Phosphorus availability and planting patterns regulate soil microbial effects on plant performance in a semiarid steppe.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Growing evidence has suggested that plant responses to model soil microorganisms are context dependent; however, few studies have investigated the effects of whole soil microbial communities on plant performance in different abiotic and biotic conditions. To address this, we examined how soil phosphorus (P) availability and different planting patterns regulate soil microbial effects on the growth of two native plant species in a semiarid steppe.

Methods

We carried out a glasshouse experiment to explore the effects of the whole indigenous soil microbiota on the growth and performance of Leymus chinensis and Cleistogenes squarrosa using soil sterilization with different soil P availabilities and planting patterns (monoculture and mixture). Transcriptome seq

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10457034 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature