Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8362623 | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2018 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
The results showed that the MBC in the RT soil was initially 1.5-fold greater than that in the CONV soil; contrasting taxonomic compositions were also recorded. The soil biotic legacy impacted the degradation functions when the soils were amended with wheat litter. Compared with that in the CONV soil, the enzymatic efficiency of microorganisms in the RT soil increased by 49% and 61% in the presence of mature and flowering wheat litter, respectively. Enzyme efficiency was positively correlated with microbial litter C use efficiency (CUE) (râ¯=â¯0.92, P-Valueâ¯<â¯0.001) but negatively associated with the priming effect (PE) (râ¯=â¯â0.85, P-valueâ¯<â¯0.001) across all soils and litter treatments. These findings demonstrated that the RT soil benefited both from an increase in litter C incorporated in the microbial biomass and from a reduction in soil C loss due to the PE, regardless of the quality of the decomposed litter. Our study indicated that agricultural practices such as RT, which enriches the amount of soil organic C (SOC) in the topsoil layer, can lead to positive feedback against C stabilization functions.
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Authors
Marie Sauvadet, Gwenaëlle Lashermes, Gonzague Alavoine, Sylvie Recous, Matthieu Chauvat, Pierre-Alain Maron, Isabelle Bertrand,