Cropping with Vicia villosa and native grass improves soil’s bacterial structure and ecological network in a jujube orchard

Author:

Wang Shoule12,Wang Zhongtang1,Hao Qing2,Peng Bin3,Li Pan1,Qi Xuelong1,Zhang Qiong1

Affiliation:

1. Shandong Institute of Pomology, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tai’a, China

2. Research Institute of Horticultural Crops, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumgi, China

3. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumgi, China

Abstract

In a jujube orchard, cropping withgrass may influence bacterial diversity and ecological networks due to changes of physicochemical properties in soil, which has a serious effect on the stability of soil ecosystems. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of different cultivation methods (CK: cleaning tillage; NG: cropping with native grass; VV: cropping with Vicia villosa) on the soil’s bacterial structure and its co-occurrence network in a jujube orchard. The results showed that the highest moisture content, total nitrogen, and organic matter in the rhizosphere soil of a jujube orchard was found in the VV group. The soil’s moisture content, total nitrogen, and organic matter in the VV group were 2.66%, 0.87 g kg−1, and 5.55 mg kg−1 higher than that found in the CK group. Compared to the CK group, the number of unique species in the rhizosphere soil in the NG and the VV groups increased by 7.33% and 21.44%. The PICRUSt and FAPROTAX analysis showed that sown grass had a greater influence on the ecological function of the soil’s bacteria. Cropping with Vicia villosa and native grass significantly increased aerobic chemoheterotrophy, nitrogen respiration, nitrate reduction related to biochemical cycles, and the relative abundance of genes related to carbohydrate metabolism and the biodegradation of xenobiotics. The bacterial network complexity in the NG group was higher than that in the CK and VV groups and was greatest in the hub nodes (OTU42, Bacteroidota; OTU541, Nitrospiraceae). In this study, the ecological benefit seen in the soil’s microbial function provides support to the theory that cropping with grass (Vicia villosa) increases the sustainable development of a jujube orchard.

Funder

Taishan Scholars Program

Natural Science Foundation of Shandong

China Agriculture Research System

Publisher

PeerJ

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