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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2017, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (3): 927-934.doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201703.006

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Effects of optimized fertilization on nematode community in greenhouse soils

ZHU Tong-bin1,2, CHEN Xiao-yun3, ZHANG Jin-bo2, LIU Man-qiang3, ZHOU Ke-xin4, CAI Zu-cong2*   

  1. 1Key Laboratory of Karst Dynamics, Ministry of Land and Resources & Guangxi, Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Guilin 541004, China
    2College of Geography Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
    3College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
    4Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Nanjing 210042, China
  • Received:2016-06-15 Published:2017-03-18
  • Contact: *E-mail: zccai@njnu.edu.cn
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    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41301313) and the Research Fund of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (2015004)

Abstract: Excessive fertilization easily leads to the degradation of greenhouse vegetable fields, therefore rational fertilizations are important to maintain the production and sustainable development of vegetable. In this study, two fertilization treatments (optimized fertilization and conventional fertilization, noted as OF and CF, respectively) under continuous tomato-pepper cropping were arranged to investigate soil physicochemical properties, abundance and trophic groups of nematode and vegetable yield. The results showed that OF could maintain soil pH at the relatively higher level and increase the yield of tomato and pepper by 9.0% and 6.9% compared to CF treatment. In contrast to CF, OF increased nematode quantity and the relative abundance of bacterivores, but decreased the relative abundance of fungivores and plant-parasites, more obviously in the growth season of tomato. No obvious differences in plant parasite index, diversity, and richness were observed between CF and OF treatments across all sampling stages of tomato and pepper. Nematode channel ratio ranged from 0.39 to 0.64 in CF treatment, which was significantly lower than that in OF treatment (0.67-0.84), suggesting that the decomposition of food network was dominated by fungi in CF treatment but by bacteria in OF treatment. Based on soil physicochemical properties, nematode groups and vegetable yield, we concluded that optimized fertilization could not only increase vegetable growth but also improve soil ecological environment.