山药连作对土壤微生物群落及土壤酶活性的影响

以山药连作（0 a,1 a,2 a）和轮作（山药—小麦）土壤为研究对象,探讨耕作模式对山药种植地耕层土壤（0—30 cm）微生物数量和酶活性的影响。结果表明:土壤耕层的有机质、全氮、有效磷和速效钾含量随山药连作年限的延长而逐渐降低,而山药—小麦轮作模式则有助于恢复地力。山药连作、轮作的土壤均以细菌所占比例最大,放线菌次之,真菌最少;与对照（0 a）相比,细菌、放线菌数量均随着山药连作年限增加呈递减趋势;但放线菌的降幅明显大于细菌,表现出对连作年限更强的敏感性;真菌数量随连作年限呈先升后降的趋势。山药连作可以明显降低土壤脲酶、碱性磷酸酶和蔗糖酶的活性,轮作模式则可以激发该三种酶的活性,其中轮作较连作2 a的处理可以明显提高脲酶和蔗糖酶活性,差异分别达显著水平（p < 0.05）和极显著水平（p < 0.01）。说明山药连作会破坏土壤耕层微生物种群结构,并抑制土壤酶活性,轮作可以在一定程度上改善土壤微生物群落结构及酶活性质量。     

THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF [14C] GLUCOSE DURING INCUBATION IN SOIL

When two different soils were incubated after the addition of [¹⁴C] glucose in the dark at winter temperatures or at 5°C in the laboratory and then hydrolysed, radioactivity was detected in all seven common soil sugars except arabinose. In contrast, in incubations at 20°C, little radioactivity was found in the xylose. Examination of the microflora showed that the number of viable bacteria was one-tenth at the lower temperatures, whereas the numbers of yeasts, fungi, and actinomycetes were unaffected. Analysis of cultures of representative microbial isolates showed that none of the fungi or actinomycetes and only 3 per cent of the bacteria synthesized xylose, compared with 85 per cent of the yeasts. It is concluded that when these soils are incubated at low temperatures xylose is synthesized principally by yeasts.     

Size, symbiotic effectiveness and genetic diversity of field pea rhizobia (Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae) populations in South Australian soils

Field pea (Pisum sativum L.) is widely grown in South Australia (SA), often without inoculation with commercial rhizobia. To establish if symbiotic factors are limiting the growth of field pea we examined the size, symbiotic effectiveness and diversity of populations of field pea rhizobia (Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae) that have become naturalised in South Australian soils and nodulate many pea crops. Most probable number plant infection tests on 33 soils showed that R. l. bv. viciae populations ranged from undetectable (six soils) to 32×10³ rhizobia g⁻¹ of dry soil. Twenty-four of the 33 soils contained more than 100 rhizobia g⁻¹ soil. Three of the six soils in which no R. l. bv. viciae were detected had not grown a host legume (field pea, faba bean, vetch or lentil). For soils that had grown a host legume, there was no correlation between the size of R. l. bv. viciae populations and either the time since a host legume had been grown or any measured soil factor (pH, inorganic N and organic C). In glasshouse experiments, inoculation of the field pea cultivar Parafield with the commercial Rhizobium strain SU303 resulted in a highly effective symbiosis. The SU303 treatment produced as much shoot dry weight as the mineral N treatment and more than 2.9 times the shoot dry weight of the uninoculated treatment. Twenty-two of the 33 naturalised populations of rhizobia (applied to pea plants as soil suspensions) produced prompt and abundant nodulation. These symbioses were generally effective at N₂ fixation, with shoot dry weight ranging from 98% (soil 21) down to 61% (soil 30) of the SU303 treatment, the least effective population of rhizobia still producing nearly double the growth of the uninoculated treatment. Low shoot dry weights resulting from most of the remaining soil treatments were associated with delayed or erratic nodulation caused by low numbers of rhizobia. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) fingerprinting of 70 rhizobial isolates recovered from five of the 33 soils (14 isolates from each soil) showed that naturalised populations were composed of multiple (5-9) strain types. There was little evidence of strain dominance, with a single strain type occupying more than 30% of trap host nodules in only two of the five populations. Cluster analysis of RAPD PCR banding patterns showed that strain types in naturalised populations were not closely related to the current commercial inoculant strain for field pea (SU303, ≥75% dissimilarity), six previous field pea inoculant strains (≥55% dissimilarity) or a former commercial inoculant strain for faba bean (WSM1274, ≥66% dissimilarity). Two of the most closely related strain types (≤15% dissimilarity) were found at widely separate locations in SA and may have potential as commercial inoculant strains. Given the size and diversity of the naturalised pea rhizobia populations in SA soils and their relative effectiveness, it is unlikely that inoculation with a commercial strain of rhizobia will improve N₂ fixation in field pea crops, unless the number of rhizobia in the soil is very low or absent (e.g. where a legume host has not been previously grown and for three soils from western Eyre Peninsula). The general effectiveness of the pea rhizobia populations also indicates that reduced N₂ fixation is unlikely to be the major cause of the declining field pea yields observed in recent times.     

Cucumber Productivity and Soil Degradation in Recropping System in Greenhouse

Soil degradation resulting from recropping of greenhouse-cultivated cucumber (Cucumis statirus L.) has become a serious problem for production. The objective was to determine the soil degradation processes and make suggestions for prevention. Experiments were conducted in a solar greenhouse 4.0 m long and 0.7 m wide during 2001–2005 in northern China. In 2001, every fourth plot was filled with continuously cropped typical sandy soils from the winter–spring cucumber season for 0, 1, 4, or 8 years, respectively. Soil particle composition, nutrient content, and species of soil microbes were analyzed. A grafted cucumber with squash root was transplanted to the continuously cropped soil. Results indicated that cucumber fruit productivity increased with increases of recropping year up to the fourth year and then decreased thereafter with continuous cropping. Soil particle percentages did not change significantly as recropping years increased. Soil nutrients were not the main factor for decreased productivity. As the number of recropping years increased, the soil available nitrogen (N), available phosphorus (P), available potassium (K), and organic content increased. The soil bacteria and fungi increased after 3 or 5 years of recropping, and soil actinomycetes decreased significantly after 5 years of recropping. The ratio of bacteria–fungi–actinomycetes changed, populations of fungi and bacteria increased, and the ratio of actinomycetes decreased, which led to an increase in the occurrence of pathogenic and soil-borne microbes and a decrease in fruit productivity, which were assumed to be the main factors of soil degradation. To stop recropping from influencing populations of fungi, bacteria, and actinomycetes, recropping should not be utilized after 4 years of recropping in order to continue with vegetable productivity in greenhouses.     

生物炭与有机肥、无机肥配施对采煤塌陷区复垦土壤理化性状的影响

为了研究施用生物炭对采煤塌陷复垦土壤的熟化效果,以山西省晋城市采煤塌陷复垦区土壤为研究对象,连续3年采用生物炭与有机肥、无机肥配施等方式研究其对复垦土壤主要理化性状的影响。结果表明:不同施肥处理均不同程度改善了土壤的理化性状,有机肥配施生物炭处理明显降低了复垦土壤容重(降幅10%),提高了土壤孔隙含水率(增幅7.14%),但对土壤pH影响不明显。有机肥处理和无机肥处理的土壤全氮、全磷含量差异不显著;无机肥配施生物炭处理与单施无机肥处理相比,速效磷增加了8.33%,速效钾增加了6.34%,增幅较明显,对碱解氮影响则不明显。有机肥配施生物炭,土壤细菌、真菌、放线菌数量增幅不明显;无机肥配施生物炭,真菌数量增幅最为明显(11.7%)。有机肥、无机肥配施生物炭处理玉米产量分别提高了3.03%和2.70%,生物炭的增产作用有限。因此,在复垦土壤上施用生物炭后可以提高有机肥和无机肥的培肥效果,单施生物炭效果不明显。     

苹果园生草对土壤微生物多样性、酶活性及碳组分的影响

  【目的】  果园种植生草能够改善土壤肥力与土壤结构。研究种植不同生草对果园土壤微生物多样性和土壤生物学性状的影响,为果园高效绿色管理提供理论依据。  【方法】  于2017年山东省泰安市马庄试验基地多年生苹果行间进行生草试验,供试草种为白三叶草(Trifolium pratense)、垂穗草(Bouteloua gracilis)、沙画眉草(Eragrostis trichodes)、弯叶画眉草(Eragrostis curvula)和加拿大披碱草(Elymus canadensis),以清耕自然生草为对照(A_CK),研究不同生草处理在连续3年内对果园土壤环境的影响。  【结果】  1) 从6个土壤样品中共得到31459个细菌操作分类单元和5021个真菌操作分类单元,6个土壤样品中共有1019个相同细菌群落(OTUs)和108个相同真菌群落(OTUs)。Alpha 多样性分析可知,弯叶画眉草处理后的土壤中细菌的Shannon、Simpson和Chao1指数高于Ack处理,比Ack分别增加了4.61%、7.01%和27.44%,尤其加拿大披碱草处理后土壤真菌的Chao1指数是对照的1.31倍(P<0.05)。在门分类水平变形菌门(Proteobacteria)、酸杆菌门(Acidobacteria)、放线菌门(Actinobacteria)、芽单胞菌门(Gemmatimonadetes)、浮霉菌门(Planctomycetes)、绿弯菌门(Chloroflexi)、拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes)和疣微菌门(Verrucomicrobia)是优势细菌,这8个细菌门在各自处理中占比超过95%,子囊菌门(Ascomycota)、担子菌门(Basidiomycota)、球囊菌门(Glomeromycota)、接合菌门(Zygomycota)是优势真菌,这4个优势真菌门在各自处理中占比超过80%。弯叶画眉草处理可提高土壤中细菌丰富度和多样性,沙画眉草处理土壤中的细菌芽单胞菌门、浮霉菌门、绿弯菌门相对丰度降低;5个生草处理提高了土壤中真菌群落担子菌门的相对丰度,垂穗草子囊菌门相对丰度降低明显,垂穗草、弯叶画眉草和加拿大披碱草提高了土壤中的球囊菌门相对丰度。2)果园生草提高了土壤中微生物的数量,且随着生草时间的延长微生物数量增加明显,2020年9月份的弯叶画眉草处理土壤微生物数量高于清耕处理。3) 生草提高了果园土壤总有机碳和可溶性有机碳含量,弯叶画眉草、加拿大披碱草和沙画眉草处理效果显著好于清耕,弯叶画眉草的效果尤为突出,而三叶草的效果不显著。相应地,沙画眉草、弯叶画眉草和加拿大披碱草土壤脲酶、磷酸酶和过氧化氢酶活性显著高于清耕处理。4)相关性分析结果表明,果园生草处理土壤的碳组分(除DOC外)、酶活性与微生物数量之间存在极显著或显著正相关。  【结论】  种植沙画眉草、弯叶画眉草和加拿大披碱草均可显著增加土壤中总有机碳和可溶性有机碳含量,随着生草年限的增加,提高幅度也在增加,进而显著增加了土壤中微生物数量,并不同程度地改变了细菌和真菌的丰富度和多样性。弯叶画眉草和加拿大披碱草对土壤影响效应优良,极具推广价值。     

炉渣与生物炭配施对稻田土壤性质及微生物特征的影响

稻田土壤微生物种类多、数量大,是土壤有机碳矿化的驱动者和有机碳库的固持者。以福州平原稻田为试验样地,分别施加生物炭、炉渣、生物炭+炉渣3种处理,测定分析不同处理对稻田土壤理化性质、微生物数量及有机碳含量的影响,旨在探究稻田土壤微生物在土壤碳库稳定方面的作用。结果表明:(1)炉渣与生物炭施加能够增加稻田土壤微生物数量,提高土壤真菌/细菌比值,有利于土壤碳库稳定性,其中混合施加效果更为显著。(2)3种施加处理均使早稻拔节期真菌数量及真菌/细菌比值显著升高,其中真菌/细菌比值分别提高0.016,0.015,0.018,同时使晚稻乳熟期厌氧细菌数量显著增加。生物炭单一施加及混施处理使晚稻拔节期好氧细菌数量显著升高。混施处理使早稻乳熟期好氧细菌数量显著升高(p<0.05)。(3)炉渣施加处理显著提高了早稻乳熟期土壤DOC的含量,生物炭施加处理显著提高早稻乳熟期土壤SOC含量,混施处理使早稻拔节期土壤SOC含量显著升高,使晚稻拔节期土壤DOC显著升高(p<0.05),并且早、晚稻拔节期有机碳含量显著高于乳熟期。(4)稻田土壤理化性质、微生物数量及有机碳含量三者相互影响,早稻土壤pH与土壤MBC含量呈显著负相关,与真菌数量呈极显著正相关(p<0.01)。晚稻土壤含水量与DOC、好氧细菌、厌氧细菌、真菌呈正相关。MBC与厌氧细菌呈显著负相关(p<0.05)。     

施肥对中国农田土壤微生物群落结构与酶活性影响的整合分析

【目的】 施肥能直接或间接改变农田生态系统的养分平衡,从而影响土壤的物理、化学和生物学特性。本研究探讨不同种植制度和土壤条件下施肥对农田土壤生物学特性的影响程度,为合理施肥和土壤肥力提升提供科学依据。 【方法】 通过收集近10年 (2008—2018年) 来发表的文献,建立了包含185组微生物量及群落结构等相关内容的数据库。采用整合分析方法(Meta-analysis),定量分析了施肥对土壤微生物量、群落结构以及酶活性的影响。 【结果】 与不施肥相比,施肥显著提高了土壤微生物磷脂脂肪酸 (PLFA) 和微生物量碳、氮含量,提高幅度分别为28.5%、30.9%和41.6%。施用 (单施或配施) 有机物料对土壤微生物总PLFA含量及微生物量碳、氮含量的提高幅度分别为47.3%、50.4%和58.7%,相当于施用化肥的2.8、2.4和3.9倍。与不施肥相比,施肥均能增加各类微生物菌群PLFA含量,对细菌、真菌及放线菌的提高幅度为23.8%～30.4%,对革兰氏阴性菌(G–)和革兰氏阳性菌 (G+) 的提高幅度为37.8%～43.2%,且施用有机物料处理对各类微生物菌群PLFA含量的提高幅度显著高于施化肥处理。施用化肥对土壤微生物总PLFA含量的提高幅度在一年两熟制区为17.9%,在水田和水旱轮作条件下为18.3%～27.6%,而在一年一熟制区及旱地条件下对土壤微生物总PLFA含量无显著影响。在不同pH的土壤中,施用有机物料对微生物总PLFA的提高幅度均显著高于施化肥处理。在pH < 6与pH > 8的土壤上施用化肥对微生物总PLFA含量无明显影响。施肥显著提高了与土壤有机质分解相关的β-葡萄糖苷酶(42.4%)和乙酰氨基葡萄糖苷酶(174.5%)的活性,对与氮循环相关的亮氨酸氨基肽酶活性无显著影响。统计分析还表明,施肥并未改变土壤微生物的真菌细菌比(F∶B)和革兰氏阳性菌革兰氏阴性菌比(G +∶G–)。 【结论】 在不同种植制度、土地利用类型和土壤pH下,施肥显著改变了土壤微生物量和与有机质分解相关的酶活性,但未改变土壤微生物的真菌细菌比(F∶B)和革兰氏阳性菌革兰氏阴性菌比(G+∶G–)。单施或配施有机物料均有利于提高农田土壤微生物总量及各类菌群的生物量,效果显著好于单施化肥。      

生草不同条件还田对桃园土壤微生物、酶活性及养分供应的影响

为探讨桃园生草不同条件还田对土壤微生物、酶活性及有效态养分的影响,以清耕为对照,设置生草自然还田、生草刈割还田、生草刈割配施有机物料腐熟剂还田3个处理,连续开展3年定位试验。采集根际和非根际土壤,研究桃园生草不同条件还田对土壤微生物数量、土壤酶活性以及土壤不同形态氮、钾含量的影响。结果表明:生草不同条件还田提高了根际土壤微生物的数量,生草刈割配施有机物料腐熟剂还田显著提高了根际和非根际土壤细菌和真菌的数量,较其他处理分别提高21.2%～48.2%和11.7%～17.0%,生草刈割后,配施有机物料腐熟剂能加速秸秆的腐熟与微生物繁殖;与清耕对照相比,桃园生草不同条件还田均能显著提高土壤酶活性,生草刈割配施有机物料腐熟剂的土壤脲酶活性、过氧化氢酶活性、蔗糖酶活性较其他处理分别提高10.2%～45.4%,26.8%～56.9%,20.5%～30.7%;桃园生草还田对土壤养分的积累具有正效应,以生草刈割配施有机物料腐熟剂还田效果明显,其不仅增加了土壤无机态氮和有机态氮含量,减少了氮素损失,同时还显著提高土壤速效钾和水溶性钾含量,较其他处理的土壤速效钾和水溶性钾含量分别提高12.6%～15.6%和11.4%～39.1%。综上,桃园生草刈割配施有机物料腐熟剂还田为提高土壤微生物数量、土壤酶活性及氮钾养分供应的较好途径,为果园生草精细化管理提供科学依据。     

A comparative study of the microbiology of soils managed under organic and conventional regimes

Abstract. Previous studies of the microbial status of soils managed under 'organic' and 'conventional' regimes have produced conflicting evidence of whether there are distinct differences in the size, composition and activity of the soil microbial biomass which may be attributed to management practice. In the present study, we have compared the microbiology of organically- and conventionally-managed soils at (primarily) two farms in England, over a two year period. Differences in microbial communities in soils under different management practice were subtle rather than dramatic. Many of the parameters measured, including total C and microbial biomass C, often showed no consistently significant differences in soils under different management. In soils from one farm, concentrations of ATP in Ringers solution soil extracts were mostly found to be significantly greater in organically-managed than in comparable conventionally-managed soils. While indirect (plate) counts showed that there were similar numbers of cultivable microorganisms present in these soils, total counts of bacteria (via DAPI-staining) were found to parallel the trends found for readily-extractable ATP. Numbers of metabolically-active bacteria, determined by FISH analysis using a EUB338 probe to detect ribosome-rich cells, indicated that the percentage of metabolically-active bacteria present was not determined by management practice. Total and active fungi were also found to be more abundant in organically-managed soils. It was concluded that changes in soil microbiology may occur as a consequence of switching to organic land management, but these may not be detectable by methods used frequently to assess soil biomass. In particular, increased numbers of viable but non-culturable bacteria and fungi in organically-managed soils points to a greater physiological diversity of microorganisms in such situations.     

不同土壤管理方式对梨园土壤微生物及养分含量的影响

通过田间试验研究不同土壤管理方式对梨园表层（0 ~ 20 cm）和亚表层土壤（20 ~ 40 cm）细菌、真菌、放线菌数量和土壤养分含量的影响。结果表明：梨园土壤微生物数量具有垂直分布的特征,土壤微生物数量随土层的加深而递减。梨园表层和亚表层土壤中微生物数量均细菌最多,放线菌次之,真菌最少。与覆草1年相比较,覆草3年的梨园土壤除表层土壤细菌含量无显著差异外,表层和亚表层土壤中真菌和放线菌数量均显著增加。与自然生草、覆膜、常规灌溉处理相比较,覆草与覆膜结合能最大限度地增加土壤微生物数量。连续覆草3年显著提高了梨园土壤有机质、碱解氮、速效磷、速效钾含量,而覆膜处理使土壤速效养分含量下降,覆膜结合覆草处理能显著提高土壤有机质、速效磷、速效钾含量。     

