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Wang Y, Yang X, Harkes P, van Steenbrugge JJM, Xu M, Geissen V. Soil microeukaryotic communities and phosphorus-cycling microorganisms respond to chloropicrin fumigation and azoxystrobin application. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 933:172871. [PMID: 38697530 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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Fumigants and fungicides are effective at controlling soil-borne pathogens but might also adversely affect soil beneficial microbes, such as soil phosphorus (P) solubilizing microbes, further altering nutrient cycling processes. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of the fumigant chloropicrin (CP) and the fungicide azoxystrobin (AZO) on soil microeukaryotes and P-cycling related soil bacteria through a greenhouse experiment. Soil microeukaryotic communities and bacterial communities containing two phosphomonoesterase encoding genes (phoC and phoD) were analysed using high-throughput sequencing methods. Results showed that, when applied at the field recommended application dosage, the fungicide AZO had no significant influence on the community structure of soil microeukaryotes and phoD-containing bacteria. However, in CP-fumigated soils, the soil microeukaryotic community composition changed from fungi-dominated to protist-dominated. CP fumigation significantly decreased the total phoC/phoD gene copy number but increased the relative abundance of some phoC/phoD-containing bacteria (such as Sinorhizobium and Streptomyces), which are significantly positively correlated to available P compositions in soil. The structural equation model (SEM) confirmed that CP fumigation could affect soil available P content directly by altering phoC-/phoD-containing bacteria, or indirectly by affecting phoC/phoD gene abundance and acid/alkaline phosphatases activity in soil. The inconsistent changes in phoC/phoD-containing bacteria, phoC/phoD gene number, and the phosphomonoesterase activities indicated that enzyme secretion may not be the only way for P solubilizing soil microorganisms to regulate P availability after soil fumigation. The outcome of this study can provide theoretical support for the design of soil beneficial microorganism recovery strategies and the regulation of phosphate fertilizer after soil fumigation.
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- Yan Wang
- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Quality Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands; College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Quality Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; Institute of Eco-environment and Industrial Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Shanxi Province Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Nutrient Resources, Taiyuan 030031, China.
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- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Castellano-Hinojosa A, Karlsen-Ayala E, Boyd NS, Strauss SL. Impact of repeated fumigant applications on soil properties, crop yield, and microbial communities in a plastic-mulched tomato production system. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 919:170659. [PMID: 38325480 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Pre-plant soil fumigation is widely applied to control nematodes, soil-borne fungal pathogens, and weeds in vegetable crops. However, most of the research evaluating the effect of fumigants on crop yield and soil microbial communities has been done on single compounds despite growers mainly applying fumigant combinations. We studied the effect of different fumigant combinations (chloropicrin, 1,3-dichloropropene, and metam potassium) on soil properties, crop yield, and the soil bacterial and fungal microbiome for two consecutive years in a plastic-mulched tomato production system in Florida (United States). While combinations of fumigants did not improve plant productivity more than the individual application of these products, application of fumigants with >60 % chloropicrin did significantly increase yield. Fumigant combinations had no significant effect on bacterial diversity, but fumigants with >35 % chloropicrin reduced soil fungal diversity and induced temporary changes in the soil bacterial and fungal community composition. These changes included short-term increases in the relative abundance of Firmicutes and Ascomycota, as well as decreases in other bacterial and fungal taxa. Repeated fumigation reduced network complexity and the relative abundance of several predicted bacterial functions and fungal guilds, particularly after fumigation and at end of harvest (3-months post fumigation). A structural equation model (SEM) showed fumigants not only directly impact crop yield, but they can also indirectly determine variations in plant productivity through effects on the soil microbiome. Overall, this study increases our understanding of the environmental and agricultural impacts of fumigants in a plastic-mulched tomato production system.
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- Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa
- Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2685 State Rd 29N, Immokalee, FL, 34142, USA
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- Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2685 State Rd 29N, Immokalee, FL, 34142, USA; Northern Research Station, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 51 Millpond Road, Hamden, CT 06517, USA
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- Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Department of Horticulture, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 14625 C.R. 672, Wimauma, FL 33598, USA
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- Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2685 State Rd 29N, Immokalee, FL, 34142, USA.
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Tian W, Zou B, Xu S, Xu Y, Zhang R, Li L, Jing Y, Wang M, Zhuang Y, Liu J, Liang C. Differences in microbial communities and potato growth in two soil types under organic cultivation. 3 Biotech 2023; 13:404. [PMID: 37982083 PMCID: PMC10656376 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-023-03832-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023] Open
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Organic agriculture plays a positive role in promoting genetic diversity, including living organisms, plants, and cultivated crops in the soil. However, few comparative studies reported whether different soil types were suitable for organic cultivation. In this study, loam and clay-loam soils under continuous organic cultivation were analyzed. The results showed that there were no significant differences between two soil types in soil pH, bulk density, total porosity, moisture content and three soil phases. The capillary porosity and organic matter content of loam were significantly higher than those of clay-loam. Compared with clay-loam soil, the contents of total nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, zinc and silicon in loam soil were also significantly higher. The microbial diversity was higher in loam and the dominant microbes differed between the two soils. Glycosyl transferases and carbohydrate esterases were enriched in loam, whereas glycoside hydrolases and carbohydrate-binding modules were enriched in clay loam. The potato yield in loam was significantly higher than that in clay loam. Among the tuber quality indicators, the protein content of potatoes in loam was higher than that in clay-loam, but the reducing sugar content was lower for loam than for clay-loam. In conclusion, compared with clay loam, loam was more suitable for organic cultivation of potatoes on account of the high contents of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium and the rich microbial community, thus promoting a high yield of tubers. This study provided a theoretical reference for the selection of soil type suitable for organic cultivation.
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- Wei Tian
- Haidu College, Qingdao Agricultural University, Laiyang, 265200 China
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- Haidu College, Qingdao Agricultural University, Laiyang, 265200 China
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- Haidu College, Qingdao Agricultural University, Laiyang, 265200 China
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- Shandong Luyuan Weipin Agricultural High-Tech Co., Ltd., Laiyang, 265211 China
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- Shandong Luyuan Weipin Agricultural High-Tech Co., Ltd., Laiyang, 265211 China
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- Haidu College, Qingdao Agricultural University, Laiyang, 265200 China
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- Haidu College, Qingdao Agricultural University, Laiyang, 265200 China
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- Haidu College, Qingdao Agricultural University, Laiyang, 265200 China
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- Haidu College, Qingdao Agricultural University, Laiyang, 265200 China
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- College of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- Haidu College, Qingdao Agricultural University, Laiyang, 265200 China
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Wang X, Wang Q, Li W, Zhang D, Fang W, Li Y, Wang Q, Cao A, Yan D. Long-term effects of chloropicrin fumigation on soil microbe recovery and growth promotion of Panax notoginseng. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1225944. [PMID: 37520348 PMCID: PMC10375714 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1225944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023] Open
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Introduction Panax notoginseng is a precious Chinese medicinal material. Soil fumigation can control soil-borne disease and overcome the continuous cropping obstacles of P. notoginseng. However, chloropicrin (CP) fumigation can kill non-target soil microorganisms and reduce microbial diversity, but the long-time impacts of CP fumigation on soil microbial are less reported. Methods We studied the long-term effects of CP fumigation on soil microbes with high-throughput gene sequencing, and correlated the changes in the composition of microbial communities with environmental factors like soil physicochemical properties and soil enzyme activities. This study mainly focuses on the recovery characteristics of soil microbe after soil fumigation by evaluating the ecological restoration of P. notoginseng soil, its sustained control effect on plant diseases, and its promotion effect on crop growth by focusing on the CP fumigation treatment. Results The results showed that CP fumigation significantly increased soil available phosphorus (P) to 34.6 ~ 101.6 mg/kg and electrical conductivity (EC) by 18.7% ~ 34.1%, respectively. High-throughput gene sequencing showed that soil fumigation with CP altered the relative abundance of Trichoderma, Chaetomium, Proteobacteria, and Chloroflexi in the soil while inhibiting a lot of Fusarium and Phytophthora. The inhibition rate of Phytophthora spp. was still 75.0% in the third year after fumigation. Fumigation with CP enhanced P. notoginseng's survival rate and stimulated plant growth, ensuring P. notoginseng's healthy in the growth period. The impact of fumigation on microbial community assembly and changes in microbial ecological niches were characterized using normalized stochasticity ratio (NST) and Levins' niche breadth index. Stochasticity dominated bacterial community assembly, while the fungal community was initially dominated by stochasticity and later by determinism. Fumigation with CP reduced the ecological niches of both fungi and bacteria. Conclusion In summary, the decrease in microbial diversity and niche caused by CP fumigation could be recovered over time, and the control of soil pathogens by CP fumigation remained sustainable. Moreover, CP fumigation could overcome continuous cropping obstacles of P. notoginseng and promote the healthy growth of P. notoginseng.
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LeBlanc N, Gebben S. Soil bacterial communities are influenced by soil chemical characteristics and dispersal limitation in commercial strawberry production systems. PLANT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS (HOBOKEN, N.J.) 2023; 4:11-22. [PMID: 37284599 PMCID: PMC10168042 DOI: 10.1002/pei3.10099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Bacterial communities play multiple functional roles in soil that have positive and negative feedbacks on plant health. However, relatively few studies have focused on the ecology of soil bacterial communities in commercial strawberry production systems. The objective of this study was to determine if ecological processes influencing soil bacterial communities are consistent among commercial strawberry production locations and plots within the same geographic region. Soil samples were collected using a spatially explicit design from three plots in two commercial strawberry production locations in the Salinas Valley region of California. Soil carbon, nitrogen, and pH were measured for each of the 72 soil samples and bacterial communities were characterized using 16 S rRNA sequencing. Multivariate analyses showed bacterial community composition was differentiated between the two strawberry production locations. Analyses of communities within plots demonstrated soil pH and nitrogen were significant predictors of bacterial community composition in one of the three sampled plots. Bacterial communities displayed spatial structure in two plots at one location based on a significant increase in community dissimilarity with increasing spatial distance. Null model analyses identified a lack of phylogenetic turnover among bacterial communities in all plots, but a greater frequency of dispersal limitation in the two plots where spatial structure was also observed. Overall, this work suggests that ecological factors influencing soil bacterial communities are not consistent among different strawberry production locations or plots which may impact the ability to predict or manage the effect of soil microbiomes on strawberry health.
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- Nicholas LeBlanc
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Crop Improvement and Protection Research UnitSalinasCaliforniaUSA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Crop Improvement and Protection Research UnitSalinasCaliforniaUSA
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Castellano-Hinojosa A, Noling JW, Bui HX, Desaeger JA, Strauss SL. Effect of fumigants and non-fumigants on nematode and weed control, crop yield, and soil microbial diversity and predicted functionality in a strawberry production system. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 852:158285. [PMID: 36030874 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Fumigants are commonly used to control soil-borne pathogens of high-value crops, but they may also impact non-target soil microorganisms. Increasing interest in the use of sustainable management practices to control plant- and root-parasitic nematodes has resulted in the formulation of non-fumigant nematicides (chemicals or bionematicides) which are considered environmentally friendly alternatives to fumigants. However, the impact of these new products compared to standard fumigants on soil-borne pathogens, plant production, and the diversity and composition of non-target microbial communities in all crops remains unclear. To begin to address this knowledge gap, we examined the effect of fumigants commonly used in Florida (United States) strawberry production and newly formulated non-fumigant nematicides on nematode and weed control, plant growth, crop yield, and bacterial and fungal community diversity and predicted functionality. We found the standard fumigants increased crop yields and reduced weed pressure more than non-fumigants. Both fumigants and non-fumigants were an efficient management strategy to control sting nematodes. Treatments also impacted the abundance of specific beneficial and antagonistic taxa. Both fumigants and non-fumigants reduced soil bacterial and fungal diversity, an effect that remained for six months, thus suggesting a potential residual impact of these products on soil microorganisms. However, only fumigants altered soil microbial community composition and reduced network complexity, inducing a decrease or even a loss of some predicted bacterial and fungal functions, particularly during the first weeks after fumigation. Nevertheless, soil collected at the end of the season showed significant levels of root-knot nematode suppression in a growth chamber experiment, irrespective of the previous treatment. By linking the effect of fumigants and non-fumigants on soil-borne pests, plant and production, and the soil microbiome, this study increases our knowledge regarding the environmental impact of these products.
