Soil fungal community is more sensitive than bacterial community to modified materials application in saline-alkali land of Hetao Plain.

ABSTRACT: Soil salinization has become a major challenge that severely threatens crop growth and influences the productivity of agriculture. It is urgent to develop effective management measures to improve saline-alkali soil. Thus, in this study, soil properties, microbial communities, and function under desulfurization gypsum (DE), soil amendment (SA), farm manure (FA), and co-application of desulfurization gypsum, soil amendment, and farm manure (TA) in a field experiment were examined by high-throughput sequencing. The results showed that the application of modified materials is an effective approach in improving saline-alkali soil, especially TA treatment significantly increased the content of available phosphorus (AP), available potassium (AK), soil organic matter (SOM), and alkaline hydrolysis

SUBMITTER: Bai X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10875129 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature