Microbial Communities Associated With Long-Term Tillage and Fertility Treatments in a Corn-Soybean Cropping System.

ABSTRACT: Tillage and fertilization are common practices used to enhance soil fertility and increase yield. Changes in soil edaphic properties associated with different tillage and fertility regimes have been widely examined, yet, the microbially mediated pathways and ecological niches involved in enhancing soil fertility are poorly understood. The effects of long-term conventional tillage and no-till in parallel with three fertility treatments (No fertilization, N-only, and NPK) on soil microbial communities were investigated in a long-term field study that was established in the 1970's. Here, we used high-throughput sequencing of bacterial, fungal and oomycetes markers, followed by community-level functional and ecological assembly to discern principles governing tillage and fertility practices' i

SUBMITTER: Srour AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7330075 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature