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Effects of phosphine on enzyme activities and available phosphorus in rhizospheric and non-rhizospheric soils through rice seedlings

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Abstract

Aims

The objective of this study was to investigate phosphine-induced changes in enzyme activities (acid phosphatase (ACP), urease, invertase, dehydrogenase) and effects of phosphine on available phosphorus in rhizospheric and non-rhizospheric soils.

Methods

Rice seedlings, as model plant, were exposed to different ambient concentrations of phosphine (0, 1.4, 4.2 and 7.0 mg m−3) for a period of 30 days, and the enzyme activities and available phosphorus in both rhizospheric and non-rhizospheric soils were monitored for different phosphine concentrations and exposure times.

Results

In the first 2 weeks in the rhizospheric soil, the activities of urease, invertase and dehydrogenase increased slowly with phosphine exposure time in both rhizospheric and non-rhizospheric soils, although ACP activity displayed a slight drop in the rhizosphere; however, the activities of all these enzymes dramatically increased with phosphine concentration and exposure time after 15 days. Enzyme activities in rhizosphere soil are generally greater than those in non-rhizosphere soil, exhibiting effects of the rhizosphere. Increase in phosphine exposure concentrations also increased the available phosphorus in rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils.

Conclusions

Phosphine exposure increases soil enzyme activities and available phosphorus in both rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere which is beneficial for rice growth.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41071305, 41105083 and 51008128), Guangdong Provincial Social Development Research Project (No. 2011B031000012) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2012ZM0040) and State Key Lab of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology (2014KB13).

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    Xiaojun Niu, Li Li, Hao Wu, Xiaofei Song, Senchao Lai, Zhiquan Yang & Dinghui Zou

  2. The Key Lab of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, South China University of Technology, 382 Waihuan East Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Xiaojun Niu

  3. The Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Eco-Remediation of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Institutions, South China University of Technology, 382 Waihuan East Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Xiaojun Niu

  4. State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology, 382 Waihuan East Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Xiaojun Niu

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Niu, X., Li, L., Wu, H. et al. Effects of phosphine on enzyme activities and available phosphorus in rhizospheric and non-rhizospheric soils through rice seedlings. Plant Soil 387, 143–151 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-014-2280-9

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