Fungal communities in boreal soils are influenced by land use, agricultural soil management, and depth.

ABSTRACT: Land use and agricultural soil management affect soil fungal communities that ultimately influence soil health. Subsoils harbor nutrient reservoir for plants and can play a significant role in plant growth and soil carbon sequestration. Typically, microbial analyses are restricted to topsoil (0-30 cm) leaving subsoil fungal communities underexplored. To address this knowledge gap, we analyzed fungal communities in the vertical profile of four boreal soil treatments: long-term (24 years) organic and conventional crop rotation, meadow, and forest. Internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) amplicon sequencing revealed soil-layer-specific land use or agricultural soil management effects on fungal communities down to the deepest measured soil layer (40-80 cm). Compared to other treatments, higher prop

SUBMITTER: Hakkinen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11774123 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature