Arbuscular mycorrhizal-like fungi (AM-like fungi) are crucial for ecosystem functioning and soil organic matter (SOM) is an indicator of soil quality. However, the spatial distribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal-like fungi, glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) and SOM in a large scale is still unclear. The objectives of this study were to investigate the spatial distribution of SOM, arbuscular mycorrhizal-like fungi and GRSP, and reveal the potential relationship among them in a large scale across China.
Materials and methods
Soil samples (different in vegetation type, climate, and soil variables) were collected from 26 sites in a large scale across China. The soil properties including pH, total carbon (TC), total nitrogen (TN), and SOM were determined. Quantitative PCR amplification of the 18S rRNA gene was conducted to evaluate the abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal-like fungi. The contents of easily extractable GRSP (EE-GRSP), difficultly extractable GRSP (DE-GRSP), and total GRSP (T-GRSP) were measured.
Results and discussion
Arbuscular mycorrhizal-like fungi abundance was significantly affected by the vegetation type and dramatically correlated with the soil TN and mean annual precipitation (MAP). EE-GRSP and DE-GRSP were more associated with the TC and TN content, respectively. The abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal-like fungi significantly but weakly correlated with the T-GRSP and EE-GRSP. The SOM content positively correlated with the DE-GRSP and T-GRSP. Those results suggested that the arbuscular mycorrhizal-like fungi are a larger contributor to regulating the content of GRSP, which is an important indicator of the soil organic carbon pool.
Conclusions
Our results indicated that arbuscular mycorrhizal-like fungi abundance has a greater contribution to driving the distribution of soil C and N in a large scale by affecting the content of glomalin-related soil protein.
We aimed to identify Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) resistance genes in Chinese cabbage by analysing the TuMV resistance of 43 P1 (resistant), 88 P2 (susceptible), 26 F1, 104 B1 (F1 × P1), 108 B2 (F1 × P2) and 509 F2 individuals. All parents and progeny populations were mechanically inoculated with TuMV‐C4. Both F1 and B1 populations showed TuMV resistance. Resistant: susceptible ratios in the B2 and F2 populations were 1 : 1 and 3 : 1, respectively. TuMV resistance in P1 was controlled by a dominant gene, TuRBCS01. Bulked segregation analysis was performed to identify simple sequence repeat or insertion or deletion markers linked to TuRBCS01. Data from 108 B2 individuals with resistant or susceptible phenotypes were analysed using mapmake r/exp 3.0. Polymorphic marker sequences were blast searched on http://brassicadb.org/brad/ . TuRBCS01 was found to be linked to eight markers: SAAS_mDN192117a_159 (3.3 cM), SAAS_mDN192117b_196 (4.0 cM), SAAS_mDN192403_148 (13.0 cM), SAAS_mGT084561_233 (6.8 cM), BrID10723 (3.3 cM), mBr4041 (3.3 cM), SAAS_mBr4055_194 (2.6 cM) and mBr4068 (4.0 cM). Further, TuRBCS01 was mapped to a 1.98‐Mb region on chromosome A04 between markers BrID10723 and SAAS_mBr4055_194. 相似文献
Background, Aims, and Scope Hydroxy interlayered vermiculite (HIV) and vermiculite are commonly referred to as 1.4 nm minerals. In the subtropical soils
of central China, the concentration of vermiculites decreased while that of HIVs increased gradually from north to south as
the intensity of soil formation or eluviation increases in the same direction. The cutans in these soils closely interact
with air, roots, microbes, water and dissolved ions in soils. Cutans may therefore be expected to exert an important influence
on the formation of 1.4 nm minerals relative to the matrix soils. However, little is known about the transformation of 1.4
nm minerals in Alfisols in central China. Here, we investigate the compositional differences of 1.4 nm minerals in cutans
and matrix soils, and the probable transformation of vermiculite to HIV or vice versa when sodium citrate and sodium acetate
are added to matrix Alfisols.
Methods Cutans and matrix soils were separated from three soils in the northern subtropical zone in China. The samples were analyzed
for Fe, Mn, exchangeable cations, organic matter(O.M.), pH, and clay minerals. To 10 mL of matrix soil, suspensions containing
about 250 mg (oven-dry weight) of clay was added with 5 mL of 0.4 mol/dm3 or 2 mol/dm3 of sodium citrate or sodium acetate solution and 5 mL of 0.2 mol/dm3 mixed solutions of CaCl2, Mg(NO3)2 and KCl. After its pH was adjusted to 6.0, the mixture was ‘incubated’ for 120 or 210 days (more than one season or half
a year) during which period it was shaken for 1 hour every day. The clay mineral composition of the samples was determined
after incubation.
Results Both vermiculites and HIVs were present in matrix soils, but only vermiculties were detected in cutans. The addition of organic
ligands (citrate and acetate) promoted the transformation of HIV to vermiculite. This transformation was obvious for the matrix
soils that had been incubated with 0.5 mol/dm3 sodium citrate for 210 days while sodium acetate was less effective in this regard. The promoting effect of organic ligands
is dependent on type and concentration as well as incubation time. This would suggest the reverse transformation occurred
in the formation of cutans compared with a vermiculite-to-HIV transformation in the subtropical soils of central China from
north to south.
Discussion The position and environment of cutans in the B horizon together with the pH, organic matter and exchangeable base status
in cutans seem conducive to the co-existence of vermiculite and HIV in the soils, but only vermiculite is found in cutans.
The transformation of HIV to vermiculite in incubation experiments could be divided into two steps: 1) Cheluviation of organic
matter to the interlayer hydroxy-aluminums from HIVs. 2) Rebasification of hydrated cations into the interlayers of vermiculites.
Conclusions The clay minerals in cutans can interact with organic ligands and nutrient elements excreted by roots. Under conditions of
frequent wetting and drying and high pH, and when the concentrations of exchangeable bases, iron-manganese oxides, clays,
and organic matter are high, the exchangeable cations can be incorporated into the interlayers of HIV, thereby promoting the
partial transformation of HIV to vermiculite in rhizosphere soils.
Recommendations and Perspectives Cutan is at the interface of material and energy exchange involved in physical, chemical and biochemical reactions in the
rhizosphere. These factors strongly affect the compositions of cutans. HIVs in (upper or adjacent) matrix soils may transform
to vermiculites during cutan formation in these special soil environments.
ESS-Submission Editor: Jizheng (Jim) He (jzhe@rcees.ac.cn) 相似文献