The wetter the better? Preferences in plant-microbial competition for phosphorus sources in rice cultivation under contrasting irrigation

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  • Chaoqun Wang
  • Michaela A. Dippold
  • Georg Guggenberger
  • Yakov Kuzyakov
  • Stephanie Guenther
  • Maxim Dorodnikov

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  • University of Göttingen
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of Tübingen
  • University of Münster
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
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Original languageEnglish
Article number109339
Number of pages11
JournalSoil Biology and Biochemistry
Volume191
Early online date1 Feb 2024
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2024

Abstract

Security in rice production requires solving challenges of water scarcity and phosphorus (P) limitations. Reductive dissolution of ferric (III) iron bound phosphate (Fe–P) and organic P (Porg) mineralization are two understudied P sources for rice plants and microorganisms. Using the new water-saving alternate wetting-drying irrigation should increase Porg mineralization but decrease the Fe–P dissolution and thereby shift the plant and microbial preferences for P sources. Rice biomass increased two-fold under alternate wetting-drying compared to continuous flooding, but the P use efficiency of plants was independent of water regimes. Plants were more competitive for P from Fe–P by Fe(III) reduction, whereas microorganisms preferred straw-derived P (enzymatic hydrolyzation). The high contribution (∼20 %) of P from straw to the P nutrition of rice plants and microorganisms raises the significance of Porg mineralization, e.g. from organic fertilizers. This makes the application of organic P fertilizers highly beneficial to increase rice productivity. Plants took up 62 % more soil-derived P under alternate wetting-drying than under continuous flooding. Accordingly, alternate wetting-drying is a more efficient management to increase the use of soil legacy P and reduce the use of mineral fertilizers compared to continuous flooding.

Keywords

    Legacy phosphorus, Phosphomonoesterase activities, Phosphorus availability and mobilization, Phosphorus isotopes, Plant-microbial competition, Redox potential

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Sustainable Development Goals

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The wetter the better? Preferences in plant-microbial competition for phosphorus sources in rice cultivation under contrasting irrigation. / Wang, Chaoqun; Dippold, Michaela A.; Guggenberger, Georg et al.
In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Vol. 191, 109339, 04.2024.

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Wang C, Dippold MA, Guggenberger G, Kuzyakov Y, Guenther S, Dorodnikov M. The wetter the better? Preferences in plant-microbial competition for phosphorus sources in rice cultivation under contrasting irrigation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2024 Apr;191:109339. Epub 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109339
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