Influence of Bio-Fertilizer Type and Amount Jointly on Microbial Community Composition, Crop Production and Soil Health
To ensure long-term food production in a changing world, it is critical to identify field management practices that increase crop yields and maintain soil health. Additionally, sustainable agriculture needs to provide experimental evidence to support the use of traditional agricultural practices. In...
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| description | To ensure long-term food production in a changing world, it is critical to identify field management practices that increase crop yields and maintain soil health. Additionally, sustainable agriculture needs to provide experimental evidence to support the use of traditional agricultural practices. In this study, a 20-year investigation of the effects of different combinations of fertilizer types (control, chemical fertilizer, organic fertilizer, and bio-fertilizer) and fertilization amount (conventional dosages and high dosages) on wheat yield and soil health, including soil enzyme activity and microbial biomass, soil microbial diversity, and crop yield. Our long-term study indicates that the use of high dosages of bio-fertilizer can increase the fertilizer yield contribution rate by a minimum of 76.7% compared to other management combinations. Furthermore, this practice can improve soil biological quality, including the concentration of soil microbial biomass carbon, promote bacterial biodiversity, and enhance the soil health index. The effect of high dosages fertilizer was greater than that of conventional dosages fertilizer. The highest soil health index was 0.88 in high dosage bio-fertilizer, and the lowest was 0.12 in chemical fertilizer. In summary, these results suggested that the use of bio-fertilizer can help maintain soil health and crop productivity in the long term. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b591518edab4d9992e9d5da244428982023-11-18T17:55:59ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952023-06-01137177510.3390/agronomy13071775Influence of Bio-Fertilizer Type and Amount Jointly on Microbial Community Composition, Crop Production and Soil HealthLijun Li0Lihong Tong1Yizhong Lv2Department of Soil and Water Sciences, College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaDepartment of Soil and Water Sciences, College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, ChinaTo ensure long-term food production in a changing world, it is critical to identify field management practices that increase crop yields and maintain soil health. Additionally, sustainable agriculture needs to provide experimental evidence to support the use of traditional agricultural practices. In this study, a 20-year investigation of the effects of different combinations of fertilizer types (control, chemical fertilizer, organic fertilizer, and bio-fertilizer) and fertilization amount (conventional dosages and high dosages) on wheat yield and soil health, including soil enzyme activity and microbial biomass, soil microbial diversity, and crop yield. Our long-term study indicates that the use of high dosages of bio-fertilizer can increase the fertilizer yield contribution rate by a minimum of 76.7% compared to other management combinations. Furthermore, this practice can improve soil biological quality, including the concentration of soil microbial biomass carbon, promote bacterial biodiversity, and enhance the soil health index. The effect of high dosages fertilizer was greater than that of conventional dosages fertilizer. The highest soil health index was 0.88 in high dosage bio-fertilizer, and the lowest was 0.12 in chemical fertilizer. In summary, these results suggested that the use of bio-fertilizer can help maintain soil health and crop productivity in the long term.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/7/1775bacterial communitywheat yieldIllumina Miseqlong-term fertilizationsoil health |
| spellingShingle | Lijun Li Lihong Tong Yizhong Lv Influence of Bio-Fertilizer Type and Amount Jointly on Microbial Community Composition, Crop Production and Soil Health Agronomy bacterial community wheat yield Illumina Miseq long-term fertilization soil health |
| title | Influence of Bio-Fertilizer Type and Amount Jointly on Microbial Community Composition, Crop Production and Soil Health |
| title_full | Influence of Bio-Fertilizer Type and Amount Jointly on Microbial Community Composition, Crop Production and Soil Health |
| title_fullStr | Influence of Bio-Fertilizer Type and Amount Jointly on Microbial Community Composition, Crop Production and Soil Health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influence of Bio-Fertilizer Type and Amount Jointly on Microbial Community Composition, Crop Production and Soil Health |
| title_short | Influence of Bio-Fertilizer Type and Amount Jointly on Microbial Community Composition, Crop Production and Soil Health |
| title_sort | influence of bio fertilizer type and amount jointly on microbial community composition crop production and soil health |
| topic | bacterial community wheat yield Illumina Miseq long-term fertilization soil health |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/7/1775 |
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