conifer, the fine root 15NH4+ and 15NO3- uptake kinetics at a reference temperature of 20 °C were measured across different seasons in a factorial soil warming (ambient, +5 °C) × N addition (ambient, +40 kg N ha-1 yr-1) experiment. The results showed that (i) compared with the control, warming increased the maximal uptake rate of NH4+ (Vmax,20 °C-NH4+) in summer, while N addition enhanced it in spring and summer; compared with non-warming treatments, warming treatments increased the uptake rate of NO3- at a reference concentration of 100 μmol (V100,20 °C-NO3-) in spring. (ii) The analysis of covariance showed that Vmax,20 °C-NH4+ was positively correlated with root mycorrhizal colonization rate (MCR) and V100,20 °C-NO3- was positively correlated with specific root respiration rate (SRR), whereas no N uptake kinetic parameter was correlated with specific root length, root N and non-structural carbon concentrations. Thus, our results demonstrate that warming-increased root NH4+ uptake might be related to warming-increased MCR, whereas warming-increased root NO3- uptake might be related to warming-increased SRR. We conclude that root NH4+ and NO3- uptake capacity of subtropical Chinese fir can be elevated under warming and N deposition, which could improve plantation productivity and mitigate N leaching loss and soil acidification.
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- Qi Jiang
- Fujian Sanming Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Sanming Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Sanming Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Sanming Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Sanming Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Sanming Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Sanming Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Sanming Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Sanming Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Sanming Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Sanming Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Sanming Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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Govindasamy P, Muthusamy SK, Bagavathiannan M, Mowrer J, Jagannadham PTK, Maity A, Halli HM, G. K. S, Vadivel R, T. K. D, Raj R, Pooniya V, Babu S, Rathore SS, L. M, Tiwari G. Nitrogen use efficiency-a key to enhance crop productivity under a changing climate. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1121073. [PMID: 37143873 PMCID: PMC10151540 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1121073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Nitrogen (N) is an essential element required for the growth and development of all plants. On a global scale, N is agriculture's most widely used fertilizer nutrient. Studies have shown that crops use only 50% of the applied N effectively, while the rest is lost through various pathways to the surrounding environment. Furthermore, lost N negatively impacts the farmer's return on investment and pollutes the water, soil, and air. Therefore, enhancing nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is critical in crop improvement programs and agronomic management systems. The major processes responsible for low N use are the volatilization, surface runoff, leaching, and denitrification of N. Improving NUE through agronomic management practices and high-throughput technologies would reduce the need for intensive N application and minimize the negative impact of N on the environment. The harmonization of agronomic, genetic, and biotechnological tools will improve the efficiency of N assimilation in crops and align agricultural systems with global needs to protect environmental functions and resources. Therefore, this review summarizes the literature on nitrogen loss, factors affecting NUE, and agronomic and genetic approaches for improving NUE in various crops and proposes a pathway to bring together agronomic and environmental needs.
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- Prabhu Govindasamy
- Division of Agronomy, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
- *Correspondence: Muthukumar Bagavathiannan, ; Prabhu Govindasamy,
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- Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
- *Correspondence: Muthukumar Bagavathiannan, ; Prabhu Govindasamy,
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- School of Soil Stress Management, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Pune, India
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- Crop Protection, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Indian Institute of Pulse Research, Kanpur, India
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- School of Soil Stress Management, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Pune, India
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- Division of Agronomy, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Agronomy, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Agronomy, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Agronomy, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Agronomy, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Agricultural Extension, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Agronomy, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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