Abiotic and Biotic Drivers of Soil Fungal Communities in Response to Dairy Manure Amendment.

ABSTRACT: Modern agriculture often relies on large inputs of synthetic fertilizers to maximize crop yield potential, yet their intensive use has led to nutrient losses and impaired soil health. Alternatively, manure amendments provide plant available nutrients, build organic carbon, and enhance soil health. However, we lack a clear understanding of how consistently manure impacts fungal communities, the mechanisms via which manure impacts soil fungi, and the fate of manure-borne fungi in soils. We assembled soil microcosms using five soils to investigate how manure amendments impact fungal communities over a 60-day incubation. Further, we used autoclaving treatments of soils and manure to determine if observed changes in soil fungal communities were due to abiotic or biotic properties, and if indige

SUBMITTER: Schlatter DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10304672 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature