Soil temperature and bacterial diversity regulate the impact of irrigation and fertilization practices on ecosystem respiration

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Fan, Y. Q., Hao, X. M., Carswell, A. M., Misselbrook, T. H., Ding, R. S., Li, S. and Kang, S. Z. 2021. Soil temperature and bacterial diversity regulate the impact of irrigation and fertilization practices on ecosystem respiration. Agronomy Journal. 113 (3), pp. 2361-2373. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20613

AuthorsFan, Y. Q., Hao, X. M., Carswell, A. M., Misselbrook, T. H., Ding, R. S., Li, S. and Kang, S. Z.
Abstract

Understanding ecosystem respiration (R-eco) response to various management practices is important for the sustainable development of solar greenhouse systems, which represent a large and profitable industry in Northwest China. A tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)-cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)-tomato rotation experiment was conducted with four treatments including two irrigation levels (regular irrigation [RI] and low irrigation [LI]) and two N fertilizer sources (organic-N fertilizer [N1] and inorganic-N fertilizer [N2]). Ecosystem respiration and soil variables were measured multiple times. Mean R-eco flux was 511, 319, and 437 mg m(-2) h(-1) for tomato-2016, cucumber-2016, and tomato-2017, respectively. Soil temperature was the most important factor affecting R-eco magnitude. Tomato seasons with higher temperature had significantly greater R-eco flux than the cucumber season. Organic-N fertilizer application can stimulate R-eco flux, cumulative R-eco, and R-eco intensity mainly by providing favorable soil N and C condition for soil bacterial growth and activity, whereas the difference between irrigation levels was inconsistent. The fitted exponential function describing the relationship between R-eco and soil temperature showed that the temperature sensitivity decreased from tomato-2016 to tomato-2017 for all treatments, corresponding to the continuously reduced soil bacterial alpha diversity. Soil bacterial Shannon index was an effective prediction factor for R-eco in the relatively warmer and drier season, with an R-2 >.8 during tomato-2017. The RIN1 treatment consistently had the greatest cumulative R-eco and the highest soil bacterial alpha diversity throughout the rotation. Further studies are needed on the mechanisms of how the change of soil properties would regulate the response of R-eco to soil abiotic and biotic factors.

Year of Publication2021
JournalAgronomy Journal
Journal citation113 (3), pp. 2361-2373
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20613
Open accessPublished as non-open access
FunderBBSRC Newton funding
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or codeBB/N013468/1
S2N - Soil to Nutrition - Work package 2 (WP2) - Adaptive management systems for improved efficiency and nutritional quality
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online27 Jan 2021
Publication process dates
Accepted17 Jan 2021
PublisherAmerican Society of Agronomy (ASA)
ISSN0002-1962

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