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Hydrophobic high-frequency vibration collaborative strategy for reducing resistance and soil adhesion of tillage tools in lime concretion black soil 疏水高频振动协同策略在石灰固结黑土中降低耕作工具的阻力和土壤附着力
IF 6.8 1区 农林科学 Q1 SOIL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2026.107061
Kuan Qin , Ding Zhang , Biao Ma , Weidong Gao , Chengmao Cao , Xu Zhu , Junjie Lu , Wei Wang , Jun Ge , Qichun Feng , Huaizhi Liu , Siliang Liu , Yan Sun , Liangfei Fang
Soil-engaging components in the lime concretion black soil farming in the Huang Huai Hai region of China often face significant challenges due to strong resistance caused by soil adhesion. Soil adhesion to tillage tools under high moisture conditions presents a major challenge for vibration-based drag reduction methods. Conversely, surface-modified hydrophobic tillage tools exhibit relatively limited drag reduction efficiency in low-moisture soils. Herein, a hydrophobic high-frequency vibration drag reduction strategy was proposed. By combining a thin-layer hydrophobic rubbery coating with high-frequency vibration, this approach reduced the interfacial interaction between moist soil and the modified soil-engaging components, as well as the internal friction among soil particles. Specifically, a robust cross-linked physical network was formed by the rigid styrene segments and alloys, and the thin-layer (0.2 millimeter) coated rubbery styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SEBS) was adhered firmly to soil-engaging components, achieving an adhesion energy of 37.21 J/m2. With the integration of high-frequency vibration, the hydrophobic soil-engaging components demonstrated a low adhesion amount of 0.27 g/cm2 and a drag reduction rate of 32.16 % in the soil at 21 % moisture content. All in all, this work provides significant theoretical and technical support for efficient adhesion reduction and drag reduction of agricultural machinery soil-engaging components in the Huang Huai Hai region.
中国黄淮海地区石灰固结黑土耕作中,由于土壤附着力的强烈阻力,土壤参与组分经常面临重大挑战。在高湿度条件下,土壤与耕作工具的粘附性是基于振动的减阻方法面临的主要挑战。相反,表面改性疏水耕作工具在低水分土壤中表现出相对有限的减阻效率。为此,提出了一种疏水高频振动减阻策略。该方法通过将薄层疏水橡胶涂层与高频振动相结合,减少了湿润土壤与改性土壤接合成分之间的界面相互作用以及土壤颗粒之间的内摩擦。具体而言,刚性苯乙烯段和合金形成了坚固的交联物理网络,薄层(0.2毫米)涂覆的橡胶苯乙烯-丁二烯-苯乙烯嵌段共聚物(SEBS)牢固地粘附在吸土组分上,粘附能达到37.21 J/m2。在高频振动的作用下,疏水吸土组分在21. %含水率下的黏附量为0.27 g/cm2,减阻率为32.16 %。本研究为黄淮海地区农机吸土部件高效减粘减阻提供了重要的理论和技术支持。
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Soil compaction limits maize and bean yields in precision agriculture zones under no-tillage system 土壤压实限制了免耕精准农业区玉米和大豆的产量
IF 6.8 1区 农林科学 Q1 SOIL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2025.107036
Cristiano Andre Pott , Leandro Taubinger , Vitor Hugo Outeiro , Leandro Rampim , Miguel David Fuentes-Guevara , Aline Marques Genú , Marcelo Marques Lopes Müller
Understanding the spatial variability of crop yields in no-tillage systems under precision agriculture is crucial for improving production efficiency. Yield maps may serve as effective tools for defining management zones and guiding soil sampling to identify factors that limit crop yield. This study aimed to determine yield classes using yield maps and assess how soil physical and chemical properties influence the yields of maize and common bean in farm field conditions, and identify the critical soil compaction limits in no-tillage system. The research was conducted in a commercial farm with spatial variability in crop yields, measured by monitoring onboard harvesters during the maize and common bean harvests. Soil samples were collected from four productivity classes (high, medium-high, medium-low, and low), as defined by the yield maps. Soil compaction degree was calculated as the ratio between soil bulk density and maximum bulk density obtained from the Proctor test. Results showed that high productivity zones had higher total porosity, lower bulk density, reduced soil compaction degree, higher soil organic matter and higher cation exchange capacity. Soil compaction was the main limiting factor, with critical limit more pronounced in shallower layers. The critical limiting of soil compaction degree in the 0.00–0.40 m profile was 85 % in farm field conditions. Soil compaction is a key limiting factor for productivity in clayey soils. Yield maps, along with soil chemical and physical properties analysis, are valuable tools for identifying limiting factors and improving agricultural management.
了解精准农业免耕制度下作物产量的空间变异对提高生产效率具有重要意义。产量图可作为界定管理区和指导土壤取样以确定限制作物产量因素的有效工具。本研究旨在利用产量图确定产量等级,评估土壤物理和化学性质在农田条件下对玉米和普通豆产量的影响,并确定免耕制度下土壤压实的临界极限。该研究是在一个具有作物产量空间变异性的商业农场进行的,通过监测玉米和普通豆类收获期间的船上收割机来测量。根据产量图的定义,从四个生产力等级(高、中高、中低和低)收集土壤样品。土壤压实度计算为土壤容重与最大容重之比,由Proctor试验得到。结果表明:高产区土壤总孔隙度高,容重低,土壤压实度低,土壤有机质含量高,阳离子交换容量大;土壤压实是主要的限制因素,其临界极限在较浅的土层中更为明显。在田间条件下,0.000 ~ 0.40 m剖面土壤压实度的临界极限为85 %。土壤压实是粘土土壤生产力的关键限制因素。产量图以及土壤化学和物理性质分析是确定限制因素和改善农业管理的宝贵工具。
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Soil structural transformation under multiple freeze–thaw cycles with comprehensive morphological and topological analysis: The hypothesis of periodicity 多次冻融循环下的土壤结构变化与综合形态拓扑分析:周期性假设
IF 6.8 1区 农林科学 Q1 SOIL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2025.106980
Kirill D. Tolstygin , Dmitry A. Kulygin , Konstantin A. Romanenko , Marina V. Karsanina , Aleksey M. Cherkasov , Aleksey Khlyupin , Kirill M. Gerke
Freezing–thawing cycles significantly affect the dynamics of soil pore space structure, both directly and through indirect processes. Previous studies have reported varying observations and interpretations regarding the qualitative and quantitative changes in soil structure induced by these cycles. In this study, we conducted freeze–thaw experiments on three different disturbed soil samples. The samples were imaged with an X-ray scanner in their original state and after 1, 5, 10, and 20 freeze–thaw cycles. To process the obtained data, we employed two novel but essential methods: (1) a custom-built image registration technique to establish identical 3D regions of interest within the scans, and (2) a set of soil structural descriptors with high information content, incorporating both morphological and topological information — correlation functions, pore-network statistics, Euler numbers, and connectivity. Registration and careful consideration of individual grains within the soil structure enabled robust segmentation of grayscale images into solids and pores. Unlike most previous studies, we did not observe a steady or nearly monotonic change in structural metrics. Instead, we detected a type of chaotic behavior of these metrics between the freeze–thaw cycles. Using vector descriptors, we demonstrated that the experimental data can be interpreted as hypothetical oscillatory changes within soil structure. This finding leads us to hypothesize that disturbed soils — and possibly natural soils after multiple cycles — undergo periodic structural dynamics. The novel idea behind this hypothesis is simple: as at some point the same temperature impact will not produce the same effect, the structure disturbance will stagnate. From the original state, soils exhibited the strongest structural degradation due to freeze–thaw cycles, whereas in subsequent cycles the dynamics involved both dispersing and aggregating processes, as observed in the X-ray tomography images. We conclude by discussing the necessary future research to confirm or refute this hypothesis and emphasize why soil structure in such experiments should be described using a novel class of vector metrics with high information content, which also subsume most classical soil structural metrics.
冻融循环对土壤孔隙空间结构的动态变化具有直接和间接影响。以前的研究报告了关于这些循环引起的土壤结构的定性和定量变化的不同观察结果和解释。在本研究中,我们对三种不同的扰动土样进行了冻融实验。样品在原始状态和经过1,5,10和20个冻融循环后用x射线扫描仪成像。为了处理获得的数据,我们采用了两种新颖但必不可少的方法:(1)定制的图像配准技术,在扫描中建立相同的3D感兴趣区域;(2)一组具有高信息量的土壤结构描述符,包含形态和拓扑信息-相关函数,孔隙网络统计,欧拉数和连通性。在土壤结构中对单个颗粒进行配准和仔细考虑,可以将灰度图像稳健地分割为固体和孔隙。与以往的研究不同,我们没有观察到结构指标的稳定或近乎单调的变化。相反,我们在冻融循环之间检测到这些指标的一种混沌行为。利用向量描述子,我们证明了实验数据可以被解释为土壤结构中假设的振荡变化。这一发现使我们假设受扰动的土壤——可能还有经过多次循环的自然土壤——经历了周期性的结构动力学。这一假设背后的新思想很简单:因为在某一点上,同样的温度影响不会产生同样的效果,结构扰动将停滞不前。从原始状态来看,由于冻融循环,土壤表现出最强的结构退化,而在随后的循环中,动态涉及分散和聚集过程,如x射线断层扫描图像所示。最后,我们讨论了未来必要的研究来证实或反驳这一假设,并强调了为什么在这样的实验中,土壤结构应该使用一类具有高信息量的新型矢量度量来描述,这类矢量度量也包含了大多数经典的土壤结构度量。
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Contributions of solid agents and pore structure to aggregate water and mechanical stability across a wide range of soil types 固体介质和孔隙结构对各种土壤类型的水聚集和机械稳定性的贡献
IF 6.8 1区 农林科学 Q1 SOIL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2025.107001
Xinliang Wu , Chenyu Wang , Zichun Lu , Hassan Ali
Aggregate stability is crucial for soil processes and functions, and it is influenced by a wide range of intrinsic soil properties, which can be categorized into two groups: solid agents and pores. Due to the complexity of soil system, the relative importance of these two phases as well as their interactions in aggregate stability remains insufficiently understood, especially across different soil types. This study compiled data on aggregate water and mechanical stability, pore structure characteristics measured by X-ray micro-computed tomography and mercury intrusion porosimetry, and aggregating agents (including clay mineralogy, metal oxides, exchangeable cations, and organic matter) from a series of soil types. Redundancy analysis, variance partitioning analysis, and pathway analysis were applied to evaluate the contributions of pore structure and solid agents to both aggregate water and mechanical stability. Among the pore and agent parameters, fraction of regular pores and vermiculite separately possessed the largest explanatory power in aggregate water stability (R2=56.3 % and 48.0 %, p < 0.01), so did for textural porosity and exchangeable magnesium in aggregate mechanical stability (R2=40.2 % and 38.7 %, p < 0.01). These results suggested the stronger effects of pore structure than agents on aggregate stability. Variance partitioning analysis and pathway analysis results further revealed that clay minerals, exchangeable cations and organic matter regulated aggregate water and mechanical stability through distinct mechanisms, primarily via pore structure. Water stability relied largely on the morphology of structural pores, and mechanical stability relied on the volume of textural pores and the size of macropores. These findings facilitate an in-depth understanding of the different mechanisms of aggregate water and mechanical stability from the perspectives of pores and solid agents.
团聚体稳定性对土壤的过程和功能至关重要,它受到广泛的土壤固有性质的影响,这些固有性质可分为两类:固体介质和孔隙。由于土壤系统的复杂性,这两个阶段及其相互作用在团聚体稳定性中的相对重要性仍然没有得到充分的认识,特别是在不同的土壤类型中。本研究收集了来自一系列土壤类型的团聚体水分和机械稳定性、x射线显微计算机断层扫描和汞侵入孔隙度测量的孔隙结构特征以及团聚剂(包括粘土矿物学、金属氧化物、交换阳离子和有机质)的数据。采用冗余分析、方差划分分析和通径分析等方法评价了孔隙结构和固体介质对团聚体水分和力学稳定性的影响。在孔隙和药剂参数中,规则孔隙和蛭石的分数分别对骨料水稳定性具有最大的解释力(R2=56.3 %和48.0 %,p <; 0.01),结构孔隙度和交换性镁对骨料机械稳定性具有最大的解释力(R2=40.2 %和38.7 %,p <; 0.01)。这些结果表明,孔隙结构对骨料稳定性的影响强于药剂。方差划分分析和途径分析结果进一步揭示了粘土矿物、交换阳离子和有机质通过不同的机制调节团聚体水分和力学稳定性,主要是通过孔隙结构。水稳定性主要取决于结构孔隙的形态,而机械稳定性主要取决于结构孔隙的体积和大孔隙的大小。这些发现有助于从孔隙和固体介质的角度深入了解聚集体水和机械稳定性的不同机制。
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Benchmarking soil potassium extraction methods and establishing critical thresholds for wheat production in Inceptisols 对土壤钾提取方法和建立小麦生产的临界阈值进行基准分析
IF 6.8 1区 农林科学 Q1 SOIL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2025.107017
Shubhadip Dasgupta , Rajat Pandit , Sudip Sengupta , Arup Dey , Kallol Bhattacharyya , Sanjay Srivastava , Owais Bashir , Kiran Lata , Somsubhra Chakraborty , Nicola Senesi , Abdessalam Ouallali , Mohamed Beroho , Shuraik Kader
Accurate assessment of plant-available potassium (K) in soils is crucial for optimizing crop nutrition and enhancing the efficiency of fertilizer use. This study systematically benchmarked ten widely used soil K extractants, Calcium Chloride (CaCl2), Ammonium Acetate (NH4OAc), Ammonium Bicarbonate-Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic Acid (AB-DTPA), Morgan's extractant (Morgan), Calcium acetate lactate extractant (Ca-AL), Kelowna extractant (Kelowna), Olsen extractant (Olsen), Modified Kelowna extractant (Kelowna-2), Nitric Acid (HNO₃), and Sodium Tetraphenylborate (NaTPB) to identify the most effective method for quantifying available K and defining critical thresholds for wheat production in Inceptisols. Pot trials were conducted on soils from twenty Inceptisol series in the Gangetic alluvial plains of Eastern India using five K fertilizer rates that simulates the wide K variability in real field situations. Among the tested methods, NaTPB emerged as the most reliable extractant, showing the strongest correlation (R2 = 0.83, P < 0.05) with Bray’s percent yield (BPY) and a critical K threshold of 1110.3 kg ha−1. CaCl2 also demonstrated high accuracy (R² = 0.82). Multivariate analysis revealed that NaTPB-extractable K was significantly influenced by soil clay content and electrical conductivity, which together explained 76.9 % of its variability. Furthermore, NaTPB effectively captured K from multiple pools, including water-soluble, exchangeable, and non-exchangeable pools, providing a more comprehensive index of plant-available K. A critical K concentration of 0.35 % in wheat grain was identified as the threshold for optimal yield, offering a practical benchmark for site-specific K management. By integrating chemical extraction, crop response modeling, and soil property analysis, this research presents a novel and scientifically robust framework for assessing K fertility. With the successful implementation in Eastern India, the findings have benchmarked broader applicability to Inceptisols in other agroecological regions, providing a scalable diagnostic approach for sustainable nutrient management. This study makes a significant contribution to precision agriculture and global efforts to optimize fertilizer recommendations through the development of improved soil testing methodologies.
准确评估土壤植物速效钾对优化作物营养和提高肥料利用效率至关重要。本研究系统地对十种广泛使用的土壤K萃取剂:氯化钙(CaCl2)、乙酸铵(NH4OAc)、碳酸氢铵-二乙烯三胺五乙酸(AB-DTPA)、摩根萃取剂(Morgan)、醋酸钙乳酸萃取剂(Ca-AL)、基洛纳萃取剂(Kelowna)、奥尔森萃取剂(Olsen)、改性基洛纳萃取剂(Kelowna-2)、硝酸(HNO₃)、和四苯基硼酸钠(NaTPB),以确定最有效的方法来量化有效钾和确定Inceptisols小麦生产的临界阈值。在印度东部恒河冲积平原的20个Inceptisol系列土壤上进行了盆栽试验,使用了5种钾肥率,模拟了实际现场情况下钾的广泛变化。在试验方法中,NaTPB是最可靠的萃取剂,与Bray产率(BPY)的相关性最强(R2 = 0.83, P <; 0.05),临界K阈值为1110.3 kg ha−1。CaCl2也显示出较高的准确性(R²= 0.82)。多变量分析表明,土壤粘土含量和电导率对natpb可提取钾的影响显著,两者共同解释了其变异率的76.9% %。此外,NaTPB有效地捕获了包括水溶性、交换性和非交换性在内的多个钾库,提供了更全面的植物速效钾指数。小麦籽粒中钾的临界浓度为0.35 %,是最佳产量的阈值,为特定地点的钾管理提供了实用基准。通过综合化学提取、作物响应模型和土壤性质分析,本研究提出了一个新的、科学可靠的评估钾肥力的框架。随着在印度东部的成功实施,研究结果为Inceptisols在其他农业生态区域的广泛适用性提供了基准,为可持续营养管理提供了可扩展的诊断方法。本研究通过改进土壤测试方法的发展,为精准农业和优化肥料建议的全球努力做出了重大贡献。
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Analysis of rapeseed embryo root penetration resistance under different soil compaction levels based on the discrete element method 基于离散元法的不同土壤压实水平下油菜籽胚根抗渗透特性分析
IF 6.8 1区 农林科学 Q1 SOIL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2025.106953
Yu Sun , Qingsong Zhang , Qingxi Liao , Jiashun Cai , Huan Yan
Soil penetration resistance critically constrains early root elongation, limiting water and nutrient acquisition and ultimately crop performance. Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations can deepen our understanding of soil–tool and seedling emergence mechanics; however, precise quantification of the dynamic penetration resistance experienced by growing rapeseed embryo roots remains scarce. Here, we used DEM to examine how soil compaction affects penetration resistance of rapeseed embryo root. We integrated probe-penetration tests with image-based root morphology to build a 3D DEM model that simulates dynamic root growth. After high-accuracy calibration (R² > 0.95), soil bonding parameters (kₙ = 1.4 ×10⁶–8.0 ×10⁸ N·m⁻³) reproduced bulk densities spanning 737.57–1063.41 kg·m⁻³ . Results show that a 44.2 % increase in bulk density raises penetration resistance by 443 % (2.15–11.68 N) and markedly suppresses root growth rate (56.1 % reduction), cumulative length (62.5 % shorter), and diameter (53.6 % thinner). We identify a “tip-breakthrough” mechanism: the root-cap zone (8 % of total length) contributes 28.7–41.2 % of total resistance and governs soil penetration. Dynamic simulations reveal force-chain transmission and bond-failure patterns; under high compaction, bond-failure onset is delayed (displacement 0–1.7 mm) and the number of broken bonds decreases (29.7 % fewer). A predictive model indicates that under extreme compaction (L4 = 1127.50 kg·m⁻³), roots face up to 15.92 N of resistance, total length shortens to < 20 mm, and growth rate drops to < 0.3 mm·h⁻¹ . This DEM-based quantitative framework captures root–soil mechanical interactions and provides a basis for optimizing tillage to mitigate compaction-induced yield loss.
土壤渗透阻力严重限制了早期根系伸长,限制了水分和养分的获取,最终限制了作物的生产性能。离散元法(DEM)模拟可以加深我们对土壤工具和幼苗出苗机制的理解;然而,对油菜籽胚根生长过程中所经历的动态渗透阻力的精确量化仍然很缺乏。本文利用DEM研究了土壤压实对油菜胚根抗渗透能力的影响。我们将探针穿透测试与基于图像的根系形态相结合,建立了一个模拟根系动态生长的3D DEM模型。经过高精度校准(R²> 0.95),土壤结合参数(k = 1.4 ×10⁶-8.0 ×10⁸N·m⁻³)再现了体积密度范围为737.57-1063.41 kg·m⁻³ 。结果表明,当容重增加44.2% %时,穿透阻力提高443 %(2.15 ~ 11.68 N),根系生长率降低56.1% %,根系累积长度缩短62.5 %,根系直径变细53.6 %。我们确定了一种“尖端突破”机制:根冠区(占总长度的8 %)贡献了28.7-41.2 %的总阻力,并控制土壤渗透。动态模拟揭示了力链传递和粘结破坏模式;在高压实作用下,粘结破坏发生延迟(位移0-1.7 mm),粘结断裂数量减少(减少29.7 %)。预测模型表明,在极端压密(L4 = 1127.50 kg·m⁻³)下,根面对15.92 N的阻力,总长度缩短到<; 20 mm,生长速度下降到<; 0.3 mm·h⁻¹ 。这个基于dem的定量框架捕捉了根与土壤的机械相互作用,并为优化耕作方式以减轻压实导致的产量损失提供了基础。
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Plastic film mulch mitigates soil respiration by reducing the duration of freeze-thaw transition 塑料薄膜覆盖通过减少冻融过渡的持续时间来减轻土壤呼吸
IF 6.8 1区 农林科学 Q1 SOIL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2025.107038
Yufei Li , Kaiping Zhang , Wucheng Zhao , Yuling Li , Ningning Zhang , Pingxing Wan , Zhongke Zhou , Jianjun Yang , Hongyuan Kan , Feng Zhang
Soil freeze–thaw cycles (FTCs) during the non-growing season influence soil respiration (Rs), yet the effect of widely used plastic film mulch (PFM) on FTCs remains unclear. Based on four years of high-frequency observations in the semi-arid Loess Plateau, we found that PFM shortened the freeze-thaw transition (F-T) period by 59 days per year and extended the freezing period by 42 days per year through reducing the daily soil temperature (ST) range by 2.5 °C during the non-growing season. Although microbial biomass carbon (MBC) decreased during the F-T period compared to the freeze period, increases in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and the activities of β-glucosidase (BG), cellobiohydrolase (CBH) contributed to higher Rs under both treatments. PFM did not significantly influence Rs (relative to the control) within either period. PFM increased cumulative CO2 emissions by 24 g C m2 due to the extended freezing period, while reducing emissions by 47 g C m−2 owing to the shortened F-T period. PFM increased Rs by 24 % during the thaw period, causing only an 8 g C m2 rise. Overall, PFM reduced cumulative CO₂ emissions by 16 %. To investigate the regional effect of PFM on FTCs, we used a process-based model with good performance to simulate the spatiotemporal patterns of FTCs in PFM-applied cropland across northern China. Simulations showed that PFM shorten annual F-T periods by approximately 15 days, especially between 35°N and 45°N. Of the un-mulched cropland in northern China, 7 % showed an increasing F-T duration from 1990 to 2019, a figure which potentially increased to 11 % under PFM, mainly located in Northeast China. During the same period, 16 % of the un-mulched cropland showed a decreasing F-T events, which increase to 19 % under PFM, primarily in the central part of northern China. These results suggest that PFM effectively reduces F-T duration and may mitigate non-growing season Rs.
非生长季节土壤冻融循环影响土壤呼吸,但地膜覆盖对土壤冻融循环的影响尚不清楚。基于4年黄土高原半干旱地区的高频观测,研究发现,在非生长期,PFM使土壤日温度(ST)变化幅度降低2.5℃,使冻融过渡期(F-T)每年缩短59天,冻结期每年延长42天。与冻结期相比,F-T处理期间微生物生物量碳(MBC)减少,但溶解有机碳(DOC)和β-葡萄糖苷酶(BG)、纤维素生物水解酶(CBH)活性的增加均导致Rs升高。在两个时间段内,PFM均未显著影响Rs(相对于对照组)。由于冻结期延长,PFM使累积CO2排放量增加了24 g C m−2,而由于缩短了F-T期,减少了47 g C m−2。在解冻期间,PFM增加了24 %的Rs,仅引起8 g cm−2的上升。总体而言,PFM减少了累积二氧化碳排放量的16% %。为了研究土壤施肥对土壤覆盖度的区域效应,我们采用一个基于过程的模型对中国北方施用土壤覆盖度的时空格局进行了模拟。模拟结果表明,PFM使年F-T周期缩短了约15天,特别是在35°N和45°N之间。1990 - 2019年,中国北方未覆盖的农田中,有7% %的土壤土壤温度持续时间增加,而在土壤保护措施下,这一数字有可能增加到11. %,主要分布在东北地区。同期,16 %的未覆盖农田的F-T事件呈下降趋势,在土壤保护措施下上升至19 %,主要集中在华北中部地区。这些结果表明,PFM可以有效地缩短F-T持续时间,并可能减轻非生长期Rs。
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Soil pH adjustment and the neutralizing effect reshape the rhizobial community in the legume rhizosphere 土壤pH值的调整和中和作用重塑了豆科植物根际根瘤菌群落
IF 6.8 1区 农林科学 Q1 SOIL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2025.107050
Kaili Xia , Shengyi Ouyang , Xi Mo , Yaxuan Gao , Jinlong Liu , Yingxiang Wang , Changfu Tian , Xiaolin Wang
Understanding microbial community assembly is pivotal in microbial ecology. Rhizobia, functioning as legume endosymbionts or free-living soil bacteria, sustain nitrogen fixation in crucial food and forage crops. However, in contrast to the well-studied rhizobia within root nodules, the ecological drivers governing rhizosphere rhizobial community assembly under environmental perturbations, particularly those assessed using the rpoB gene - an essential housekeeping gene valued for its ability to provide species- and strain-level phylogenetic insights remain unresolved. This study first integrated a meta-analysis of rpoB gene high-throughput sequencing data from legume rhizospheres across China, revealing soil pH and longitude as dominant biogeographical drivers. We then investigated the assembly patterns of rhizospheric rhizobial community in response to directed pH adjustment (HCl/NaOH/H₂O treatments) using soils of contrasting pH origins (Jiangxi acidic soil, Shandong neutral soil, and Xizang alkaline soil) and host plants (alfalfa, faba bean, and soybean) via controlled experiments. Phenotypic result demonstrated that pH neutralization increased nodule occupancy. High-resolution rpoB sequencing revealed that pH neutralization increased the alpha diversity of the Pan-Rhizobium community, while pH shifts in general led to simplified co-occurrence networks. Mechanistically, community assembly analysis demonstrated that pH shift promoted deterministic processes by selectively enriching pH-specialized taxa: Brarhizobium under acidity and Rhizobium/Mesorhizobium under alkalinity. These findings provide a mechanistic basis for predicting rhizobial community responses to environmental changes in legume-rhizobia symbiosis, enabling pH-targeted soil management strategies to enhance agricultural sustainability.
了解微生物群落的组装是微生物生态学的关键。根瘤菌作为豆科植物的内共生菌或自由生活的土壤细菌,在重要的粮食和饲料作物中维持固氮作用。然而,与根瘤内根瘤菌的充分研究相比,环境扰动下控制根际根瘤菌群落组装的生态驱动因素,特别是那些使用rpoB基因评估的生态驱动因素,rpoB基因是一种重要的管理基因,因其能够提供物种和品系水平的系统发育见解而受到重视,但仍未得到解决。本研究首先整合了中国豆科植物根际rpoB基因高通量测序数据的meta分析,揭示了土壤pH和经度是主要的生物地理驱动因素。采用对照试验研究了不同pH源土壤(江西酸性土壤、山东中性土壤和西藏碱性土壤)和寄主植物(苜蓿、蚕豆和大豆)根际根瘤菌群落在pH定向调节(HCl/NaOH/ h2o处理)下的聚集模式。表型结果表明,pH中和增加了结节的占用。高分辨率rpoB测序显示,pH中和增加了泛根瘤菌群落的α多样性,而pH的变化通常导致共发生网络的简化。从机制上看,群落组装分析表明,pH变化通过选择性地富集pH特异性分类群,促进了确定性过程:酸性条件下的Brarhizobium和碱性条件下的根瘤菌/中根瘤菌。这些发现为预测根瘤菌群落对豆科植物-根瘤菌共生环境变化的响应提供了机制基础,使以ph为目标的土壤管理策略能够提高农业的可持续性。
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Biochar application enhances tolerance to boron toxicity in rice (Oryza sativa) seedlings 施用生物炭提高水稻幼苗对硼毒性的耐受性
IF 6.8 1区 农林科学 Q1 SOIL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2025.107048
Muhammad Riaz , Lei Yan , Xia Hao
Boron (B) is an essential micronutrient for plant physiological processes, yet excessive soil concentrations can severely impair plant health, particularly in sensitive crops such as rice. Although biochar is known to improve soil conditions and mitigate various environmental stressors, its capacity to alleviate B toxicity remains insufficiently studied. This research examined the effects of biochar application on rice seedling growth and soil microbial communities under boron toxicity (BT). The treatments were designated as CK (control), BC (biochar with normal boron), BT (B toxicity), and BC+BT (biochar with B toxicity). Boron stress significantly reduced shoot length, fresh and dry biomass, and leaf chlorophyll content. In contrast, BC+BT markedly improved these growth traits relative to BT alone. Biochar also altered the distribution of B fractions in soil by lowering easily soluble and residual B while increasing organically bound B. Changes in soil properties under BC included higher total nitrogen (TN), available potassium (AK), and soil organic matter (SOM). Furthermore, the study revealed clear differences in soil bacterial diversity, with the BC+BT treatment showing higher alpha-diversity metrics than the other treatments, while fungal diversity remained largely unchanged. Community composition analyses indicated that biochar application reshaped both bacterial and fungal community structures. These findings highlight the potential of biochar as an effective soil amendment for mitigating the adverse effects of B contamination on rice seedlings and improving overall soil health.
