Abstract
Background Nitrification can lead to large quantities of nitrate leaching into the soil during vegetable production, which may result in soil acidification in a greenhouse system. A better understanding is needed of the nitrification process and its microbial mechanisms in soil acidification. Materials and Methods A simulated acidification experiment with an artificially manipulated pH environment (T1: pH 7.0; T2: pH 6.5; T3: pH 6.0; T4: pH 5.5; T5: pH 4.5) was conducted in potted tomatoes grown in greenhouse conditions. The abundance and community structures of ammonia oxidizers under different pH environment were analyzed using q-PCR and high-throughput sequencing methods, respectively. Results and discussions Soil acidification was accompanied by a reduction of soil organic matter (SOM), total nitrogen (TN), NH 3 concentration, and enzyme activities. The abundance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in the soil was higher than that of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in soils with a pH of 6.93 to 5.33. The opposite trend was observed when soil pH was 4.21. In acidified soils, the dominant strain of AOB was Nitrosospira , while the dominant strain of AOA was Nitrososphaera . The abundance and community structure of ammonia oxidizers were mainly affected by soil pH, NH 4 + content, and microbial biomass. Soil nitrification activity (PNA) has a relationship with both AOA and AOB, in which the abundance of AOA was the crucial factor affecting PNA. Conclusions PNA was co-dominated by AOA and AOB in soils with simulated acidification. Changes of soil pH, NH 4 + , and microbial biomass caused by acidification were the main factors for the differences in the ammonia-oxidizing microbial community in greenhouse soils. Under acidic conditions (pH < 5), the pH significantly inhibited nitrification and had a strong negative effect on the production of tomatoes in greenhouse conditions.
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Acidic pH below 5 significantly harmed tomato production.
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- greenhouse conditionse0
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