Fertilization restructures nematode assemblages by modifying soil pH in croplands of Northeast China

作者：Chunlin Li, Xuefeng Wang, Baoyu Chen, Lichun Wang, Zhonglei Xie, Jun Wang, Zhenming Yang · 发表于：Frontiers in Environmental Science · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.3389/fenvs.2023.1207379 · 被引用次数：9 · 研究领域：Nematode management and characterization studies、Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics、Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Fertilization is an effective measure to ensure crop yield and food security in modern intensive agriculture. However, the long-term application of mineral fertilizers may lead to soil acidification, consequently affecting soil organisms. Few studies have focused on the effects of mineral fertilizer application on nematode assemblages in various soil types. Soil chemical properties and nematode assemblages were investigated in seven fields at the China Cultivated Land Quality Monitoring Site in Jilin Province, China, to determine the relationship between soil properties (especially soil pH) and soil nematode assemblages and evaluate the effects of mineral fertilizer application on different soil types (e.g., luvisols, fluvisols, gleysols, phaeozems, and chernozems). In all the fields, the soil pH was 0.06–1.00 units lower in the fertilized plots than in the control plots. A total of 8,230 nematode individuals representing 21 nematode genera were identified, with Paraphelenchus being the most abundant genus (relative abundance of 27.93%). Plant parasites were the leading trophic group, accounting for over 50% of the nematode assemblage. For phaeozems, the abundance of total nematodes and the relative abundance of plant parasites were lower in the fertilized plots than in the control plots. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to distinguish the structures of the nematode assemblages after fertilization in fluvisols and phaeozems but not in the other types of soil. Soil ...