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Cope JE, Berckx F, Galinski A, Lentz J, Nagel KA, Fiorani F, Weih M. Precrop-treated soil influences wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) root system architecture and its response to drought. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1389593. [PMID: 38895614 PMCID: PMC11184070 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1389593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Aims Root system architecture (RSA) plays an important role in the plant's ability to sustain yield under abiotic stresses such as drought. Preceding crops (precrops) can affect the yield of the proceeding crop, partially by affecting the RSA. This experiment aims to explore the interactions between precrop identity, crop genotype and drought at early growth stages. Methods Rhizotrons, sized 60 × 80 × 3.5 cm, were used to assess the early root growth of two winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes, using precrop-treated soil around the seedlings and differing water regimes. The rhizotrons were automatically imaged 3 times a week to track root development. Results Precrop-treated soil affected the RSA and changes caused by the reduced water treatment (RWT) were different depending on the precrop. Largest of these was the 36% reduction in root depth after wheat, but 44% after OSR. This indicates that effects caused by the precrop can be simulated, at least partially, by transferring precrop-treated soils to controlled environments. The genotypes had differential RSA and reacted differently to the RWT, with Julius maintaining an 8.8-13.1% deeper root system compared to Brons in the RWT. In addition, the combined environmental treatment affected the genotypes differently. Conclusion Our results could help explain discrepancies found from using precrops to enhance yield as they indicate differences in the preceding crop effect when experiencing drought stress. Further, these differences are affected by genotypic interactions, which can be used to select and adapt crop genotypes for specific crop rotations, depending on the year. Additionally, we have shown a viable method of stimulating a partial precrop effect at the seedling stage in a controlled greenhouse setting using field soil around the germinated seed.
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- Jonathan E. Cope
- Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Cope JE, Berckx F, Lundmark J, Henriksson T, Karlsson I, Weih M. Clear effects on root system architecture of winter wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.) from cultivation environment and practices. Sci Rep 2024; 14:11099. [PMID: 38750060 PMCID: PMC11096180 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-61765-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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Roots play a pivotal role in the adaption of a plant to its environment, with different root traits adapting the plant to different stresses. The environment affects the Root System Architecture (RSA), but the genetic factors determine to what extent, and whether stress brought about by extreme environmental conditions is detrimental to a specific crop. This study aimed to identify differences in winter wheat RSA caused by cultivation region and practice, in the form of preceding crop (precrop), and to identify if modern cultivars used in Sweden differ in their reaction to these environments. This was undertaken using high-throughput phenotyping to assess the RSA. Clear differences in the RSA were observed between the Swedish cultivation regions, precrop treatments, and interaction of these conditions with each other and the genetics. Julius showed a large difference between cultivars, with 9.3-17.1% fewer and 12-20% narrower seminal roots. Standardized yield decreased when grown after wheat, 23% less compared to oilseed rape (OSR), and when grown in the Southern region, 14% less than the Central region. Additionally, correlations were shown between the root number, angle, and grain yield, with different root types being correlated depending on the precrop. Cultivars on the Swedish market show differences that can be adapted to the region-precrop combinations. The differences in precrop effect on RSA between regions show global implications and a need for further assessment. Correlations between RSA and yield, based on root-type × precrop, indicate different needs of the RSA depending on the management practices and show the potential for improving crop yield through targeting genotypic and environmental conditions in a holistic manner. Understanding this RSA variance, and the mechanisms of conditional response, will allow targeted cultivar breeding for specific environments, increasing plant health and food security.
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- Jonathan E Cope
- Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Lantmännen Lantbruk, Udda Lundkvists väg 11, S-26881, Svalöv, Sweden
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- Lantmännen Lantbruk, Udda Lundkvists väg 11, S-26881, Svalöv, Sweden
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- Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Clinical Genomics Uppsala, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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Hlisnikovský L, Menšík L, Roman M, Kunzová E. The Evaluation of a Long-Term Experiment on the Relationships between Weather, Nitrogen Fertilization, Preceding Crop, and Winter Wheat Grain Yield on Cambisol. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:802. [PMID: 38592816 PMCID: PMC10974760 DOI: 10.3390/plants13060802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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In this paper, a sequence (1979-2022) of a long-term trial established in Lukavec in 1956 (Czech Republic) focusing on the effect of weather, various nitrogen (N) fertilization methods (control, PK, N1PK, N2PK, and N3PK) and preceding crops (cereals, legumes, and oil plants) on winter wheat grain yield is presented. The weather significantly changed at the site of the long-term trial. While the trend in the mean temperature significantly increased, precipitation did not change significantly over the long term. Four relationships between weather and grain yield were evaluated to be significant: (a) the mean temperature in February (r = -0.4) and the precipitation in (b) February (r = -0.4), (c) March (r = -0.4), and (d) May (r = 0.5). The yield trends for all the fertilizer treatments increased, including the unfertilized control. The N3PK treatment provided the highest mean grain yields, while the unfertilized control had the lowest yields. Comparing the preceding crops, the highest yields were harvested when the wheat followed the legumes. On the other hand, the cereals were evaluated as the least suitable preceding crop in terms of grain yield. According to the linear-plateau model, the optimal nitrogen (N) dose for modern wheat varieties, following legumes and under the trial's soil climate conditions, was 131 kg ha-1 N, corresponding to a mean grain yield of 8.2 t ha-1.
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- Lukáš Hlisnikovský
- Department of Nutrition Management, Crop Research Institute, Drnovská 507, Ruzyně, 161 01 Prague, Czech Republic; (L.M.); (E.K.)
