1. Effects of different growth patterns of Tamarix chinensis on saline-alkali soil: implications for coastal restoration and management.
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Gu, Chen, Huang, Weibin, Shao, Qing, Shi, Jiyan, Rui, Jianliang, Yu, Yanming, Lu, Zhinai, Chen, Yao, Chen, Xiaojun, Dong, Shudi, Ye, Chenghua, and Tuo, Ya
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COASTAL zone management ,TAMARISKS ,WETLAND restoration ,SOILS ,BACTERIAL communities ,COASTAL wetlands ,COASTS - Abstract
Objective: To better understand the wetland restoration, the physicochemical property and microbial community in rhizosphere and bulk soil of the living and death Tamarix chinensis covered soil zones were studied. Results: There were differences between growth conditions in the levels of soil pH, salinity, SOM, and nutrient. The living status of T. chinensis exhibited higher capacity of decreasing saline-alkali soil than the death condition of plants, and the living T. chinensis showed higher uptake of N, P, and K as compared with the death samples. Proteobacteria, Bacteroidota, and Chloroflexi were the predominant bacterial communities as revealed via high-throughput sequencing. Conclusions: It is great potential for using halophytes such as T. chinensis to ecological restore the coastal saline-alkali soil. This study could contribute to a better understanding of halophyte growth during the coastal phytoremediation process, and guide theoretically for management of T. chinensis population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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