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Soil fertility, enzyme activity, and microbial community structure diversity among different soil textures under different land use types in coastal saline soil

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Abstract

Purpose

This investigation assessed the responses of soil fertility, enzyme activity, and microbial community diversity to soil texture and land use type.

Materials and methods

The tested soils included five soil textures (sandy loam, medium loam, heavy loam, light clay, and medium clay soils) with two land use types (uncultivated and paddy soils) in the coastal zone of Zhejiang Province, China.

Results and discussion

Soil texture had a significant effect on soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), organic carbon (OC), total nitrogen (TN), available nitrogen (AN), phosphorus (AP) and potassium (AK), catalase and protease activities, total phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs), bacterial and actinomycetes PLFAs, and microbial diversity (MD). The clay content was significantly positively correlated to soil EC, OC, TN, AN, AP, AK, catalase activity, total PLFAs, bacterial and actinomycetes PLFAs, and MD but significantly negatively associated with soil pH and protease activity. Land use type also had significantly influenced soil pH, EC, OC, TN, AN, AP, AK, catalase, protease and urease activities, total PLFAs, bacterial, actinomycetes, and fungal PLFAs, and MD. The paddy soil had higher OC, TN, AN, AP, catalase, protease and urease activities, total PLFAs, bacterial and actinomycetes PLFAs, and MD but lower soil pH, EC, and AK than the uncultivated soil. The interaction with soil texture and land use type had significantly affected soil pH, EC, OC, TN, AN, AP, AK, catalase and protease activities, total PLFAs, bacterial and actinomycetes PLFAs, and MD.

Conclusions

Soil texture and land use type could be considered important factors in improving soil fertility, enzyme activity, and microbial diversity in coastal saline soils.

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This work was funded by Zhejiang Key Research and Development Plan (2019C02008) and (2020C02001-13).

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  1. College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, 311300, China

    Yun Zhu

  2. Institute of Environment, Resource, Soil and Fertilizer, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 198 Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, 310021, China

    Yun Zhu, Bin Guo, Chen Liu, Yicheng Lin, Qinglin Fu, Ningyu Li & Hua Li

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Qinglin Fu, Yun Zhu, Bin Guo, and Chen Liu contributed to this study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Yun Zhu, Chen Liu, Yicheng Lin, Ningyu Li, and Hua Li. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Yun Zhu and the final draft was revised by Qinglin Fu. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Zhu, Y., Guo, B., Liu, C. et al. Soil fertility, enzyme activity, and microbial community structure diversity among different soil textures under different land use types in coastal saline soil. J Soils Sediments 21, 2240–2252 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-021-02916-z

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