Yutao Zhang , Jia Liu , Kailou Liu , Daming Li , Rong Cui , Yaxin Liu , Xingjia Xiang , Ming Liu
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CC also enhanced homogeneous selection (HS), boosting bacterial community assembly by 12.85 % compared to CT, reinforcing deterministic processes. Additionally, CC shifted microbial life-history strategies toward the Y-strategy, enriching certain Proteobacteria with strong growth potential, leading to a 40.87 % increase in their relative abundance. Metabolites from the lipid and nucleic acid metabolic pathways, including lipids and lipid-like molecules (LL) as well as nucleosides, nucleotides, and analogues (NN), were significantly enhanced under CC, with relative abundances increasing by 94.85 % and 27.73 %, respectively, and positively correlating with necromass C. Partial least squares path modeling indicated that CC altered the bacterial community composition, ultimately increasing necromass C content, with this effect primarily mediated by soil metabolites. Overall, these findings demonstrate that CC promotes Y-strategist dominance through HS, which regulates LL and NN metabolism to promote necromass C accumulation. 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Cover cropping shifts microbial life-history strategies to promote necromass carbon accumulation through soil metabolite mediation in orchard systems
Preliminary studies suggest that cover cropping (CC) enhances necromass carbon (C) accumulation, but the specific mechanisms linking microbial life-history strategies and soil biochemical pathways remain unclear. This study investigated these processes in orchard systems under hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) cover in southern China, focusing on quantifying necromass C using biomarker analysis and examining the contributions of microbial assembly, life-history strategies, and soil metabolites to necromass C. Compared to clean tillage (CT), CC increased necromass C by 33.90 % and soil organic carbon (SOC) by 27.36 %. CC also enhanced homogeneous selection (HS), boosting bacterial community assembly by 12.85 % compared to CT, reinforcing deterministic processes. Additionally, CC shifted microbial life-history strategies toward the Y-strategy, enriching certain Proteobacteria with strong growth potential, leading to a 40.87 % increase in their relative abundance. Metabolites from the lipid and nucleic acid metabolic pathways, including lipids and lipid-like molecules (LL) as well as nucleosides, nucleotides, and analogues (NN), were significantly enhanced under CC, with relative abundances increasing by 94.85 % and 27.73 %, respectively, and positively correlating with necromass C. Partial least squares path modeling indicated that CC altered the bacterial community composition, ultimately increasing necromass C content, with this effect primarily mediated by soil metabolites. Overall, these findings demonstrate that CC promotes Y-strategist dominance through HS, which regulates LL and NN metabolism to promote necromass C accumulation. This study reveals novel perspectives on the microbial-mediated biochemical processes governing necromass C dynamics in orchard ecosystems, offering practical implications for sustainable agricultural management.
期刊介绍:
Soil & Tillage Research examines the physical, chemical and biological changes in the soil caused by tillage and field traffic. Manuscripts will be considered on aspects of soil science, physics, technology, mechanization and applied engineering for a sustainable balance among productivity, environmental quality and profitability. The following are examples of suitable topics within the scope of the journal of Soil and Tillage Research:
The agricultural and biosystems engineering associated with tillage (including no-tillage, reduced-tillage and direct drilling), irrigation and drainage, crops and crop rotations, fertilization, rehabilitation of mine spoils and processes used to modify soils. Soil change effects on establishment and yield of crops, growth of plants and roots, structure and erosion of soil, cycling of carbon and nutrients, greenhouse gas emissions, leaching, runoff and other processes that affect environmental quality. Characterization or modeling of tillage and field traffic responses, soil, climate, or topographic effects, soil deformation processes, tillage tools, traction devices, energy requirements, economics, surface and subsurface water quality effects, tillage effects on weed, pest and disease control, and their interactions.