Matgrass sward plant species benefit from soil organisms

Brinkman, E.P.; Raaijmakers, Ciska E.; Bakx-Schotman, J.M.T.; Hannula, S. Emilia; Kemmers, R.H.; Boer, Wietse de; Putten, Wim H. van der

doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.07.012

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“…Forty-two grams of soil from each treatment was added to 700 g of autoclaved sterilized soil, resulting in the percentage of added soil to the total soil of 6% (Brinkman et al 2012). The sterilized soil was collected from another field and sieved using 1-cm mesh, after which the soil was autoclaved twice at 121°C for 30 min in a 24-h interval (Marschner and Rumberger 2004).…”

Section: Plant-soil Feedback Trialmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of seven different companion plants on cucumber productivity, soil chemical characteristics and Pseudomonas community

Chang

Zhou

et al. 2017

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

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Companion cropping can influence cucumber productivity by altering soil chemical characteristics and microbial communities. However, how these alterations affect the growth of cucumber is still unknown. In this study, seven different plant species were selected as companion plants for testing their effects on cucumber productivity. The effects of different companion plants on changes in soil chemical properties such as electrical conductivity (EC) and contents of essential nutrients as well as the structure and abundance of the soil Pseudomonas community were evaluated. The results showed a higher cucumber yield in the Wheat/Cucumber companion system than in the cucumber monocultured and other companion cropping systems. The lowest phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) contents in the soil were found in the cucumber monocultured system, and the highest NO 3 +-N and NH 4 +-N contents were observed in the Rye/Cucumber companion system. PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and real-time PCR analysis showed that the Trifolium/Cucumber companion system increased the diversity of the soil Pseudomonas community, while the Chrysanthemum/Cucumber companion system increased its abundance. Interestingly, plant-soil feedback trials revealed that inoculating the soil of the Wheat/Cucumber companion system increased the growth of cucumber seedlings. In conclusion, the effects of different companion plants on cucumber productivity, soil chemical characteristics and the soil Pseudomonas community were different, and wheat was a more suitable companion plant for increasing cucumber productivity. In addition, the altered microbial community caused by companion cropping with wheat contributed to increased cucumber productivity.

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Section: Plant-soil Feedback Trialmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of seven different companion plants on cucumber productivity, soil chemical characteristics and Pseudomonas community

Chang

Zhou

et al. 2017

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

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“…Topsoil removal is an expensive measure (on average €75,000/ha for restoration projects in Belgium, Anonymous ), removing also the seed bank, most of the soil buffer capacity and the soil biota. This might be disadvantageous for successful reestablishment of species‐rich grasslands both in the short term and long term (Carbajo et al ; Brinkman et al ). A second technique frequently used to reduce soil fertility is mowing with removal of the cut hay.…”

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confidence: 99%

Phosphorus mining for ecological restoration on former agricultural land

Schelfhout

Schrijver

Bolle

et al. 2015

Restoration Ecology

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To restore species-rich terrestrial ecosystems on ex-agricultural land, establishing nutrient limitation for dominant plant growth is essential, because in nutrient-rich soils, fast-growing species often exclude target species. However N-limitation is easier to achieve than P-limitation (because of a difference in biogeochemical behavior), biodiversity is generally highest under P-limitation. Commonly-used restoration methods to achieve low soil P-concentrations are either very expensive or take a very long time. A promising restoration technique is P-mining, an adjusted agricultural technique that aims at depleting soil-P. High biomass production and hence high P-removal with biomass is obtained by fertilizing with nutrients other than P. A pot experiment was set up to study P-mining with Lolium perenne L. on sandy soils with varying P-concentrations: from an intensively-used agricultural soil to a soil near the soil P-target for species-rich Nardus grassland. All pots received N- and K-fertilization. The effects of biostimulants on P-uptake were also assessed by the addition of arbuscular mycorrhiza (Glomus spp.), humic substances or phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (Bacillus sp. and Pseudomonas spp.). In our P-rich soil (111 μg POlsen/g), P-removal rate was high but bioavailable soil-P did not decrease. At lower soil P-concentrations (64 and 36 μg POlsen/g), bioavailable soil-P had decreased but the P-removal rate had by then dropped 60% despite N- and K-fertilization and despite that the target (< 10 μg POlsen/g) was still far away. None of the biostimulants altered this trajectory. Therefore, restoration will still take decades when starting with ex-agricultural soils unless P-fertilization history was much lower than average

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“…However, the co-introduction of soil biota with the plant material may also be key to successful restoration. It has been shown that late-successional soil communities can alter the competitive balance among ruderal and target plant species in favour of later successional plants , Carbajo et al 2011, Brinkman et al 2012. In a parallel mesocosm experiment I could show that even when seed availability is kept constant, the two different soil inocula drive plant community composition in the direction of their respective donor communities (Chapter 2), thus mirroring the patterns observed in the field experiment.…”

Section: Plant-soil Interactions Can Speed-up Nature Restorationmentioning

confidence: 71%

“…When the soil is homogenised prior to application it is called soil transfer and when only small amounts of soil are applied per unit area it is called soil inoculation. Recently, soil transfer and soil inoculation have been applied to reintroduce appropriate plant propagules (Bullock 1998, Kiehl et al 2010), but also to co-introduce soil communities (Kardol et al 2009, Carbajo et al 2011, Brinkman et al 2012, Hamman and Hawkes 2013. Besides differences in method, the area treated with donor soil also varies strongly in size (625 cm 2 to 0.4 ha).…”

Section: Nature Restoration In Old-fieldsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Arable cultivation leaves important legacies in the soil in terms of plant seeds and soil community composition (Bekker et al 1997, Kulmatiski et al 2006, Kulmatiski and Beard 2011, Tsiafouli et al 2015 and the initial composition may be an important factor that determines community development after cessation of agricultural practices (Egler 1954, Cramer et al 2008. It is well known that seed limitation is an important constraint for restoration of species-rich grasslands on former arable fields (Hutchings and Booth 1996, Bakker and Berendse 1999, Walker et al 2004, while recently it has also been shown that the composition of the soil community is a key factor in restoration of plant and soil communities (De Deyn et al 2003, Carbajo et al 2011, Brinkman et al 2012. However, it is unknown whether the trajectory of ecosystem development can be steered primarily by aboveground or by belowground manipulations, or whether they could act synergistically.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The steering role of plant-soil interactions in natural community dynamics and nature restoration

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Soil inoculation steers restoration of terrestrial ecosystems 27 3 Potential for synergy in soil inoculation for nature restoration by mixing inocula from different successional stages 57 4 Steering community development-how do sowing and soil inoculation affect above-and belowground communities over two decades? 75 5 Effects of spatial plant-soil feedback heterogeneity on plant performance in monocultures 99 6 Spatial plant-soil feedback heterogeneity promotes plant diversity through equalizing competitive ability

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Matgrass sward plant species benefit from soil organisms

Cited by 10 publications

References 36 publications

Effects of seven different companion plants on cucumber productivity, soil chemical characteristics and Pseudomonas community

Effects of seven different companion plants on cucumber productivity, soil chemical characteristics and Pseudomonas community

Phosphorus mining for ecological restoration on former agricultural land

The steering role of plant-soil interactions in natural community dynamics and nature restoration

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