Fate of rice shoot and root residues, rhizodeposits, and microbial assimilated carbon in paddy soil - part 2: turnover and microbial utilization

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  • Zhenke Zhu
  • Tida Ge
  • Yajun Hu
  • Ping Zhou
  • Tingting Wang
  • Olga Shibistova
  • Georg Guggenberger
  • Yirong Su
  • Jinshui Wu

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  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)243-257
Number of pages15
JournalPlant and soil
Volume416
Issue number1-2
Publication statusPublished - 25 Feb 2017

Abstract

Background and aims: The turnover of plant- and microbial- derived carbon (C) plays a significant role in the soil organic C (SOC) cycle. However, there is limited information about the turnover of the recently photosynthesized plant- and soil microbe-derived C in paddy soil. Methods: We conducted an incubation study with four different 13C–labeled substrates: rice shoots (Shoot-C), rice roots (Root-C), rice rhizodeposits (Rhizo-C), and microbe-assimilated C (Micro-C). Results: Shoot- and Root-C were initially rapidly transformed into the dissolved organic C (DOC) pool, while their recovery in microbial biomass C (MBC) and SOC increased with incubation time. There were 0.05%, 9.8% and 10.0% of shoot-C, and 0.06%, 15.9% and 16.5% of root-C recovered in DOC, MBC and SOC pools, respectively at the end of incubation. The percentages of Rhizo- and Micro-C recovered in DOC, MBC, and SOC pools slowly decreased over time. Less than 0.1% of the Rhizo- and Micro-C recovered in DOC pools at the end of experiment; while 45.2% and 33.8% of Rhizo- and Micro-C recovered in SOC pools. Shoot- and Root-C greatly increased the amount of 13C–PLFA in the initial 50 d incubation, which concerned PLFA being indicative for fungi and actinomycetes while those assigning gram-positive bacteria decreased. The dynamic of soil microbes utilizing Rhizo- and Micro-C showed an inverse pattern than those using Shoot- and Root-C. Principal component analysis of 13C–PLFA showed that microbial community composition shifted obviously in the Shoot-C and Root-C treatments over time, but that composition changed little in the Rhizo-C and Micro-C treatments. Conclusions: The input C substrates drive soil microbial community structure and function with respect to carbon stabilization. Rhizodeposited and microbial assimilated C have lower input rates, however, they are better stabilized than shoot- and root-derived C, and thus are preferentially involved in the formation of stable SOC in paddy soils.

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    Microbial community structure, Microbial utilization, Paddy soil, Soil C assimilation, Soil C cycle

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Fate of rice shoot and root residues, rhizodeposits, and microbial assimilated carbon in paddy soil - part 2: turnover and microbial utilization. / Zhu, Zhenke; Ge, Tida; Hu, Yajun et al.
In: Plant and soil, Vol. 416, No. 1-2, 25.02.2017, p. 243-257.

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Zhu Z, Ge T, Hu Y, Zhou P, Wang T, Shibistova O et al. Fate of rice shoot and root residues, rhizodeposits, and microbial assimilated carbon in paddy soil - part 2: turnover and microbial utilization. Plant and soil. 2017 Feb 25;416(1-2):243-257. doi: 10.1007/s11104-017-3210-4
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