The effects of plant secondary metabolites from coniferous needle leaf litter on the leaf litter decomposition of Betula albo-sinensis burk

In this study, leaf litters of Betula albo-sinensis and 5 coniferous species were used as samples. The B. albo-sinensis leaf litter was buried in soil and termly treated with the water extracts of five types of coniferous leaf litter for a 6-month simulation decomposition experiment. The dynamics of...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Xiaoxi, Liu, Hui, Zhou, Wenxing, Li, Jiajia, Lei, Hangyu, Ji, Yongkang, Wang, Boya, Liu, Zengwen
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
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spelling ukm-133142019-08-29T21:31:39Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13314/ The effects of plant secondary metabolites from coniferous needle leaf litter on the leaf litter decomposition of Betula albo-sinensis burk Zhang, Xiaoxi Liu, Hui Zhou, Wenxing Li, Jiajia Lei, Hangyu Ji, Yongkang Wang, Boya Liu, Zengwen In this study, leaf litters of Betula albo-sinensis and 5 coniferous species were used as samples. The B. albo-sinensis leaf litter was buried in soil and termly treated with the water extracts of five types of coniferous leaf litter for a 6-month simulation decomposition experiment. The dynamics of mass loss and nutrients (C, N, P, and K) content of leaf litter and the soil enzymatic activities were measured to investigate the effects of plant secondary metabolites (PSM) from coniferous leaf litters on the decomposition processes of B. albo-sinensis leaf litter. The results indicated that the extracts of Pinus tabuliformis, Platycladus orientalis, P. armandii and Larix principis-rupprechtii leaf litters significantly inhibited the whole decomposition process and overall nutrients release of B. albo-sinensis leaf litter, while the extracts of Picea asperata leaf litter exhibited no significant influence. The general suppression of PSM on the soil sucrase, carboxymethyl cellulase and β-glucosidase activities might be the main reason leading to the inhibitory effects of the extracts of P. tabuliformis, P. orientalis, P. armandii and L. principis-rupprechtii leaf litter. The species causing inhibitory effects, especially L. principis-rupprechtii, was not recommended to be planted mixed with B. albo-sinensis, or their planting density should be lower in the mixed forests. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13314/1/08%20Xiaoxi%20Zhang.pdf Zhang, Xiaoxi and Liu, Hui and Zhou, Wenxing and Li, Jiajia and Lei, Hangyu and Ji, Yongkang and Wang, Boya and Liu, Zengwen (2019) The effects of plant secondary metabolites from coniferous needle leaf litter on the leaf litter decomposition of Betula albo-sinensis burk. Sains Malaysiana, 48 (3). pp. 561-570. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid48bil3_2019/KandunganJilid48Bil3_2019.html
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description In this study, leaf litters of Betula albo-sinensis and 5 coniferous species were used as samples. The B. albo-sinensis leaf litter was buried in soil and termly treated with the water extracts of five types of coniferous leaf litter for a 6-month simulation decomposition experiment. The dynamics of mass loss and nutrients (C, N, P, and K) content of leaf litter and the soil enzymatic activities were measured to investigate the effects of plant secondary metabolites (PSM) from coniferous leaf litters on the decomposition processes of B. albo-sinensis leaf litter. The results indicated that the extracts of Pinus tabuliformis, Platycladus orientalis, P. armandii and Larix principis-rupprechtii leaf litters significantly inhibited the whole decomposition process and overall nutrients release of B. albo-sinensis leaf litter, while the extracts of Picea asperata leaf litter exhibited no significant influence. The general suppression of PSM on the soil sucrase, carboxymethyl cellulase and β-glucosidase activities might be the main reason leading to the inhibitory effects of the extracts of P. tabuliformis, P. orientalis, P. armandii and L. principis-rupprechtii leaf litter. The species causing inhibitory effects, especially L. principis-rupprechtii, was not recommended to be planted mixed with B. albo-sinensis, or their planting density should be lower in the mixed forests.
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author Zhang, Xiaoxi
Liu, Hui
Zhou, Wenxing
Li, Jiajia
Lei, Hangyu
Ji, Yongkang
Wang, Boya
Liu, Zengwen
spellingShingle Zhang, Xiaoxi
Liu, Hui
Zhou, Wenxing
Li, Jiajia
Lei, Hangyu
Ji, Yongkang
Wang, Boya
Liu, Zengwen
The effects of plant secondary metabolites from coniferous needle leaf litter on the leaf litter decomposition of Betula albo-sinensis burk
author_facet Zhang, Xiaoxi
Liu, Hui
Zhou, Wenxing
Li, Jiajia
Lei, Hangyu
Ji, Yongkang
Wang, Boya
Liu, Zengwen
author_sort Zhang, Xiaoxi
title The effects of plant secondary metabolites from coniferous needle leaf litter on the leaf litter decomposition of Betula albo-sinensis burk
title_short The effects of plant secondary metabolites from coniferous needle leaf litter on the leaf litter decomposition of Betula albo-sinensis burk
title_full The effects of plant secondary metabolites from coniferous needle leaf litter on the leaf litter decomposition of Betula albo-sinensis burk
title_fullStr The effects of plant secondary metabolites from coniferous needle leaf litter on the leaf litter decomposition of Betula albo-sinensis burk
title_full_unstemmed The effects of plant secondary metabolites from coniferous needle leaf litter on the leaf litter decomposition of Betula albo-sinensis burk
title_sort effects of plant secondary metabolites from coniferous needle leaf litter on the leaf litter decomposition of betula albo-sinensis burk
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13314/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13314/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13314/1/08%20Xiaoxi%20Zhang.pdf
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