title: Changes in soil microbial functional diversity and biochemical characteristics of tree peony with amendment of sewage sludge compost.
abstract: A greenhouse experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of sewage sludge compost application on functional diversity of soil microbial communities, based on carbon source utilization, and biochemical characteristics of tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa). Functional diversity was estimated with incubations in Biolog EcoPlates and well color development was used as the functional trait for carbon source utilization. The average well color development and Shannon index based on the carbon source utilization pattern in Biolog EcoPlates significantly increased with the increasing sludge compost application in the range of 0-45%, with a decreasing trend above 45%. Principal component analysis of carbon source utilization pattern showed that sludge compost application stimulated the utilization rate of D-cellobiose and α-D-lactose, while the utilization rate of β-methyl-D-glucoside, L-asparagine, L-serine, α-cyclodextrin, γ-hydroxybutyric acid, and itaconic acid gradually increased up to a sludge compost amendment dosage of 45% and then decreased above 45%. The chlorophyll content, antioxidase (superoxide dismutase, catalase, and peroxidase) activities, plant height, flower diameter, and flower numbers per plant of tree peony increased significantly with sludge compost dosage, reaching a peak value at 45 %, and then decreased with the exception that activity of superoxide dismutase and catalase did not vary significantly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, China.
authors.forename: Xiangdong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Lian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xue
mesh_terms: D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000378:metabolism; D005308:Fertilizers; D064307:Microbiota; D029596:Paeonia / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005308:Fertilizers; D010940:Plant Proteins; D012722:Sewage; D012987:Soil; D002734:Chlorophyll; D002374:Catalase; D009195:Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase
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