Elevated CO2 and nitrogen (N) addition both affect soil microbial communities, which significantly influence soil processes and plant growth. Here, we evaluated the combined effects of elevated CO2 and N addition on the soil–microbe–plant system of the Chinese Loess Plateau.
Materials and methods
A pot cultivation experiment with two CO2 treatment levels (400 and 800 μmol mol?1) and three N addition levels (0, 2.5, and 5 g N m?2 year?1) was conducted in climate-controlled chambers to evaluate the effects of elevated CO2 and N addition on microbial community structure in the rhizosphere of Bothriochloa ischaemum using phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) profiles and associated soil and plant properties. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to identify the direct and indirect effects of the experimental treatments on the structure of microbial communities.
Results and discussion
Elevated CO2 and N addition both increased total and fungal PLFAs. N addition alone increased bacterial, Gram-positive, and Gram-negative PLFAs. However, elevated CO2 interacting with N addition had no significant effects on the microbial community. The SEM indicated that N addition directly affected the soil microbial community structure. Elevated CO2 and N addition both indirectly affected the microbial communities by affecting plant and soil variables. N addition exerted a stronger total effect than elevated CO2.
Conclusions
The results highlighted the importance of comprehensively studying soil–microbe–plant systems to deeply reveal how characteristics of terrestrial ecosystems may respond under global change.
施肥量的确定一直是玉米高产栽培研究的主要课题之一。分别运用肥料效应函数法和直线加平台法,对按照直线加平台法设计的在黑土上春玉米的田间试验结果进行了统计分析,发现利用直线加平台法设计的田间试验结果也可以用来建立肥料效应函数,并根据肥料效应函数求得相应的施肥量。利用肥料效应函数得到的最高产量推荐施氮量和最大利润推荐施氮量分别为107.4 kg hm-2和103.2 kg hm-2,而最高产量推荐施磷量和最大利润推荐施磷量分别45.5 kg hm-2和41.3 kg hm-2。利用直线加平台法得到氮、磷的推荐施肥量分别为73.9和38.0 kg hm-2,明显低于用肥料效应函数法求得的推荐施肥量。对于肥料效应函数无法处理的试验数据,利用直线加平台法仍然可以对实验数据进行处理并得出实验结果,后者是肥料效应函数法的补充。 相似文献