Abstract
Aims
To investigate the effects of polystyrene microplastics (PS-beads) on the soil properties, photosynthesis of Flowering Chinese cabbage, the rhizosphere microbial community and their potential correlation in soil with different residues.
Methods
The influences of PS-beads (PS-MPs, M1, 5 μm; PS-NPs, M2, 70 nm) on the plant photosynthesis and growth parameters, soil dissolved organic matter (DOM) and the characteristic functional groups, the microbial community and metabolism prediction were studied by a pot-experiment in soil without residues (N), with biochar (B), degradable mulching film (DMF) fragments (D), or biochar and DMF (BD).
Key results
Chlorophyll a was more susceptible to the exogenous substances than Chlorophyll b. In soil with different residues, PS-beads of different sizes could change different components, structures and functional groups in aromatic rings of DOM, might further change the microbial community and metabolism. M2 decreased TDN and NO3− and increased the weight of the plant in group D. M2 increased the weight of the plant in group N. M2 decreased the net photosynthetic rate in group B. The different sizes of PS-beads affected the different parameters of plant growth and potentially changed the plant growth and photosynthetic parameters through altering the microbial metabolism and the correlation among microbes. The potential mechanisms of PS-beads changing the plant growth were different in soil with different residues.
Conclusions
Our results evidenced the PS-beads potentially changed the plant growth and photosynthesis by changing the microbial metabolism and the correlation among microbes.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. U1806216, 41877372), the National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFC1802002], and the 111 program, Ministry of Education, China (No. T2017002).
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Ren, X., Tang, J., Wang, L. et al. Microplastics in soil-plant system: effects of nano/microplastics on plant photosynthesis, rhizosphere microbes and soil properties in soil with different residues. Plant Soil 462, 561–576 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-04869-1
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