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Qin S, Pang Y, Hu H, Liu T, Yuan D, Clough T, Wrage-Mönnig N, Luo J, Zhou S, Ma L, Hu C, Oenema O. Foliar N 2 O emissions constitute a significant source to atmosphere. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2024; 30:e17181. [PMID: 38372171 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17181] [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: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
Abstract
Nitrous oxide (N2 O) is a potent greenhouse gas and causes stratospheric ozone depletion. While the emissions of N2 O from soil are widely recognized, recent research has shown that terrestrial plants may also emit N2 O from their leaves under controlled laboratory conditions. However, it is unclear whether foliar N2 O emissions are universal across varying plant taxa, what the global significance of foliar N2 O emissions is, and how the foliage produces N2 O in situ. Here we investigated the abilities of 25 common plant taxa, including trees, shrubs and herbs, to emit N2 O under in situ conditions. Using 15 N isotopic labeling, we demonstrated that the foliage-emitted N2 O was predominantly derived from nitrate. Moreover, by selectively injecting biocide in conjunction with the isolating and back-inoculating of endophytes, we demonstrated that the foliar N2 O emissions were driven by endophytic bacteria. The seasonal N2 O emission rates ranged from 3.2 to 9.2 ng N2 O-N g-1 dried foliage h-1 . Extrapolating these emission rates to global foliar biomass and plant N uptake, we estimated global foliar N2 O emission to be 1.21 and 1.01 Tg N2 O-N year-1 , respectively. These estimates account for 6%-7% of the current global annual N2 O emission of 17 Tg N2 O-N year-1 , indicating that in situ foliar N2 O emission is a universal process for terrestrial plants and contributes significantly to the global N2 O inventory. This finding highlights the importance of measuring foliar N2 O emissions in future studies to enable the accurate assigning of mechanisms and the development of effective mitigation.
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- Shuping Qin
- Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Ecology, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Health and Regulation, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Health and Regulation, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control and Resources Recycle, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Heavy Metals Pollutants Control and Resource Utilization, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, PR China
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- Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Ecology, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
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- Department of Agriculture and the Environment, Grassland and Fodder Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Health and Regulation, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Ecology, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Ecology, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Huang CL, Sarkar R, Hsu TW, Yang CF, Chien CH, Chang WC, Chiang TY. Endophytic Microbiome of Biofuel Plant Miscanthus sinensis (Poaceae) Interacts with Environmental Gradients. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2020; 80:133-144. [PMID: 31832698 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-019-01467-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Miscanthus in Taiwan occupies a cline along altitude and adapts to diverse environments, e.g., habitats of high salinity and volcanoes. Rhizospheric and endophytic bacteria may help Miscanthus acclimate to those stresses. The relative contributions of rhizosphere vs. endosphere compartments to the adaptation remain unknown. Here, we used targeted metagenomics to compare the microbial communities in the rhizosphere and endosphere among ecotypes of M. sinensis that dwell habitats under different stresses. Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria predominated in the endosphere. Diverse phyla constituted the rhizosphere microbiome, including a core microbiome found consistently across habitats. In endosphere, the predominance of the bacteria colonizing from the surrounding soil suggests that soil recruitment must have subsequently determined the endophytic microbiome in Miscanthus roots. In endosphere, the bacterial diversity decreased with the altitude, likely corresponding to rising limitation to microorganisms according to the species-energy theory. Specific endophytes were associated with different environmental stresses, e.g., Pseudomonas spp. for alpine and Agrobacterium spp. for coastal habitats. This suggests Miscanthus actively recruits an endosphere microbiome from the rhizosphere it influences.
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- Chao-Li Huang
- Institute of Tropical Plant Sciences and Microbiology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou, 55244, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Institute of Tropical Plant Sciences and Microbiology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Institute of Tropical Plant Sciences and Microbiology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan.
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