• Effects of conversion of Chinese fir forest to broad-leaved forests on phosphorus components and transformation in rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils

    Subjects: Biology >> Botany >> Applied botany submitted time 2024-03-26 Cooperative journals: 《广西植物》

    Abstract: Phosphorus (P) is one of the essential elements for plant growth and is a key factor in maintaining the productivity of subtropical forest ecosystems. Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) is mainly distributed in subtropical areas of China, and its soil acidification and phosphorus utilization efficiency are low. It is of great significance to study the effect of Chinese fir plantation transformation on soil P for the stability of ecosystem and sustainable forest management. In this study, the rhizosphere soil and non-rhizosphere soil were collected from the replanted Chinese fir plantation, Castanopsis hystrix plantation, Mytilaria laosensis plantation and the mixed plantation of Castanopsis hystrix and Mytilaria laosensis on the cutting-blank of Chinese fir plantation in South Asia, and the effects of soil P component and transformation on the transformation of Chinese fir plantation into broadleaved forest were studied. The results showed that: (1) The content of microbial biomass phosphorus and the activity of acid phosphatase in rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soil of the modified Castanopsis hystrix plantation, Mytilaria laosensis plantation and the mixed plantation of Castanopsis hystrix and Mytilaria laosensis were significantly higher than those of Chinese fir plantation. Soil total phosphorus of Castanopsis hystrix plantation and the mixed plantation of C. hystrix and Mytilaria laosensis was more easily converted to quick available phosphorus than those of Chinese fir plantation and Mytilaria laosensis plantation. (2) The contents of calcium chloride extraction phosphorus in rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soil of Castanopsis hystrix plantation and the mixed plantation of Castanopsis hystrix and Mytilaria laosensis were significantly higher than those of Chinese fir plantation and M. laosensis plantation, and the contents of enzyme extraction phosphorus, hydrochloric acid extraction phosphorus and citric acid extraction phosphorus in rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soil of Mytilaria laosensis plantation and Castanopsis hystrix/Mytilaria laosensis mixed plantation were significantly higher than those of Chinese fir plantation and Castanopsis hystrix plantation. (3) RDA results showed that soil water content and microbial biomass carbon were the key factors regulating P components in rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils, respectively. In summary, the transformation of Chinese fir plantation into broadleaved forest is conducive to the storage and supply of forest soil P, and this study provides an important scientific basis for tree species selection and management strategies to improve soil P availability in south subtropical plantations.