How the development of barren land into orchards affects soil ecosystem in Tibet, China

• Published in: Pedosphere Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 616 - 628
• Main Authors: LI, Shuailin, WANG, Shuo, ZENG, Xiuli, CUI, Yongxing, YU, Wantai, MA, Qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2022; Elsevier Science Ltd; Institute of Applied Ecology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shenyang 110016(China)%Institute of Vegetables,Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences,Lhasa 850032(China)%Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science,College of Urban and Environmental Sciences,Peking University,Beijing 100871(China)
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; Agrochemicals; Alfalfa; Availability; Barren lands; Cadmium; China; Chromium; co-occurrence network; Community composition; community structure; Conversion; Crop production; Dung; edaphic factors; Fertilizers; Food safety; fruits; Functional groups; fungal communities; fungal community function; Fungi; Heavy metals; Intercropping; Iron; Lead; lichens; Manganese; Manures; Medicago sativa; Mercury; Mercury (metal); Metals; Micronutrients; mineral fertilizers; Nutrients; Orchards; Pathogens; peaches; Planting; Poverty; Prunus persica; Relative abundance; risk; saprotrophs; Seedlings; Sheep manure; soil ecosystems; Soil environment; Soil improvement; Soil microorganisms; Soil nutrients; Soils; subsoil; Subsoils; Tibetan Plateau; Tibet; China; soil nutrients; Tibetan Plateau; fungal community function; heavy metals; co-occurrence network

Fruit production is an important strategy for alleviating poverty on the Tibetan Plateau and leads to the conversion of natural barren land into orchards. This study aimed to understand how the conversion of barren land to peach (Prunus persica) orchards affects soil nutrients, heavy metals, and fun...