Beyond the rootzone: Unveiling soil property and biota gradients around plants

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985939:_____/24:00597647 RIV/00216208:11310/24:10484706

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724051829?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724051829?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175032" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175032</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Beyond the rootzone: Unveiling soil property and biota gradients around plants

Original language description

Although the effects of plants on soil properties are well known, the effects of distance from plant roots to root- free soil on soil properties and associated soil organisms are much less studied. Previous research on the effects of distance from a plant explored specific soil organisms and properties, however, comparative studies across a wide range of plant-associated organisms and multiple model systems are lacking. We conducted a controlled greenhouse experiment using soil from two contrasting habitats. Within each soil type, we cultivated two plant species, individually and in combination, studying soil organisms and properties in the root centre, the root periphery, and the root-free zones. We showed that the distance from the cultivated plant (representing decreasing amount of plant roots) had a significant impact on the abiotic properties of the soil (pH and available P and N) and also on the composition of the fungal, bacterial, and nematode communities. The specific patterns, however, did not always match our expectations. For example, there was no significant relationship between the abundance of fungal pathogens and the distance from the cultivated plant compared to a strong decrease in the abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Changes in soil chemistry along the distance from the cultivated plant were probably one of the important drivers that affected bacterial communities. The abundance of nematodes also decreased with distance from the cultivated plant, and the rate of their responses reflected the distribution of their food sources. The patterns of soil changes along the gradient from plant to root-free soil were largely similar in two contrasting soil types and four plant species or their mixtures. This suggests that our results can be generalised to other systems and contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms of soil legacy formation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10606 - Microbiology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA20-01813S" target="_blank" >GA20-01813S: Plant functional traits as factors explaining intra- and inter-specific plant-soil feedback across species and genotypes</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Science of the Total Environment

ISSN

0048-9697

e-ISSN

1879-1026

Volume of the periodical

949

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1 November

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

175032

UT code for WoS article

001284326400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85199511726