Abstract
Microbial activity is adamant for the nutrient cycling in soil. Generally, mineral phosphorus (P) fertilizer is applied to soil to improve plant growth, however, significant amounts are immobilized quickly. Mineral fertilizer can cause soil degradation, affecting the microbial community. Alternative, recycling-derived fertilizers (RDFs) need to be evaluated as suitable replacement for finite mineral P fertilizer. The impact of four RDFs (two ashes, two struvites) on the soil microbiome in comparison with a P-free control and triple superphosphate (TSP) as mineral fertilizer was investigated in a pot trial and a subsequent microcosm trial (subset of samples). For both experiments, perennial ryegrass was cultivated for 54 days. The pot trial was conducted at P fertilization rates of 20 and 60 kg P ha-1 in quadruplicates. After the pot harvest, the bulk soil was stored until the microcosm trial was conducted, using the control, TSP and the two ashes at 60 kg P ha-1 in six replicates. Struvites displayed highest P bioavailability at high P application rates in the pot trial, yielding higher biomass on average. Furthermore, P solubilization from tri-calcium phosphate was enhanced in the RDFs treatments, while the TSP treatments were negatively affected. For the microcosm trial, most probable number (MPN) analysis showed that phytate-utilizing bacterial abundance was significantly increased in one of the ashes. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) analysis of phoD illumina sequencing data showed significant separation between all treatments of the microcosm trial. Understanding the impact of RDF application on the soil P cycle is vital to sustainable agriculture.
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Claim · model-written summary
Struvites yielded higher biomass on average at high P application rates in the pot trial.
- Taxon
- perennial ryegrass
Lolium perennee2 - Treatment
- Struvitese1
- Outcome
- biomasse1
- Direction
- highere1
- Qualifier
- on averagee1
- Setting
- pot triale1
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e1“Struvites displayed highest P bioavailability at high P application rates in the pot trial, yielding higher biomass on average”
e2“For both experiments, perennial ryegrass was cultivated for 54 days”
Claim · model-written summary
RDF treatments enhanced P solubilization from tri-calcium phosphate.
- Taxon
- perennial ryegrassLolium perennee2
- Treatment
- RDFs treatmentse3
- Outcome
- P solubilization from tri-calcium phosphatee3
- Direction
- enhancede3
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e2“For both experiments, perennial ryegrass was cultivated for 54 days”
e3“Furthermore, P solubilization from tri-calcium phosphate was enhanced in the RDFs treatments, while the TSP treatments were negatively affected”
Claim · model-written summary
TSP treatments negatively affected P solubilization from tri-calcium phosphate.
- Taxon
- perennial ryegrassLolium perennee2
- Treatment
- TSP treatmentse3
- Outcome
- P solubilization from tri-calcium phosphatee3
- Direction
- negatively affectede3
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Verbatim
e2“For both experiments, perennial ryegrass was cultivated for 54 days”
e3“Furthermore, P solubilization from tri-calcium phosphate was enhanced in the RDFs treatments, while the TSP treatments were negatively affected”
Claim · model-written summary
Phytate-utilizing bacterial abundance was significantly increased in one of the two ashes in the microcosm trial.
- Taxon
- perennial ryegrassLolium perennee2
- Treatment
- ashese4
- Outcome
- phytate-utilizing bacterial abundancee4
- Direction
- increasede4
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Verbatim
e2“For both experiments, perennial ryegrass was cultivated for 54 days”
e4“phytate-utilizing bacterial abundance was significantly increased in one of the ashes”
Claim · model-written summary
NMDS analysis of phoD sequencing data showed significant separation between all treatments of the microcosm trial.
- Taxon
- perennial ryegrassLolium perennee2
- Outcome
- phoD illumina sequencing datae5
- Qualifier
- significant separation between all treatmentse5
- Setting
- microcosm triale5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e2“For both experiments, perennial ryegrass was cultivated for 54 days”
e5“Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) analysis of phoD illumina sequencing data showed significant separation between all treatments of the microcosm trial”
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