Introducing key microbes from high productive soil transforms native soil microbial community of low productive soil

Abstract This study aimed to understand the changes in rhizosphere microbial structure and diversity of an average corn yielding field site soil with the introduced microbial candidates from a high‐yielding site. Soils used in this study were from two growers’ fields located in Dunnville, Ontario, C...

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Main Authors: Saveetha Kandasamy, Elaine Yi Ran Liu, Greg Patterson, Soledad Saldias, Shimaila Ali, George Lazarovits
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Published: Wiley 2019-10-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.895
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author Saveetha Kandasamy
Elaine Yi Ran Liu
Greg Patterson
Soledad Saldias
Shimaila Ali
George Lazarovits
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Shimaila Ali
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description Abstract This study aimed to understand the changes in rhizosphere microbial structure and diversity of an average corn yielding field site soil with the introduced microbial candidates from a high‐yielding site. Soils used in this study were from two growers’ fields located in Dunnville, Ontario, Canada, where one of the farms has an exceptional high corn yield (G‐site soil; ca 20 tons/acre) and the other yields an average crop (H‐site soil; 12 tons/acre) (8 years of unpublished A & L data). In growth room experiments using wheat as the indicator crop, calcium alginate beads with microbes composed of Azospirillum lipoferum, Rhizobium leguminosarum, Burkholderia ambifaria, Burkholderia graminis, Burkholderia vietnamiensis, Pseudomonas lurida, Exiguobacterium acetylicum, Kosakonia cowanii, and Paenibacillus polymyxa was introduced into the soil at planting to the average‐yielding soil. These bacteria had been isolated from the high‐yielding farm soil. Among the nine microbial candidates tested, three (P. polymyxa, E. acetylicum and K. cowanii) significantly impacted the plant health and biometrics in addition to microbial richness and diversity, where the microbial profile became very similar to the high productive G‐site soil. One hundred and forty‐two bacterial terminal restriction fragments (TRFs) were involved in the community shift and 48 of them showed significant correlation to several interacting soil factors. This study indicates the potential of shifting microbial profiles of average‐yielding soils by introducing key candidates from highly productive soils to increase biological soil health.
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spelling doaj.art-6126457c053c4800b71681277b4312672022-12-22T02:17:09ZengWileyMicrobiologyOpen2045-88272019-10-01810n/an/a10.1002/mbo3.895Introducing key microbes from high productive soil transforms native soil microbial community of low productive soilSaveetha Kandasamy0Elaine Yi Ran Liu1Greg Patterson2Soledad Saldias3Shimaila Ali4George Lazarovits5A&L Biologicals, Agroecological Research Services Centre London CanadaA&L Biologicals, Agroecological Research Services Centre London CanadaA&L Biologicals, Agroecological Research Services Centre London CanadaA&L Biologicals, Agroecological Research Services Centre London CanadaA&L Biologicals, Agroecological Research Services Centre London CanadaA&L Biologicals, Agroecological Research Services Centre London CanadaAbstract This study aimed to understand the changes in rhizosphere microbial structure and diversity of an average corn yielding field site soil with the introduced microbial candidates from a high‐yielding site. Soils used in this study were from two growers’ fields located in Dunnville, Ontario, Canada, where one of the farms has an exceptional high corn yield (G‐site soil; ca 20 tons/acre) and the other yields an average crop (H‐site soil; 12 tons/acre) (8 years of unpublished A & L data). In growth room experiments using wheat as the indicator crop, calcium alginate beads with microbes composed of Azospirillum lipoferum, Rhizobium leguminosarum, Burkholderia ambifaria, Burkholderia graminis, Burkholderia vietnamiensis, Pseudomonas lurida, Exiguobacterium acetylicum, Kosakonia cowanii, and Paenibacillus polymyxa was introduced into the soil at planting to the average‐yielding soil. These bacteria had been isolated from the high‐yielding farm soil. Among the nine microbial candidates tested, three (P. polymyxa, E. acetylicum and K. cowanii) significantly impacted the plant health and biometrics in addition to microbial richness and diversity, where the microbial profile became very similar to the high productive G‐site soil. One hundred and forty‐two bacterial terminal restriction fragments (TRFs) were involved in the community shift and 48 of them showed significant correlation to several interacting soil factors. This study indicates the potential of shifting microbial profiles of average‐yielding soils by introducing key candidates from highly productive soils to increase biological soil health.https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.895bio‐formulationkey microbesnative microbial communitysoil healthsoil productivity
spellingShingle Saveetha Kandasamy
Elaine Yi Ran Liu
Greg Patterson
Soledad Saldias
Shimaila Ali
George Lazarovits
Introducing key microbes from high productive soil transforms native soil microbial community of low productive soil
MicrobiologyOpen
bio‐formulation
key microbes
native microbial community
soil health
soil productivity
title Introducing key microbes from high productive soil transforms native soil microbial community of low productive soil
title_full Introducing key microbes from high productive soil transforms native soil microbial community of low productive soil
title_fullStr Introducing key microbes from high productive soil transforms native soil microbial community of low productive soil
title_full_unstemmed Introducing key microbes from high productive soil transforms native soil microbial community of low productive soil
title_short Introducing key microbes from high productive soil transforms native soil microbial community of low productive soil
title_sort introducing key microbes from high productive soil transforms native soil microbial community of low productive soil
topic bio‐formulation
key microbes
native microbial community
soil health
soil productivity
url https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.895
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