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Long-term fertilization alters soil properties and fungal community composition in fluvo-aquic soil of the North China Plain
- Source :
- Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020), Scientific Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Nature Publishing Group, 2020.
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Abstract
- Different fertilization regimes can substantially influence soil fungal community composition, yet fewer studies try to control for the effects of nitrogen input. Here, we investigated the impact of fertilization with equal nitrogen upon soil properties and soil fungal diversity and community composition in the North China Plain in a long-term field experiment. Long-term (32 years) fertilization regimes were applied with equal amounts of nitrogen: no chemical fertilizer or organic manure; chemical fertilization only; organic manure fertilization only, and; combination of 1/2 chemical fertilizer and 1/2 organic manure. Then we investigated the influence of these four fertilization regimes to soil properties, fungal diversity and community composition. The results showed that applying organic manure significantly influenced soil properties. Illumina MiSeq sequencing and its analysis revealed that organic manure fertilization significantly changed soil fungal alpha diversity, but chemical fertilization did not. Although soil fungal community composition did not differ significantly among all the fertilization regimes at the phylum and class levels, they did show differences in the abundance of dominant fungi. Yet at the genus level, soil fungal community composition, abundance, and beta diversity was affected by all fertilization regimes. Application of organic manure also reduced the abundance of soil-born fungal pathogens such as Fusarium. Our results suggest that long-term application of organic manure could markedly improve soil properties, altering soil fungal community composition and its diversity. Moreover, organic manure fertilization could limit soil-born fungal diseases, to further contribute to soil ecosystem sustainability.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Fusarium
China
Field experiment
Beta diversity
lcsh:Medicine
engineering.material
complex mixtures
Article
03 medical and health sciences
Soil
Human fertilization
Abundance (ecology)
Fungal ecology
Fertilizers
lcsh:Science
Soil Microbiology
Multidisciplinary
biology
lcsh:R
Fungi
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
biology.organism_classification
030104 developmental biology
Agronomy
040103 agronomy & agriculture
engineering
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Alpha diversity
lcsh:Q
Fertilizer
Microbiome
Soil microbiology
Mycobiome
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20452322
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scientific Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c5193ec61e0e2111496acac4413a9cca