Microbial properties of soils as affected by cropping and nutrient management practices in several long-term manurial experiments in the semi-arid tropics of India

Microorganisms play a critical role in nutrient transformation, soil health and for sustaining the productivity of soils. Effects of long-term cropping, fertilization, manuring and their integration on microbial community were studied in soil samples from five long-term fertilizer experiments under various rainfed production systems in the semi-arid tropics (SAT) of India. Microbial population counts were analyzed by dilution plating and were in turn compared with different parameters such as soil treatments, soil type, soil microbial biomass C, soil organic C, rainfall and soil pH. The counts were high in treatments where combinations of organic and inorganic fertilizers were applied compared to control. Vertisols showed larger organic carbon levels than Alfisols. Fungal population was higher in acidic soils and in treatments under continuous inorganic fertilization treatments whereas a high number of bacteria were found in integrated use of organic and inorganic fertilizers. At most of the locations soil organic C and microbial biomass C showed significant positive (p ≤ 0.05) correlation with microbial populations. Thus, results suggest that even under arid and semi-arid tropical conditions, regular addition of nutrients in an integrated manner could improve soil organic carbon and microbial population counts. For each production system, better carbon sequestration management practices were identified.     

Soil bacterial and fungal communities along a soil chronosequence assessed by fatty acid profiling

Microbial communities are important components of terrestrial ecosystems. The importance of their diversity and functions for natural systems is well recognized. However, a better understanding of successional changes of microbial communities over long time scales is still required. In this work, the size and composition of microbial communities in soils of a deglaciation chronosequence at the Damma glacier forefield were studied by fatty acid profiling. Soil fatty acid concentrations clearly increased with soil age. The abundances of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), bacteria and other soil fungi, however, were more affected by abiotic soil parameters like carbon content and pH than by soil age. Analysis of ratios of the different microbial groups (AMF, fungi, bacteria) along the soil chronosequence indicated that: i) the ratios of AMF to bacteria and AMF to fungi decreased with soil age; and ii) the ratio of fungi to bacteria remained unchanged along the soil chronosequence. These two pieces of evidence suggest that the evolution of this ecosystem proceeds at an uneven pace over time and that the role of AMF is less important in older, more organic and acidified soils than in mineral soils. In contrast to other studies, no successional replacement of bacteria with fungi in more acidified and organic soil was observed.     

Microbial populations,enzyme activities and nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium enrichment in earthworm casts and in the surrounding soil of a pineapple plantation

Summary Total populations of bacteria and fungi, dehydrogenase activity (as a measure of total potential microbial activity), and urease and phosphatase activities were determined in earthworm casts and surrounding laterite soils planted to pineapple. The casts contained higher microbial populations and enzyme activities than the soil. Except for fungal populations, statistically significant (P = 0.05) increases were found in all other parameters. Microbial populations and enzyme activities showed similar temporal trends with higher values in spring and summer and lower values in winter. The earthworm casts contained higher amounts of N, P, K and organic C than the soil (P = 0.05). Selective feeding by earthworms on organically rich substrates, which break down during passage through the gut, is likely to be responsible for the higher microbial populations and greater enzyme activity in the casts.     

