La production de biochars et hydrochars permet de former des amendements enrichis en carbone aromatique, potentiellement plus récalcitrant contre les dégradations dans le sol, tout en produisant massivement des énergies renouvelables. Ces amendements ont pour objectif d’augmenter la quantité de matières organiques des sols (MOS), ainsi que leur fertilité. Néanmoins, due à la diversité des biomasses pouvant être utilisé et des procédés de production, des incompréhensions existent sur le potentiel de ces matériaux à stocker du C dans le sol, à court et à long terme. De plus, des méthodes permettant d’évaluer rapidement la stabilité à long terme de ces matériaux restent à mettre au point, afin de permettre aux utilisateurs de statuer de la qualité de ces nouveaux amendements. Ces travaux ont consisté à évaluer la stabilité de biochars et hydrochars, biologiquement par des incubations de sols, et chimiquement par des oxydations à l’acide dichromate. Les biochars ont montré un haut niveau de stabilité biologique et chimique, permettant de stocker une quantité importante de carbone à l’échelle du siècle. De façon contrastée, les hydrochars se sont caractérisés par une stabilité beaucoup plus faible que les biochars, ne permettant probablement pas de séquestrer massivement du carbone au-delà de la décennie. L’hydrochar a induit un priming effect positif (stimulation), alors que le biochar a induit un priming effect négatif (protection). L’altération physique des deux matériaux a conduit à une augmentation de la stabilité et à une diminution du priming effect, mettant en lumière l’importance des paramètres environnementaux dans les stratégies de séquestration de carbone du sol. Les sols d’anciennes charbonnières ont été utilisés comme modèle d’étude à long terme de l’effet d’un apport de biochar après plusieurs siècles. Leur analyse a mis en évidence que l’apport de biochar améliore durablement les propriétés physicochimiques du sol, telle que la teneur en argile, la capacité d’échange cationique (CEC), la quantité de carbone soluble, et les teneurs en azote et phosphore. Toutefois, après plusieurs siècles d’un amendement de biochar, les communautés microbiennes ne présentaient pas d’adaptation spécifique à la dégradation d’un nouvel apport de biochar. Dans ce modèle, l’apport de résidus de plante a entrainé un priming effect négatif. Ainsi, l’apport de biochar, en générant des conditions particulières, permet le maintient de communautés de microorganismes avec la capacité de réorienter leur métabolisme, afin de dégrader spécifiquement de nouveaux substrats plus facilement minéralisables. D’autres travaux seront nécessaires afin d’évaluer la stabilité des biochars dans le système sol-plante. / Biochars and hydrochars production can form amendments enriched in aromatic carbon, potentially recalcitrant against microbial degradation, while massively producing renewable energy. These amendments are aimed to increase soil organic matter (SOM) quantity, and soil fertility. However, due to the diversity of their feedstock and production processes, misunderstandings exist on the potential of these materials to store C in soil at short and long term. In addition, methods to rapidly evaluate the long-term stability of these materials remain to be developed, in order to allow users to determine the quality of these new amendments. This work was consisted for assessing the stability of biochar and hydrochars, biologically by soil incubations, and chemically by oxidation with acid dichromate. The biochar showed a high level of biological and chemical stability, allowing to storage a large amount of carbon throughout the century. In opposite, the hydrochars might not allow sequestering massively carbon beyond the decade, due to its lower biological and chemical stability. The hydrochars induced a positive priming effect (stimulation) while biochar induced a negative priming effect (protection). Physical weathering of both materials led to an increase of stability and a decrease of the priming effect, highlighting the importance of environmental factors in evaluation of strategies for sequestering carbon. Charcoal kiln soils were used as a model for long-term study of the input of biochar in soil after several centuries. Their analysis showed that the contribution of biochar sustainably improves the physicochemical properties of the soil, such as clay content, cation exchange capacity (CEC), amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and soluble carbon. However, after several centuries of biochar amendment, microbial communities showed no specific adaptation to the degradation of a new biochar input. In this soil model, the input of plant residues resulted in a negative priming effect. Thus, the contribution of biochar in generating specific conditions, allows the maintenance of microbial communities with the ability to switch of substrates, for a new source of substrates more easily degradable. Further works are needed to assess the stability of biochar in soil-plant system.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第21150号 / 農博第2276号 / 新制||農||1059(附属図書館) / 学位論文||H30||N5124(農学部図書室) / 京都大学大学院農学研究科地域環境科学専攻 / (主査)教授 北山 兼弘, 教授 小杉 緑子, 教授 本田 与一 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(地球環境学) / 甲第22905号 / 地環博第206号 / 新制||地環||40(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院地球環境学舎地球環境学専攻 / (主査)教授 舟川 晋也, 准教授 渡邉 哲弘, 准教授 舘野 隆之輔 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Global Environmental Studies / Kyoto University / DFAM

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Terrestrial microplastics are increasing in abundance and are an emerging contaminant of concern, particularly in agriculture ecosystems where plastic use and subsequent soil contamination are prevalent. Plastic film mulches make up a significant portion of the plasticulture industry and are directly linked to soil microplastic pollution where negative effects to soil biotic and abiotic functions have been observed. In response to this issue, biodegradable film mulches have been promoted as a sustainable alternative to conventional polyethylene-based mulches. These biodegradable mulches, composed of various bioplastics, are designed to be tilled back into the soil where they are expected to decompose. However, the degradation of biodegradable film mulches has proven to be inconsistent and unpredictable, potentially leading to the persistence of micro-bioplastic (MBP) particles in the soil that may cause adverse effects like those of microplastics from conventional mulches. To evaluate the efficacy of this novel technology as a viable alternative to conventional plastic mulches, this 2-month incubation study examined the effects of MBPs derived from polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT)-based biodegradable mulch on a suite of soil health indicators. Using laboratory-prepared soils, the study assessed how clay mineralogy and organic matter content influence soil-MBP interactions under controlled conditions. Our results suggest there is a significant effect of MBPs on soil moisture and nutrient cycling with a potential negative priming effect, particularly in soils where organic matter is limited. Additionally, clay mineralogy significantly mediated soil-MBP interactions. While MBP presence altered C pools, a qualitative analysis suggests the MBP particles remained largely undegraded by the end of the incubation period. These findings suggest that MBPs have the potential to influence soil properties and functions, underscoring the need for further research to fully understand their environmental implications in field conditions.

A l’échelle de l’agro-écosystème, la productivité primaire est sous la dépendance du recyclage des matières organiques du sol (MOS) par l’action des organismes indigènes décomposeurs, qui minéralisent les composés organiques libérant ainsi les nutriments nécessaires à la croissance végétale. A une échelle plus globale, le recyclage des MOS détermine les flux de carbone entre le sol et l’atmosphère, avec des conséquences majeures sur la qualité de l’environnement et les changements globaux. Malgré le rôle central des microorganismes indigènes dans ces processus, la composante microbienne est encore mal connue et souvent considérée comme une boîte noire en termes de diversité et de fonctionnalité. Par conséquent, pour mieux comprendre et prédire l’évolution des MOS et donc les flux de carbone (C) dans les agro-écosystèmes, il est nécessaire de mieux connaitre les populations et les mécanismes microbiens impliqués dans leur dégradation et transformation. Dans ce contexte, l’objectif de cette thèse était de progresser dans la connaissance de la réponse des communautés microbiennes telluriques à l’apport de résidus de culture. Cette réponse des communautés microbiennes a été abordée en termes de (i) succession des populations impliquées dans les processus de dégradation de ces MOF (matières organiques fraîches), (ii) lien avec leur fonction de dégradation et répercussion sur la dynamique des matières organiques, et (iii) rôle dans les processus de stockage/déstockage du carbone via les processus de « priming effect ». Différents paramètres pouvant moduler la dégradation des résidus et la dynamique des communautés ont été pris en compte : modalité d’apport des résidus (pratiques culturales), qualité biochimique des résidus (différentes espèces végétales), et température. La stratégie globale de recherche développée repose sur des expérimentations de terrain et au laboratoire impliquant différentes échelles spatiales (du microcosme de sol à la parcelle agronomique) et temporelles (du temps de génération microbien aux cycles culturaux). La réponse des communautés microbiennes à l’apport de résidus a été évaluée par l’utilisation de méthodes moléculaires permettant de caractériser sans a priori la diversité des microorganismes du sol (empreintes moléculaires, clonage/séquençage, séquençage haut débit). En parallèle, un suivi quantitatif et qualitatif de la matière organique du sol, par des méthodes de biochimie ou de spectroscopie, a été réalisé afin d’établir le lien entre la dynamique des communautés microbiennes et le devenir de la matière organique dans le sol. Les deux premiers chapitres du manuscrit portent sur des expérimentations réalisées au terrain (conditions naturelles) afin d’évaluer l’influence de la localisation des résidus (résidus de blé incorporés vs. laissés en surface ; site expérimentale INRA Mons) d’une part et d’autre part de la qualité biochimique des résidus (résidus de blé, colza et luzerne incorporés, site expérimentale INRA Epoisses) sur la dynamique des communautés microbiennes du sol. Les résultats obtenus mettent en évidence une forte influence de la localisation comme de la qualité biochimique des résidus sur les successions de populations microbiennes induites suite à l’apport. Des populations/groupes microbiens stimulés spécifiquement dans chaque modalité ont été identifiés. Les