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[Effects of Combined Stress of High Density Polyethylene Microplastics and Chlorimuron-ethyl on Soybean Growth and Rhizosphere Bacterial Community].
Summary
Researchers studied the effects of combined stress from high-density polyethylene microplastics and the herbicide chlorimuron-ethyl on soybean growth and physiology. The study found that co-exposure created more severe adverse effects than either pollutant alone, raising concerns about combined plastic and pesticide pollution in agricultural soils.
With the vigorous development of agriculture in China， plastic mulch film and pesticides are widely used in agricultural production. However， the accumulation of microplastics （formed by the degradation of plastic mulch film） and pesticides in soil has also caused many environmental problems. At present， the environmental biological effects of microplastics or pesticides have been reported， but there are few studies on the combined effects on crop growth and the rhizosphere soil bacterial community. Therefore， in this study， the high density polyethylene microplastics （HDPE， 500 mesh） were designed to be co-treated with sulfonylurea herbicide chlorimuron-ethyl to study their effects on soybean growth. In addition， the effects of the combined stress of HDPE and chlorimuron-ethyl on soybean rhizosphere soil bacterial community diversity， structure composition， microbial community network， and soil function were investigated using high-throughput sequencing technology， interaction network， and PICRUSt2 function analysis to clarify the combined toxicity of HDPE and chlorimuron-ethyl to soybean. The results showed that the half-life of chlorimuron-ethyl in soil was prolonged by the 1% HDPE treatment （from 11.5 d to 14.3 d）， and the combined stress of HDPE and chlorimuron-ethyl had more obvious inhibition effects on soybean growth than that of the single pollutant or control. The HiSeq 2 500 sequencing showed that the rhizosphere bacterial community of soybean was composed of 20 phyla and 312 genera under combined stress， the number of phyla and genera was significantly less than that of the control and single pollutant treatment， and the relative abundances of bacteria with potential biological control and plant growth-promoting characteristics （such as Nocardioides and Sphingomonas） were reduced. Alpha diversity analysis showed that the combined stress significantly reduced the richness and diversity of the soybean rhizosphere bacterial community， and Beta diversity analysis showed that the combined stress significantly changed the structure of the bacterial community. The dominant flora of the rhizosphere bacterial community were regulated， and the abundances of secondary functional layers such as amino acid metabolism， energy metabolism， and lipid metabolism were reduced under combined stress by the analysis of LEfSe and PICRUSt2. It was inferred from the network analysis that the combined stress of HDPE and chlorimuron-ethyl reduced the total number of connections and network density of soil bacteria， simplified the network structure， and changed the important flora species to maintain the stability of the network. The results above indicated that the combined stress of HDPE and chlorimuron-ethyl significantly affected the growth of soybean and changed the rhizosphere bacterial community structure， soil function， and network structure. Compared with that of the single pollutant treatment， the potential risk of combined stress was greater. The results of this study can provide guidance for evaluating the ecological risks of polyethylene microplastics and chlorimuron-ethyl and for the remediation of contaminated soil.
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