Microplastics in terrestrial ecosystem: Exploring the menace to the soil-plant-microbe interactions
TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry2024
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Martina G. Vijver
Yaqi Wang,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
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Yaqi Wang,
Martina G. Vijver
Yaqi Wang,
Yaqi Wang,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Yujia Zhai,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Martina G. Vijver
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Junhong Bai,
Junhong Bai,
Junhong Bai,
Yujia Zhai,
Yaqi Wang,
Martina G. Vijver
Martina G. Vijver
Martina G. Vijver
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Martina G. Vijver
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Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
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Zhe Liu,
Zhe Liu,
Pengfei Chang,
Gang Liu,
Gang Liu,
Yujia Zhai,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
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Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
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Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
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Martina G. Vijver
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Martina G. Vijver
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Martina G. Vijver
Yujia Zhai,
Junhong Bai,
Junhong Bai,
Gang Liu,
Gang Liu,
Gang Liu,
Zhe Liu,
Zhe Liu,
Martina G. Vijver
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Yaqi Wang,
Martina G. Vijver
Yaqi Wang,
Martina G. Vijver
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Gang Liu,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Martina G. Vijver
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Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
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Zhe Liu,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
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Yujia Zhai,
Martina G. Vijver
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Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Martina G. Vijver
Martina G. Vijver
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Gang Liu,
Martina G. Vijver
Zhe Liu,
Martina G. Vijver
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Yujia Zhai,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
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Gang Liu,
Gang Liu,
Gang Liu,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
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Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Junhong Bai,
Baoshan Cui,
Martina G. Vijver
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Martina G. Vijver
Gang Liu,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
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Martina G. Vijver
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Gang Liu,
Baoshan Cui,
Martina G. Vijver
Martina G. Vijver
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
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Martina G. Vijver
Yaqi Wang,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Martina G. Vijver
Baoshan Cui,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Martina G. Vijver
Martina G. Vijver
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
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Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Martina G. Vijver
Martina G. Vijver
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Martina G. Vijver
Martina G. Vijver
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Gang Liu,
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg,
Martina G. Vijver
Martina G. Vijver
Summary
This review summarizes existing research on how microplastics affect the complex relationships between soil, plants, and soil microbes. Microplastics alter soil structure, change the makeup of microbial communities, and disrupt beneficial partnerships between plants and helpful fungi and bacteria. These disruptions can reduce plant growth and nutrient cycling, which could ultimately affect crop yields and the quality of food produced on microplastic-contaminated farmland.
Microplastics (MPs), miniscule plastic particles measuring less than 5 mm in size, have become a concern in terrestrial ecosystems, with primarily agricultural and wetland soils being the soils with highest plastic loadings. The adverse effect of MPs might lead to changes in physicochemical and biological characteristics of soil including soil properties, microbial communities, plants, as well as the potential or affirmed correlations among them. Therefore, understanding the risks and effects of MPs, particularly within the soil-plant-microbe context is challenging and have become a subject of substantial scientific inquiry. This comprehensive review is focused on the effects of MPs on the rhizosphere and plant-microbe symbiotic relationships, with implications for plant growth and ecosystem-level nutrient fluxes. MPs alter soil physicochemical properties, microbial community composition, and enzymatic activities in the rhizosphere, influencing nutrient availability and uptake by plants. These changes in the rhizosphere can disrupt plant-microbe symbiotic interactions, such as mycorrhizal associations and nitrogen-fixing symbioses, ultimately impacting plant growth and the cycling of nutrients within ecosystems. Furthermore, we elaborate on the effects of MPs on the rhizosphere and plant-microbe symbiotic relationships carrying implications for plant growth and ecosystem-level nutrient fluxes. Future research directions and solutions to the microplastics menace acknowledging combined effects of MPs and other contaminants, advanced technologies for MPs identification and quantification, and microbial engineering for MPs remediation. This knowledge of MPs-induced impacts on soil-plant-microbe interactions is essential to generate mitigating actions in soil environmental management and conservation.