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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 826, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153908
Keywords
Rhizosphere nutrient availability; Meta-analysis; Nutrient transformation; Accumulation and depletion of nutrients; Copiotrophs and oligotrophs
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Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2020YFC1808300]
- National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [41807091]
- Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection [SKLGP2020K014]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences President's International Fellowship Initiative [2018VCC0011]
- RUDN University Strategic Academic Leadership Program
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Nutrient availability in the rhizosphere is influenced by various factors, and the higher microbial activities make nutrients more available in the rhizosphere compared to bulk soil. Nutrient accumulation is more pronounced in low-fertile soils.
Nutrient deficiency in most terrestrial ecosystems constrains global primary productivity. Rhizosphere nutrient avail-ability directly regulates plant growth and is influenced by many factors, including soil properties, plant characteristics and climate. A quantitatively comprehensive understanding of the role of these factors in modulating rhizosphere nu-trient availability remains largely unknown. We reviewed 123 studies to assess nutrient availability in the rhizosphere compared to bulk soil depending on various factors. The increase in microbial nitrogen (N) content and N-cycling re-lated enzyme activities in the rhizosphere led to a 10% increase in available N relative to bulk soil. The available phos-phorus (P) in the rhizosphere decreased by 12% with a corresponding increase in phosphatase activities, indicating extreme demand and competition between plants and microorganisms for P. Greater organic carbon (C) content around taproots (+17%) confirmed their stronger ability to store more organic compounds than the fibrous roots. This corresponds to higher bacterial and fungal contents and slightly higher available nutrients in the rhizosphere of taproots. The maximal rhizosphere nutrient accumulation was common for low-fertile soils, which is confirmed by the negative correlation between most soil chemical properties and the effect sizes of available nutrients. Increases in rhizosphere bacterial and fungal population densities (205-254%) were much higher than microbial biomass increases (indicated as microbial C: +19%). Consequently, despite the higher microbial population densities in the rhizosphere, the biomass of individual microbial cells decreased, pointing on their younger age and faster turnover. This meta-analysis shows that, contrary to the common view, most nutrients are more available in the rhizosphere than in bulk soil because of higher microbial activities around roots.
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