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A practical assessment of nano-phosphate on soybean (Glycine max) growth and microbiome establishment
- Source :
- Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2020), Scientific Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Nature Publishing Group, 2020.
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Abstract
- The efficacy of needle-shaped nano-hydroxyapatite (nHA; Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) as a phosphate (Pi) fertilizer was evaluated as well as its impact on soil and soybean (Glycine max) bacterial and fungal communities. Microbial communities were evaluated in soy fertilized with nHA using ITS (internal transcribed spacer) and 16S rRNA high-throughput gene sequencing. Separate greenhouse growth experiments using agriculturally relevant nHA concentrations and application methods were used to assess plant growth and yield compared with no Pi (−P), soluble Pi (+P), and bulk HA controls. Overall, nHA treatments did not show significantly increased growth, biomass, total plant phosphorus concentrations, or yield compared with no Pi controls. Soil and rhizosphere community structures in controls and nHA treatment groups were similar, with minor shifts in the nHA-containing pots comparable to bulk HA controls at equal concentrations. The implementation of nHA in an agriculturally realistic manner and the resulting poor soy growth advises that contrary to some reports under specialized conditions, this nano-fertilizer may not be a viable alternative to traditional Pi fertilizers. If nano-phosphate fertilizers are to achieve their conjectured agricultural potential, alternative nHAs, with differing morphologies, physicochemical properties, and interactions with the soil matrix could be investigated using the evaluative procedures described.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
chemistry.chemical_element
Biomass
lcsh:Medicine
engineering.material
Plant Roots
01 natural sciences
Article
Microbial ecology
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Food science
Internal transcribed spacer
Fertilizers
lcsh:Science
Principal Component Analysis
Rhizosphere
Multidisciplinary
Bacteria
Microbiota
Phosphorus
lcsh:R
Phosphate
Soil microbiology
Durapatite
030104 developmental biology
chemistry
Glycine
engineering
Nanoparticles
lcsh:Q
Soybeans
Fertilizer
Plant sciences
010606 plant biology & botany
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20452322
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scientific Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....845128e78a4b4dfe6ee6abfbd4cf0e6a