Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2020, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (1): 105-116.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2020.01.010

• SOIL & FERTILIZER·WATER-SAVING IRRIGATION·AGROECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Responses of Soil Diazotroph Community to Rice Straw, Glucose and Nitrogen Addition During Chinese Milk Vetch Growth

Lu YANG1,2,NaoHua ZENG2,JinShun BAI2,Xing ZHOU3,GuoPeng ZHOU1,2,SongJuan GAO4,Jun NIE5,WeiDong CAO2,4()   

  1. 1 Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081
    2 Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081
    3 Crop Research Institute of Hunan Province, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125
    4 College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095
    5 Soil and Fertilizer Institute of Hunan Province, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125
  • Received:2019-04-19 Accepted:2019-05-29 Online:2020-01-01 Published:2020-01-19
  • Contact: WeiDong CAO E-mail:caoweidong@caas.cn

Abstract:

【Objective】This study was to reveal the regulating roles of carbon (C) sources (rice straw vs. glucose) and nitrogen (N) addition in soil diazotroph community during growth of Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.), which is crucial for the management of crop residue and mineral fertilizer application in Chinese milk vetch - rice rotation system in southern China. 【Method】A pot experiment was conducted with seven treatments, including CK (no exogenous C and N addition), rice straw (Rs) plus various rates of N inputs (Rs, RsN1 and RsN2, corresponding to C/N ratios of 66, 25 and 13, respectively), and glucose (Glc) addition plus different N rates (Glc, GlcN1, and GlcN2) with same C quantity and C/N ratios in Rs-included treatments. Soils were sampled during the fast-growing phase of Chinese milk vetch, and destined for characterization of nifH gene marker and diazotroph community by using the Illumina Miseq PE300 sequencing and PCR techniques.【Result】Soil C/N ratios were similar between the CK and the treatments with straw or glucose addition alone, while tended to decrease with increasing N input, and significant decrease was observed in the GlcN2 relative to CK. Regarding to the available nutrients, comparable soil NO3 --N contents were observed under treatments of CK, Rs, and RsN1, but it was significantly increased by 60% under the RsN2 treatment. Compared to the CK, Glc-included treatments increased soil NO3 --N content by 35%-79%. There were limited variations of soil available phosphorous (P) content under the CK and Rs-included treatments. 16%-24% decrease of soil available P content was found in the Glc-included treatments than that under CK, but not affected by N rates. The copy number of nifH gene ranged from 80.4×10 6—140.5×10 6 g -1soil under all treatments. Compared to the CK, nifH gene copy number tended to increase under treatments with both Rs and Glc addition, while a downward trend was observed with increasing N inputs. Exogenous C and N addition resulted in an overall decrease of diazotroph α-diversity than that under the CK. The responses of diazotroph α-diversity to N supply differed between C sources (Rs vs. Glc). Compared to Rs alone, RsN1 and RsN2 had less observed species (decreased by 6%-11%) and Chao 1 index (decreased by 13%-15%), however, GlcN1 and GlcN2 enhanced α-diversity to some extent relative to Glc alone. PCoA showed that diazotroph community structure was clustered into different groups depending upon C sources, and was marginally affected by N inputs. Bradyrhizobium was the most abundant genus in all treatments, and its relative abundance was significantly reduced by C and N addition in comparison with CK, however, the magnitude of reduction was obviously less in Rs-included treatments than in Glc-included treatments (12.3%-19.7% vs. 31.6%-40.5%). In contrasting to Bradyrhizobium, the relative abundance of the second most dominant genus (Geobacter) was markedly increased by C addition relative to the CK, with greater magnitude observed in Glc-included vs. Rs-included treatments (by 170%-270% vs. 25.0%-54.6%, respectively). Meanwhile, Multivariate regression tree analysis, RDA, and Mantel analysis revealed that the diazotroph abundance, diversity and community structure were closely associated with soil NO3 --N and available P concentrations. 【Conclusion】The results suggested that effects of N supply on soil diazotroph abundance, diversity and structure were regulated by C sources or the C availability of rice straw and glucose amendments. Meanwhile, the resulted differences of soil available P availability by various C additions might be a key driving factor of reshaping soil diazotroph community during Chinese milk vetch growth.

Key words: soil diazotroph, rice straw, glucose, nitrogen, Chinese milk vetch, nifH

Table 1

Amounts of exogenous addition of organic materials and mineral nutrients for each treatment (10 kg air dried soil in each pot)"

处理
Treatment
稻草
Rice straw (g/pot)
葡萄糖
Glucose (g/pot)

N (g/pot)
P2O5补入量
P2O5 input (g/pot)
K2O补入量
K2O input (g/pot)
C/N
CK 0 0 0 0.5 1.0 -
Rs 40 0 0 0.45 0 66
RsN1 40 0 0.40 0.45 0 25
RsN2 40 0 1.00 0.45 0 13
Glc 0 40 0.24 0.50 1.0 66
GlcN1 0 40 0.64 0.50 1.0 25
GlcN2 0 40 1.24 0.50 1.0 13

Table 2

Effects of exogenous C and N addition on soil physicochemical properties at fast growing stage of Chinese milk vetch"

处理
Treatment
pH 有机质
SOM (g·kg-1)
全氮
TN (g·kg-1)
C/N NO3--N
(mg·kg-1)
NH4+-N
(mg·kg-1)
速效磷
AP (mg·kg-1)
速效钾
AK (mg·kg-1)
CK 7.93±0.02ab 34.04±0.17b 2.13±0.02bc 11.05±0.11abc 4.56±0.69b 1.02±0.16b 20.90±0.39a 118.52±3.91a
Rs 7.99±0.04a 34.54±0.30ab 2.11±0.03c 11.29±0.13ab 4.42±0.73b 1.14±0.09ab 20.98±0.31a 118.87±4.80a
RsN1 7.97±0.02a 34.78±0.24ab 2.11±0.03c 11.34±0.16a 4.70±0.53b 1.42±0.13a 21.88±0.98a 109.91±3.39ab
RsN2 7.94±0.02ab 35.07±0.34a 2.23±0.03a 10.80±0.20cd 7.29±0.96a 1.34±0.12ab 20.30±0.86a 102.85±4.51b
Glc 7.89±0.03b 34.95±0.21a 2.20±0.02abc 10.94±0.09bcd 6.15±0.62ab 1.27±0.05ab 17.43±0.36b 118.36±2.53a
GlcN1 7.97±0.02a 35.02±0.15a 2.21±0.04ab 10.89±0.18cd 8.16±0.85a 1.20±0.02ab 17.33±0.67b 114.86±2.25a
GlcN2 7.93±0.02ab 34.87±0.43ab 2.26±0.04a 10.64±0.15d 7.06±0.43a 1.28±0.20ab 15.93±0.23b 110.19±3.77ab

Table 3

Diazotroph nifH gene copy number and α-diversity as affected by rice straw, glucose, and nitrogen addition"

处理
Treatment
nifH 基因拷贝数
nifH Copy number (×106·g-1 soil)
物种数目
Observed species
Chao 1指数
Chao 1 value
香农指数
Shannon index
CK 80.4±7.7b 1506±41ab 1958±62b 8.30±0.09a
Rs 140.5±33.3ab 1557±21a 2101±34a 8.42±0.02a
RsN1 120.3±20.1ab 1456±39bcd 1838±60bc 8.29±0.09a
RsN2 114.5±24.6ab 1383±12d 1783±41c 8.17±0.05ab
Glc 167.8±16.5a 1420±13cd 1915±21b 7.98±0.17b
GlcN1 116.2±28.2ab 1439±10bcd 1904±16bc 8.20±0.07ab
GlcN2 119.7±26.4ab 1483±35abc 1934±41b 8.38±0.08a

Fig. 1

Reweight analysis of effects of soil physicochemical properties on nifH gene copy numbers"

Fig. 2

Multivariate regression tree analysis of diazotroph α-diversity and soil physicochemical variables"

Fig. 3

Diazotroph community structure assessed by principal coordinate analysis (A) and redundancy analysis (B) of the structure affected by soil physicochemical variables"

Fig. 4

Relative abundance (%) of the most abundant genera (>1%) under different treatments"

Fig. 5

Spearman correlation analysis between relative abundance of dominant diazotrophic genera and soil physicochemical variables"

Fig. 6

Multivariate regression tree analysis (MRT) of the most abundant diazotrophic genera and soil physicochemical variables"

[1] 李福夺, 尹昌斌 . 南方稻区绿肥生态服务功能及其生态价值评估研究. 中国生态农业学报, 2019,27(2):327-336.
LI F D, YIN C B . Assessment of the functions and ecological services values of green manure in paddy fields in South China. Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture, 2019,27(2):327-336. (in Chinese)
[2] CAI S Y, PITTELKOW C M, ZHAO X, WANG S Q . Winter legume-rice rotations can reduce nitrogen pollution and carbon footprint while maintaining net ecosystem economic benefits. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018,195:289-300.
[3] GALLOWAY J N, TOWNSEND A R, JAN WILLEM E, MATEETE B, ZUCONG C, FRENEY J R, MARTINELLI L A, SEITZINGER S P, SUTTON M A . Transformation of the nitrogen cycle: recent trends, questions, and potential solutions. Science, 2008,320(5878):889-892.
[4] HERRIDGE D F, PEOPLES M B, BODDEY R M . Global inputs of biological nitrogen fixation in agricultural systems. Plant and Soil, 2008,311(1/2):1-18.
[5] RAYMOND J, SIEFERT J L, STAPLES C R, BLANKENSHIP R E . The natural history of nitrogen fixation. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2004,21(3):541-554.
[6] GABY J C, BUCKLEY D H . A global census of nitrogenase diversity. Environmental Microbiology, 2011,13(7):1790-1799.
[7] DOS SANTOS P C, FANG Z, MASON S W, SETUBAL J C, DIXON R . Distribution of nitrogen fixation and nitrogenase-like sequences amongst microbial genomes. BMC Genomics, 2012,13:162.
[8] JANGID K, WILLIAMS M A, FRANZLUEBBERS A J, SANDERLIN J S, REEVES J H, JENKINS M B, ENDALE D M, COLEMAN D C, WHITMAN W B . Relative impacts of land-use, management intensity and fertilization upon soil microbial community structure in agricultural systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2008,40(11):2843-2853.
[9] DELUCA T H, ZACKRISSON O, GENTILI F, SELLSTEDT A, NILSSON M C . Ecosystem controls on nitrogen fixation in boreal feather moss communities. Oecologia, 2007,152(1):121-130.
[10] ROESCH L F W, OLIVARES F L, PASSAGLIA L M P, SELBACH P A , de Sá E L S, de CAMARGO F A O. Characterization of diazotrophic bacteria associated with maize: effect of plant genotype, ontogeny and nitrogen-supply. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2006,22(9):967-974.
[11] COELHO M R R, de VOS M, CARNEIRO N P, MARRIEL I E, PAIVA E, SELDIN L . Diversity of nifH gene pools in the rhizosphere of two cultivars of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) treated with contrasting levels of nitrogen fertilizer. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2008,279(1):15-22.
[12] 刘骁蒨, 涂仕华, 孙锡发, 辜运富, 张先琴, 张小平 . 秸秆还田与施肥对稻田土壤微生物生物量及固氮菌群落结构的影响. 生态学报, 2013,33(17):5210-5218.
LIU X Q, TU S H, SUN X F, GU Y F, ZHANG X Q, ZHANG X P . Effect of different fertilizer combinations and straw return on microbial biomass and nitrogen-fixing bacteria community in a paddy soil. Acta Ecological Sinica, 2013,33(17):5210-5218. (in Chinese)
[13] GEISSELER D, SCOW K M . Long-term effects of mineral fertilizers on soil microorganisms - A review. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2014,75:54-63.
[14] WANG C, ZHENG M M, SONG W F, WEN S L, WANG B R, ZHU C Q, SHEN R F . Impact of 25 years of inorganic fertilization on diazotrophic abundance and community structure in an acidic soil in southern China. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2017,113:240-249.
[15] MARTENSSON L, DIEZ B, WARTIAINEN I, ZHENG W, EL-SHEHAWY R, RASMUSSEN U . Diazotrophic diversity, nifH gene expression and nitrogenase activity in a rice paddy field in Fujian, China. Plant and Soil, 2009,325(1-2SI):207-218.
[16] RAHAV E, GIANNETTO M J, BAR-ZEEV E . Contribution of mono and polysaccharides to heterotrophic N2 fixation at the eastern Mediterranean coastline. Scientific Reports, 2016,6:27858.
[17] TANAKA H, KYAW K M, TOYOTA K, MOTOBAYASHI T . Influence of application of rice straw, farmyard manure, and municipal biowastes on nitrogen fixation, soil microbial biomass N, and mineral N in a model paddy microcosm. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2006,42(6):501-505.
[18] HARADA N, NISHIYAMA M, MATSUMOTO S . Inhibition of methanogens increases photo-dependent nitrogenase activities in anoxic paddy soil amended with rice straw. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2001,35(3):231-238.
[19] KONDO M, YASUDA M . Effects of temperature, water regime, light, and soil properties on N-15(2) fixation associated with decomposition of organic matter in paddy soils. Jarq-Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly, 2003,37(2):113-119.
[20] WAKELIN S A, GREGG A L, SIMPSON R J, LI G D, RILEY I T, MCKAY A C . Pasture management clearly affects soil microbial community structure and N-cycling bacteria. Pedobiologia, 2009,52(4):237-251.
[21] TANG Y F, ZHANG M M, CHEN A L, ZHANG W Z, WEI W X, SHENG R . Impact of fertilization regimes on diazotroph community compositions and N-2-fixation activity in paddy soil. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 2017,247:1-8.
[22] HUBBELL S P . Neutral theory in community ecology and the hypothesis of functional equivalence. Functional Ecology, 2005,19(1):166-172.
[23] ADACHI K, WATANABE I, KOBAYASHI M, TAKAHASHI E . Effect of application of glucose, cellulose, and rice straw on nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction and soil-nitrogen components) in anaerobic soil. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 1989,35(2):235-243.
[24] YANG L, BAI J S, ZENG N H, ZHOU X, LIAO Y L, LU Y H, REES R M, NIE J, CAO W D . Diazotroph abundance and community structure are reshaped by straw return and mineral fertilizer in rice-rice-green manure rotation. Applied Soil Ecology, 2019,136:11-20.
[25] 鲍士旦 . 土壤农化分析. 第3版. 北京: 中国农业出版社, 2000.
BAO S D. Analytical Methods for Soils and Agricultural Chemicals. 3rd ed. Beijing: China Agriculture Press, 2000. ( in Chinese)
[26] KABACOFF R . R in Action: Data Analysis and Graphics with R. Manning Publications Co., Shelter Island, NY, USA. 2015.
[27] DE'ATH G . Multivariate regression trees: a new technique for modeling species-environment relationships. Ecology, 2001,83(4):1105-1117.
[28] RAO D N, MIKKELSEN D S . Effect of rice straw incorporation on rice plant growth and nutrition1. Agronomy Journal, 1976,68:752-756.
[29] MIRZA B S, POTISAP C, NUESSLEIN K , BOHANNAN B J M, RODRIGUES J L M. Response of free-living nitrogen-fixing microorganisms to land use change in the amazon rainforest. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2014,80(1):281-288.
[30] MTAMBANENGWE F, KIRCHMANN H . Litter from a tropical savanna woodland (miombo): chemical composition and C and N mineralization. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 1995,27(12):1639-1651.
[31] BRANT J B, SULZMAN E W, MYROLD D D . Microbial community utilization of added carbon substrates in response to long-term carbon input manipulation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2006,38(8):2219-2232.
[32] TORRES I F, BASTIDA F , HERNÁNDEZ T, GARCÍA C. The effects of fresh and stabilized pruning wastes on the biomass, structure and activity of the soil microbial community in a semiarid climate. Applied Soil Ecology, 2015,89:1-9.
[33] LIAO H, LI Y, YAO H . Fertilization with inorganic and organic nutrients changes diazotroph community composition and N-fixation rates. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2018,18(3):1076-1086.
[34] SCHUTTER M, DICK R . Shifts in substrate utilization potential and structure of soil microbial communities in response to carbon substrates. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2001,33(11):1481-1491.
[35] LIN Y X, YE G P, LIU D Y, LEDGARD S, LUO J F, FAN J B, YUAN J J, CHEN Z M, DING W X . Long-term application of lime or pig manure rather than plant residues suppressed diazotroph abundance and diversity and altered community structure in an acidic Ultisol. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2018,123:218-228.
[36] WU H P, ZENG G M, LIANG J, CHEN J, XU J J, DAI J, LI X D, CHEN M, XU P, ZHOU Y Y, LI F, HU L, WAN J . Responses of bacterial community and functional marker genes of nitrogen cycling to biochar, compost and combined amendments in soil. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2016,100(19):8583-8591.
[37] HALVERSON L J, JONES T M, FIRESTONE M K . Release of intracellular solutes by four soil bacteria exposed to dilution stress. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2000,64:1630-1637.
[38] HOLDING A J . The properties and classification of the predominant Gram-negative bacteria occurring in soil. ID - 19621900287. Journal of Applied Bacteriology, 1960,23:515-525.
[39] VITOUSEK P M, CASSMAN K, CLEVELAND C, CREWS T, FIELD C B, GRIMM N B, HOWARTH R W, MARINO R, MARTINELLI L , RASTETTER E B. Towards an ecological understanding of biological nitrogen fixation. Biogeochemistry, 2002,57/58(1):1-45.
[40] XUN W B, LI W, HUANG T, REN Y, XIONG W, MIAO Y Z, RAN W, LI D C, SHEN Q R, ZHANG R F . Long-term agronomic practices alter the composition of asymbiotic diazotrophic bacterial community and their nitrogen fixation genes in an acidic red soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2018,54(3):329-339.
[1] YAN YanGe, ZHANG ShuiQin, LI YanTing, ZHAO BingQiang, YUAN Liang. Effects of Dextran Modified Urea on Winter Wheat Yield and Fate of Nitrogen Fertilizer [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2023, 56(2): 287-299.
[2] XU JiuKai, YUAN Liang, WEN YanChen, ZHANG ShuiQin, LI YanTing, LI HaiYan, ZHAO BingQiang. Nitrogen Fertilizer Replacement Value of Livestock Manure in the Winter Wheat Growing Season [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2023, 56(2): 300-313.
[3] ZHAO HaiXuan,ZHANG YiTao,LI WenChao,MA WenQi,ZHAI LiMei,JU XueHai,CHEN HanTing,KANG Rui,SUN ZhiMei,XI Bin,LIU HongBin. Spatial Characteristic and Its Factors of Nitrogen Surplus of Crop and Livestock Production in the Core Area of the Baiyangdian Basin [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2023, 56(1): 118-128.
