Black locust coppice stands homogenize soil diazotrophic communities by reducing soil net nitrogen mineralization

Kun Li; Huimei Tian; W. Keith Moser; Steven T. Overby; L. Scott Baggett; Ruiqiang Ni; Chuanrong Li; Weixing Shen

doi:10.1016/j.fecs.2022.100025

Forest Ecosystems 2022, 9(3): 100025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2022.100025

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Black locust coppice stands homogenize soil diazotrophic communities by reducing soil net nitrogen mineralization

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Kun Li^{^a^,¹}, Huimei Tian^{^a^,¹}, W. Keith Moser^{^b}, Steven T. Overby^{^b}, L. Scott Baggett^{^c}, Ruiqiang Ni^{^a}(

), Chuanrong Li^{^a}(

), Weixing Shen^{^d}

Mountain Tai Forest Ecosystem Research Station of State Forestry Administration, Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration for Silviculture of the Lower Yellow River, Forestry College of Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China

Rocky Mountain Research Station, United States Forest Service, 2500 S. Pine Knoll Dr., Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, USA

Rocky Mountain Research Station, United States Forest Service, 240 West Prospect Fort Collins, CO, 80526, USA

Mount Tai Scenic Spot Management Committee, Tai'an, 271000, Shandong, China

¹ Kun Li and Huimei Tian contributed equally to this work.

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Soil nutrient, Black locust plantation, nifH gene, Nitrogen mineralization, Coppice

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Li K, Tian H, Moser WK, et al. Black locust coppice stands homogenize soil diazotrophic communities by reducing soil net nitrogen mineralization. Forest Ecosystems, 2022, 9(3): 100025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2022.100025

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Background

Black locust (BL, Robinia pseudoacacia) is considered a promising tree species for reforestation due to its great ability to fix nitrogen. However, after two or three coppice-harvesting rotations, the productivity of BL declines. Whether soil microbial communities are affected and how these groups correlate with the nitrogen mineralization process across multi-generation stands remains unclear.

Methods

We investigated the composition and structure of free-living nitrogen-fixing microorganisms (diazotrophs) by sequencing the marker gene nifH and compared these results to levels of soil nitrogen mineralization in the bulk soil and rhizosphere in black locust plantations on Mount Tai, China.

Results

The results showed multi-generation BL coppice plantations decreased the total soil nitrogen (N), soil phosphorus (P), soil microbial biomass N (MBN), soil microbial biomass C (MBC), soil nitrification rate (Rn), soil ammonification rate (Ra), and net soil N mineralization rate (Rm), but significantly increased the concentration of soil NH₄⁺-N to maintain sufficient NO₃⁻-N. The dominant species in bulk soil and rhizosphere changed from Rhodopseudomonas (22.62% and 15.76%), unclassified_c_Alphaproteobacteria (22.37% and 29.28%), unclassified_o_Rhizobiales (15.40% and 13.31%), Bradyrhizobium (12.00% and 11.74%) in seedling plantations to Bradyrhizobium (45.95% and 47.86%) and Rhodopseudomonas (43.56% and 41.84%) in coppice plantations, respectively. Mantel test and Redundancy analysis (RDA) revealed that Rn, Ra, and Rm were the most important factors shaping the diazotrophic communities.

Conclusions

Our results suggest that the multi-generation BL coppice plantation can homogenize soil diazotrophic communities, which is mainly regulated by the available N loss caused by nitrogen mineralization. Strengthening the management technology of coppice plantations will provide more beneficial external consumption.

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Black locust coppice stands homogenize soil diazotrophic communities by reducing soil net nitrogen mineralization

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Kun Li^{^a^,¹}, Huimei Tian^{^a^,¹}, W. Keith Moser^{^b}, Steven T. Overby^{^b}, L. Scott Baggett^{^c}, Ruiqiang Ni^{^a}(

), Chuanrong Li^{^a}(

), Weixing Shen^{^d}

Rocky Mountain Research Station, United States Forest Service, 2500 S. Pine Knoll Dr., Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, USA

Rocky Mountain Research Station, United States Forest Service, 240 West Prospect Fort Collins, CO, 80526, USA

Mount Tai Scenic Spot Management Committee, Tai'an, 271000, Shandong, China

¹ Kun Li and Huimei Tian contributed equally to this work.

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Keywords: Soil nutrient, Black locust plantation, nifH gene, Nitrogen mineralization, Coppice

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Received: 22 January 2022

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We are very grateful to all the students who assisted with data collection and the experiments. We also thank three anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions on this paper.

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