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ArticleScientific reports2016

Effect of simulated tillage on microbial autotrophic CO2 fixation in paddy and upland soils.

Tida Ge, Xiaohong Wu, Qiong Liu, Zhenke Zhu, Hongzhao Yuan, Wei Wang, A S Whiteley, Jinshui Wu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Tida GeChangsha Research Station for Agricultural and Environmental Monitoring &Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan, 410125, China.
Xiaohong WuChangsha Research Station for Agricultural and Environmental Monitoring &Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan, 410125, China.
Qiong LiuChangsha Research Station for Agricultural and Environmental Monitoring &Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan, 410125, China.
Zhenke ZhuChangsha Research Station for Agricultural and Environmental Monitoring &Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan, 410125, China.
Hongzhao YuanChangsha Research Station for Agricultural and Environmental Monitoring &Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan, 410125, China.
Wei WangChangsha Research Station for Agricultural and Environmental Monitoring &Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan, 410125, China.
A S WhiteleyISA-CAS and UWA Joint Laboratory for Soil Systems Biology, Hunan, 410125, China.
Jinshui WuChangsha Research Station for Agricultural and Environmental Monitoring &Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan, 410125, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tillage is a common agricultural practice affecting soil structure and biogeochemistry. To evaluate how tillage affects soil microbial CO2 fixation, we incubated and continuously labelled samples from two paddy soils and two upland soils subjected to simulated conventional tillage (CT) and no-tillage (NT) treatments. Results showed that CO2 fixation ((14)C-SOC) in CT soils was significantly higher than in NT soils. We also observed a significant, soil type- and depth-dependent effect of tillage on the incorporation rates of labelled C to the labile carbon pool. Concentrations of labelled C in the carbon pool significantly decreased with soil depth, irrespective of tillage. Additionally, quantitative PCR assays revealed that for most soils, total bacteria and cbbL-carrying bacteria were less abundant in CT versus NT treatments, and tended to decrease in abundance with increasing depth. However, specific CO2 fixation activity was significantly higher in CT than in NT soils, suggesting that the abundance of cbbL-containing bacteria may not always reflect their functional activity. This study highlights the positive effect of tillage on soil microbial CO2 fixation, and the results can be readily applied to the development of sustainable agricultural management.

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Autotrophic ProcessesCarbon CycleSoil MicrobiologyAnalysis of VarianceBacteriaBiomassCarbonCarbon DioxideCarbon RadioisotopesGenes, BacterialOryzaSoilSolubilityCarbonCarbon DioxideCarbon RadioisotopesSoil

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