Response of Endophytic Microbial Communities and Quality of <i>Salvia miltiorrhiza</i> to Fertilization Treatments.

ABSTRACT: Salvia miltiorrhiza is a traditional herbal remedy for cardiovascular diseases and is in high demand in the market. Excessive chemical fertilizer application, resulting from unscientific fertilization practices, reduced the tanshinone content in S. miltiorrhiza roots. This study investigated how different fertilization types alter the endophytic microbial community composition of S. miltiorrhiza through field experiments, aiming to understand how fertilization affects its medicinal quality. The results showed that root fertilizers (F1) significantly increased root biomass and tanshinone I content, whereas foliar fertilizers (F2) increased tanshinone IIA content. High-throughput sequencing further revealed that F2 treatment significantly decreased the Shannon index of e

SUBMITTER: Chen W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12196437 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature