The Effects of Earthworms on Fungal Diversity and Community Structure in Farmland Soil With Returned Straw.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To promote the decomposition of returned straw, reduce the incidence of soil-borne diseases caused by returned straw, and accelerate the conversion of straw carbon into soil carbon, we inoculated earthworms into fields with returned straw. The earthworms accelerated straw degradation and promoted carbon conversion. However, the impact of externally inoculated earthworms on the farmland soil ecosystem, especially the structure and the function of its microbial community, remains unclear.

Methods

We analyzed the effects of straw return and earthworms on the diversity of fungal populations and the community structure of dominant fungal taxa in soil by quantifying fungal population size and community composition via PCR amplification of internal transcribed spa

SUBMITTER: Song K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7773728 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature