Nutrient uptake and rhizosphere microbial community as related to yield advantage in broomcorn millet‒alfalfa intercropping under different row configurations.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the effects of row ratio configurations on intercropping advantages and related rhizosphere microbial communities, a field experiment involving five treatments of different rows of broomcorn millet, i.e., P1M1 (1 row of broomcorn millet intercropped with 1 row of alfalfa), P2M3, P1M2, P1M3 and broomcorn millet alone (SP), was conducted on the Loess Plateau of China. We analyzed the yield, nutritional content of broomcorn millet, the soil nutrient availability and the diversity and community composition of AMF (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi) and diazotrophs in the rhizosphere of broomcorn millet. The results showed that compared with monocultures, alfalfa-millet intercropping system under different row ratio configurations significantly increased the yield of broomcorn millet

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11694404 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature