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Development of microbial community structure in vegetable-growing soils from open-field to plastic-greenhouse cultivation based on the PLFA analysis
- Source :
- Journal of Soils and Sediments. 16:2041-2049
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- The objectives of this study were to investigate (i) how the changes in cultivation pattern of vegetable affect soil microbial communities and (ii) the relationships between soil physico-chemical properties and microbial community structure. Soil samples were collected from fields growing vegetable crops with various times of plastic-greenhouse cultivation (0, 1, 4, 7 and 15 years, respectively). Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis was conducted to reveal the soil microbial community of the test soils. The open-field soil had the highest total PLFAs amount. Although the Shannon-Weaver index was also highest in the open-field soil, the difference was not significant. Plastic-greenhouse cultivation decreased PLFAs species diversity and richness. Cluster analysis and principal component analysis (PCA) of the PLFA profiles revealed distinct groupings at different times during plastic-greenhouse cultivation. Ultimately, PLFA analyses showed that long-term plastic-greenhouse cultivation make the physiological status of soil microbial community worse and increased stress level of microorganisms. And soil microbial community was significantly affected by field water capacity and water-soluble organic carbon. The study highlights the potential risk of long-term plastic-greenhouse cultivation to soil microbial community.
- Subjects :
- Total organic carbon
Soil test
Ecology
Stratigraphy
Microorganism
Species diversity
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Greenhouse cultivation
010501 environmental sciences
Biology
01 natural sciences
Microbial population biology
Agronomy
Soil water
040103 agronomy & agriculture
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Species richness
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Earth-Surface Processes
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16147480 and 14390108
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Soils and Sediments
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f38afc6573870867e2b843a9cad5eeb8