[Effects of Reseeding and Fertilization on Bacterial Communities in Rhizosphere Soil of Alpine Degraded Grassland]

Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2024 Dec 8;45(12):7350-7357. doi: 10.13227/j.hjkx.202401050.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Reseeding and fertilization are common ecological restoration measures in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Region for degraded grasslands, yet their impacts on rhizospheric bacterial communities remain unclear. This study utilized high-throughput sequencing technology to systematically investigate the characteristics of rhizospheric soil bacterial communities in degraded high-altitude grasslands managed with reseeding and fertilization. The results indicated a significant decrease in the Shannon and Simpson indices with fertilization treatment, while the reseeding + fertilization treatment exhibited the most pronounced impact on community structure. Actinomycetota, Pseudomonadota, and Acidobacteriota were the dominant phyla in the rhizosphere bacterial community. There was a decrease in network complexity and an increase in stability within bacterial communities with the reseeding, fertilization, and fertilization + reseeding treatments. The networks were predominantly characterized by positive correlations after fertilization, reseeding, and fertilization + reseeding treatments, involving key species like Pseudomonadota, Actinomycetota, and Acidobacteriota. Mantel tests revealed that soil total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), available potassium (AK), and nitrate nitrogen (NO3--N) were the key environmental factors in driving bacterial community composition. The study of the rhizosphere soil bacterial community in alpine degraded grassland can provide a theoretical basis for tailored management strategies in the restoration of degraded high-altitude grasslands and lays a scientific foundation for their conservation.

Keywords: degraded alpine grasslands; fertilization; molecular ecological networks; reseeding; rhizospheric bacterial community.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Altitude
  • Bacteria* / classification
  • Bacteria* / genetics
  • Bacteria* / growth & development
  • China
  • Fertilizers*
  • Grassland*
  • Nitrogen
  • Phosphorus
  • Rhizosphere*
  • Soil / chemistry
  • Soil Microbiology*
  • Tibet

Substances

  • Fertilizers
  • Phosphorus
  • Nitrogen
  • Soil