Soil bacterial and fungal communities of six bahiagrass cultivars.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cultivars of bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flüggé) are widely used for pasture in the Southeastern USA. Soil microbial communities are unexplored in bahiagrass and they may be cultivar-dependent, as previously proven for other grass species. Understanding the influence of cultivar selection on soil microbial communities is crucial as microbiome taxa have repeatedly been shown to be directly linked to plant performance.

Objectives

This study aimed to determine whether different bahiagrass cultivars interactively influence soil bacterial and fungal communities.

Methods

Six bahiagrass cultivars ('Argentine', 'Pensacola', 'Sand Mountain', 'Tifton 9', 'TifQuik', and 'UF-Riata') were grown in a randomized complete block design with four replicate plots of 4

SUBMITTER: Beule L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6545100 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature