Comparison of root system architecture and rhizosphere microbial communities of Balsas teosinte and domesticated corn cultivars     

《Soil biology & biochemistry》2015

The progenitor of maize is Balsas teosinte (Zea mays subsp. parviglumis) which grows as a wild plant in the valley of the Balsas river in Mexico. Domestication, primarily targeting above-ground traits, has led to substantial changes in the plant's morphology and modern maize cultivars poorly resemble their wild ancestor. We examined the hypotheses that Balsas teosinte (accession PI 384071) has a) a different root system architecture and b) a structurally and functionally different rhizosphere microbial community than domesticated cultivars sweet corn (Zea mays subsp. mays accession PI 494083) and popping corn (Zea mays subsp. mays accession PI 542713). In a greenhouse experiment, five plants from each corn variety were grown in individual pots containing a Maury silt loam – perlite (2:1) mixture and grown to the V8 growth stage at which rhizosphere bacterial and fungal community structure was assessed using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and fatty acid methyl ester analysis. Functional characteristics of the rhizosphere were assayed by examining the potential activity of seven extracellular enzymes involved in carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling. Root system architecture was characterized by root scans of sand grown plants at the V5 growth stage. Compared to the control the sweet corn rhizosphere had different bacterial and fungal community structure, decreased fungal diversity and increased bacterial abundance. Teosinte caused a significant change in the rhizosphere bacterial and fungal community structure and increased bacterial abundance, but no significant decrease in bacterial or fungal diversity where the former was found to be significantly greater than in the sweet corn rhizosphere. Popping corn did not trigger significant changes in the bacterial or fungal diversity and bacterial abundance in the soil. The individual popping corn plants changed the bacterial and fungal communities in different directions and the overall effect on community structure was significant, but small. Of the enzymes analyzed, potential N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAG) activity was found to contributed most to the differentiation of teosinte rhizosphere samples from the other corn varieties. The teosinte root system had proportionally more very fine (diameter < 0.03 mm) roots than popping corn and sweet corn and it developed the highest root to shoot dry weight ratio, followed by popping corn. Sweet corn had significantly lower average root diameter than popping corn and teosinte and grew proportionally the least below-ground dry mass. The results allude to functional and structural differences in the rhizosphere microbial communities of the corn varieties that, with additional research, could lead to useful discoveries on how corn domestication has altered rhizosphere processes and how plant genotype influences nutrient cycling.  相似文献   

In situ dynamics of soil fungal communities under different genotypes of potato, including a genetically modified cultivar     

S.E. Hannula  W. de Boer 《Soil biology & biochemistry》2010,42(12):2211-2223

Fungi are key to the functioning of soil ecosystems, and exhibit a range of interactions with plants. Given their close associations with plants, and importance in ecosystem functioning, soil-borne fungi have been proposed as potential biological indicators of disturbance and useful agents in monitoring strategies, including those following the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops. Here we report on the impact of potato crop varieties, including a cultivar that was genetically modified for its starch quality, on the community composition of the main phyla of fungi in soils, i.e. Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and Glomeromycota in rhizosphere and bulk soil. Samples were collected at two field sites before sowing, at three growth stages during crop development and after the harvest of the plants, and the effects of field site, plant growth stage and plant cultivar (genotype) on fungal community composition assessed using three phylum-specific T-RFLP profiling strategies and multivariate statistical analysis (NMDS ordinations with ANOSIM test). In addition, fungal biomass, arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of roots and activities of extracellular fungal enzymes (laccases, Mn-peroxidases and cellulases) involved in degradation of lignocelluloses-rich organic matter were determined. Fungal community compositions, densities and activities were observed to differ significantly between the rhizosphere and bulk soil. The most important factors determining fungal community composition and functioning were plant growth stage for the rhizosphere communities and location and soil properties for the bulk soil communities. The basidiomycetes were the most numerous fungal group in the bulk soils and in the rhizosphere of young plants, with a shift toward greater ascomycete numbers in the rhizosphere at later growth stages. There were no detectable differences between the GM cultivar and its parental cultivar in terms of influence on fungal community structure of function. Fungal community structure and functioning of both GM- and parental cultivars fell within the range of other cultivars at most sampling moments.  相似文献   

套作对黄瓜根际土壤细菌群落结构的多样性影响   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

李秋红  吴凤芝  景芳毅 《土壤通报》2010,(1)

以设施蔬菜中的主要栽培种类黄瓜为研究对象,以毛葱、蒜为套作作物,利用T-RFLP(末端限制性片段长度多态性,Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism)技术对套作黄瓜根际土壤细菌群落结构多样性进行了研究。结果表明:套作改变了黄瓜根际土壤细菌群落结构的多样性和优势菌群结构。套种毛葱的黄瓜根际土壤细菌群落结构多样性高于套种蒜的黄瓜根际土壤细菌群落结构多样性;在黄瓜定植前和拉秧期,套作处理的土壤细菌群落结构多样性有比对照高的趋势,而在根瓜期和盛瓜期套作处理的土壤细菌群落结构多样性有比对照低的趋势;毛葱的套作效果最佳,蒜套作次之。套作提高了黄瓜产量。  相似文献   

No evidence that nitrogen enrichment affect fungal communities of Vaccinium roots in two contrasting boreal forest types     

Takahide A. Ishida  Annika Nordin 《Soil biology & biochemistry》2010,42(2):234-243

In boreal forests ericaceous shrubs often dominate the forest floor vegetation. Nitrogen enrichment has been shown to decrease shrub abundance and in this study we explored whether it also affects the root associated fungal communities. Fine roots of Vaccinium myrtillus were collected in a Norway spruce dominated forest and of Vaccinium vitis-idaea in a Scots pine dominated forest. In both forests, nitrogen enrichment was experimentally induced by adding 12.5 and 50 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ for 12 (spruce forest) and four (pine forest) years. Based on terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms, subcloning and sequencing analyses, the root associated fungal communities were examined. We found 93 fungal species including Asco-, Basidio- and Zygo-mycota. In general, the Rhizoscyphus ericae aggregate was the most dominant and this was followed by Herpotrichiellaceae and Sebacina. Ordination analysis revealed that nitrogen enrichment did not change species composition of the fungal communities in neither the spruce nor the pine forest, while fungal community structures were clearly discriminated between the dominant shrub species in each forest. Similarly, no fungal species showed a significant response to nitrogen enrichment. Therefore, nitrogen enrichment appears to have no effect on root associated fungi of understorey dwarf shrubs in boreal forests, while it is clear that spruce and pine forests harbor distinctive communities of these fungi.  相似文献   

Converting Australian tropical rainforest to native Araucariaceae plantations alters soil fungal communities     

Nathalie J.A. Curlevski  Ian C. Anderson  John W.G. Cairney 《Soil biology & biochemistry》2010,42(1):14-20

Native rainforest tree plantations are increasingly viewed as potentially important for high value timber production and provision of a range of ecological services in tropical and subtropical areas. In order to determine the extent to which conversion of rainforest to native Araucariaceae plantation influences soil fungi, we compared soil fungal communities under native rainforest and 73-74 year-old Araucaria bidwillii, Araucaria cunninghamii and Agathis robusta plantations at Gadgarra State Forest, Queensland, Australia. Following direct extraction of DNA from soil, terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis of rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions was conducted. Ordination analysis of the T-RFLP data revealed significant separation of the fungal communities according to forest type along the first canonical axis, with the native rainforest samples separating from the three Araucariaceae plantations along the second axis. Overall, the most abundant ITS sequences in clone assemblages from the four forest types were Ascomycota, followed by Basidiomycota, Zygomycota and Chitridomycota, however their relative importance varied in individual forest types. The results indicate that conversion of tropical rainforest to monoculture plantations of native trees can significantly alter soil fungal diversity.  相似文献   

Root exudate-stimulated RNA accumulation in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Gigaspora rosea     

M’Barek Tamasloukht 《Soil biology & biochemistry》2007,39(7):1824-1827

Plant root exudates induce the transition from asymbiosis to presymbiosis in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. In order to get an insight into this developmental switch, two libraries of Gigaspora rosea and one library of Gigaspora gigantea were screened for fragments of genes that show enhanced RNA accumulation 1 h after addition of a semi-purified exudate fraction of carrot roots. Among 150 clones, 40 seemed to contain inserts of root exudate-induced genes. One of the genes, GrosRbp1, putatively encoding an RNA binding protein involved in developmental control showed RNA accumulation which correlates to the extent of stimulation of presymbiotic hyphal branching.  相似文献   

Evaluating the physical capture method of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism for comparison of soil microbial communities     

Christopher B. Blackwood  Jeffrey S. Buyer 《Soil biology & biochemistry》2007,39(2):590-599

Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) is a popular method of comparative microbial community analysis which is normally accomplished by tagging terminal restriction fragments (T-RFs) with a fluorescent primer. Here, we evaluate an alternative method of T-RFLP where T-RFs are physically captured using a biotinylated primer and streptavidin-coated beads. This eliminates one of the primary criticisms of T-RFLP, namely that T-RFs cannot be identified by sequence analysis, and also represents an alternative method for collecting T-RFLP profiles. Microbial communities from forest, agricultural, and turf soils were investigated using several sets of primers specific for different microbial groups. The physical capture method of T-RFLP resulted in similar profiles to those generated by fluorescent T-RFLP. The relationships among ecosystem types captured by both methods and revealed by ordination were virtually identical. The total variance in the profiles that was attributed to ecosystem type was approximately equal, or greater, when generated by the physical capture method, depending on the primers used. However, physical capture T-RFLP resolved fewer T-RFs than fluorescent T-RFLP, and this may reduce the sensitivity to changes in non-dominant populations within the community. Direct cloning and sequencing of physical capture T-RFs revealed that most bands were not comprised of sequences related to those in the database that would generate T-RFs of similar size. T-RFs should therefore be identified by sequencing, rather than by comparing the sizes of T-RFs to computer digests of database sequences. Physical capture T-RFLP should be a useful tool to identify T-RFs by sequencing, and for laboratories without economical access to equipment required to perform fluorescent T-RFLP.  相似文献   

转Bt基因棉花根际细菌与古菌群落结构分析     

唐黎  张永军  吴晓磊 《土壤学报》2007,44(4):717-726

在一年内棉花的四个生长时期（苗期,蕾期,花铃期,吐絮期）分别采集转Bt基因抗虫棉GK12和非转基因亲本棉花泗棉3号根际土壤,以及未种植棉花的背景土壤,利用末端标记限制性片段长度多态性（T-RFLP）分析技术,分析三种土壤中细菌和古菌的16S rRNA基因片段多态性,结合克隆文库建立和测序,研究了土壤中细菌和古菌群落结构的变化.结果表明：在棉花生长的各个时期,背景土壤中细菌群落结构发生了明显的变化,生物多样性指数明显降低,古菌群落结构也有一定的变化,说明季节性变化对土壤中微生物群落产生了明显的影响.与背景土壤相比,棉花种植后根际土壤中细菌和古菌群落发生显著的变化.转基因棉花与非转基因棉花相比,根际土壤细菌和古菌的种类和种群大小的分布也发生了明显的改变.克隆文库和测序结果表明土壤中主体微生物为目前未培养的、功能特性未知的细菌和古菌,转基因棉花种植对这些细菌和古菌影响的原因、环境危害和生态风险目前尚不清楚.与古菌群落相比,棉花种植对细菌群落结构的影响较小.  相似文献   

Glucose additions to aggregates subjected to drying/wetting cycles promote carbon sequestration and aggregate stability     

Eun-Jin Park  Alvin J.M. Smucker 《Soil biology & biochemistry》2007,39(11):2758-2768

Biogeochemical mechanisms at microscale regions within soil macroaggregates strengthen aggregates during repeated DW cycles. Knowledge of additional biogeochemical processes that promote the movement of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) into and throughout soil aggregates and soil aggregate stabilization are essential before we can more accurately predict maximum carbon (C) sequestration by soils subjected to best management practices. We investigated the spatial distribution of ¹³C-glucose supplied to individual soil macroaggregate surfaces and subjected to multiple drying and wetting (DW) cycles. Subsequent distribution of added glucose-C, CO₂ respiration, increased microbial community activity and concomitant changes in soil aggregate stabilization were monitored. Moist macroaggregates were treated with no DW cycles and zero glucose C (Control), 5 DW cycles and zero glucose (DW0G), and 5 DW cycles with additions of 250 μg glucose-¹³C/g soil during each cycle (DW+G). Repeated additions of glucose-C to aggregate surfaces reduced the mineralization of pre-existing soil C by an average of 45% and established concentric gradients of glucose-derived C. It is concluded these increasing gradients promoted the diffusion of soluble C into interior regions and became less available to microbial respiration. Spatial gradients of glucose-derived C within aggregates influenced a shift in the abundance of unique ribotypes spatially distributed within aggregates. Rapid decreases in the mineralization rates of glucose-C during repeated DW cycles suggested greater C sequestration by either physical restriction of microbes or chemical sorption of new C that diffused into aggregates. Aggregate stability decreased significantly following 2-3 DW cycles, when glucose-C was not added. Additions of glucose-C with each DW cycle maintained soil aggregate stability equal to the moist but not cycled control throughout the 5 DW cycles of this study. These data simulate the strengthening of soil aggregates in no tillage agroecosystems which provides continuous additions of DOC compounds generated by decomposing plant residues on the soil surface, and root exudates and decomposition, as well as the mineralization of POM materials within nondisturbed soil profiles.  相似文献   

Microbial community response to soil solarization in Nepal's rice-wheat cropping system     

S.W. Culman 《Soil biology & biochemistry》2006,38(12):3359-3371

The Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia support 13.5 million hectares of rice-wheat cropping systems, which currently feed over one billion people. Intensified agriculture has resulted in a more than two-fold increase in rice and wheat yields since the 1970s; however, this continuous cropping has also exacerbated weed, pest and disease problems. Soil solarization is an accessible, low-risk management practice for small-holder farmers that has ameliorated these problems in some settings and has the potential to dramatically improve yields. Field trials were conducted at two sites in Nepal to test whether soil solarization: (i) had a lasting effect on soil bacterial, fungal and nematode communities; (ii) altered the rhizosphere communities of rice nursery seedlings and (iii) improved crop growth and yield in the rice-wheat cropping system. Rice seedlings were grown in nursery plots that were solarized for 28 days or left untreated and were transplanted to field plots that were also either solarized for 28 days or not in a randomized complete block design with four replications. Rice was grown to maturity and harvested, followed by a complete wheat cropping cycle. Solarization of main field plots increased counts of fungal propagules and decreased root galling and nematode counts and decreased weed biomass. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analyses of extracted soil DNA revealed significant shifts in fungal community composition following soil solarization, which was sustained throughout the entire rice cropping cycle at both field sites. The bacterial community composition was similarly affected, but at only one of the two sites. Despite the observed changes in soil microbial community composition over more than one cropping period, solarization had no impact on crop productivity at either site. Nevertheless, such changes in soil microbial communities in response to solarization may be responsible for increased yields observed at other sites with greater pathogen pressure. This practice has shown promising results in many farmers’ fields in South Asia, but further elucidation of the mechanisms by which solarization increases productivity is needed.  相似文献