Sclerotia-Mediated Soil Microbiome Modulation in Rice-Rapeseed Cropping Systems.

ABSTRACT: Rhizoctonia solani (Rs) and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Ss) are devastating pathogens of rice and rapeseed, contributing 20-69% and 10-50% of yield losses, respectively. These pathogens develop resistant overwintering and/or oversummering sclerotia, which serve as inocula for infection in the subsequent season under favorable conditions. The present study was designed to investigate the month-wise variation in microbial diversity by mixing Rs and Ss sclerotia separately in rice-rapeseed rotation field soil, thereby identifying key microbial players associated with specific sclerotia and their implications for subsequent crops. Therefore, we incubated 2.5 g of Rs and Ss sclerotia in 100 g of soil for 3 months to mimic the field conditions and subjected month-wise soil samples to

SUBMITTER: Mehmood MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12565633 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature