Organic Amendments Alter Soil Hydrology and Belowground Microbiome of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum).

ABSTRACT: Manure-derived organic amendments are a cost-effective tool that provide many potential benefits to plant and soil health including fertility, water retention, and disease suppression. A greenhouse experiment was conducted to evaluate how dairy manure compost (DMC), dairy manure compost-derived vermicompost (VC), and dehydrated poultry manure pellets (PP) impact the tripartite relationship among plant growth, soil physiochemical properties, and microbial community composition. Of tomato plants with manure-derived fertilizers amendments, only VC led to vigorous growth through the duration of the experiment, whereas DMC had mixed impacts on plant growth and PP was detrimental. Organic amendments increased soil porosity and soil water holding capacity, but delayed plant maturation and decreas

SUBMITTER: Readyhough T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8399880 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature