Succession of the Resident Soil Microbial Community in Response to Periodic Inoculations.

ABSTRACT: To maintain the beneficial effects of microbial inoculants on plants and soil, repeated inoculation represents a promising option. Until now, the impacts of one-off inoculation on the native microbiome have been explored, but it remains unclear how long and to what extent the periodic inoculations would affect the succession of the resident microbiome in bulk soil. Here, we examined the dynamic responses of plant growth, soil functions, and the resident bacterial community in the bulk soil to periodic inoculations of phosphate-solubilizing and N₂-fixing bacteria alone or in combination. Compared to single-strain inoculation, coinoculation better stimulated plant growth and soil nutrients. However, the benefits from inoculants did not increase with repeated inoculations and were

SUBMITTER: Wang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8091015 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature