Plant Soil Environ., 2024, 70(1):48-59 | DOI: 10.17221/340/2023-PSE

The effects of diverse microbial community structures, driven by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation, on carbon release from a paddy fieldOriginal Paper

Xue Zhang1,2, Xiaodong Yu1, Yunxiao Cao1, Jiani Yue1, Shan Wang1,3, Yunxia Liu1
1 Shenyang Academy of Environmental Sciences, Shenyang, P.R. China
2 School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P.R. China
3 Shenyang Collaborative Human Resources Service Co., Ltd, Shenyang, P.R. China

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play a key role in regulating the carbon cycle in terrestrial ecosystems. However, there is little information on how AMF inoculation affects the carbon fluxes of paddy fields, which are major sources of global carbon emissions. We, therefore, designed an experiment to study the effects of AMF inoculation on methane and carbon dioxide emissions from a paddy field. Results showed that: (1) Among the tested factors, the C/N ratio was the main environmental determinant of microbial community structure in the investigated soil; (2) compared with traditional fertilisation (control), the soil C/N ratio increased by 2.1~15.2% and 1.4~10.5% as a result of AMF application alone (M) or in combination with mineral fertiliser (FM) throughout the growing season, respectively. This change shifted microbial community composition to higher G+/G− bacterial and fungal/bacterial ratios; (3) the microbial community change favoured soil carbon retention. Methane (CH4) emission peaks were reduced by 59.4% and 76.0% versus control in the M treatment and by 52.5% and 29.4% in the FM treatment in the midseason and end-of-season drainage periods, and CO2 emission peaks were reduced by 70.1% and 52.3% in the M plots and by 55.4% and 66.4% in the FM plots.

Keywords: Rhizophagus irregularis; global warming; gram-positive bacteria; chemoautotroph; decomposition

Received: August 22, 2023; Revised: November 2, 2023; Accepted: December 15, 2023; Prepublished online: January 15, 2024; Published: January 22, 2024  Show citation

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Zhang X, Yu X, Cao Y, Yue J, Wang S, Liu Y. The effects of diverse microbial community structures, driven by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation, on carbon release from a paddy field. Plant Soil Environ.. 2024;70(1):48-59. doi: 10.17221/340/2023-PSE.
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