The effects of chemical and organic fertilizer usage on rhizosphere soil in tea orchards
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- 28 May 2019
- journal article
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- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLOS ONE
- Vol. 14 (5), e0217018
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217018
Abstract
Sustainable agriculture is an important global issue. The use of organic fertilizers can enhance crop yield and soil properties while restraining pests and diseases. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of long-term use of chemical and organic fertilizers on tea and rhizosphere soil properties in tea orchards. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and high-throughput sequencing technology analyses were used to investigate heavy metals content and bacterial composition in rhizosphere soils. Our results indicated that organic fertilizer treatment significantly decreased Cu, Pb and Cd contents in rhizosphere soil sample. The results also showed that treatment with organic fertilizer significantly decreased the contents of Cd, Pb and As in tea leaves. Furthermore, organic fertilizer significantly increased the amino acids content of tea and the pH of the soil. The use of organic fertilizer significantly increased in the relative abundance of Burkholderiales, Myxococcales, Streptomycetales, Nitrospirales, Ktedonobacterales, Acidobacteriales, Gemmatimonadales, and Solibacterales, and decreased the abundance of Pseudonocardiales, Frankiales, Rhizobiales, and Xanthomonadales. In conclusion, organic fertilizer can help to shape the microbial composition and recruit beneficial bacteria into the rhizosphere of tea, leading to improved tea quality and reduced heavy metals content in rhizosphere soil and tea leaves.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (31701329, 81573530)
- Fujian-Taiwan Joint Innovative Center for Germplasm Resources and Cultivation of Crop (2015-75)
- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (2016J01100)
- Project Funded by China Postdoral Science Foundation (2015M580560)
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