小麦/蚕豆，玉米/蚕豆和小麦/玉米间作对根际细菌群落结构的影响

利用PCR-DGGE技术研究了小麦/蚕豆、玉米/蚕豆和小麦/玉米间作对作物根际细菌群落结构的影响.结果表明：间作能够提高作物根际细菌群落多样性、改变根际细菌群落结构组成.其中,小麦/蚕豆间作对根际细菌群落结构的影响最为突出,作物花期时小麦/蚕豆间作显著提高和改变两种作物根际细菌多样性和群落结构组成.玉米/蚕豆间作主要表现出对苗期玉米根际细菌多样性的显著提高和群落结构组成的改变.小麦/玉米间作对作物根际细菌群落结构的影响程度较弱.同时,3种间作体系都具有不同程度的产量优势.结果证明了间作体系中地上部植物多样性与地下部微生物多样性存在紧密联系.     

间作栽培对连作马铃薯根际土壤微生物群落的影响

连作严重影响了作物的产量和品质,而土壤微生物群落结构与功能对土壤生态系统和植物健康至关重要。以连作10a土壤为基质,单作马铃薯为对照,采用磷脂脂肪酸(Phospholipid fatty acids)、BIOLOGA技术和真菌形态学鉴定方法,研究了玉米、蚕豆与马铃薯间作模式下土壤微生物群落结构、功能和丛植菌根(Arbuscular Mycorrhizal)真菌对土壤环境变化的响应。结果表明:间作调控下,马铃薯根际土壤微生物主要类群结构发生显著改变;玉米间作马铃薯,土壤微生物群落总生物量降低,但群落功能多样性提高,促进了以羧酸类、多聚化合物、芳香类化合物、氨基酸类化合物为碳源的微生物类群代谢活性增强;蚕豆间作增加了土壤微生物总生物量,仅促进了以碳水化合物为碳源的微生物类群代谢活性。间作改变了作物根际土壤AM真菌的种、属数,AM真菌多样性降低,优势种由明球囊霉、地球囊霉转变为玉米间作体系里的福摩萨球囊霉、球泡球囊霉;蚕豆间作体系里福摩萨球囊霉和疣状无梗囊霉是优势种。间作栽培下AM真菌优势种群的变化可能受植物间的共生关系、微生物结构与功能等因素的制约。间作条件下,玉米显著影响了马铃薯根际土壤微生物群落功能多样性,而蚕豆则显著改变了微生物群落结构多样性;玉米、蚕豆对马铃薯根际土壤微生物群落功能与结构变化的影响不同步;间作调控后持续的土壤微生物群落结构与功能观察才有助于解释土壤微生物结构变化引起的功能响应。     

两株芽孢杆菌对黄瓜和番茄根际土壤微生物群落结构影响

采用聚合酶链式反应/变性梯度凝胶电泳技术(PCR-DGGE),研究了盆栽条件下,接种多粘类芽孢杆菌(Paenibacillus polymyxa)和枯草芽孢杆菌(Bacillus subtilis)对不同时期黄瓜和番茄根际土壤微生物群落结构的影响.通过DGGE图谱的主成分分析表明,这2株生防菌对根际微生物的影响因作物的种类不同而不同:对黄瓜根际细菌和真菌群落结构均无显著影响,真菌群落随着取样时期而发生明显变化;对番茄根际细菌群落结构无明显影响,但不同采样时期细菌群落结构发生明显变化,而2株生防菌对其真菌群落结构的变化有显著影响.蔬菜种类是决定根际微生物群落结构的主要因素,接种生防细菌对根际细菌群落结构影响不显著,而对根际真菌群落结构的影响因蔬菜种类的不同而有差异.     

间作缓解蚕豆连作障碍的根际微生态效应

通过田间小区试验,研究了3个品种蚕豆(92-24、云豆324、凤豆6号)与小麦间作对蚕豆产量、枯萎病病情指数、根际镰刀菌数量、根际真菌代谢功能多样性和土壤酶活性的影响。结果表明:与单作蚕豆相比,云豆324与小麦间作(YD324/W)和凤豆6号与小麦间作(FD6/W)处理均显著提高了蚕豆地上部干重、籽粒产量和百粒重。YD324/W和FD6/W处理使蚕豆枯萎病发病初期病情指数分别降低57.14%和41.67%,镰刀菌数量分别降低32.06%和29.88%,而92-24与小麦间作(92-24/W)处理蚕豆产量、枯萎病病情指数和镰刀菌数量与单作蚕豆均无显著差异。YD324/W和FD6/W处理显著提高了蚕豆根际真菌的多样性指数和丰富度指数,并使蚕豆根际真菌的AWCD值分别比单作蚕豆提高了61.75%和46.49%;YD324/W和FD6/W处理明显改变了蚕豆根际真菌的群落结构。而92-24/W处理对蚕豆根际真菌的多样性指数、丰富度指数和AWCD值均无显著影响,也未明显改变真菌的群落结构。不同发病时期,YD324/W和FD6/W处理均显著提高了蚕豆根际土壤的蔗糖酶、脲酶和过氧化氢酶活性;而92-24/W处理蚕豆根际蔗糖酶、脲酶和过氧化氢酶活性与单作蚕豆均无显著差异。总之,小麦与不同品种蚕豆间作改变了蚕豆根际的真菌群落结构,提高了蚕豆根际真菌的活性、多样性和丰富度,提高土壤酶活性并改善蚕豆生长,增加了蚕豆产量。表明小麦与蚕豆间作改善了根际土壤的微生态环境,降低了镰刀菌的数量,缓解了蚕豆连作障碍,但蚕豆品种的差异影响间作控病效果。     

玉米和花生间作根际细菌群落结构与PICRUSt的功能预测

禾本科/豆科作物间作能够促进作物生长与产量形成，而根际微生物组被认为与间作产量优势形成关系密切。将玉米和花生进行盆栽间作并设置以下三种根系分隔方式：塑料膜分隔(即全隔玉米与全隔花生)、尼龙网分隔(即网隔玉米与网隔花生)、无分隔处理(即无隔玉米与无隔花生),采用基于16S rRNA基因的高通量测序技术及PICRUSt功能预测分析不同模式下二者根际细菌群落结构与功能类群的变化，以期从土壤微生物组角度阐明玉米/花生间作产量优势形成的内在机制。结果显示：玉米/花生间作明显改变了二者根际细菌群落结构，无隔、网隔玉米的根际细菌群落结构更为相似并区别于全隔玉米，而网隔花生根际细菌群落结构明显区别于无隔、全隔花生。而且，无隔、网隔玉米根际放线菌门的相对丰度显著高于全隔玉米，网隔花生根际放线菌门、厚壁菌门的相对丰度显著高于全隔、无隔花生，而芽单胞菌门呈现相反的变化趋势。在玉米和花生根际，无隔、网隔处理高于全隔处理的OTU也均主要注释为放线菌门。共存网络分析发现，作为玉米根际细菌网络重要节点的Streptomyces、Actinomadura、Arthrobacter、Bacillus等菌属其丰度变化表现...     

福建省稻田土壤细菌群落的16S rDNA-PCR-DGGE分析

用不依赖细菌培养的16S rDNA-PCR-DGGE方法对福建省6个不同地区12个取样点的稻田土壤进行细菌群落结构分析.对12份样品直接提取其总DNA,用F341GC/R534引物扩增16SrDNA基因的V3可变区,结合DGGE(denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis)技术分析样品细菌群落组成.结果表明,福建省不同地区的稻田土壤之间细菌群落结构存在较大差异.犬体上可分为闽东、闽南、闽北、闽西4个大类.同一地区的根际土和表土样品之间也存在差异,但差异相对较低,其中龙岩根际土和表土细菌群落结构相似性最大,永泰差异性最大.回收了DGGE图谱中11个条带,测序结果经过Blast比对表明其中10个条带代表的细菌是不可培养的,显示了DGGE技术的优越性.     

间作大豆对甘蔗根际土壤细菌及固氮菌多样性的影响

为探讨间作大豆(Glycine max)对甘蔗(Saccharum officinarum)根际土壤细菌及固氮细菌多样性的影响, 收集和开发固氮菌资源, 筛选高效甘蔗联合固氮体系, 选用3个甘蔗栽培品种‘ROC22’、‘GT21’、‘B8’与大豆品种‘Guizao 2’进行间种栽培, 采用巢式PCR特异扩增细菌16S rRNA基因片段和固氮细菌nifH基因片段, 并结合变性梯度凝胶电泳(DGGE)技术, 对间作大豆的甘蔗根际土壤细菌及固氮细菌进行系统演化和多样性分析。聚类分析结果显示, 间作大豆改变了甘蔗根际土壤细菌及固氮细菌原来的群落组成结构, 尤其对固氮菌群落组成的改变更大, 但对群落物种的优势度影响较小。Shannon-Wiener多样性指数和Simpson多样性指数分析结果表明, 甘蔗-大豆间作显著影响甘蔗根际土壤中细菌和固氮菌的多样性, 其中对固氮细菌多样性的影响较大。不同甘蔗品种的根际土壤细菌和固氮菌在间作大豆条件下表现出不同的多样性, ‘ROC22’和‘GT21’间作处理甘蔗根际土壤固氮细菌的Shannon-Wiener多样性指数显著高于单作处理, 而‘ROC22’与大豆间作处理的甘蔗根际土壤固氮菌多样性最为丰富。在大豆生长盛期, 间作处理的甘蔗根际土壤细菌多样性最为丰富, 不同处理间的差异也最大, 随后下降。总体来看, 甘蔗-大豆间作显著地影响根际土壤细菌和固氮菌的群落结构和群落多样性, 有助于对甘蔗合理间作栽培模式的认识和筛选高效甘蔗联合固氮体系。     

茶园根际土壤细菌群落结构及多样性

【背景】茶园根际土壤的细菌群落结构与茶园生境土壤营养循环密切相关,其组成及多样性可以作为健康茶园的一个生物指标。【方法】采用PCR．变性梯度凝胶电泳（PCR—DGGE）分子指纹图谱技术,检测安溪铁观音种植区不同海拔茶园根际土壤样本的细菌群落结构,利用Shannon．Wiener多样性指数分析其多样性,采用非加权组平均法进行聚类分析得到其分布特征,利用蒙特卡罗检验和冗余分析分别揭示影响细菌群落分布的环境因子及细菌群落分布和环境变量之间的关系。【结果】茶园根际土壤细菌的DGGE结果显示,检测到的14种主要细菌中有11种细菌是不可培养的,3种细菌是可培养的,分别属于根瘤菌属、中华根瘤菌属和苍白杆菌属。聚类分析得到,同一海拔梯度茶园根际土壤细菌群落结构相似。Shan-non—Wiener多样性指数分析表明,400m海拔处茶园根际土壤细菌群落多样性最高。蒙特卡罗检验分析得到环境因子协同作用对茶园根际土壤细菌群落结构贡献率为59．6％。冗余分析显示,茶园根际土壤细菌群落结构与海拔密切相关。【结论与意义】茶园根际土壤细菌群落结构分布与海拔梯度密切相关,考虑不同海拔高度土壤细菌群落对茶园营养循环的影响,在铁观音的健康栽培和管理过程中具有重要意义。     

不同种植模式下丹参根际土壤微生物群落结构变化

采用MiSeq高通量测序技术对连作、轮作、套作3种种植模式下丹参根际土壤中细菌的16S rDNA基因V3—V4区片段和真菌18S rDNA基因V4区片段进行了测序,研究了细菌和真菌群落结构的变化,并分析了其与土壤因子的关系,从根际微生态系统的变化阐释了丹参连作障碍的发生机理。总体上,细菌和真菌群落的大部分Alpha多样性指数在3种种植模式之间没有显著差异,但呈现轮作套作连作的趋势。与连作相比,轮作显著提高了细菌群落的香农-威纳指数和丛枝菌根真菌的侵染率。从细菌群落的组成上看,轮作模式下芽单胞菌门的相对丰度显著低于连作和套作。相反,轮作和套作时浮霉菌门和拟杆菌门的相对丰度则高于连作。轮作和套作模式下,真菌群落中的接合菌门、壶菌门和子囊菌门的相对丰度显著高于连作。另外,不同种植模式下微生物之间的相互作用关系也有明显差异,轮作甚至会造成真菌之间的相互关系发生逆转。连作模式下检出了丹参枯萎病的病原菌镰刀菌,而有益菌枯草杆菌属的数量却呈下降趋势,这可能是引起丹参病害加剧的原因之一。主坐标成分分析表明,微生物群落在3种种植模式之间没有发生显著的分化,前两个主坐标成分的总解释能力均小于30%,表明没有显著的主导因子。轮作和套作可以提高土壤pH和部分矿质营养,降低ORP。但是,土壤性质的变化仅影响细菌群落,对真菌群落的影响不明显。套作模式下,总钾和有效钾会提高细菌和真菌群落的多样性;轮作和连作模式下的真菌群落则刚好相反,它们更适应低钾和高ORP的环境。研究结果表明,轮作和套作可以在一定程度上改善土壤质量,提高根际细菌群落多样性,改变微生物群落组成,以及微生物-微生物、微生物-丹参之间的相互关系,这些可能是缓解丹参连作障碍的重要原因。     

施氮水平对蚕豆枯萎病和根际微生物代谢功能多样性的影响

研究不同氮肥用量对蚕豆根际微生物功能多样性的影响及其与蚕豆枯萎病发生的关系.通过田间小区试验,采用Biolog微平板分析法研究了4个施氮水平N₀(0 kg·hm-2)、N₁(56.25 kg·hm^-2)、N₂(112.5 kg·hm^-2)和N₃(168.75 kg·hm^-2)对蚕豆枯萎病危害和根际微生物代谢功能多样性的影响.结果表明： 施氮(N₁、N₂、N₃)处理显著降低了蚕豆枯萎病的病情指数和根际镰刀菌的数量,显著增加了蚕豆根际的细菌、放线菌数量、细菌/真菌和放线菌/真菌.其中N₂处理蚕豆枯萎病病情指数和镰刀菌数量最低,而细菌、放线菌数量、细菌/真菌和放线菌/真菌最高.与N₀处理相比,N₁、N₂、N₃处理均提高了根际微生物群落碳源利用率(AWCD),但对6类碳源的利用存在一定的差异.不同施氮水平下根际微生物群落对糖类、羧酸类和氨基酸类碳源利用程度较高.主成分分析表明,施氮明显改变了蚕豆根际微生物群落结构,糖类、羧酸类和氨基酸类碳源是区分施氮导致土壤微生物群落变化的敏感碳源.施氮抑制了根际微生物对部分糖类和羧酸类碳源的利用,而提高了对氨基酸和酚酸类碳源的利用,这可能是施氮减轻蚕豆枯萎病危害的重要原因之一.适量施氮能增加根际细菌、放线菌数量,改变微生物代谢功能,降低病原菌数量,是抑制蚕豆枯萎病发生的有效措施.     

Impact of the Maize Rhizosphere on the Genetic Structure, the Diversity and the Atrazine-degrading Gene Composition of Cultivable Atrazine-degrading Communities

Sixty-six atrazine-degrading bacterial communities utilizing atrazine as sole N source and citrate as principal C source were isolated from unplanted and maize planted soils treated with atrazine. Ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (RISA) fingerprints revealed that the genetic structure of atrazine-degrading bacterial communities was modified in the maize rhizosphere. To assess the underlying microbial diversity, 16S rDNA sequences amplified from each bacterial community were cloned. Libraries containing 660 16S rDNA clones were screened by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. In all, 63 clone families were identified. Rarefaction curves did not reach a clear saturation, indicating that the analysis of a greater number of clones would have revealed further diversity. Recovered 16S rDNA sequences were related to Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria. The four dominant RFLP families were highly similar to Variovorax paradoxus, Burkholderia cepacia, Arthrobacter sp. and Bosea sp. The composition of most of the atrazine-degrading bacterial communities consisted of 2–7 different bacterial species. Various atrazine-degrading gene compositions were observed, two of these atzABCDEF, trzND and atzBCDEF, trzN being largely dominant. The first was more frequently detected in bacterial communities isolated from the maize rhizosphere whereas the second was more frequently detected in communities isolated from bulk soil. Monitoring of atrazine-degrading activity showed that 76% of the bacterial communities degraded up to 80% of the initially added atrazine within 15 days of culture. Altogether our results indicate that the maize rhizosphere has an impact on the genetic structure, the diversity and atrazine-degrading gene composition of the atrazine-degrading communities.     

添加高粱根茬根际土对连作黄瓜生长和根际微生物的影响

为了分析添加高粱根茬根际土对连作黄瓜生长和根际微生物群落特征的影响,本研究通过盆栽试验,采用荧光定量PCR和高通量测序技术分析土壤细菌和真菌群落组成的差异。试验共设4个处理: CK(不施肥),T₁(单施化肥),T₂(优化施肥),T₃(优化施肥+高粱根茬根际土)。结果表明: 与其他处理相比,T₃处理促进了黄瓜生长发育,提高了土壤中16S rRNA和ITS rRNA基因数量。与T₁处理相比,T₂和T₃处理明显提高了细菌群落的丰富度和多样性,不同处理间真菌群落的丰富度和多样性差异不明显。添加高粱根茬根际土在一定程度上改变了基于门、属水平上的细菌和真菌群落结构。其中,细菌中提高了酸杆菌门和拟杆菌门的丰度,降低了变形菌门、厚壁菌门、硝化螺旋菌门和芽孢杆菌属的丰度;真菌中提高了担子菌门、木霉菌属和假散囊菌属的丰度,降低了镰刀菌属和绿僵菌属的丰度。冗余分析表明,土壤硝态氮和有机质含量分别是影响细菌和真菌群落结构差异的关键因子。添加高粱根茬根际土不仅提高了连作黄瓜土壤微生物数量和细菌多样性,而且增加了有益菌木霉菌属的丰度,降低了致病镰刀菌的丰度和数量,保障了黄瓜存活率,为缓解黄瓜连作障碍提供了一条切实可行的解决途径。     

An overview of rhizosphere processes related with plant nutrition in major cropping systems in China

Rhizosphere processes of individual plants have been widely investigated since 1904 when the term “rhizosphere” was first put forward. However, little attention has been paid to rhizosphere effects at an agro-ecosystem level. This paper presents recent research on the rhizosphere processes in relation to plant nutrition in main cropping systems in China. In the peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)/maize (Zea mays L.) intercropping system, maize was found to improve the Fe nutrition of peanut through influencing its rhizosphere processes, suggesting an important role of phytosiderophores released from Fe-deficient maize. Intercropping between maize and faba bean (Vicia faba L.) was found to improve nitrogen and phosphorus uptake in the two crops compared with corresponding sole crop. There was a higher land equivalent ratio (LER) in the intercropping system of maize and faba bean than the treatment of no root interactions between the two crops. The increased yield of maize intercropped with faba bean resulted from an interspecific facilitation in nutrient uptake, depending on interspecific root interactions of the two crops. In the rotation system of rice (Oryza sativa L.)-wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) crops, Mn deficiency in wheat was caused by excessive Mn uptake by rice and Mn leaching from topsoil to subsoil due to periodic cycles of flooding and drying. However, wheat genotypes tolerant to Mn deficiency tended to distribute more roots to deeper soil layer and thus expand their rhizosphere zones in the Mn-deficient soils and utilize Mn from the subsoil. Deep ploughing also helped root penetration into subsoil and was propitious to correcting Mn deficiency in wheat rotated with rice. In comparison, oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) took up more Mn than wheat through mobilizing sparingly soluble soil Mn due to acidification and reduction processes in the rhizosphere. Thus, oilseed rape was tolerant to the Mn-deficient conditions in the rice-oilseed rape rotation. Oxidation reactions on root surface of rice also resulted in the formation of Fe plaque in the rice rhizosphere. Large amounts of Zn were accumulated on the Fe plaque. Zinc uptake by rice plants increased as Fe plaque formed, but decreased at high amounts of Fe plaque. It is suggested that to fine-tune cropping patterns and optimize nutrient management based on a better understanding of rhizosphere processes at an agro-ecosystem level is crucial for increasing nutrient use efficiency and developing sustainable agriculture in China.     

不同生境黑果枸杞根际与非根际土壤微生物群落多样性

研究典型生境黑果枸杞根际与非根际土壤微生物群落多样性及其与土壤理化性质间的关系,为进一步研究黑果枸杞抗逆性提供理论数据。采集新疆精河县艾比湖地区(EB)盐碱地、乌苏市(WS)路旁荒地、五家渠市(WQ)人工林带的黑果枸杞根际与非根际土壤,利用Illumina-MiSeq高通量测序技术分析细菌和真菌群落组成和多样性。结果表明:根际土壤细菌多样性高于非根际土壤(WQ除外),而根际真菌多样性低于非根际土壤。WQ非根际土壤细菌和真菌多样性均高于EB和WS;根际细菌多样性排序为EBWSWQ,根际真菌多样性排序为WSEBWQ。根际土壤优势细菌门依次是变形菌门、拟杆菌门、放线菌门、酸杆菌门,真菌优势门为子囊菌门、担子菌门。根际土壤细菌变形菌门、拟杆菌门、酸杆菌门的相对丰度高于非根际土壤,而厚壁菌在根际土壤中的丰度显著降低,真菌优势门丰度在根际土和非根际土中的变化趋势因地区而异; Haliea、Gp10、Pelagibius、Microbulbifer、假单胞菌属、Thioprofundum、Deferrisoma是根际土壤细菌优势属;多孢子菌属、支顶孢属、Corollospora、Cochlonema是根际真菌优势属。细菌、真菌优势类群(门、属)的组成以及丰富度存在地区间差异,厚壁菌门在EB地区的丰富度显著高于含盐量较低的WS、WQ;盐碱生境EB中根际土壤嗜盐细菌的丰度高于非盐碱生境(WQ、WS),如盐单胞菌属、动性球菌属、Geminicoccu、Pelagibius、Gracilimonas、Salinimicrobium等。小囊菌属是EB根际真菌的最优势属,Melanoleuca是WQ和WS的最优势属,地孔菌属、Xenobotrytis、Brachyconidiellopsis、多孢子菌属等在EB根际土壤中的丰度显著高于WQ和WS。非盐碱生境(WS和WQ)的微生物群落之间的相似性较高,并且高于与盐碱环境(EB)之间的相似性,表明土壤含盐量对微生物群落组成丰度具有重要的影响。     

Effect of monoculture soybean on soil microbial community in the Northeast China

Monoculture (MC) soybean, a common practice in the Northeast China, causes significant declines in soybean yield and quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the responses of the soil microbial community and soybean yield to different soybean cropping systems. Three cropping systems were compared, (1) corn-soybean rotation (corn-corn-soybean, CS), (2) MC soybean for 3 years (S3), (3) MC soybean for 9 years (S9). Both bulk and rhizosphere soil samples were collected at three growth stages: two trifoliate (V2), full bloom (R2), and full seed (R6), respectively. Soil microbial DNA was analyzed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)—denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) to assess changes in composition of bacterial and fungal communities. Prominent DGGE bands were excised and sequenced to gain insight into the identities of the predominant microbial populations. Some prominent differences were observed in bacterial DGGE patterns of amplified 16S rDNA (V3 region) among rhizosphere soils. These major differences included one DGGE band (showing 100% similarity to Arthrobacter sp.) that was enriched at R2 stages in CS and S9, and another band with 97% sequence similarity to an uncultured actinobacterium was detected at R6 stage in CS, and at R2 and R6 stages in S9. The bacterial community from bulk soil showed no significant band change in DGGE patterns among different cropping systems. In fungal DGGE patterns of the amplified 18S rDNA partial fragment, one specific band (showing 98% similarity to Trichoderma viride) occurred in rhizosphere soil of treatment CS at V2 and R6 stages and treatment S9 at R6 stage. None of the above bands were detected in treatment S3. The soybean yields and plant heights from CS and S9 were greater than those from S3. Moreover, catalase activities from CS and S9 at V2 and R2 stages were higher than those tested from S3 at the corresponding times in rhizosphere soil. The present results showed that DGGE patterns were not able to detect significant differences in diversity or evenness among microbial communities, but significant differences were found in the composition of bacterial and fungal community structures. Some distinguished bands from bacterial and fungal DGGE patterns were only enriched in CS and S9 soil, which could potentially play an important role in soybean growth development.     

小麦蚕豆间作对蚕豆根际微生物群落功能多样性的影响及其与蚕豆枯萎病发生的关系

通过田间小区试验,研究了小麦与蚕豆间作对蚕豆枯萎病发生和根际微生物代谢功能多样性的影响。结果表明,小麦与蚕豆间作使蚕豆枯萎病的发病率和病情指数分别比单作显著降低20%和30.4%。与单作处理相比,间作显著增加了蚕豆和小麦根际微生物对31种碳源的平均利用率（AWCD）,其中间作蚕豆的AWCD值最高,比单作增加82.7%,单作蚕豆最低。间作蚕豆和间作小麦根际微生物的Shannon多样性指数与丰富度指数均显著高于单作,间作使蚕豆和小麦的丰富度指数分别增加29.2%和30.3%。根际微生物对六类碳源的利用强度百分比以糖类、羧酸类和氨基酸最高,分别为41.96%,19.80%和18.13%。主成分分析表明,小麦与蚕豆间作改变了根际微生物的群落组成;相关分析表明,糖类、羧酸类和氨基酸类碳源是区分单间作处理差异的主要碳源,其中氨基酸类碳源是最敏感的碳源。小麦与蚕豆间作增加了根际微生物活性,提高了Shannon多样性指数和丰富度指数,改变了微生物群落功能多样性,是抑制蚕豆枯萎病的有效措施。该研究为阐明根际微生物功能多样性变化在间作体系病害控制中的作用与机制奠定了理论基础。     

Phosphorus availability and microbial community in the rhizosphere of intercropped cereal and legume along a P-fertilizer gradient

Background and aims

Positive below-ground interactions (facilitation) should be more pronounced when resources limit crop growth, according to the stress-gradient hypothesis. Our aim was to test this hypothesis for intercropped durum wheat and faba bean along a P-fertilizer gradient.

Methods

A field experiment was conducted in a long-term P-fertilizer trial with three rates of P-fertilization (No, Low and High P). Microbial biomass was assessed by chloroform fumigation-extraction. Quantitative PCR was applied to evaluate the abundance of relevant microbial groups.

Results

Phosphorus availability and microbial biomass systematically increased in the rhizosphere compared to bulk soil. P-fertilization resulted in higher abundance of targeted bacterial phyla, whole bacterial and fungal communities, and depressed mycorrhizal colonization of durum wheat, but not faba bean. Microbial biomass carbon significantly increased in the rhizosphere only in P-fertilized treatments, pointing to P limitation of microbial communities. Intercropping yielded a significant effect on rhizosphere microbial properties only at High P. Microbial biomass P increased in the rhizosphere of intercropped faba bean only at No P level, and was thus the sole finding supporting the stress-gradient hypothesis.

Conclusions

P-fertilization was the main driver of microbial communities in this field trial, and P-fertilizer application modulated the species-specific effect in the intercrop. Plant performance did not validate the stress-gradient hypothesis as positive plant-plant interactions occurred regardless of the level of P-fertilization.