Life in the Wheat Litter: Effects of Future Climate on Microbiome and Function During the Early Phase of Decomposition.

ABSTRACT: Even though it is widely acknowledged that litter decomposition can be impacted by climate change, the functional roles of microbes involved in the decomposition and their answer to climate change are less understood. This study used a field experimental facility settled in Central Germany to analyze the effects of ambient vs. future climate that is expected in 50-80 years on mass loss and physicochemical parameters of wheat litter in agricultural cropland at the early phase of litter decomposition process. Additionally, the effects of climate change were assessed on microbial richness, community compositions, interactions, and their functions (production of extracellular enzymes), as well as litter physicochemical factors shaping their colonization. The initial physicochemical properties

SUBMITTER: Wahdan SFM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9250916 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature