Arable plant communities as a surrogate of crop rhizosphere microbiota.
Arable weeds
Bacteria
Biodiversity
Community ecology
Cross-taxon congruence
Fungi
Journal
The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Oct 2023
15 Oct 2023
Historique:
received:
10
03
2023
revised:
23
06
2023
accepted:
24
06
2023
medline:
11
9
2023
pubmed:
29
6
2023
entrez:
28
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Soil microbiota is a crucial component of agroecosystem biodiversity, enhancing plant growth and providing important services in agriculture. However, its characterization is demanding and relatively expensive. In this study, we evaluated whether arable plant communities can be used as a surrogate of bacterial and fungal communities of the rhizosphere of Elephant Garlic (Allium ampeloprasum L.), a traditional crop plant of central Italy. We sampled plant, bacterial, and fungal communities, i.e., the groups of such organisms co-existing in space and time, in 24 plots located in eight fields and four farms. At the plot level, no correlations in species richness emerged, while the composition of plant communities was correlated with that of both bacterial and fungal communities. As regards plants and bacteria, such correlation was mainly driven by similar responses to geographic and environmental factors, while fungal communities seemed to be correlated in species composition with both plants and bacteria due to biotic interactions. All the correlations in species composition were unaffected by the number of fertilizer and herbicide applications, i.e., agricultural intensity. Besides correlations, we detected a predictive relationship of plant community composition towards fungal community composition. Our results highlight the potential of arable plant communities to be used as a surrogate of crop rhizosphere microbial communities in agroecosystems.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37379915
pii: S0048-9697(23)03764-6
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165141
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Soil
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
165141Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Emanuele Fanfarillo reports financial support was provided by National Biodiversity Future Center. Emanuele Fanfarillo reports financial support was provided by Tuscany Region. Simona Maccherini reports financial support was provided by National Biodiversity Future Center. Claudia Angiolini reports financial support was provided by National Biodiversity Future Center.