硼(B)是植物生理过程中必需的微量营养素,但土壤中硼浓度过高会严重损害植物健康,特别是在水稻等敏感作物中。虽然已知生物炭可以改善土壤条件并减轻各种环境压力,但其减轻B毒性的能力仍未得到充分研究。研究了硼中毒条件下施用生物炭对水稻幼苗生长和土壤微生物群落的影响。处理分为CK(对照)、BC(含正常硼的生物炭)、BT (B毒性)和BC+BT(含B毒性的生物炭)。硼胁迫显著降低了茎长、鲜干生物量和叶片叶绿素含量。与单独施用BT相比,BC+BT显著改善了这些生长性状。生物炭还改变了土壤中B组分的分布,降低了易溶性和残余B,增加了有机结合B,改变了土壤性质,包括提高了全氮(TN)、速效钾(AK)和土壤有机质(SOM)。此外,研究还揭示了土壤细菌多样性的明显差异,BC+BT处理的α多样性指标高于其他处理,而真菌多样性基本保持不变。群落组成分析表明,施用生物炭重塑了细菌和真菌的群落结构。这些发现强调了生物炭作为一种有效的土壤改良剂的潜力,可以减轻B污染对水稻幼苗的不利影响,并改善整体土壤健康。
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Depth-discrepant impact of winter cover crops on particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon in a subtropical paddy field 冬季覆盖作物对亚热带稻田颗粒和矿物相关有机碳的深度差异影响
IF 6.8 1区 农林科学 Q1 SOIL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2025.107015
Zihan Zhang, Dongqiao Yang, Mengya Lu, Bin Zhang, Xueli Ding
Replacing winter fallow with cover crops can improve soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration in agroecosystems, with cover crop species potentially differing in their contributions to SOC formation and stabilization. However, how different crop species affect the accumulation of distinct SOC fractions (particulate organic C, POC; mineral-associated organic C, MAOC) and their contribution to SOC storage remain unclear, particularly in subsoils of paddy fields. Here, we investigated how POC and MAOC responded to different cover crop species (hairy vetch, Vicia villosa Roth., and winter wheat, Triticum aestivum L.) in both topsoil (0–20 cm) and subsoil (20–40 cm, 40–60 cm) in paddy soils. Our results revealed that different cover crops induced divergent responses in SOC fractions, contingently dependent upon soil depths. Both cover crops significantly stimulated POC accumulation (winter wheat: 41.3 %; hairy vetch: 46.1 %) relative to fallow in topsoil, while cover crop effects on POC gradually diminished in subsoil. Meanwhile, cover crops significantly increased contents of dissolved organic carbon and available phosphorus, particularly in deeper subsoil, which were key factors affecting SOC accumulation. POC and MAOC accumulation along soil depths differed significantly between different cover crops, suggesting a species-specific effect. Winter wheat significantly boosted MAOC in both topsoil and deeper subsoil, while hairy vetch induced a statistically nonsignificant increase in MAOC across three depths compared to fallow. These divergent responses of SOC fractions were closely related to cover crop-induced changes of microbial community composition, necromass accumulation and enzyme activity. Random forest analysis revealed that microbial necromass was the main factor defining MAOC in topsoil, whereas the Fe oxides was the main factor influencing subsoil MAOC accumulation. Overall, winter cover increased total SOC sequestration across 0–60 cm soil depths and more importantly, potential SOC stability (MAOC:POC) was enhanced in subsoil. These findings demonstrate a depth-discrepant impact of cover crops on POC and MAOC in paddy soils. Our work highlights the need to present POC and MAOC fractions into biogeochemical models to better predict responses of SOC to cover crop management practices in rice paddy ecosystems.
以覆盖作物代替冬季休耕可以改善农业生态系统中土壤有机碳(SOC)的固存,但覆盖作物种类对有机碳形成和稳定的贡献可能存在差异。然而,不同作物种类如何影响不同有机碳组分(颗粒有机碳,POC;矿物相关有机碳,MAOC)的积累及其对有机碳储存的贡献尚不清楚,特别是在稻田底土中。本研究研究了不同覆盖作物(毛豆、野豌豆)对POC和MAOC的响应。水稻土表层(0 ~ 20 cm)和底土(20 ~ 40 cm, 40 ~ 60 cm)的冬小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)。研究结果表明,不同覆盖作物对土壤有机碳组分的影响随土壤深度的不同而不同。两种覆盖作物均显著促进表层土壤POC积累(冬小麦:41.3 %;毛杨:46.1 %),而覆盖作物对底土POC的影响逐渐减弱。同时,覆盖作物显著提高了土壤溶解有机碳和速效磷含量,尤其是深层土壤,这是影响土壤有机碳积累的关键因素。不同覆盖作物的POC和MAOC沿土壤深度累积量存在显著差异,表明存在物种特异性效应。与休耕相比,冬小麦显著提高了表层土壤和深层土壤的毛氧含量,而毛豆在三个深度上的毛氧含量都没有显著增加。土壤有机碳组分的差异响应与覆盖作物引起的微生物群落组成、坏死块积累和酶活性的变化密切相关。随机森林分析表明,微生物坏死团块是表层土壤中MAOC的主要决定因素,而铁氧化物是影响底土MAOC积累的主要因素。总体而言,冬季覆盖增加了0-60 cm土壤深度的总有机碳固存,更重要的是,增加了土壤有机碳稳定性(MAOC:POC)。这些结果表明覆盖作物对水稻土POC和MAOC的影响存在深度差异。我们的工作强调需要将POC和MAOC组分纳入生物地球化学模型,以更好地预测水稻生态系统中有机碳对作物管理措施的响应。
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