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  • Title: The effects of biochar and dredged sediments on soil structure and fertility promote the growth, photosynthetic and rhizosphere microbial diversity of Phragmites communis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
    Author: Huang XF, Li SQ, Li SY, Ye GY, Lu LJ, Zhang L, Yang LY, Qian X, Liu J.
    Journal: Sci Total Environ; 2019 Dec 20; 697():134073. PubMed ID: 31473547.
    Abstract:
    The improvement of urban river revetment soil is conducive to promote the growth of pioneer plants which can accelerate the restoration of ecosystems. How to effectively amend soil structure and composition to provide a suitable soil rhizosphere for rapid plant expansion is essential to be solved in the study. Biochar and lake dredged sediments were used to amend an urban river bank soil, where compaction and lack of mineral nutrition hindered the growth of Phragmites. The study found that the addition of 50% mass of dredged sediments combined with 5% mass of straw biochar increased the plant height maximum growth rate, tiller number per unit area, and root biomass by 32.93%, 29.62%, and 41.39%, respectively. The reason for these positive effects on plant growth mainly involved the improvement of rhizosphere soil properties. Addition of biochar increased porosity and available phosphorus content while dredged sediments increased soil organic carbon, thereby increasing the underground unit total phosphorus content of Phragmites by 18.18%. An increase of the Alpha diversity index of rhizosphere microorganisms (8.18%) and the decrease in infection rate of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (23.61%) also proved that the rapid expansion of Phragmites was improved owing to changes of the soil physicochemical properties. The combination of biochar and dredged sediments realized synergistic improvement of soil physical structure and increase of nutrient content, which helped promote the growth and expansion of the underground part of Phragmites. This cost-effective method can be feasible used for improvement of urban river revetment ecosystem.
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