Soil phosphorus availability and utilization are mediated by plant facilitation via rhizosphere interactions in an intercropping system
European Journal of Agronomy(2023)
摘要
We hypothesized that soil phosphorus (P) utilization might be tightly associated with interspecific interactions. To clarify this issue, a maize-grass pea intercropping system was investigated in a rainfed field with P addition (P0 and P +), water (rain-fed and plastic film mulching) and isolation (root barrier and root intermingling) treatments. The data indicated that total net effect was higher than 0 under all the conditions, displaying facilitative effects of biodiversity on agroecosystem productivity. The dynamics of total land equivalent ratio demonstrated that the intensity of plant-plant facilitation became greater under P-deficient condition. Maize was the facilitated species consistently, while grass pea changed from facilitated species under low soil P and moisture to facilitator under high soil P and moisture. The driving mechanism was associated with soil acidification and microbial community promotion effect under P-deficient condition. Intercropped rhizosphere soil phosphatase activity was increased by 4.9–17.2%, and Olsen-P availability was evidently enhanced relative to monoculture. Interestingly, drought stress significantly enhanced this trend. Critically, root isolation confirmed that plant-plant facilitation was briefly driven by interspecific rhizosphere interactions. Conclusively, this study confirmed the context-dependent facilitation shift in agroecosystem and provided a novel insight into the importance of rhizosphere interaction on soil P availability and utilization.
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Intercropping,Phosphorus,Root barrier,Soil microbial biomass,Water use efficiency
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