Response of Fungal Diversity, Community Composition, and Functions to Nutrients Management in Red Soil.

ABSTRACT: Soil fungi play a critical role in plant performance and soil nutrient cycling. However, the understanding of soil fungal community composition and functions in response to different nutrients management practices in red soils remains largely unknown. Here, we investigated the responses of soil fungal communities and functions under conventional farmer fertilization practice (FFP) and different nutrient management practices, i.e., optimization of NPK fertilizer (O) with soil conditioner (O + C), with lime and mushroom residue (O + L + M), and with lime and magnesium fertilizer (O + L + Mg). Illumina high-throughput sequencing was used for fungal identification, while the functional groups were inferred with FUNGuild. Nutrient management practices significantly raised the soil pH to 4.79-5.

SUBMITTER: Muneer MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8307627 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature