A first-year maize/cassava relay intercropping system improves soil nutrients and changes the soil microbial community in the symbiotic period.

ABSTRACT: The maize/cassava relay intercropping system can be a specific and efficient cropping pattern in a tropical/subtropical field. Relay intercropping systems contribute to the optimization of land use, fostering sustainable and efficient agriculture. This study entails a first-year comparative intercropping experiment using maize (Zea mays L.) and cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). We determined the soil nutrient contents and physicochemical properties as well as the microbial communities by high-throughput sequencing. We found that the relay intercropping system changed the bacterial community structure, especially the rhizosphere microorganisms. The bacterial community was characterized by a higher abundance of the phyla Chloroflexi, Proteobacteria, and Actinobacteria and of

SUBMITTER: He C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078942 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature