Project description:To investigate the effects of organic fertilizer replacing chemical fertilizer on the growth and development of barley (Kunlun-14), a pot experiment was conducted. The study examined the impacts of different ratios of organic fertilizer replacing chemical fertilizer nitrogen (0%, 40%, 100%, denoted as OFR0, OFR40, OFR100, respectively) on the growth characteristics, leaf carbon-nitrogen balance, and nitrogen metabolism enzyme activities of barley.
Project description:<p>While irrigation and fertilization are basic cultivation practices in poplar plantations on a global scale, the impact of these practices on the environment is not well understood. Here, we demonstrate that water-urea coupling and water-compound fertilizer coupling differentially impact soil ecosystems. We report that water-fertilizer coupling did not significantly alter taxonomic diversity indices (richness, evenness), but it did drive significant shifts in microbial community composition, reflected by changes in the relative abundance of specific taxa (e.g., core phyla) and their functional profiles. Water-urea coupling reduced Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria in non-rhizosphere soils while increasing Acidobacteria and Chloroflexi. In contrast, water-compound fertilizer coupling amplified Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria dominance in rhizosphere soils. Water-fertilizer coupling reshaped microbial composition and functional gene abundance linked to nitrogen and sulfur cycling, indicating a potential shift in microbial-mediated N and S transformation processes. Water-urea treatment enriched denitrification genes and dissimilatory nitrate reduction genes (napABC) in rhizosphere soil, while water-compound fertilizer treatment enhanced nitrification (amoABC, HAO) and denitrification gene abundance in both soils. For sulfur (S) cycling, water-urea treatment favored thiosulfate oxidation genes (SOX complex), whereas water-compound fertilizer treatment increased assimilatory sulfate reduction genes. Multi-omics integration linked these microbial dynamics to metabolic reprogramming—water-urea increased lipid and secondary metabolites in rhizosphere soils, while water-compound fertilizers elevated amino acid-associated metabolites in non-rhizosphere soils.</p>
Project description:Purpose: To understand the effects of two different chemical forms of iron fertilizer on cadmium accumulation Methods:Cultivation and treatment for three weeks of dwarf Polish wheat seedlings by hydroponics, in triplicate, qRT–PCR validation was performed using TaqMan and SYBR Green assays Results: Iron fertilizer can effectively reduce cadmium concentration in plants Conclusions: Our study represents the different chemical forms of iron fertilizer have different mitigation effects on cadmium. The transcriptome gata showed that iron fertilizer have changed the cadimium metabolism
Project description:Nitrogen is one of the essential elements for plant growth. NH4+ and NO3- are two major forms of absorbing element N for higher plants. In this study we found that the growth of Panax notoginseng is inhibited when only adding ammonium nitrogen fertilizer, and adding nitrate fertilizer can alleviate the toxicity caused by ammonium. We use RNA-seq to identify genes that are related to the alleviated phenotypes after introducing NO3- to Panax notoginseng roots under NH4+ stresses. Twelve RNA-seq profiles in four sample groups, i.e., control, samples treated with NH4+, samples treated with NO3- only, and treated with both NH4+ and NO3- were obtained and analyzed to identify deregulated genes in samples with different treatments. ACLA-3 gene is downregulated in NH4+ treated samples, but is upregulated in samples treated with NO3- and with both NH4+ and NO3-, which is further validated in another set of samples using qRT-PCR. Our results suggest that unbalanced metabolism of nitrogen and nitrogen is the main cause of ammonium poisoning in roots of Panax notoginseng, and NO3- may significantly upregulate the activity of ACLA-3 which subsequently enhances the citrate cycle and many other metabolic pathways in Panax notoginseng root. These potentially increase the integrity of the Panax notoginseng roots. Our results suggest that introducing NO3- fertilizer is an effective means to prevent the occurrence of toxic ammonium in Panax notoginseng root.