résultats de diversité ont été mis en regard des dynamiques de décomposition des résidus, afin de faire le lien entre les successions de populations et l’évolution des ressources trophiques. La troisième partie du travail correspond à une expérimentation en conditions contrôlées (microcosmes de sol) nous permettant de coupler des outils moléculaires et isotopiques (ADN-SIP) pour cibler spécifiquement les populations microbiennes activement impliquées dans la dégradation des résidus de culture - etc / The effect of the location of wheat residues (soil surface vs. incorporated in soil) on their decomposition and on soil bacterial communities was investigated by the means of a field experiment. Bacterial-Automated Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis (B-ARISA) of DNA extracts from residues, detritusphere (soil adjacent to residues), and bulk soil evidenced that residues constitute the zone of maximal changes in bacterial composition. However, the location of the residues influenced greatly their decomposition and the dynamics of the colonizing bacterial communities. Sequencing of 16S rRNA gene in DNA extracts from the residues at the early, middle, and late stages of degradation confirmed the difference of composition of the bacterial community according to the location. Bacteria belonging to the -subgroup of proteobacteria were stimulated when residues were incorporated whereas the -subgroup was stimulated when residues were left at the soil surface. Moreover, Actinobacteria were more represented when residues were left at the soil surface. According to the ecological attributes of the populations identified, our results suggested that climatic fluctuations at the soil surface select populations harboring enhanced catabolic and/or survival capacities whereas residues characteristics likely constitute the main determinant of the composition of the bacterial community colonizing incorporated residues. Microbial communities are of major importance in the decomposition of soil organic matter. However, the identities and dynamics of the populations involved are still poorly documented. We investigated, in a eleven-month field experiment, how the initial biochemical quality of crop residues could lead to specific decomposition patterns, linking biochemical changes undergone by the crop residues to the respiration, biomass and genetic structure of the soil microbial communities. Wheat, alfalfa and rape residues were incorporated into the 0-15 cm layer of the soil of field plots by tilling. Biochemical changes in the residues occurring during degradation were assessed by near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Qualitative modifications in the genetic structure of the bacterial communities were determined by Bacterial-Automated Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis (B-ARISA). Bacterial diversity in the three crop residues at early and late stages of decomposition process was further analyzed from a molecular inventory of the 16S rDNA. The decomposition of plant residues in croplands was shown to involve specific biochemical characteristics and microbial communities dynamics which were clearly related to the quality of the organic inputs. Decay stage and seasonal shifts occurred by replacement of copiotrophic populations/bacterial groups such as proteobacteria successful on younger residues with those successful on more extensively decayed material such as Actinobacteria. However, relative abundance of proteobacteria depended greatly on the composition of the residues, with a gradient observed from alfalfa to wheat, suggesting that this bacterial group may represent a good indicator of crop residues degradability and modifications during the decomposition process...

V poslední době se pozornost polečnosti obrátila k mikroplastům. Jsou produkovány různými odvětvími a šíří se napříč prostředím. Po dlouhou dobu byly považovány za inertní, bez dalšího vlivu na rostliny a jiné živé organismy, avšak jak zjistily nedávné studie, mohly by představovat vážnou hrozbu. Několik vědců, včetně nás, se proto začalo soustředit na jejich transport a transformace v životním prostředí. Většina se však zaměřuje pouze na jejich přítomnost v mořských a sladkých vodách, a proto jejich chování ve vzduchu a půdě zůstává nejasné. Kromě toho byla pozornost soustředěna i na bioplasty. Jsou prezentována jako ekologická alternativa, která má vyřešit všechny dosud zmíněné problémy (a další). Avšak často se zapomíná, že jejich hlavní výhoda může být zároveň nevýhodou. Z tohoto důvodu se tato diplomová práce zaměřuje na negativní účinky spojené s přítomností mikroplastů (konkrétně bioplastu poly-(R)-3-hydroxybutyrátu) v půdě jako jejich běžný receptor. Kombinovali jsme respirometrii, elementární analýzu, termogravimetrii a enzymatické testy, abychom zkoumali fyzikálně-chemické změny v půdě vyvolané přítomností bioplastu. Naše výsledky ukázaly negativní vliv na půdní organickou hmotu a zadržování vody v půdě. V tomto smyslu byl zkoumán i tzv. "priming effect", jelikož docházelo k urychlení a také zpomalení rozkladu půdní organické hmoty. Zaznamenali jsme rozdílný vliv vybraných koncentrací biopolymeru na půdu a také vliv půdních vlastností na průběh degradace. V neposlední řadě zvýšení enzymatické aktivity jasně naznačovalo vliv přítomnosti biopolymeru na mikrobiální komunitu. Na základě takových zjištění jsme došli k závěru, že přidání biopolymeru vede k dlouhodobému dopadu na řadu funkcí půdního ekosystému.

Tropical soils are a globally important store of terrestrial carbon (C) and source of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), regulated by the activity of soil microorganisms, through the mineralisation of plant residues and soil organic matter (SOM). Climatic warming will influence microbial activity, and this may accelerate the rate of C release from soils as CO2, contributing to alterations in current atmospheric composition, and generating feedbacks to climate change. Yet the magnitude of C loss from tropical soils remains uncertain, partly because we do not fully understand how non-climatic factors – including the chemistry of plant inputs, the availability of soil nutrients and the composition of the decomposer community – will interact to determine the response to changes in temperature. This thesis examines how these factors together regulate the rate of C cycling in contrasting soils across a 3400 m tropical elevation gradient in the Peruvian Andes, spanning a 20 ºC range (6.5 – 26.4 ºC) in mean annual temperature. Large-scale field-based manipulation experiments, translocating leaves and soil-cores across the elevation gradient (to impose an in-situ experimental warming treatment), were combined with controlled laboratory studies to examine the microbial-scale mechanisms which underlie the processes of decomposition and soil respiration observed in-situ. Results show that, across the gradient, rates of leaf-decomposition were determined principally by temperature and foliar chemical traits, while soil fertility had no significant influence. The effect of temperature was, however, stronger across higher-elevation sites, suggesting a greater vulnerability of the C-rich soils in montane systems to increased C loss under climatic warming. In lowland forests, the presence of invertebrate macrofauna also accelerated rates of decomposition, but leaf chemistry explained the greatest proportion of the observed variance, with a strong role for leaf chemical traits also identified under controlled conditions. Despite marked differences in microbial abundance and community composition among soils, these metrics were not associated with observed rates of decomposition. These results suggest that climate-related changes to plant species distributions (with associated changes to the chemistry of leaf-inputs), and upslope extension of macrofaunal ranges, could strongly influence future rates of leaf decomposition, independently of the direct response to warming. From the soil translocation study, root-soil interactions stimulated substantial net C loss from montane soils following translocation downslope (experimental warming treatment), indicating that warming-related changes to root productivity, exudation and/or species-composition could represent an important mode of future C loss from these soils. To examine more closely how inputs of plant-derived C influence the turnover of pre-existing SOM, and whether soil nutrient availability modulates the response, soils were amended with simple and complex 13C-labelled substrates in combination with inorganic nutrient treatments. Isotopic partitioning was used to determine the degree to which C and nutrient inputs accelerated (positive priming) or retarded (negative priming) the decomposition of SOM. Amendment of upper montane forest and montane grassland soils with nitrogen (N; alone and in combination with C) substantially retarded the decomposition of SOM, suggesting that microbial demand for N strongly regulates the turnover of organic matter in these soils. In contrast, amendment of lower montane and lowland forest soils with C stimulated positive priming of SOM, which was strongest in response to the simple C substrate and was not influenced by nutrient treatments, suggesting that microorganisms in these soils are primarily constrained by availability of labile C. Functional differences among microbial groups were also evident, with gram-negative bacteria and fungi using more labile sources of C while gram-positive bacteria used more complex C. Together, results from these studies considerably advance our understanding of soil C dynamics across lowland and montane systems, painting a rich picture of interacting processes which will determine the future soil C balance in tropical ecosystems. They show that the influence of temperature on the rate of soil C cycling is strongly affected by the nature and composition of plant-derived and atmospheric inputs, the principal additional constraints varying with elevation, leading to both opposing and reinforcing effects on rates of decomposition. The greater observed temperature sensitivity of decomposition at higher elevations is coupled with high microbial demand for N which regulates the turnover of SOM, whereas at lower elevations leaf decomposition is accelerated by active macrofaunal breakdown, while microbial decomposition of SOM is constrained by the availability of labile C. Under a global change scenario of increased temperature and N deposition, results therefore suggest that: (i) modified chemistry of plant inputs will influence rates of decomposition, independently of climate; (ii) increased availability of labile C will lead to more rapid decomposition of SOM at lower elevations; (iii) greater root productivity (associated with warming and plant-community shifts) will stimulate soil C loss across montane regions; but (iv) at higher elevations, a possible countervailing effect may be imposed on rapid warming-accelerated decomposition if increased N availability reduces microbial mineralisation of SOM. The net effect on the ecosystem C budget will depend on the balance of C gain from primary productivity and C loss from soils. Overall, however, the results presented here suggest that the large soil C stores in higher-elevation montane regions are particularly vulnerable to substantial reductions under exposure to short- and medium-term climatic warming.

This study is a content analysis of media content in a 12-month time period in the lives of Jason Wu and Thom Browne, who were the designers of Michelle Obama’s outfit to the second presidential inauguration. In order to discover the increase in awareness and media coverage of these designers due to Michelle Obama’s fashion selection during the second inauguration, which brought about publicity, the researcher compared mentions, tone of stories, and framing of stories concerning these designers 6 months before and after the inauguration. Results indeed gave support to the hypothesis that mentions of these designers increased significantly after that pivotal event, that the mentions were more likely to include Michelle Obama, and that Wu received more mentions than Browne. However, support was not obtained for an increase in positive tone of stories after the inauguration.

It is increasingly being recognized that the soil microbes can mineralize recalcitrant soil organic matter (SOM) by using the fresh carbon (C) as a source of energy, a process called priming effect (PE). It has been shown mostly in lab incubations that PE can have important consequences for sequestration of organic C in soils. However, the importance of PE in C and N dynamics of ecosystems remains little known. The soil-plant interactions and rhizospheric processes can modulate the rates of PE and its consequences on C and N dynamics in an ecosystem. The objective of this thesis was to determine the role of PE in the C and N dynamics of permanent grasslands and the modulation of this role in response to management (plant clipping, fertilization) and global warming. Moreover, it was aimed to identify the microbial groups involved in PE and to unravel the way, e.g. absorption of N, root exudations and litter deposition, by which plant can induce PE. The thesis was based on a new approach allowing continuous dual labelling of multiple grassland plants with 13C- and 14C-CO2. The dual labelling permitted the separation of soil-derived CO2 from plant-derived CO2, the calculation of PE and the determination of mean age of soil-derived CO2-C. Moreover, phospholipids fatty-acids analysis (PLFA) permitted to correlate the variation of PE with changes in microbial community composition. Our work showed that the increased SOM mineralization under grasses was consistently two to three times more than that in bare soils (i.e. PE) over long term (511 days). This reveals that the PE plays key role in ecosystem CO2-C flux and indicates that a very large pool of SOM is under the control of PE. Moreover, we report that 15,000 years old organic C from an undisturbed deep soil can be mineralized after the supply of fresh C by living plants to soil microbes. This result supports the idea that the SOM in deep soils is stable due to the energy-limitation of microbes and the 'inert' pool of organic C defined in current models is not so 'inert' finally. The supply of N in soil-plant system through the use of fertilizer or legume decreased the PE suggesting that the C storage in soils is limited by nutrient supply. Similarly, plant clipping reduced the plant N uptake thereby PE. Collectively these results suggest synchronization between plant N uptake and SOM mineralization supporting the idea that soils under permanent plant cover function as a bank of nutrients for the plant, maximizing plant productivity and nutrient retention. An innovative method clearly showed that the root exudation is the major way by which grassland plants induce PE. Moreover, saprophytic fungi are suggested as the key actors in the mineralization of recalcitrant SOM & PE. Lastly, we developed a new theory on temperature response of SOM mineralization by taking into account the energy-limitation of microbes and the temperature-dependent inactivation of enzymes. This theory predicts a negative relationship between temperature and mineralization of recalcitrant SOM, which was supported by experimental results. This finding challenges the classical paradigm of positive relationship between temperature and recalcitrant SOM mineralization. Overall, these investigations on plant-soil systems reinforce the idea that PE and underlying mechanisms play a key role in ecosystem C and N dynamics and even suggest that this role was underestimated in lab experiments.