基于高通量测序研究草莓根际微生物群落结构和多样性

研究草莓根际土壤微生物群落组成和结构,对健康草莓土壤生态系统的构建和保持具有重要意义。以不同地区草莓根际土壤为研究样本,利用MiSeq平台Illumina第二代高通量测序技术并结合相关生物信息学分析土壤细菌16S rRNA基因V4+V5区域和真菌ITS1+ITS2区域的丰富度和多样性指数以及群落结构。结果表明:从15个草莓根际土壤样本中获得4554个细菌分类操作单元OTU和1298个真菌OTU,草莓根际土壤的优势细菌门为变形菌门、厚壁菌门、放线菌门、酸杆菌门和绿弯菌门,主要的优势细菌属有16种;优势真菌门为子囊菌门、接合菌门和担子菌门,主要的优势真菌属有8种。冗余分析(RDA)显示,全氮和pH对土壤微生物群落结构的影响最大,共解释了61%的群落变化,各因子的贡献率大小依次为土壤全氮pH有效磷全钾全磷有机质速效钾碱解氮;相关性分析也表明,土壤理化指标均与不同优势菌门存在密切的相关关系。本研究结果加深了对草莓根际微生物群落结构和多样性的认识,为深入研究草莓根际微生物多样性及功能与环境因子之间的关系提供了借鉴。     

盐胁迫对蔬菜地土壤微生物及土壤酶活的毒害效应

采用外源投加盐分培养室模拟方法,研究了不同强度盐胁迫对蔬菜地土壤微生物和土壤酶的生态毒理效应。结果表明,在盐胁迫试验强度条件下,蔬菜地土壤细菌种群遭遇盐胁迫后,生长受抑、数量减少,放线菌种群抗逆性强、数量上升,土壤真菌种群数量因细菌种群数量的减少而出现暂时性增长现象,但随胁迫时间延长也呈现毒害效应,数量下降,且低于对照;盐胁迫造成土壤微生物优势种群演替和微生态失衡,细菌比例降低,真菌比例上升;盐胁迫明显抑制土壤脲酶和蛋白酶活性,抑制程度与外加盐量呈正比,即盐胁迫强度越大,土壤蛋白酶和脲酶活性越低;而土壤转化酶和过氧化氢酶的活性在低盐胁迫强度（外加盐量为1g·kg-1）时略高于对照组,但随盐胁迫强度的加重,转化酶和过氧化氢酶活性相应降低,盐含量越高,酶活性越低;土壤盐胁迫强度与土壤脲酶、蛋白酶、转化酶和过氧化氢酶活性均呈高度线性负相关,其中蛋白酶和转化酶与盐胁迫程度的相关性高且稳定,0.930≤r≤0.993。     

Functional diversity of soil microbial community,rock phosphate dissolution and growth of Acacia seyal as influenced by grass-, litter- and soil-feeding termite nest structure amendments

We tested termite mound materials belonging to different feeding groups: Cubitermes (soil-feeder), Trinervitermes (grass-feeder) and Macrotermes (litter-feeder), as natural microbial inoculum to promote plant growth and increase nutrient supplies from soil organic matter and inorganic amendments (rock phosphate), through their effects on soil microorganisms (functional diversity of soil microflora, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, rhizobia, fluorescent pseudomonads, actinomycetes and saprophytic fungi). Experiments were made in a pot experiment with Acacia seyal, a leguminous tree abundant in West Africa, with a sandy soil amended or not with rock phosphate. Results indicated a stimulation of plant growth with Cubitermes and Trinervitermes mound powder (plant height and shoot biomass), similar to what was obtained with rock phosphate alone. Leaf content in N was also increased in the termite treatments (except in Macrotermes soil), whereas mycorrhizal colonization was inhibited as compared to the control. The development of saprophytic fungi was significantly higher in the soils amended with rock phosphate and this effect was hypothesized to be related to the production of large quantities of oxalic acid by fungal populations. The fluorescent pseudomonad populations notably increased in the soils dually amended with mound powders and rock phosphate, and this could be due to the fact that some species of this bacterial group are able to dissolve rock phosphate. The organic and inorganic amendments decreased the soil catabolic evenness in all the mound powder treatments. Among the mound materials tested, Cubitermes mound powder had the most promising effect, especially on SIR response to oxalate. It is concluded that soils amended both with rock phosphate and Cubitermes mound soil could promote the development of microbial communities, which could help to metabolize this compound and consequently enhance plant growth.     

