[Response of Organic Carbon Mineralization to Nitrogen Addition in Micro-aerobic and Anaerobic Layers of Paddy Soil].

In field conditions, a micro-aerobic layer with 1 cm thickness exists on the surface layer of paddy soil owing to the diffusion of dissolved oxygen via flooding water. However, the particularity of carbon and nitrogen transformation in this specific soil layer is not clear. A typical subtropical paddy soil was collected and incubated withC-labelled rice straw for 100 days.

[Effects of Organic Materials on Phosphorus Fractions and -harboring Bacterial Community in Karst Soil].

Efficient utilization of organic materials based on the rich resources in the karst region can promote soil fertility. Microorganisms have a crucial influence on soil phosphorus availability. is considered to be the encoding phosphatase gene that can reflect the hydrolysis of organophosphorus compounds for the soil bacterial community.

[Characteristics of Microbial Utilization for Crop Residue-Derived C in Paddy and Upland Soils].

Two typical subtropical agricultural soils, a flooded paddy soil and its adjacent upland, were collected and then incubated with or without C-labeled crop residue (maize straw) for 40 days. During the incubation, the mineralization rate of the crop residue was monitored, and the C incorporated into fungal and bacterial phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) was quantified. At the early stage (0.

[Responses of Soil Organic Carbon Fractions to Land Use Types in Hilly Red Soil Regions, China].

Land use type exerts important influences on soil organic carbon (SOC) and its fractions, and determines the stability of the carbon pool. Taking woodland as a reference, the content of SOC and its labile fractions[dissolved organic carbon (DOC), microbial biomass carbon (MBC), and particulate organic carbon (POC)] and non-labile fractions[mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC)] in upland and paddy surface soils in hilly red soil regions were determined to explore the responses of SOC fractions to land use type. The results showed that the contents of SOC, MBC, POC, and MAOC ranked highest in paddy compared with upland and woodland.

[Characteristics of soil nitrogen cycle and mechanisms underlying the increase in rice yield with partial substitution of mineral fertilizers with organic manure in a paddy ecosystem: A review].

Partial substitution of mineral fertilizers with organic manure is a key strategy for stable and increase crop yield accompanying with zero growth of mineral fertilizers. Based on recent stu-dies, we reviewed the effects of partial substitution of mineral fertilizers with organic manure on rice yield, nitrogen utilization efficiency, soil nitrogen fractions, and microbial nitrogen fixation, ammonification, nitrification, and denitrification in rice paddy ecosystems. We further compared the cha-racteristics of soil nitrogen cycle of mineral fertilizers alone and partial substitution of mineral fertili-zers with organic manure.

[Straw Returning Plus Nitrogen Fertilizer Affects the Soil Microbial Community and Organic Carbon Mineralization in Karst Farmland].

The use of straw returning plus nitrogen fertilizer on farmland is one of the important agronomic practices for adjusting soil organic carbon (SOC) transformations. To explore the mechanisms of straw and nitrogen fertilizer application on straw and SOC mineralization in long-term fertilized soils, an incubation experiment with the C isotope tracing technique was conducted, which involved three long-term fertilized models in typical karst soils (no fertilization, inorganic fertilization, and a combination of inorganic fertilization and straw). To study the mechanisms of C-labeled straw and SOC mineralization, four treatments were designed as follows:no straw and nitrogen (control), and straw combined with three levels of nitrogen fertilizer (0, 214.

[Microbial Carbon Source Metabolic Profile in Rice Rhizosphere and Non-rhizosphere Soils with Different Long-term Fertilization Management].

Rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soil samples under different long-term fertilization treatments including control without fertilizer (CK), chemical fertilization alone (NPK), rice residues combined with NPK (NPKS), 30% manure plus 70% chemical fertilizers (LOM), and 60% manure plus 40% chemical fertilizers (HOM) were collected from a paddy field in a red soil hilly area in Ningxiang City, Hunan Province, China. The characteristics of microbial carbon utilization in the soils were studied. Results of O-HO tracer analysis showed that both soil microbial biomass carbon content (MBC) and microbial growth rate () were highest in the HOM treatment, whereas they were lowest in CK.

[Effect of Soil Moisture and Temperature on the Soil Inorganic Carbon Release of Brown Limestone Soil in the Karst Region of Southwestern China].

In order to understand the influence of environmental factors on the carbonate conversion of the Karst soil, typical brown limestone and red soil samples were collected from the Karst ecosystem, and a 100-day incubation experiment was conducted. The characteristics of inorganic carbon release from the soil under three temperature gradients (15, 25, and 35℃) and water contents (30%, 65%, and 100% WHC) were studied by adding C-CaCO for 100 d. The results showed that under the different soil moisture and temperature conditions, the maximum rate and the cumulative amount of inorganic carbon release from the soil over 100 days varied between 0.

[Characteristics of amino sugar accumulation in rhizosphere and non rhizosphere soil of rice under different fertilization treatments].

Soil samples were collected from paddy ecosystem under five long-term fertilization treatments, including control without fertilizer (CK), chemical fertilization alone (NPK), rice residue combined with NPK (NPKS), 30% manure plus 70% chemical fertilizer (LOM), and 60% manure plus 40% chemical fertilizer (HOM) in Ningxiang City, Hunan Province. The cha-racteristics of amino sugars accumulation in the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils at rice tillering stage were analyzed. Results showed that the contents of soil organic carbon, total amino sugars and three amino monosaccharides (muramic acid, glucosamine and galactosamine) with long-term application of organic materials (rice residue or manure) were significantly higher compared with CK and NPK.

[Structure Analysis of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal in Roots from Different Shrubs in Karst Regions].

To explore if there are species-preferential characteristics of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and host plants in karst regions, 13 shrub plants (including leguminosae and non-leguminosae) were selected to study the AM community structure of root samples. The soil nutrients in rhizosphere soils significantly differ among shrubs; they are higher in leguminosae than in non-leguminosae. Cluster analysis shows that all 13 shrubs can be infected by AM.

[Various effects on the Abundance and Composition of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Soils in Karst Shrub Ecosystems].

Slope position is a key factor used in the restoration of vegetation in degraded karst ecosystems, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play an important role in improving this plant growth. However, little information is available regarding the effects of slope position on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. To test whether these fungal communities are impacted by slope position, the abundance, and composition of soil, AMF communities along the slope position were analyzed through terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and real-time fluorescence-based quantitative polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR).

[Allocation of rice photosynthates in plant-soil system in response to elevated CO and nitrogen fertilization].

To examine the allocation of rice photosynthates and its response to the elevated CO (800 μL·L) and N fertilization (100 mg·kg) at both tillering stage and booting stage in plant-soil system, rice was continually labelled with CO. The results showed that the rice root biomass at the tillering stage and the shoot biomass at the booting stage were significantly increased under elevated CO. Elevated CO increased the rice biomass and root-shoot ratio at tillering stage, but reduced it at booting stage.

[Effects of Lithology on the Abundance and Composition of Soil Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Karst Shrub Ecosystem].

Lithology is a key factor when used to restore vegetation in karst degraded ecosystems, and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and nitrogen-fixing bacteria play an important role in improving plant growth. However, little information is available regarding the effects of lithology on these two groups of microorganisms. To test whether these microbial communities are impacted by lithology, the abundance and composition of soil AM fungal and nitrogen-fixing bacteria communities were determined through terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and real-time fluorescence-based quantitative PCR (real-time PCR).

[Input and Distribution of Photosynthesized Carbon in Soil-Rice System Affected by Water Management and Nitrogen Fertilization].

Fertilizer and water management are two key factors for rice growth. A better understanding of the carbon (C) cycling in paddy soil requires investigation into the input characteristics and distribution dynamics of photosynthesized carbon in rice-soil system. We grew rice (Zhongzao 39) in PVC pots and used the C-CO continuous labeling method to quantify the allocation of photosynthesized carbon in rice-soil system under two regimes(Drying-rewetting .

[Effects of Slope Position and Soil Horizon on Soil Microbial Biomass and Abundance in Karst Primary Forest of Southwest China].

To explore the effects of slope position and soil horizon on soil microbial biomass and abundance, chloroform fumigation extraction methods and real-time fluorescence-based quantitative PCR (Real-time PCR) were adopted to quantify the changes of soil microbial biomass C, N and abundance of bacteria and fungi, respectively. Soil samples were harvested from three horizons along profile, i. e.

[Effect of long-term fertilization on lignin accumulation in typical subtropical upland soil].

To investigate the effect of long-term fertilization on lignin accumulation and clarify its influencing factors in subtropical agricultural upland soils, alkaline CuO oxidation and gas chromatography was performed to quantify the amount of lignin and its monomers components (V, S and C). The soil samples were collected from the fertilization treatments of NPK and NPKS (NPK combined with straw) in Huanjiang County, Guangxi Province (limestone soil) and Taoyuan County, Hunan Province (red soil). The results showed that NPK had no significant effect on the lignin content (Sumvsc) of limestone soil, whereas the content in red soil significantly increased by (55 ± 1)%.

[Response of mineralization of dissolved organic carbon to soil moisture in paddy and upland soils in hilly red soil region].

Typical paddy and upland soils were collected from a hilly subtropical red-soil region. 14C-labeled dissolved organic carbon (14C-DOC) was extracted from the paddy and upland soils incorporated with 14C-labeled straw after a 30-day (d) incubation period under simulated field conditions. A 100-d incubation experiment (25 degrees C) with the addition of 14C-DOC to paddy and upland soils was conducted to monitor the dynamics of 14C-DOC mineralization under different soil moisture conditions [45%, 60%, 75%, 90%, and 105% of the field water holding capacity (WHC)].

[Basidiomycetous laccase gene diversity in two subtropical forest soils].

As one of the key enzymes involved in lignin decomposition of forest litter, laccase plays an important role in the carbon cycling in forest ecosystem. By using TA cloning and sequencing, a comparative study was conducted on the basidiomycetous laccase gene diversity in the O horizon (litter layer) and A horizon (surface soil layer, 0-20 cm) in two subtropical forests (a primeval evergreen deciduous broadleaved mixed forest and an artificial masson pine forest). For the same soil horizons, the basidiomycetous laccase gene diversity and richness were higher in the primeval forest than in the masson pine forest; for the same forest ecosystems, the basidiomycetous laccase gene diversity and richness in the primeval forest were slightly higher in O horizon than in A horizon, but those in the masson pine forest were apparently lower in O horizon than in A horizon.

Land reclamation and short-term cultivation change soil microbial communities and bacterial metabolic profiles.

Background: Soil microbes play an important role in many critical ecosystem processes, but little is known about the effects of land reclamation and short-term cultivation on microbial communities in red soil. In this study, soil microbial communities under five land use patterns-artificial pine forest (Fp), tussock and shrub (TS), shrubbery (Sh), sugarcane (Su) and maize and cassava rotation (Ma)-were characterised by DNA fingerprinting and metabolic profiling to reveal how land reclamation and cultivation affect the underlying diversity and function of soil microbial communities in southwestern China.

Results: Eight years of reclamation and cultivation significantly affected population size, composition and structure, bacterial metabolic profiles and diversity values (Shannon-Wiener index) of soil microbial communities.

[Effects of parent rock and land use pattern on soil fertility in Karst region of Northwest Guangxi].

Taking the soils developed on limestone and sandstone and with typical land use patterns in Karst region of Northwest Guangxi as test objects, this paper studied their soil fertility under effects of parent rock and land use pattern. A total of eleven soil fertility variables were selected for factor analysis, and the component score for each sampling site was assessed by using principal component analysis (PCA) sequencing and clustering diagram. The factor analysis indicated that the eleven variables could be reduced to four components, i.

[Responses of soil properties to ecosystem degradation in Karst region of northwest Guangxi, China].

Four typical ecosystems, i.e., maize-sweet potato rotational cultivated land (KMS), grazing grassland burned annually in winter (KGB), natural restoration land (KNR), and primary forest land (KPF), in Karst region of northwest Guangxi were selected to investigate the responses of soil nutrients (C, N and P), soil microbial biomass, and soil structure to the degradation of ecosystem.

[Soil microbial diversity in typical Karst peak-cluster depression under effects of different de-farming patterns].

By using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and Biolog_Eco micro-plate technique, this paper studied the soil microbial genetic taxonomic and bacterial metabolic functional diversities under four de-farming patterns, i. e., natural restoration (NT, dominant plant species Neyraudia reynaudiana and Miscanthus floridulus), economic plantation (CM, Cajanus cajan and Castanea mollissima), zero-tillage (PI, Pennisetum purpureum and Zenia insign), and conventional tillage (MB, maize-soybean intercropping), in a typical Karst peak-cluster depression.

[Content and density characteristics of soil organic carbon in typical landscapes of subtropical region].

The contrasts of the content and density characteristics of surface soil organic carbon among four typical landscapes of subtropical region in China were investigated. The results show that the area-weighted mean content of SOC varies widely with landscapes and the highest mean content is present in the lacustrine plain landscape (25.10 g x kg(-1)), followed by the karst landscape (20.

[Soil bacterial community structure in primeval forest and degraded ecosystem in Karst region].

By using PCR-RFLP, this paper studied the 16S rDNA gene diversity and phylogenesis of soil bacteria in primeval forest and degraded ecosystem in Karst region of Northwest Guangxi. More genotypes and higher diversity index were observed in the soil of primeval forest than in that of degraded ecosystem, and only two common genotypes were observed in the two soils. A clone from each genotype was randomly selected as representative for sequencing.