Understanding the microbiome-crop rotation nexus in karst agricultural systems: insights from Southwestern China.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how soil properties and microbial communities respond to crop rotation is essential for the sustainability of agroecosystems. However, there has been limited research on how crop rotation alters below-ground microbial communities in soils with serious bacterial wilt within the karst agricultural system. This study investigated the effects of continuous planting of corn, tobacco, and tobacco-corn rotation on soil microbial communities in the karst regions of Southwestern China. High-throughput sequencing was used to evaluate the responses of the soil microbial community structure to crop monoculture and rotation patterns. As expected, the tobacco-corn rotation mitigated the negative effects of continuous cropping and reduced soil acidification. The tobacco-corn rotation also s

SUBMITTER: Wang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11897573 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature