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Chinese Milk Vetch Improves Plant Growth, Development and 15 N Recovery in the Rice-Based Rotation System of South China.
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Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2017 Jun 15; Vol. 7 (1), pp. 3577. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jun 15. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Chinese milk vetch (CMV) is vital for agriculture and environment in China. A pot experiment combined with <superscript>15</superscript> N labeling (including three treatments: control, no fertilizer N and CMV; <superscript>15</superscript> N-labeled urea alone, <superscript>15</superscript> NU; substituting partial <superscript>15</superscript> NU with CMV, <superscript>15</superscript> NU-M) was conducted to evaluate the impact of CMV on plant growth, development and <superscript>15</superscript> NU recovery in rice-based rotation system. The <superscript>15</superscript> NU-M mitigated oxidative damage by increasing antioxidant enzymes activities and chlorophyll content while decreased malondialdehyde content in rice root and shoot, increased the biomass, total N and <superscript>15</superscript> N uptake of plant shoots by 8%, 12% and 39% respectively, thus inducing a noticeable increase of annual <superscript>15</superscript> N recovery by 77% versus <superscript>15</superscript> NU alone. Remarkable increases in soil NH <subscript>4</subscript> <superscript>+</superscript> and populations of bacteria, actinomycetes and azotobacter were obtained in legume-rice rotation system while an adverse result was observed in soil NO <subscript>3</subscript> <superscript>-</superscript> content versus fallow-rice. CMV as green manure significantly increased the fungal population which was decreased with cultivating CMV as cover crop. Therefore, including legume cover crop in rice-based rotation system improves plant growth and development, annual N conservation and recovery probably by altering soil nitrogen forms plus ameliorating soil microbial communities and antioxidant system which alleviates oxidative damages in plants.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2045-2322
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Scientific reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28620216
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03919-y