Increasing temperature can modify the effect of straw mulching on soil C fractions, soil respiration, and microbial community composition.
Straw mulching has been widely adopted in dryland cropping but its effect on soil respiration and microbial communities under warming are not well understood. Soil samples were collected from a corn field with straw mulching (SM) for nine years and without straw mulching (CK), and incubated at 15°C,...
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| description | Straw mulching has been widely adopted in dryland cropping but its effect on soil respiration and microbial communities under warming are not well understood. Soil samples were collected from a corn field with straw mulching (SM) for nine years and without straw mulching (CK), and incubated at 15°C, 25°C, and 35°C for 60 days. Soil respiration, C fractions and bacterial and fungal community structure were measured SM had greater soil organic carbon and potential C mineralization and a similar microbial biomass carbon throughout the incubation when compared with CK. Soil respiration increased with increasing temperature and its temperature sensitivity (Q10) was lower with SM than CK. Similar microbial community composition was found in the soils with SM and CK before incubation. However, SM had a greater bacterial richness and the relative abundances of Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Nitrospirae, Planctomycetes, Bacteroidetes, and Basidiomycota, but lower relative abundances of Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, and Ascomycota than CK after incubation. Bacterial richness and diversity were greater at 15°C and 25°C than 35°C, but there was no difference in fungal richness and diversity among the incubation temperatures. As temperature increased, the relative abundances of Chloroflexi, Acidobacteria, and Bacteroidetes decreased, but Gemmatimonadetes and Ascomycota increased, and were significantly correlated with soil C fractions and respiration. These findings indicated that the effect of straw mulching on soil C cycling and microbial community structure can be highly modified by increasing temperature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-33020af9a9f34bd28b5c4f22527684942022-12-21T18:39:43ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-01158e023724510.1371/journal.pone.0237245Increasing temperature can modify the effect of straw mulching on soil C fractions, soil respiration, and microbial community composition.Xin FuJun WangMengyi XieFazhu ZhaoRussell DoughtyStraw mulching has been widely adopted in dryland cropping but its effect on soil respiration and microbial communities under warming are not well understood. Soil samples were collected from a corn field with straw mulching (SM) for nine years and without straw mulching (CK), and incubated at 15°C, 25°C, and 35°C for 60 days. Soil respiration, C fractions and bacterial and fungal community structure were measured SM had greater soil organic carbon and potential C mineralization and a similar microbial biomass carbon throughout the incubation when compared with CK. Soil respiration increased with increasing temperature and its temperature sensitivity (Q10) was lower with SM than CK. Similar microbial community composition was found in the soils with SM and CK before incubation. However, SM had a greater bacterial richness and the relative abundances of Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Nitrospirae, Planctomycetes, Bacteroidetes, and Basidiomycota, but lower relative abundances of Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, and Ascomycota than CK after incubation. Bacterial richness and diversity were greater at 15°C and 25°C than 35°C, but there was no difference in fungal richness and diversity among the incubation temperatures. As temperature increased, the relative abundances of Chloroflexi, Acidobacteria, and Bacteroidetes decreased, but Gemmatimonadetes and Ascomycota increased, and were significantly correlated with soil C fractions and respiration. These findings indicated that the effect of straw mulching on soil C cycling and microbial community structure can be highly modified by increasing temperature.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237245 |
| spellingShingle | Xin Fu Jun Wang Mengyi Xie Fazhu Zhao Russell Doughty Increasing temperature can modify the effect of straw mulching on soil C fractions, soil respiration, and microbial community composition. PLoS ONE |
| title | Increasing temperature can modify the effect of straw mulching on soil C fractions, soil respiration, and microbial community composition. |
| title_full | Increasing temperature can modify the effect of straw mulching on soil C fractions, soil respiration, and microbial community composition. |
| title_fullStr | Increasing temperature can modify the effect of straw mulching on soil C fractions, soil respiration, and microbial community composition. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increasing temperature can modify the effect of straw mulching on soil C fractions, soil respiration, and microbial community composition. |
| title_short | Increasing temperature can modify the effect of straw mulching on soil C fractions, soil respiration, and microbial community composition. |
| title_sort | increasing temperature can modify the effect of straw mulching on soil c fractions soil respiration and microbial community composition |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237245 |
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