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- Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa
- Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2685 State Rd 29N, Immokalee, FL 34142, USA
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- Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 14625 Co Rd 672, Wimauma, FL 33598, USA
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- Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 14625 Co Rd 672, Wimauma, FL 33598, USA
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- Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 14625 Co Rd 672, Wimauma, FL 33598, USA
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- Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2685 State Rd 29N, Immokalee, FL 34142, USA.
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Desaeger JA, Bui HX. Root-knot nematode damage to a cucurbit double crop is increased by chloropicrin fumigation on the previous tomato crop. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2022; 78:4072-4082. [PMID: 35674449 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Double-cropping is a common practice in vegetable plasticulture whereby a second crop is planted on the same plastic bed as the first crop. Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are one of the major soilborne constraints in double-cropped vegetables due to nematode population build-up on the first crop. We evaluated the effect of fumigant and non-fumigant nematicides applied on the first crop, on nematode infection and yield of the second crop in 10 field trials between 2017 and 2020. Fumigants were chloropicrin (Pic100), chloropicrin +1,3-D (PicClor60), and non-fumigant nematicides were oxamyl (Vydate), fluensulfone (Nimitz), fluopyram (Velum) and fluazaindolizine (Salibro). The first crop was tomato and double crops were cucumber, squash, zucchini, and cantaloupe. RESULTS Fumigation with chloropicrin on the first crop increased root-knot nematode damage on the double-crop at the end of the season in seven trials, while the opposite was noted in one trial, and no difference was noted in two trials. Fumigation with chloropicrin+1,3-D resulted in root-knot nematode damage less than chloropicrin but more than non-fumigated plots. Cucurbit yield was greater in non-fumigated beds in four trials, and in chloropicrin-treated beds in two trials. Fluensulfone reduced root-knot nematode damage on the second crop in five out of 10 trials. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that chloropicrin applied on the tomato crop may lead to increased root-knot nematode damage on the double crop. More research is needed to understand the processes behind this, but it is possibly related to a reduction in natural nematode soil suppressiveness due to the broad-spectrum fungicidal activity of chloropicrin. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Johan A Desaeger
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC), Wimauma, FL, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC), Wimauma, FL, USA
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Beneficial effect on the soil microenvironment of Trichoderma applied after fumigation for cucumber production. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0266347. [PMID: 35917326 PMCID: PMC9345367 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Biocontrol agents applied after fumigation play an important role to the soil microenvironment. We studied the effect of Trichoderma applied after dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) plus chloropicrin (PIC) fumigation on the cucumber growth, soil physicochemical properties, enzyme activity, taxonomic diversity, and yield through laboratory and field experiments. The results confirmed that Trichoderma applied after fumigation significantly improved soil physicochemical properties, cucumber growth, soil-borne pathogens, and soil enzyme activity. Genetic analysis indicated that Trichoderma applied after fumigation significantly increased the relative abundance of Pseudomonas, Humicola and Chaetomium, and significantly decreased the relative abundance of the pathogens Fusarium spp. and Gibberella spp., which may help to control pathogens and enhanced the ecological functions of the soil. Moreover, Trichoderma applied after fumigation obviously improved cucumber yield (up to 35.6%), and increased relative efficacy of soil-borne pathogens (up to 99%) and root-knot nematodes (up to 96%). Especially, we found that Trichoderma applied after fumigation increased the relative abundance of some beneficial microorganisms (such as Sodiomyces and Rhizophlyctis) that can optimize soil microbiome. It is worth noting that with the decline in the impact of the fumigant, these beneficial microorganisms still maintain a higher abundance when the cucumber plants were uprooted. Importantly, we found one tested biocontrol agent Trichoderma 267 identified and stored in our laboratory not only improved cucumber growth, reduced soil-borne diseases in late cucumber growth stages but also optimized micro-ecological environment which may have good application prospect and help to keep environmental healthy and sustainable development.
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Xiong J, Peng S, Liu Y, Yin H, Zhou L, Zhou Z, Tan G, Gu Y, Zhang H, Huang J, Meng D. Soil properties, rhizosphere bacterial community, and plant performance respond differently to fumigation and bioagent treatment in continuous cropping fields. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:923405. [PMID: 35935223 PMCID: PMC9354655 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.923405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Continuous cropping barriers lead to huge agriculture production losses, and fumigation and biological agents are developed to alleviate the barriers. However, there is a lack of literature on the differences between strong chemical fumigant treatment and moderate biological agent treatment. In this study, we investigated those differences and attempted to establish the links between soil properties, rhizosphere microbial community, and plant performance in both fumigation- and bioagent-treated fields. The results showed that the fumigation had a stronger effect on both soil functional microbes, i.e., ammonia oxidizers and soil-borne bacterial pathogens, and therefore, led to a significant change in soil properties, higher fertilizer efficiency, lower disease infections, and improved plant growth, compared with untreated control fields. Biological treatment caused less changes to soil properties, rhizosphere bacterial community, and plant physiology. Correlation and modeling analyses revealed that the bioagent effect was mainly direct, whereas fumigation resulted in indirect effects on alleviating cropping barriers. A possible explanation would be the reconstruction of the soil microbial community by the fumigation process, which would subsequently lead to changes in soil characteristics and plant performance, resulting in the effective alleviation of continuous cropping barriers.
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- Jing Xiong
- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute of Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute of Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy, Beijing, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute of Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
- *Correspondence: Delong Meng,
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Yang T, Xin Y, Liu T, Li Z, Liu X, Wu Y, Wang M, Xiang M. Bacterial Volatile-Mediated Suppression of Root-Knot Nematode ( Meloidogyne incognita). PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:1358-1365. [PMID: 34844448 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-21-1139-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are obligate plant parasites that cause severe economic losses to agricultural crops worldwide. Because of serious health and environmental concerns related to the use of chemical nematicides, the development of efficient alternatives is of great importance. Biological control through exploiting the potential of rhizosphere microorganisms is currently accepted as an important approach for pest management in sustainable agriculture. In our research, during screening of rhizosphere bacteria against the root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne incognita, Ochrobactrum pseudogrignonense strain NC1 from the rhizosphere of healthy tomatoes showed strong nematode inhibition. A volatile nematicidal assay showed that the cell-free fermentation filtrate in the first-row wells of 12-well tissue culture plates caused M. incognita juvenile mortality in the second-row wells. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis revealed that dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) and benzaldehyde were the main volatile compounds produced by strain NC1. The nematicidal activity of these compounds indicated that the lethal concentration 50 against the M. incognita juveniles in the second-row wells and the fourth-row wells were 23.4 μmol/ml and 30.7 μmol/ml for DMDS and 4.7 μmol/ml and 15.2 μmol/ml for benzaldehyde, respectively. A greenhouse trial using O. pseudogrignonense strain NC1 provided management efficiencies of root-knot nematodes of 88 to 100% compared with the untreated control. This study demonstrated that nematode-induced root-gall suppression mediated by the bacterial volatiles DMDS and benzaldehyde presents a new opportunity for root-knot nematode management.
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- Ting Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10010, China
- Guangdong Province Pesticide-Fertilizer Technology Research Center, Institute of Bioengineering, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510316, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10010, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10010, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- R&D Center, China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd, Yunnan 650231, China
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10010, China
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- R&D Center, China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd, Yunnan 650231, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10010, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Li Q, Zhang D, Cheng H, Ren L, Jin X, Fang W, Yan D, Li Y, Wang Q, Cao A. Organic fertilizers activate soil enzyme activities and promote the recovery of soil beneficial microorganisms after dazomet fumigation. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 309:114666. [PMID: 35151999 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Soil fumigation can reduce the impact of soil-borne diseases, weeds and insect pests on commercial crop production. Unfortunately, fumigation also kills beneficial microorganisms. In this study, we explored if dazomet fumigation could be used in combination with organic fertilizers (silicon fertilizer, potassium humate organic fertilizer, Bacillus microbial fertilizer, and mixtures of the last two) to reduce its impact on soil beneficial microorganisms. We evaluated the effects of adding these fertilizers after fumigation on the soil's physical and chemical properties and its enzyme activities, as well as its effects on the soil microbial communities under continuous production for >20 years. We found that fertilizers applied after fumigation increased the soil nitrate nitrogen content by 11.6%-29.4%, increased available potassium content by 5.6%-26.3% and increased organic matter content by 28.5%-48.8%. In addition, soil conductivity and water content increased significantly by 8.2%-26.5% and 8.0%-16.0%, respectively. The activities of soil catalase and soil sucrase were significantly increased by 6.2%-15.9% and 133.1%-238.5%, respectively. High-throughput DNA sequencing showed that fertilizers applied after fumigation increased the relative abundance of the phyla Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria and Ascomycota; and the genera Sphingomonas, Chaetomium and Mortierella. Silicon fertilizer applied after fumigation has the most significant promotion effect on soil micro-ecological health. The results showed that organic fertilizers applied after fumigation can improve the soil's fertility, activate soil enzyme activities and promote the recovery of soil beneficial microorganisms, which are all factors that improve crop quality and yield.
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- Qingjie Li
- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Hebei Technology Innovation Center for Green Management of Soil-borne Diseases Baoding University, Baoding, Hebei, 071000, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Sennett LB, Goyer C, Burton DL, Zebarth BJ, Whitney S. Chemical fumigation and biofumigation alter soil bacterial community diversity and composition. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2022; 98:fiac026. [PMID: 35441686 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiac026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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Chemical fumigation and biofumigation are used to reduce soil-borne diseases in agricultural production systems; however, non-targeted soil microorganisms may also be affected. This study compared the effects of chemical fumigation, either used alone or combined with an organic amendment, and biofumigation on soil bacterial community diversity and composition under controlled conditions over 160 days. Treatments included: fumigation with chloropicrin (CP), fumigation with metam sodium used alone (MS) or combined with barley plant residues (MSBR); biofumigation with mustard plant residues; addition of barley plant residues; and untreated control. Biofumigation had a greater impact on bacterial diversity at early time points, transiently decreasing species evenness and yielding the most dissimilar β-diversity after 3 days. MS fumigation did not affect bacterial diversity indices; however, MSBR transiently decreased species evenness after 8 days. CP-treated soil had decreased species evenness that did not recover over time and had the most dissimilar β-diversity at the end of the incubation compared to all other treatments. This study demonstrated that CP fumigation had the greatest and most persistent impact on bacterial diversity, whereas MS fumigation and biofumigation led to transient decreases in bacterial diversity.
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- Louise B Sennett
- Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, Canada
- Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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- Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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- Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, Canada
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- Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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- Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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Castellano-Hinojosa A, Boyd NS, Strauss SL. Impact of fumigants on non-target soil microorganisms: a review. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 427:128149. [PMID: 34999405 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Fumigants have been used for decades to control soil-borne pathogens of high-value crops, and increasing evidence indicates they can affect non-target soil microbial communities. Understanding the impacts of these products on soil microorganisms is of critical importance not only for evaluating their environmental safety, but also because soil microbial communities have a central role in soil quality and nutrient cycling, plant growth, and crop production. Thus, we conducted a systematic review and metanalysis study of fumigant impacts on non-target soil microorganisms. In general, we found that fumigation decreases the bacterial diversity and abundance of total bacteria and nitrogen-cycling genes by approximately 10-50% during the first four weeks after application compared to non-treated soils. These decreases appear transient and tend to diminish or disappear after four weeks. Increases in bacterial diversity and abundance can occur after fumigation but are less common. Fumigant application can also alter bacterial community composition during the first six weeks after treatment by significantly increasing and/or decreasing the relative abundance of bacterial taxa involved in key soil functions such as N-cycling and plant-growth promotion. Knowledge gaps and areas where future research efforts should be prioritized to improve our understanding of the impact of organic fumigants on non-target soil microorganisms are discussed.
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- Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa
- Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2685 State Rd 29 N, Immokalee, FL 34142, USA
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- Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Department of Horticulture, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 14625 C.R. 672, Wimauma, FL 33598, USA
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- Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2685 State Rd 29 N, Immokalee, FL 34142, USA.
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Wang Y, Yang X, Xu M, Geissen V. Effects of chloropicrin fumigation and azoxystrobin application on ginger growth and phosphorus uptake. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2022; 232:113246. [PMID: 35091296 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Soil chloropicrin (CP) fumigation helps to increase crop yields by eliminating soil-borne diseases which inhibit plant growth. However, little is known about the effect of the CP fumigation combined with fungicide application on plant growth and nutrient uptake. In this study, we conducted a mesocosm experiment with six treatments: CK (untreated soil), AZO1 (a single application of azoxystrobin (AZO)), AZO2 (double applications of AZO), CP (CP fumigation with no AZO), CP+AZO1 (CP combined with AZO1) and CP+AZO2 (CP combined with AZO2) to investigate the effects of CP fumigation and AZO application on ginger growth and phosphorus (P) uptake. Results showed that a single application of AZO had no significant effect on ginger height, biomass and P uptake whether treated with or without CP fumigation, whereas double applications of AZO combined with CP fumigation significantly improved ginger height and the total amount of P in root (P < 0.05). Meanwhile, AZO residues were similar in all treatments with the same number of applications, with less than 50% remaining in the soil after 7 days applied, indicating that CP fumigation treatment did not influence AZO degradation in ginger cultivation. In addition, although the differences in P use efficiency observed across the different treatments were not significant, they nevertheless suggest that the P budget and soil microbial activity may contribute to those differences. Therefore, further studies should be done to link P cycling with microbial communities, and how these related to fumigation and fungicide application.
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- Yan Wang
- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands; National Engineering Laboratory for Improving Quality of Arable Land, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands; College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Improving Quality of Arable Land, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Li Q, Zhang D, Song Z, Ren L, Jin X, Fang W, Yan D, Li Y, Wang Q, Cao A. Organic fertilizer activates soil beneficial microorganisms to promote strawberry growth and soil health after fumigation. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 295:118653. [PMID: 34921948 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Soil fumigants aim to control soil-borne diseases below levels that affect economic crop production, but their use also reduces the abundance of beneficial microorganisms. Previous studies have shown that adding various types of fertilizers to soil after fumigation can reshape the soil microbial community and regulate crop growth. We fumigated soil with dazomet (DZ) that had been cropped continuously for more than 20 years. After fumigation we applied silicon fertilizer, potassium humate organic fertilizer, Bacillus microbial fertilizer or a mixture of the last two. We studied the effects of different fertilizers treatments on the soil's physicochemical properties, enzyme activities, key soil pathogens and beneficial microbes. We found that fertilizers applied after fumigation promoted soil beneficial microorganisms (such as Fimicutes, Chloroflexi, Bacillus and Actinomadura) restoration; increased Fusarium and Phytophthora pathogen mortality, the content of ammonium nitrogen, sucrase enzyme activity; and increased strawberry fruit yield. A significant increase in strawberry yield was positively correlated with increases in beneficial microorganisms such as Gemmatimonadota, Firmicutes, Bacillus and Flavisolibacter. We concluded that organic fertilizer applied after fumigation significantly increased the number of beneficial microorganisms, improved the physicochemical properties of the soil, increased soil enzyme activities, inhibited the growth of soil pathogens to increase strawberry fruit yield. In summary, organic fertilizer activated soil beneficial microorganisms after soil fumigation, promoted soil health, and increased strawberry fruit yield.
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- Qingjie Li
- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China; Laboratory of Integrated and Urban Phytopathology, University of Liege, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Hebei Technology Innovation Center for Green Management of Soil-borne Diseases Baoding University, Baoding, Hebei, 071000, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Innovation Consortium of Agriculture Research System, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Innovation Consortium of Agriculture Research System, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Innovation Consortium of Agriculture Research System, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Innovation Consortium of Agriculture Research System, Beijing, 100029, China.
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Lazra Y, Gandu B, Amar ID, Emanuel E, Cahan R. Effects of Atmospheric Plasma Corona Discharge on Agrobacterium tumefaciens Survival. Microorganisms 2021; 10:microorganisms10010032. [PMID: 35056481 PMCID: PMC8780683 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10010032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Soil-borne pathogenic microorganisms are known to cause extensive crop losses. Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a member of the Proteobacteria, causes the neoplastic crown gall disease in plants. Plant protection is mainly based on toxic chemicals that are harmful to the environment. The use of cold atmospheric-pressure plasma is an attractive method for microbial eradication. Its antimicrobial mechanism includes the formation of large quantities of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The advantages of eradicating bacteria using cold plasma are not needed for chemicals, short treatment, and environmental temperatures. This study examined the impact of plasma corona discharge exposure on A. tumefaciens viability, membrane permeability, relative cell size, and ROS formation. The results showed that 90 s of plasma exposure led to a reduction by four orders of magnitude when the initial concentration was 1 × 107 CFU/mL and in a dry environment. When the initial concentration was 1 × 106 CFU/mL, 45 s of exposure resulted in total bacterial eradication. In a liquid environment, in an initial concentration of 2.02 × 106 CFU/mL, there was no complete bacterial eradication even at the most prolonged examined exposure (90 s). The influence of plasma treatment on the membrane permeability of A. tumefaciens, and their possible recovery, were analyzed using flow cytometer analysis using propidium iodide (PI). When the plasma-treated bacteria were suspended in Luria–Bertani (LB) (rich medium), the PI-positive count of the plasma-treated bacteria after two hours was 12 ± 3.9%. At the 24th hour, this percentage was only 1.74 ± 0.6%, as the control (0.7 ± 0.1%). These results may indicate the repair of the plasma-treated bacteria that were suspended in LB. At the 24th hour, the relative cell size of the treated bacteria shifted to the right, to ~3 × 104 forward side scatter (FSC), about 0.5-fold higher than the untreated cells. Measurement of the ROS showed that the intracellular fluorescence of the 90-s plasma-treated cells led to significant fluorescence formation of 32 relative fluorescence units (RFU)/cell (9 × 104 fold, compared to the nontreated cells). This study showed that cold plasma is a useful method for A. tumefaciens eradication. The eradication mechanism involves ROS generation, membrane permeability, and changes in cell size.
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- Yulia Lazra
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel; (Y.L.); (B.G.); (I.D.A.); (E.E.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel; (Y.L.); (B.G.); (I.D.A.); (E.E.)
- Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi 110007, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel; (Y.L.); (B.G.); (I.D.A.); (E.E.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel; (Y.L.); (B.G.); (I.D.A.); (E.E.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel; (Y.L.); (B.G.); (I.D.A.); (E.E.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +972-54-774-0293
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Tagele SB, Kim RH, Shin JH. Interactions between Brassica Biofumigants and Soil Microbiota: Causes and Impacts. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:11538-11553. [PMID: 34551253 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c03776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Biofumigation is used to control soil-borne plant diseases, and it has paramount importance to reduce the cost of chemical fumigants. Information about the field control efficacies and impacts of Brassica-based biofumigation (BBF) on soil bacterial and fungal microbiota is scattered in the literature. Therefore, this review summarizes and discusses the nature and the underlying causes of soil bacterial and fungal community dynamics in response to BBF. In addition, the major factors influencing the interaction between a biofumigant and soil microbiota are discussed. The pros and cons of BBF to soil microbiota and the subsequent impacts on sustainable farming practices are also highlighted.
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- Setu Bazie Tagele
- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Integrative Biology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
- Department of Integrative Biology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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Ma G, Gao X, Nan J, Zhang T, Xie X, Cai Q. Fungicides alter the distribution and diversity of bacterial and fungal communities in ginseng fields. Bioengineered 2021; 12:8043-8056. [PMID: 34595989 PMCID: PMC8806933 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2021.1982277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The present study was focused on comparison of four typical fungicides in ginseng field to evaluate the impact of the different fungicides on the soil bacterial and fungal communities’ composition and diversity by using high-throughput sequencing. Five treatments were designed comprising carbendazim (D), dimethyl disulfide (E), dazomet (M), calcium cyanamide (S), and control (C). The application of fungicide obviously altered the distribution of dominant fungal and bacterial communities and remarkably decreased the diversity (1099-763 and 6457-2245). The most abundant Proteobacteria obviously degenerate in fungicide-treated soil and minimum in E (0.09%) compared to control (25.72%). The relative abundance of Acidobacteria was reduced from 27.76 (C) to 7.14% after applying fungicide and minimum in E. The phylum Actinobacteria are both decomposers of organic matter and enemies of soil-borne pathogens, elevated from 11.62 to 51.54% and are high in E. The fungi community mainly distributed into Ascomycota that enriched from 66.09 to 88.21% and highin M and E (88.21 and 85.10%), and Basidiomycota reduced from 21.13 to 3.23% and low in M and E (5.27 and 3.23%). Overall, environmentally related fungicides decreased the diversity and altered the composition of bacterial and fungal communities, highest sensitivity present in dimethyl disulfide-treated soil.
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- Guilong Ma
- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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Li Q, Zhang D, Cheng H, Song Z, Ren L, Hao B, Zhu J, Fang W, Yan D, Li Y, Wang Q, Cao A. Chloropicrin alternated with dazomet improved the soil's physicochemical properties, changed microbial communities and increased strawberry yield. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 220:112362. [PMID: 34087650 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Chloropicrin (Pic) and dazomet (DZ) are effective soil fumigants that are often used to reduce soil-borne pathogens that would otherwise reduce crop yield. As Pic is scheduled to be banned, we investigated whether its consumption could be halved by alternating it with DZ. We observed that Pic alternated with DZ increased the soil NH4+-N content by 28.74-47.07 times, increased available potassium content by 40.80%-46.81% and increased electrical conductivity by 39.23%-85.81%. It generally improved the soil's physicochemical properties. High-throughput DNA sequencing showed that Pic alternated with DZ changed the taxonomic diversity of bacteria and fungi by increasing the relative abundance of Bacillus and Firmicutes, and by decreasing Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria and Sphingomonas. Moreover, Pic alternated with DZ can inhibit key soil pathogens by more than 90% and significantly increased strawberry yield by 78.22%-116.12%. In terms of strawberry production, we recommend using DZ in the first year and Pic in the second year. Our results showed significant ecological benefit and yield benefit when Pic consumption was halved by alternating it with DZ.
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- Qingjie Li
- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Beijing 100193, China.
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Zhao Y, Lin S, Wan L, Qasim W, Hu J, Xue T, Lv H, Butterbach-Bahl K. Anaerobic soil disinfestation with incorporation of straw and manure significantly increases greenhouse gases emission and reduces nitrate leaching while increasing leaching of dissolved organic N. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 785:147307. [PMID: 33957593 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Revised: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Greenhouse vegetable production in China mostly involves excessive N fertilization and flood irrigation. This causes serious soil degradation and spreading of soil borne diseases. As a countermeasure against soil borne diseases anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) is applied during the summer fallow period. Current practices involve the incorporation of organic C sources, covering of the soil with plastic film and flood irrigation. However, farmers not only apply straw but also organic manure in ASD which may result in significant greenhouse gas emissions and N leaching. A field experiment was conducted in a greenhouse during the summer fallow period to test the impact of three ASD practices on soil GHG (N2O, CO2 and CH4) emissions and N leaching: 1) control (CK), bare soil, no ASD; 2) ASD without straw incorporation (ASD-S); 3) ASD plus straw incorporation (ASD+S) and 4) ASD plus straw and chicken manure incorporation (ASD+SM). Applying any form of ASD resulted in an increase in N2O emissions from approximately 1 kg N ha-1 month-1 to 10.7 (ASD)-47.0 (ASD+SM) kg N ha-1 month-1. Furthermore, N leaching from treatments of ASD ranged from 24.1-54.2 kg N ha-1 month-1, with highest values in ASD-S. However, while N leaching in ASD-S was solely in the form of NO3-, DON leaching was with approximately 12-20% a significant component of total N leaching in ASD+S and ASD+SM. Overall, ASD+SM showed the highest environmental N losses, which were dominated by N2O emissions. This highlights the need to advise farmers and policy makers to ban the incorporation of chicken manure instead of straw only during the ASD period and to optimize irrigation schemes instead of flood irrigation to reduce environmental N losses. Putting in more environmental sound ASD practices will certainly help to improve the sustainability of greenhouse vegetable production.
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- Yiming Zhao
- College of Resources and Environmental Resources, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Resources, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; College of Life Science and Technology, Hubei Engineering University, Hubei 432000, China.
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- College of Resources and Environmental Resources, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany
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- Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany
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- College of Resources and Environmental Resources, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Resources, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Resources, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany; State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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Acharya B, Ingram TW, Oh Y, Adhikari TB, Dean RA, Louws FJ. Opportunities and Challenges in Studies of Host-Pathogen Interactions and Management of Verticillium dahliae in Tomatoes. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 9:E1622. [PMID: 33266395 PMCID: PMC7700276 DOI: 10.3390/plants9111622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) are a valuable horticultural crop that are grown and consumed worldwide. Optimal production is hindered by several factors, among which Verticillium dahliae, the cause of Verticillium wilt, is considered a major biological constraint in temperate production regions. V. dahliae is difficult to mitigate because it is a vascular pathogen, has a broad host range and worldwide distribution, and can persist in soil for years. Understanding pathogen virulence and genetic diversity, host resistance, and plant-pathogen interactions could ultimately inform the development of integrated strategies to manage the disease. In recent years, considerable research has focused on providing new insights into these processes, as well as the development and integration of environment-friendly management approaches. Here, we discuss the current knowledge on the race and population structure of V. dahliae, including pathogenicity factors, host genes, proteins, enzymes involved in defense, and the emergent management strategies and future research directions for managing Verticillium wilt in tomatoes.
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- Bhupendra Acharya
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; (B.A.); (T.W.I.); (Y.Y.O.); (R.A.D.)
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; (B.A.); (T.W.I.); (Y.Y.O.); (R.A.D.)
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; (B.A.); (T.W.I.); (Y.Y.O.); (R.A.D.)
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; (B.A.); (T.W.I.); (Y.Y.O.); (R.A.D.)
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; (B.A.); (T.W.I.); (Y.Y.O.); (R.A.D.)
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; (B.A.); (T.W.I.); (Y.Y.O.); (R.A.D.)
- Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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Fang W, Song Z, Tao S, Zhang D, Huang B, Ren L, Cheng H, Yan D, Li Y, Cao A, Wang Q. Biochar mitigates the negative effect of chloropicrin fumigation on beneficial soil microorganisms. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 738:139880. [PMID: 32531602 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Chloropicrin (CP) is the most commonly used soil fumigant worldwide. Although CP effectively controls soilborne pathogens, it is also detrimental to beneficial soil microorganisms unless measures can be put in place to protect them from the effects of fumigation. In this study, we evaluated the ability of biochar made from the invasive weed Eupatorium adenophorum to mitigate the effects of CP fumigation on beneficial species. Our results showed that the addition of biochar to the soil effectively reduced the detrimental effects of CP on beneficial species and their ecological functions. Biochar added to CP-fumigated soil shortened the time to 28-84 days for microbial diversity and nitrogen cycle functions to be restored to unfumigated levels. At the same time, the inorganic nitrogen (NH4+-N, NO3--N) content and N2O production potential level in CP-fumigated soil returned to unfumigated levels relatively quickly, which showed that nitrogen metabolism improved with the addition of biochar. The mitigation effect of biochar in CP-fumigated soil was more evident at higher biochar amendment rates. Our results suggest that the addition of biochar to CP-fumigated soil significantly reduced the impact of CP on beneficial species and their ecological functions, and significantly shortened the time for beneficial species to recover to pre-fumigation levels. Field research is required to determine biochar's ability to mitigate the impact of CP and other fumigants on beneficial species and to quantify its benefits on crop quality and yield.
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- Wensheng Fang
- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; Laboratory of Integrated and Urban Phytopathology, University of Liege, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Passage des deportes 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
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Composted Chicken Manure for Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation Increased the Strawberry Yield and Shifted the Soil Microbial Communities. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12166313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD), as a bio-fumigation technology, has been developed to control soil-borne pests. There is increasing evidence showing that carbon sources and cover tarps play an important role in the ASD suppression of soil-borne pests, but little is known about the effect of composted chicken manure (CCM) and totally impermeable films (TIF) against soil-borne pests in the strawberry production system. In experiments, the colonies of Fusarium spp. and Phytophthora spp., which are recognized to cause strawberry soil-borne diseases, decreased significantly after ASD. The soil promoted a significant increase in ammonium nitrogen, nitrate-nitrogen and organic matter, but a decrease in oxidation-reduction potential after ASD. Besides, the strawberry plant height, stem thickness and yield were significantly higher than in the non-amended soil. Compared to the untreated control, ASD, both at 6 and 12 ton/ha of CCM, significantly (p = 0.05) increased strawberry marketable yield and income. The economic benefit could be due to the suppression of soil-borne diseases and the improvement of soil nutrition. The soil bacterial and fungal diversity and richness increased after soil fumigation. The increased presence of biological control agents led to the suppression of soil-borne pathogens. In summary, ASD with CCM amendments could be applied in pre-plant fumigation to control strawberry soil-borne pests, strengthen soil fertility, improve crop yield and increase growers’ income.
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Li B, Cockerton HM, Johnson AW, Karlström A, Stavridou E, Deakin G, Harrison RJ. Defining strawberry shape uniformity using 3D imaging and genetic mapping. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2020; 7:115. [PMID: 32821398 PMCID: PMC7395166 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-020-0337-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Strawberry shape uniformity is a complex trait, influenced by multiple genetic and environmental components. To complicate matters further, the phenotypic assessment of strawberry uniformity is confounded by the difficulty of quantifying geometric parameters 'by eye' and variation between assessors. An in-depth genetic analysis of strawberry uniformity has not been undertaken to date, due to the lack of accurate and objective data. Nonetheless, uniformity remains one of the most important fruit quality selection criteria for the development of a new variety. In this study, a 3D-imaging approach was developed to characterise berry shape uniformity. We show that circularity of the maximum circumference had the closest predictive relationship with the manual uniformity score. Combining five or six automated metrics provided the best predictive model, indicating that human assessment of uniformity is highly complex. Furthermore, visual assessment of strawberry fruit quality in a multi-parental QTL mapping population has allowed the identification of genetic components controlling uniformity. A "regular shape" QTL was identified and found to be associated with three uniformity metrics. The QTL was present across a wide array of germplasm, indicating a potential candidate for marker-assisted breeding, while the potential to implement genomic selection is explored. A greater understanding of berry uniformity has been achieved through the study of the relative impact of automated metrics on human perceived uniformity. Furthermore, the comprehensive definition of strawberry shape uniformity using 3D imaging tools has allowed precision phenotyping, which has improved the accuracy of trait quantification and unlocked the ability to accurately select for uniform berries.
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- Bo Li
- NIAB EMR, East Malling, Kent, ME19 6BJ UK
- University of the West of England, Bristol, BS16 1QY UK
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- NIAB EMR, East Malling, Kent, ME19 6BJ UK
- NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LE UK
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Effects of Atmospheric Plasma Corona Discharges on Soil Bacteria Viability. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8050704. [PMID: 32403235 PMCID: PMC7284381 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8050704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2020] [Revised: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Crop contamination by soil-borne pathogenic microorganisms often leads to serious infection outbreaks. Plant protection requires disinfection of agricultural lands. The chemical and the physical disinfection procedures have several disadvantages, including an irreversible change in the soil ecosystem. Plasma, the "fourth state of matter" is defined as an ionized gas containing an equal number of negatively and positively charged particles. Cold-plasma technology with air or oxygen as the working gas generates reactive oxygen species, which are found to efficiently eradicate bacteria. In this study, we examined the effect of atmospheric plasma corona discharges on soil bacteria viability. Soil that was exposed to plasma for 60 s resulted in bacterial reduction by two orders of magnitude, from 1.1 × 105 to 2.3 × 103 cells g-1 soil. Exposure for a longer period of 5 min did not lead to further significant reduction in bacterial concentration (a final reduction of only 2.5 orders of magnitude). The bacterial viability was evaluated using a colorimetric assay based on the bacterial hydrogenases immediately after exposure and at selected times during 24 h. The result showed no recovery in the bacterial viability. Plasma discharged directly on bacteria that were isolated from the soil resulted in a reduction by four orders of magnitude in the bacterial concentration compared to untreated isolated bacteria: 2.6 × 10-3 and 1.7 × 10-7, respectively. The plasma-resistant bacteria were found to be related to the taxonomic phylum Firmicutes (98.5%) and comprised the taxonomic orders Bacillales (95%) and Clostridiales (2%). To our knowledge, this is the first study of soil bacteria eradication using plasma corona discharges.
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Zhang P, Cui Z, Guo M, Xi R. Characteristics of the soil microbial community in the forestland of Camellia oleifera. PeerJ 2020; 8:e9117. [PMID: 32426184 PMCID: PMC7213003 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Characterizing soil microbial community is important for forest ecosystem management and microbial utilization. The microbial community in the soil beneath Camellia oleifera, an important woody edible oil tree in China, has not been reported before. Here, we used Illumina sequencing of 16S and ITS rRNA genes to study the species diversity of microorganisms in C. oleifera forest land in South China. The results showed that the rhizosphere soil had higher physicochemical properties, enzyme activities and microbial biomass than did the non-rhizosphere soil. The rhizosphere soil microorganisms had a higher carbon source utilization capacity than the non-rhizosphere soil microorganisms, and attained the highest utilization capacity in summer. The soil microbial community of C. oleifera was characterized by rich ester and amino acid carbon sources that played major roles in the principal functional components of the community. In summer, soil microbes were abundant in species richness and very active in community function. Rhizosphere microorganisms were more diverse than non-root systems in species diversity, which was associated with soil pH, Available phosphorous (AP) and Urease (URE). These results indicated that microbial resources were rich in rhizosphere soil. A priority should be given to the rhizosphere microorganisms in the growing season in developing and utilizing soil microorganisms in C. oleifera plantation. It is possible to promote the growth of C. oleifera by changing soil microbial community, including carbon source species, pH, AP, and URE. Our findings provide valuable information to guide microbial isolation and culturing to manage C. oleifera land.
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- Peng Zhang
- College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.,Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.,The State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangzhou, China
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