The Influence of Organic and Conventional Cultivation Patterns on Physicochemical Property, Enzyme Activity and Microbial Community Characteristics of Paddy Soil

Chengyu Xu, Yulin Li, Xue Hu, Qian Zang, Hengyang Zhuang and Lifen Huang
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Chengyu Xu: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Yulin Li: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Xue Hu: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Qian Zang: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Hengyang Zhuang: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Lifen Huang: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China

Agriculture, 2022, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Cultivation patterns can cause soil structure alteration. However, few studies have clarified the influence of cultivation pattern and soil depth on soil. The purpose of this experiment was to study the community characteristics of soil microorganisms in the 0–10 cm and 10–20 cm layers beneath paddy fields under organic and conventional cultivation patterns, and reveal the response mechanism of microbial community to cultivation patterns through the correlation analysis of soil nutrient content, enzyme activity and microbial dominant phyla, so as to provide a theoretical basis for high-yield rice cultivation from the perspective of microorganisms. In this study, four types of soil organic cultivation topsoil (OF_S), organic cultivation undersoil (OF_X), conventional cultivation topsoil (CF_S) and conventional cultivation undersoil (CF_X) in paddy fields were collected for nutrient and enzyme activity determination, and composition spectrum analysis of soil microbial community diversity was performed using a high-throughput sequencing platform. The results revealed that organic cultivation increased the contents of alkali-hydrolyzable nitrogen, available phosphorus, available potassium and organic substances in both topsoil and undersoil as well as sucrase and urease activity in the undersoil. α diversity indicated that bacterial abundance in both topsoil and undersoil was organic > conventional cultivation; the microbial diversity index in the undersoil under organic cultivation technique was greater than that of conventional cultivation. A Venn diagram revealed that there was considerable difference in species between topsoil and undersoil under organic and conventional cultivation patterns. The composition of the community structure indicated that Proteobacteria , Acidobacteria , Chloroflexi and Bacteroidetes were the dominant phyla of bacterial communities in paddy fields. Ascomycota and Basidiomycota were the dominant phyla of the fungal community. Cluster analysis results indicated that soil depth of both patterns produced apparent clustering effects on microorganisms. Correlation analysis revealed that contents of various soil nutrients and enzyme activities affected the relative abundance of the dominant bacteria and fungi in varying degrees. Alkali-hydrolyzable nitrogen, available potassium and organic matters were significant factors affecting the dominant phyla of soil. The present study demonstrated that compared with conventional cultivation, organic cultivation improved soil physicochemical property, enhanced soil enzyme activity, and altered soil microbial diversity and bacterial abundance. Soil nutrients, enzyme activity and the microbial community of paddy fields interacted with each other and affected the soil structure together.

Keywords: organic matters; soil depth; soil nutrients; soil enzyme; high-throughput sequencing; soil microorganisms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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