Population densities of clover rhizobia in Texas pastures and response to liming

Summary Clovers are widely used forage legumes on acidic soils in Texas and need inoculation with appropriate rhizobia when first introduced. Acidic soils are not conducive to survival of clover rhizobia. A survey of pastures was undertaken to determine the number of rhizobia present. The effect of liming acidic soils on the survival of clover rhizobia was also evaluated in the laboratory. The number of clover rhizobia was more than 100 cells g^-1 soil in 70% of the pastures surveyed but populations within pastures varied by more than two orders of magnitude. The number of years of clover production beyond 1 year did not affect the rhizobial population density. The soil pH of twelve samples was below 5.0 and six samples had populations of rhizobial lower than 100 g^-1 soil. Eleven out of sixteen samples from fields that had grown clover and had pH values above 6.0 had populations exceeding 1000 g^-1 soil and only three samples had populations lower than 100 g^-1 soil. Incubating indigenous or inoculated rhizobia in well-mixed soils having pH values of 5.1 or below resulted in populations declining to below 10 g^-1 soil in 6 weeks. Mixing of soils with pH values of up to 5.4 induced reduction of rhizobial numbers, possibly by destroying microsites. Liming of soils to increase pH values above 5.5 improved survival of native or inoculated rhizobia in most cases.     

Influence of leguminous cover crops on microbial and selected enzyme activities in soils of a plantation

A study dealing with ecological sustainability of plantation based land use initiated in 1991 in a 19 yr old coconut plantation consists of growing certain leguminous crops like Atylosia, Pueraria, Centrosema and Calopogonium as soil cover in separate plots with lemon grass as live bounds. These cover crops are grown during the rainy season and incorporated into the soil towards the end of the monsoon every year. The effect of such cover crops on soil microbial counts (total counts, fungi, actinomycetes and bacteria), biomass C, organic C, total N and on the activity of enzymes like urease, amidase, L-glutaminase, aryl sulphatase and dehydrogenase was determined in soils (Ap horizon) collected from these plots after 5 years. Soils with cover crops registered significantly higher microbial biomass, biomass C, organic C and total N compared to control. Consequently, all the enzymes were activated to different degrees in soils with cover crops. Significant and positive relationships of enzyme activities with organic C, mineral N and total N suggested that growing cover crops, increased C turnover and N availability and therefore, provided a conducive environment for microbial proliferation, enzyme synthesis and accumulation in the soil matrix.     

Interactions of the microflora from nodulation problem and non-problem soils towards Rhizobium spp on agar culture

Microorganisms (348 fungi, 388 actinomycetes and 319 bacteria) were isolated from a nodulation problem soil, a non-problem virgin soil, a cultivated problem soil and the rhizosphere of clover plants grown in the problem soil. Rhizobium trifolii TA 1 which failed to establish in problem soils was inhibited on laboratory media by a greater number of these soil microorganisms than the better soil colonizing R. trifolii (WU95 and WU290) and R. lupini (WU425). R. lupini was not inhibited or stimulated on agar by many soil or rhizosphere isolates. R. meliloti showed greater stimulation than either R. trifolii or R. lupini and was inhibited by relatively few soil microorganisms so that its poor soil survival was thought to be due to chemical or physical soil conditions rather than to biotic factors. The greatest incidence of rhizobial inhibitors, mainly associated with TA 1, was found among the isolates from the clover rhizosphere. There was a reduction in the relative numbers of rhizobial inhibitors isolated from the cultivated soil compared with the virgin problem soils, a result possibly due to the changed soil environment changing with cultivation, altered vegetation and the addition of superphosphate. Inhibitors of rhizobia were more frequent amongst the bacteria than fungi or actinomycetes. Strong stimulation was more commonly shown by fungi than by actinomycetes or bacteria. The interaction on agar between rhizobia and the soil microflora is related to soil colonization and persistence.