Long-term excessive application of K2SO4 fertilizer alters bacterial community and functional pathway of tobacco-planting soil

To improve tobacco leaf quality, excessive K2SO4 fertilizers were applied to soils in major tobacco-planting areas in China. However, the effects of K2SO4 application on soil microbial community and functions are still unclear. An eight-year field experiment with three kinds of K2SO4 amounts (low am...

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Main Authors: Ya Lu, Ping Cong, Shuai Kuang, Lina Tang, Yuyi Li, Jianxin Dong, Wenjing Song
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.1005303/full
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author Ya Lu
Ping Cong
Shuai Kuang
Lina Tang
Yuyi Li
Jianxin Dong
Wenjing Song
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Ping Cong
Shuai Kuang
Lina Tang
Yuyi Li
Jianxin Dong
Wenjing Song
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description To improve tobacco leaf quality, excessive K2SO4 fertilizers were applied to soils in major tobacco-planting areas in China. However, the effects of K2SO4 application on soil microbial community and functions are still unclear. An eight-year field experiment with three kinds of K2SO4 amounts (low amount, K2O 82.57 kg hm-2, LK; moderate amount, K2O 165.07 kg hm-2, MK; high amount, K2O 247.58 kg hm-2, HK) was established to assess the effects of K2SO4 application on the chemical and bacterial characteristics of tobacco-planting soil using 16S rRNA gene and metagenomic sequencing approaches. Results showed that HK led to lower pH and higher nitrogen (N), potassium (K), sulfur(S) and organic matter contents of the soil than LK. The bacterial community composition of HK was significantly different from those of MK and LK, while these of MK and LK were similar. Compared to LK, HK increased the relative abundance of predicted copiotrophic groups (e.g. Burkholderiaceae, Rhodospirillaceae families and Ellin6067 genus) and potentially beneficial bacteria (e.g. Gemmatimonadetes phylum and Bacillus genus) associated with pathogens and heavy metal resistance, N fixation, dissolution of phosphorus and K. While some oligotrophic taxa (e.g. Acidobacteria phylum) related to carbon, N metabolism exhibited adverse responses to HK. Metagenomic analysis suggested that the improvement of pathways related to carbohydrate metabolism and genetic information processing by HK might be the self-protection mechanism of microorganisms against environmental stress. Besides, the redundancy analysis and variation partitioning analysis showed that soil pH, available K and S were the primary soil factors in shifting the bacterial community and KEGG pathways. This study provides a clear understanding of the responses of soil microbial communities and potential functions to excessive application of K2SO4 in tobacco-planting soil.
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spelling doaj.art-9aa7959d36a5498bb0fcfe41139a521f2022-12-22T03:48:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2022-09-011310.3389/fpls.2022.10053031005303Long-term excessive application of K2SO4 fertilizer alters bacterial community and functional pathway of tobacco-planting soilYa Lu0Ping Cong1Shuai Kuang2Lina Tang3Yuyi Li4Jianxin Dong5Wenjing Song6Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biology and Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, ChinaKey Laboratory of Tobacco Biology and Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, ChinaKey Laboratory of Tobacco Biology and Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, ChinaTobacco Science Research Institute, Fujian Tobacco Monopoly Administration, Fuzhou, ChinaInstitute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, ChinaKey Laboratory of Tobacco Biology and Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, ChinaKey Laboratory of Tobacco Biology and Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, ChinaTo improve tobacco leaf quality, excessive K2SO4 fertilizers were applied to soils in major tobacco-planting areas in China. However, the effects of K2SO4 application on soil microbial community and functions are still unclear. An eight-year field experiment with three kinds of K2SO4 amounts (low amount, K2O 82.57 kg hm-2, LK; moderate amount, K2O 165.07 kg hm-2, MK; high amount, K2O 247.58 kg hm-2, HK) was established to assess the effects of K2SO4 application on the chemical and bacterial characteristics of tobacco-planting soil using 16S rRNA gene and metagenomic sequencing approaches. Results showed that HK led to lower pH and higher nitrogen (N), potassium (K), sulfur(S) and organic matter contents of the soil than LK. The bacterial community composition of HK was significantly different from those of MK and LK, while these of MK and LK were similar. Compared to LK, HK increased the relative abundance of predicted copiotrophic groups (e.g. Burkholderiaceae, Rhodospirillaceae families and Ellin6067 genus) and potentially beneficial bacteria (e.g. Gemmatimonadetes phylum and Bacillus genus) associated with pathogens and heavy metal resistance, N fixation, dissolution of phosphorus and K. While some oligotrophic taxa (e.g. Acidobacteria phylum) related to carbon, N metabolism exhibited adverse responses to HK. Metagenomic analysis suggested that the improvement of pathways related to carbohydrate metabolism and genetic information processing by HK might be the self-protection mechanism of microorganisms against environmental stress. Besides, the redundancy analysis and variation partitioning analysis showed that soil pH, available K and S were the primary soil factors in shifting the bacterial community and KEGG pathways. This study provides a clear understanding of the responses of soil microbial communities and potential functions to excessive application of K2SO4 in tobacco-planting soil.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.1005303/fulltobacco-planting soilK2SO4 fertilizersoil physicochemical propertiesbacterial communitypathway
spellingShingle Ya Lu
Ping Cong
Shuai Kuang
Lina Tang
Yuyi Li
Jianxin Dong
Wenjing Song
Long-term excessive application of K2SO4 fertilizer alters bacterial community and functional pathway of tobacco-planting soil
Frontiers in Plant Science
tobacco-planting soil
K2SO4 fertilizer
soil physicochemical properties
bacterial community
pathway
title Long-term excessive application of K2SO4 fertilizer alters bacterial community and functional pathway of tobacco-planting soil
title_full Long-term excessive application of K2SO4 fertilizer alters bacterial community and functional pathway of tobacco-planting soil
title_fullStr Long-term excessive application of K2SO4 fertilizer alters bacterial community and functional pathway of tobacco-planting soil
title_full_unstemmed Long-term excessive application of K2SO4 fertilizer alters bacterial community and functional pathway of tobacco-planting soil
title_short Long-term excessive application of K2SO4 fertilizer alters bacterial community and functional pathway of tobacco-planting soil
title_sort long term excessive application of k2so4 fertilizer alters bacterial community and functional pathway of tobacco planting soil
topic tobacco-planting soil
K2SO4 fertilizer
soil physicochemical properties
bacterial community
pathway
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.1005303/full
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