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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community in soils under desertification and restoration in the Brazilian semiarid

2022; Elsevier BV; Volume: 264; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.micres.2022.127161

1618-0623

Danilo Ferreira da Silva, Jarlane Viana Moreira, Lara Isensee Saboya de Sousa, Maiele Cintra Santana, Jaedson Cláudio Anunciato Mota, Alexandre dos Santos Queiroz, Ícaro Vasconcelos do Nascimento, Antônio Marcos Miranda Silva, Ademir Sérgio Ferreira de Araújo, Vânia Maria Maciel Melo, Érika Valente de Medeiros, Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso, Arthur Prudêncio de Araújo Pereira,

Soil erosion and sediment transport

Soil desertification has a significant social, economic, and environmental impact worldwide. Mycorrhizal diversity remains poorly understood in semiarid regions impacted by desertification, especially in Brazilian drylands. More importantly, positive impacts of grazing exclusion on mycorrhizal communities are still incipient. Here, we hypothesized that overgrazing changes the structure of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) community compared to native areas and, grazing exclusion is effective to restore the AMF community. Thus, we analyzed the status of AMF community in soils under desertification (overgrazing) and restoration (twenty-years of grazing exclusion) in the Brazilian semiarid. AMF-spores were extracted via humid decantation methodology, morphologically classified, and alpha diversity metrics were calculated. Soil samples were chemically, and physically characterized and multivariate statistical analyses were applied to verify the impact of soil degradation and restoration on AMF-community. Briefly, native, and restored areas presented higher contents of organic matter, phosphorus, microbial carbon, and β-glucosidase activity. However, degraded soil showed higher Al3+, Na+, and bulk soil density values. The abundance of AMF spores was higher in restored soil, followed by degraded and native vegetation, and Shannon's diversity index was significantly higher in restored soils, followed by native vegetation. AMF-spores were classified into four families (Gigasporaceae > Acaulosporaceae > Glomeraceae > Ambisporaceae). Ambisporaceae was closed correlated with degraded soil, mainly with Al3+, Na+, and bulk soil density properties. On the other hand, Acaulosporaceae and Glomeraceae were positively correlated with native vegetation and restored soil, respectively, thereby improving Shannon index, richness, enzyme activity, and soil respiration. Thus, grazing exclusion, in long term, can be a good strategy to restore AMF-diversity in soils in the Brazilian semiarid.