Abstract:The paper presents a research on the degradation of bensulfuron-methyl and microbial characteristics in rhizophere soils with different riparian plants.The research results show that there exist significant differences in microbial degradation dynamics of bensulfuron-methyl in the rhizophere soils among three kinds of riparian plants.Acorus calamus shows a significantly higher degradation efficiency of bensulfuron-methyl in the rhizophere soils,Zizania aquatica cames the second and Phragmites australis the last one.Residual bensulfuron-methyl content in Acorus calamus rhizophere soil is 23.1% and 32.2% lower than that in Zizania aquatic and Phragmites australis rhizophere soils,respectively.Due to bensulfuron-methyl addition,the activities of the dehydrogenase are stimulated firstly,and then are inhibited,and finally recovered to the initial level,while the activities of the phosphatase and urease show a significantly decreasing trend.Bensulfuron-methyl addition significantly decreases microbial numbers in the rhizophere,especially for bacteria and fungi.Acorus calamus shows significantly higher enzyme activities and larger microbial numbers in the rhizophere soils,as compared to Zizania aquatica and Phragmites australis,which means that Acorus calamus has a better buffer performance to bensulfuron-methyl addition,and a greater improvement effect on microbial degradation of bensulfuron-methyl in the rhizophere soils.