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Arid Land Geography ›› 2022, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (6): 1916-1926.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2022.055

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Effect of preliminary vegetation reconstruction on soil microorganism community structure in arid desert area

ZHANG Libin1,2(),HE Mingzhu1,2(),ZHANG Kecun1,AN Zhishan1,WANG Jinguo3,HUI Yingxin4,JIA Xiaolong4   

  1. 1. Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    3. Ningxia Transportation Investment Engineering Construction Management Co. Ltd, Yinchuan 750000, Ningxia, China
    4. Ningxia Communication Construction Co. Ltd, Yinchuan 750000, Ningxia, China
  • Received:2022-02-16 Revised:2022-04-24 Online:2022-11-25 Published:2023-02-01
  • Contact: Mingzhu HE E-mail:zhanglibin@nieer.ac.cn;hmzecology@163.com

Abstract:

To elucidate the effect of revegetation on soil microbial community structure in an arid desert region, the revegetation area built to protect the Wuhai-Maqin Highway across the Tengger Desert, northwest China from dune blow was selected as the study area. High-throughput sequencing technology was applied to reveal the characteristics of soil microbial community structure under the revegetation, and selecting the moving dune as a comparison. Results found that microbial community composition was similar between the revegetated soil and moving dune, dominated by Actinobacteria (58.53%-67.85%) and Proteobacteria (16.53%-19.68%). Nocardia, Methylotenera, Rubellimicrobium, and Microvirga were the dominant genera in the revegetation area and moving dune. In contrast to the moving dune, the revegetation significantly increased the relative abundance and diversity of most phylum of microorganisms but significantly decreased soil pH, electrical conductivity, and salinity. Furthermore, compared with the moving dune, the revegetation significantly increased soil microbial biomass P and C:N at three soil layers, including 0-5 cm, 5-10 cm, and 10-20 cm. Overall, the revegetation could significantly improve the nutrient level and the relative abundance and diversity of soil microorganisms at the topsil layer of the desert ecological protection belt beside the highway.

Key words: arid windy sand area, vegetation reconstruction, microbial community structure