[4] XIONG WeiYi,XU KaiWei,LIU MingPeng,XIAO Hua,PEI LiZhen,PENG DanDan,CHEN YuanXue. Effects of Different Nitrogen Application Levels on Photosynthetic Characteristics, Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Yield of Spring Maize in Sichuan Province [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2022, 55(9): 1735-1748.
[5] HOU JiangJiang,WANG JinZhou,SUN Ping,ZHU WenYan,XU Jing,LU ChangAi. Spatiotemporal Patterns in Nitrogen Response Efficiency of Aboveground Productivity Across China’s Grasslands [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2022, 55(9): 1811-1821.
[6] SANG ShiFei,CAO MengYu,WANG YaNan,WANG JunYi,SUN XiaoHan,ZHANG WenLing,JI ShengDong. Research Progress of Nitrogen Efficiency Related Genes in Rice [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2022, 55(8): 1479-1491.
[7] WU Yue,SUI XinHua,DAI LiangXiang,ZHENG YongMei,ZHANG ZhiMeng,TIAN YunYun,YU TianYi,SUN XueWu,SUN QiQi,MA DengChao,WU ZhengFeng. Research Advances of Bradyrhizobia and Its Symbiotic Mechanisms with Peanut [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2022, 55(8): 1518-1528.
[8] GUI RunFei,WANG ZaiMan,PAN ShengGang,ZHANG MingHua,TANG XiangRu,MO ZhaoWen. Effects of Nitrogen-Reducing Side Deep Application of Liquid Fertilizer at Tillering Stage on Yield and Nitrogen Utilization of Fragrant Rice [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2022, 55(8): 1529-1545.
[9] GAO JiaRui,FANG ShengZhi,ZHANG YuLing,AN Jing,YU Na,ZOU HongTao. Characteristics of Organic Nitrogen Mineralization in Paddy Soil with Different Reclamation Years in Black Soil of Northeast China [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2022, 55(8): 1579-1588.
[10] WANG Miao,ZHANG Yu,LI RuiQiang,XIN XiaoPing,ZHU XiaoYu,CAO Juan,ZHOU ZhongYi,YAN RuiRui. Effects of Grazing Disturbance on the Stoichiometry of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Plant Organs of Leymus chinensis Meadow Steppe [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2022, 55(7): 1371-1384.
[11] YU QiLong,HAN YingYan,HAO JingHong,QIN XiaoXiao,LIU ChaoJie,FAN ShuangXi. Effect of Exogenous Spermidine on Nitrogen Metabolism of Lettuce Under High-Temperature Stress [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2022, 55(7): 1399-1410.
[12] CHAO ChengSheng,WANG YuQian,SHEN XinJie,DAI Jing,GU ChiMing,LI YinShui,XIE LiHua,HU XiaoJia,QIN Lu,LIAO Xing. Characteristics of Efficient Nitrogen Uptake and Transport of Rapeseed at Seedling Stage [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2022, 55(6): 1172-1188.
[13] LIU Miao,LIU PengZhao,SHI ZuJiao,WANG XiaoLi,WANG Rui,LI Jun. Critical Nitrogen Dilution Curve and Nitrogen Nutrition Diagnosis of Summer Maize Under Different Nitrogen and Phosphorus Application Rates [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2022, 55(5): 932-947.
[14] ZHANG XueLin, WU Mei, HE TangQing, ZHANG ChenXi, TIAN MingHui, LI XiaoLi, HOU XiaoPan, HAO XiaoFeng, YANG QingHua, LI ChaoHai. Effects of Crop Residue Decomposition on Soil Inorganic Nitrogen and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fluvo-Aquic Soil and Shajiang Black Soil [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2022, 55(4): 729-742.
[15] YANG BinJuan,LI Ping,HU QiLiang,HUANG GuoQin. Effects of the Mixted-cropping of Chinese Milk Vetch and Rape on Soil Nitrous Oxide Emission and Abundance of Related Functional Genes in Paddy Fields [J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2022, 55(4): 743-754.
Viewed
Full text


Abstract

Cited

  Shared   
  Discussed   
No Suggested Reading articles found!