Fungal Genetics and Functional Diversity of Microbial Communities in the Soil under Long-Term Monoculture of Maize Using Different Cultivation Techniques.

ABSTRACT: Fungal diversity in the soil may be limited under natural conditions by inappropriate environmental factors such as: nutrient resources, biotic and abiotic factors, tillage system and microbial interactions that prevent the occurrence or survival of the species in the environment. The aim of this paper was to determine fungal genetic diversity and community level physiological profiling of microbial communities in the soil under long-term maize monoculture. The experimental scheme involved four cultivation techniques: direct sowing (DS), reduced tillage (RT), full tillage (FT), and crop rotation (CR). Soil samples were taken in two stages: before sowing of maize (DS_BS-direct sowing, RT_BS-reduced tillage, FT_BS-full tillage, CR_BS-crop rotation) and

SUBMITTER: Galazka A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5797640 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature