Accumulation of Glomalin-Related Soil Protein Regulated by Plantation Types and Vertical Distribution of Soil Characteristics in Southern China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Sites and Soil Sampling
2.2. Determination of Soil Physicochemical Properties
2.3. Extraction and Determination of GRSP in Soil
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Effects of Tree Species and Soil Depth on GRSP Content and Distribution
3.2. Correlation between Soil Physicochemical Properties and GRSP
4. Discussion
4.1. Effects of Tree Species on the Accumulation of GRSP in Soil
4.2. Variation in Concentration and Contribution to Carbon and Nitrogen of GRSP in Deep Soil
4.3. Effects of Soil Properties on the Vertical Distribution of GRSP
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | EE-GRSP | T-GRSP | EE-GRSP/ T-GRSP | EE-GRSP-C/SOC | T-GRSP-C/SOC | EE-GRSP-N/TN | T-GRSP-N/TN | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tree | F | 2.867 | 4.976 | 7.049 | 7.478 | 15.375 | 2.522 | 11.305 |
p | 0.048 | 0.005 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.071 | <0.001 | |
Depth | F | 66.830 | 49.071 | 0.928 | 4.988 | 1.178 | 3.927 | 1.825 |
p | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.458 | 0.002 | 0.335 | 0.009 | 0.143 | |
Tree × Depth | F | 3.961 | 2.615 | 1.968 | 2.052 | 3.197 | 2.900 | 2.677 |
p | <0.001 | 0.011 | 0.055 | 0.044 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0.010 |
Plantation | Y | Depth | Parameter | Unstandardized Coefficient, B | Standardized Coefficient, β | Sig. | R2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AM | EE-GESP | Top soil, 0–40 cm | SOC | 0.039 | 0.995 | <0.001 | 0.990 |
Deep soil, 40–100 cm | CP | 0.010 | 0.984 | <0.001 | 0.968 | ||
T-GRSP | Top soil, 0–40 cm | TN | 0.789 | 0.993 | <0.001 | 0.985 | |
Deep soil, 40–100 cm | CP | 0.028 | 0.987 | <0.001 | 0.974 | ||
PC | EE-GESP | Top soil, 0–40 cm | SWC | 0.017 | 0.531 | 0.002 | 0.995 |
TN | 0.163 | 0.473 | 0.004 | ||||
Deep soil, 40–100 cm | SOC | 0.057 | 0.998 | <0.001 | 0.996 | ||
T-GRSP | Top soil, 0–40 cm | SOC | 0.070 | 0.559 | 0.016 | 0.992 | |
TP | 1.072 | 0.442 | 0.041 | ||||
Deep soil, 40–100 cm | SOC | 0.154 | 0.980 | <0.001 | 0.961 | ||
EU | EE-GESP | Top soil, 0–40 cm | SOC | 0.049 | 0.995 | <0.001 | 0.991 |
Deep soil, 40–100 cm | CP | 0.015 | 0.989 | <0.001 | 0.978 | ||
T-GRSP | Top soil, 0–40 cm | TP | 2.521 | 0.993 | <0.001 | 0.987 | |
Deep soil, 40–100 cm | SOC | 0.182 | 0.990 | <0.001 | 0.979 | ||
MG | EE-GESP | Top soil, 0–40 cm | SWC | 0.018 | 0.630 | 0.002 | 0.992 |
TN | 0.122 | 0.373 | 0.039 | ||||
Deep soil, 40–100 cm | SOC | 0.046 | 0.995 | <0.001 | 0.990 | ||
T-GRSP | Top soil, 0–40 cm | SWC | 0.096 | 0.983 | <0.001 | 0.966 | |
Deep soil, 40–100 cm | CP | 0.025 | 0.983 | <0.001 | 0.965 |
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Wu, M.; Zhang, S.; Gu, X.; He, Z.; Liu, Y.; Mo, Q. Accumulation of Glomalin-Related Soil Protein Regulated by Plantation Types and Vertical Distribution of Soil Characteristics in Southern China. Forests 2024, 15, 1479. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15081479
Wu M, Zhang S, Gu X, He Z, Liu Y, Mo Q. Accumulation of Glomalin-Related Soil Protein Regulated by Plantation Types and Vertical Distribution of Soil Characteristics in Southern China. Forests. 2024; 15(8):1479. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15081479
Chicago/Turabian StyleWu, Miaolan, Shaochun Zhang, Xiaojuan Gu, Zhihang He, Yue Liu, and Qifeng Mo. 2024. "Accumulation of Glomalin-Related Soil Protein Regulated by Plantation Types and Vertical Distribution of Soil Characteristics in Southern China" Forests 15, no. 8: 1479. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15081479