Biomineralization of Si by plants into phytolith formation and precipitation of Si into clays during weathering are two important processes of silicon’s biogeochemical cycle. As a silicon-accumulating plant, the wide...Biomineralization of Si by plants into phytolith formation and precipitation of Si into clays during weathering are two important processes of silicon’s biogeochemical cycle. As a silicon-accumulating plant, the widely distributed and woody Phyl-lostachys heterocycla var. pubescens (moso bamboo) contributes to storing silicon by biomineralization and, thus, prevents eu-trophication of nearby waterbodies through silicon’s erosion of soil particles. A study on the organic pool and biological cycle of silicon (Si) of the moso bamboo community was conducted in Wuyishan Biosphere Reserve, China. The results showed that: (1) the standing crop of the moso bamboo community was 13355.4 g/m2, of which 53.61%, 45.82% and 0.56% are represented by the aboveground and belowground parts of moso bamboos, and the under-story plants, respectively; (2) the annual net primary production of the community was 2887.1 g/(m2·a), among which the aboveground part, belowground part, litterfalls, and other fractions, accounted for 55.86%, 35.30%, 4.50% and 4.34%, respec-tively; (3) silicon concentration in stem, branch, leaf, base of stem, root, whip of bamboos, and other plants was 0.15%, 0.79%, 3.10%, 4.40%, 7.32%, 1.52% and 1.01%, respectively; (4) the total Si accumulated in the standing crop of moso bamboo com-munity was 448.91 g/m2, with 99.83% of Si of the total community stored in moso bamboo populations; (5) within moso bamboo community, the annual uptake, retention, and return of Si were 95.75, 68.43, 27.32 g/(m2·a), respectively; (6) the turnover time of Si, which is the time an average atom of Si remains in the soil before it is recycled into the trees or shrubs, was 16.4 years; (7) the enrichment ratio of Si in the moso bamboo community, which is the ratio of the mean concentration of nutrients in the net primary production to the mean concentration of nutrients in the biomass of a community, was 0.64; and lastly, (8) moso bamboo plants stored about 1.26×1010 kg of silicon in the organic pool made up by the moso bamboo forests in the subtropical area of China.展开更多
Returning crop straw into the soil is an important practice to balance biogenic and bioavailable silicon(Si)pool in paddy,which is crucial for the healthy growth of rice.However,owing to little knowledge about soil mi...Returning crop straw into the soil is an important practice to balance biogenic and bioavailable silicon(Si)pool in paddy,which is crucial for the healthy growth of rice.However,owing to little knowledge about soil microbial communities responsible for straw degradation,how straw return affects Si bioavailability,its uptake,and rice yield remains elusive.Herein,we investigate the change of soil Si fractions and microbial community in a 39-year-old paddy field amended by a long-term straw return.Results show that rice straw return significantly increased soil bioavailable Si and rice yield from 29.9%to 61.6%and from 14.5%to 23.6%,respectively,when compared to NPK fertilization alone.Straw return significantly altered soil microbial community abundance.Acidobacteria was positively and significantly related to amorphous Si,while Rokubacteria at phylum level,Deltaproteobacteria,and Holophagae at class level was negatively and significantly related to organic matter adsorbed and Fe/Mn-oxide-combined Si in soils.Redundancy analysis of their correlations further demonstrated that Si status significantly explained 12%of soil bacterial community variation.These findings suggest that soil bacteria community and diversity interact with Si mobility by altering its transformation,thus resulting in the balance of various nutrient sources to drive biological Si cycle in agroecosystem.展开更多
基金Project (No. 30370275) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Biomineralization of Si by plants into phytolith formation and precipitation of Si into clays during weathering are two important processes of silicon’s biogeochemical cycle. As a silicon-accumulating plant, the widely distributed and woody Phyl-lostachys heterocycla var. pubescens (moso bamboo) contributes to storing silicon by biomineralization and, thus, prevents eu-trophication of nearby waterbodies through silicon’s erosion of soil particles. A study on the organic pool and biological cycle of silicon (Si) of the moso bamboo community was conducted in Wuyishan Biosphere Reserve, China. The results showed that: (1) the standing crop of the moso bamboo community was 13355.4 g/m2, of which 53.61%, 45.82% and 0.56% are represented by the aboveground and belowground parts of moso bamboos, and the under-story plants, respectively; (2) the annual net primary production of the community was 2887.1 g/(m2·a), among which the aboveground part, belowground part, litterfalls, and other fractions, accounted for 55.86%, 35.30%, 4.50% and 4.34%, respec-tively; (3) silicon concentration in stem, branch, leaf, base of stem, root, whip of bamboos, and other plants was 0.15%, 0.79%, 3.10%, 4.40%, 7.32%, 1.52% and 1.01%, respectively; (4) the total Si accumulated in the standing crop of moso bamboo com-munity was 448.91 g/m2, with 99.83% of Si of the total community stored in moso bamboo populations; (5) within moso bamboo community, the annual uptake, retention, and return of Si were 95.75, 68.43, 27.32 g/(m2·a), respectively; (6) the turnover time of Si, which is the time an average atom of Si remains in the soil before it is recycled into the trees or shrubs, was 16.4 years; (7) the enrichment ratio of Si in the moso bamboo community, which is the ratio of the mean concentration of nutrients in the net primary production to the mean concentration of nutrients in the biomass of a community, was 0.64; and lastly, (8) moso bamboo plants stored about 1.26×1010 kg of silicon in the organic pool made up by the moso bamboo forests in the subtropical area of China.
基金Fundamental Research Funds for Central Non-profit Scientific Institution(Nos.1610132019011,1610132020012)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2016YFD0800707,2016YFD0200109).
文摘Returning crop straw into the soil is an important practice to balance biogenic and bioavailable silicon(Si)pool in paddy,which is crucial for the healthy growth of rice.However,owing to little knowledge about soil microbial communities responsible for straw degradation,how straw return affects Si bioavailability,its uptake,and rice yield remains elusive.Herein,we investigate the change of soil Si fractions and microbial community in a 39-year-old paddy field amended by a long-term straw return.Results show that rice straw return significantly increased soil bioavailable Si and rice yield from 29.9%to 61.6%and from 14.5%to 23.6%,respectively,when compared to NPK fertilization alone.Straw return significantly altered soil microbial community abundance.Acidobacteria was positively and significantly related to amorphous Si,while Rokubacteria at phylum level,Deltaproteobacteria,and Holophagae at class level was negatively and significantly related to organic matter adsorbed and Fe/Mn-oxide-combined Si in soils.Redundancy analysis of their correlations further demonstrated that Si status significantly explained 12%of soil bacterial community variation.These findings suggest that soil bacteria community and diversity interact with Si mobility by altering its transformation,thus resulting in the balance of various nutrient sources to drive biological Si cycle in agroecosystem.
