Next-generation sequencing of the soil nematode community enables the sustainability of banana plantations to be monitored.

ABSTRACT: Uganda faces a considerable challenge to match its food production to an annual population growth rate of 3%. Cooking bananas are the country's most produced staple crop but the annual national harvest is not increasing. The crop grows on infertile soils that are normally fertilised organically and often susceptible to erosion. Soil nematodes are well-established as bioindicators of soil quality that can support environmental monitoring and assessment of the sustainability of agricultural systems. These invertebrates are a highly ranked indicator of biodiversity with molecular approaches available. Consequently, we have applied next-generation DNA sequencing of soil nematodes to evaluate soil quality of Ugandan banana plantations. The aim is to establish a method for constructing an aspect

SUBMITTER: Bell CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8326924 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature