Intercropping with potato-onion alters arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi spore-associated bacterial communities of tomato rhizosphere.

ABSTRACT: Intercropping systems optimize soil ecological functions, modulate microbial diversity, and enhance crop productivity. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are key soil symbionts that facilitate nutrient acquisition and enhance stress resilience in host plants. Notably, the AMF spore-associated bacterial communities that play a key role in maintaining AMF spore viability and supporting AMF function remain understudied in intercropping systems. This knowledge gap limits our ability to optimize intercropping's ecological benefits (e.g., enhanced soil fertility, reduced reliance on chemical fertilizers) by leveraging plant-AMF-bacteria synergies, which are critical for sustainable agriculture. This study compared the effects of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) monocropping vs. tomato/pot

SUBMITTER: Zhou L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12690609 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature