Abstract
Cucumber is an important cash crop; however, continuous cropping obstacles readily occur within the intensive production processes of facility horticulture. This study aimed to determine the effects of continuous cropping on soil quality and the microbial community in the rhizosphere soil of cucumbers. Rhizosphere soil of cucumber planted continuously for 4, 8, and 12 years was investigated, and soil that was not continuously planted was used as the control. Soil physicochemical properties, enzyme activity, microbial diversity, and richness were determined. The results showed that with the increase in continuous cropping years (0, 4, 8, and 12 years), soil total salt content continuously increased, while the pH value significantly decreased. Compared with the control, soil organic matter, alkali-hydrolyzed nitrogen, available phosphorus, available potassium, and nitrate nitrogen contents increased significantly after 4 and 8 years of continuous cropping. Spearman correlation analysis showed that pH was negatively correlated with sucrase or sucrose and available phosphorus was positively correlated with alkaline phosphatase. Compared with the control, the diversity and abundance of bacterial and fungal communities in cucumber rhizosphere soil decreased after 4 and 12 years of continuous cropping. Continuous cropping led to a significant increase in the richness of the dominant phylum of cucumber rhizosphere soil. Principal coordinates analysis showed that, compared with the control, the soil microbial community structure was significantly separated after 4, 8, and 12 years of continuous cropping, and the microbial community structure was most similar after 4 and 8 years of continuous cropping. In addition, redundancy analysis showed that pH was the main driver of soil microbial dominance. In conclusion, continuous cropping of cucumber along the Yellow River irrigation area has led to the deterioration of soil nutrients and microbial communities in that region. This experiment provides a theoretical foundation for addressing the challenges associated with continuous cropping in cucumber cultivation.
Funder
the Education science and technology innovation project of Gansu Province
the Special project of central government guiding local science and technology development
the Special project of national modern agricultural industrial system
the Gansu Provincial Top-Notch Talents Program
National Key R & D Program of China
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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