A Case Study Demonstrates That the Litter of the Rare Species Composed of Different Tissues Can Affect the Chemical Properties and Microbial Community Diversity in Topsoil

Overview

Journal Microorganisms

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2022 Jun 24

PMID 35744643

Authors

Yuangui Xie

Xiaofeng Liao

Jiming Liu

Jingzhong Chen

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Abstract

The decomposition of litter plays an important role in the return of forest soil nutrients, as well as the growth and productivity of plants. With this study, we aimed to determine the impact of litter mulching on different tissues of , a rare Chinese endemic species. In particular, seeds and pericarp are easily overlooked components of litter. In this study, we tested control (uncovered litter) and litter (leaf, branch, seed, and pericarp) mulching conditions and conducted a one-year litter decomposition experiment. The enzyme activities of urease enzyme (UE) and invertase enzyme (INV) were significantly improved by litter mulching. Catalase (CAT) enzyme activities in leaf, branch, and seed litter mulching were lower than in the control, whereas CAT activity in pericarp mulching was significantly higher than in the control. Although , , , and were the dominant microbes of topsoil in different mulching treatments, there were differences in the number and connectivity of microbial communities, and this change was correlated with soil organic carbon (SOC) and CAT enzyme activity. Compared with leaves and branches, seeds and pericarp as litter are also very important for nutrient return and affect topsoil microbes in forest, which may be of significance for the growth feedback of in biennial bearing.

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