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- Department of Nutrition Management, Crop Research Institute, Drnovská 507, Ruzyně, 161 01 Prague, Czech Republic; (L.M.); (E.K.)
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- Department of Environment, Faculty of Environment, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Pasteurova 15, 400 96 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic;
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- Department of Nutrition Management, Crop Research Institute, Drnovská 507, Ruzyně, 161 01 Prague, Czech Republic; (L.M.); (E.K.)
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Bziuk N, Maccario L, Douchkov D, Lueck S, Babin D, Sørensen SJ, Schikora A, Smalla K. Tillage shapes the soil and rhizosphere microbiome of barley-but not its susceptibility towards Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2021; 97:6129324. [PMID: 33544837 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Long-term agricultural practices are assumed to shape the rhizosphere microbiome of crops with implications for plant health. In a long-term field experiment, we investigated the effect of different tillage and fertilization practices on soil and barley rhizosphere microbial communities by means of amplicon sequencing of 16S rRNA gene fragments from total community DNA. Differences in the microbial community composition depending on the tillage practice, but not the fertilization intensity were revealed. To examine whether these soil and rhizosphere microbiome differences influence the plant defense response, barley (cultivar Golden Promise) was grown in field or standard potting soil under greenhouse conditions and challenged with Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei (Bgh). Amplicon sequence analysis showed that preceding tillage practice, but also aboveground Bgh challenge significantly influenced the microbial community composition. Expression of plant defense-related genes PR1b and PR17b was higher in challenged compared to unchallenged plants. The Bgh infection rates were strikingly lower for barley grown in field soil compared to potting soil. Although previous agricultural management shaped the rhizosphere microbiome, no differences in plant health were observed. We propose therefore that the management-independent higher microbial diversity of field soils compared to potting soils contributed to the low infection rates of barley.
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- Nina Bziuk
- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Messeweg 11-12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Copenhagen University, Department of Biology, Section of Microbiology, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Department of Breeding Research, Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Department of Breeding Research, Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Messeweg 11-12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Copenhagen University, Department of Biology, Section of Microbiology, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Messeweg 11-12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Messeweg 11-12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany
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Karlsson I, Persson P, Friberg H. Fusarium Head Blight From a Microbiome Perspective. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:628373. [PMID: 33732223 PMCID: PMC7956947 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.628373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The fungal genus Fusarium causes several diseases in cereals, including Fusarium head blight (FHB). A number of Fusarium species are involved in disease development and mycotoxin contamination. Lately, the importance of interactions between plant pathogens and the plant microbiome has been increasingly recognized. In this review, we address the significance of the cereal microbiome for the development of Fusarium-related diseases. Fusarium fungi may interact with the host microbiome at multiple stages during their life cycles and in different plant organs including roots, stems, leaves, heads, and crop residues. There are interactions between Fusarium and other fungi and bacteria as well as among Fusarium species. Recent studies have provided a map of the cereal microbiome and revealed how different biotic and abiotic factors drive microbiome assembly. This review synthesizes the current understanding of the cereal microbiome and the implications for Fusarium infection, FHB development, disease control, and mycotoxin contamination. Although annual and regional variations in predominant species are significant, much research has focused on Fusarium graminearum. Surveying the total Fusarium community in environmental samples is now facilitated with novel metabarcoding methods. Further, infection with multiple Fusarium species has been shown to affect disease severity and mycotoxin contamination. A better mechanistic understanding of such multiple infections is necessary to be able to predict the outcome in terms of disease development and mycotoxin production. The knowledge on the composition of the cereal microbiome under different environmental and agricultural conditions is growing. Future studies are needed to clearly link microbiome structure to Fusarium suppression in order to develop novel disease management strategies for example based on conservation biological control approaches.
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- Ida Karlsson
- Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Gorshkov V, Osipova E, Ponomareva M, Ponomarev S, Gogoleva N, Petrova O, Gogoleva O, Meshcherov A, Balkin A, Vetchinkina E, Potapov K, Gogolev Y, Korzun V. Rye Snow Mold-Associated Microdochium nivale Strains Inhabiting a Common Area: Variability in Genetics, Morphotype, Extracellular Enzymatic Activities, and Virulence. J Fungi (Basel) 2020; 6:E335. [PMID: 33287447 PMCID: PMC7761817 DOI: 10.3390/jof6040335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 11/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Snow mold is a severe plant disease caused by psychrophilic or psychrotolerant fungi, of which Microdochium species are the most harmful. A clear understanding of Microdochium biology has many gaps; the pathocomplex and its dynamic are poorly characterized, virulence factors are unknown, genome sequences are not available, and the criteria of plant snow mold resistance are not elucidated. Our study aimed to identify comprehensive characteristics of a local community of snow mold-causing Microdochium species colonizing a particular crop culture. By using the next-generation sequencing (NGS) technique, we characterized fungal and bacterial communities of pink snow mold-affected winter rye (Secale cereale) plants within a given geographical location shortly after snowmelt. Twenty-one strains of M. nivale were isolated, classified on the basis of internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) region, and characterized by morphology, synthesis of extracellular enzymes, and virulence. Several types of extracellular enzymatic activities, the level of which had no correlations with the degree of virulence, were revealed for Microdochium species for the first time. Our study shows that genetically and phenotypically diverse M. nivale strains simultaneously colonize winter rye plants within a common area, and each strain is likely to utilize its own, unique strategy to cause the disease using "a personal" pattern of extracellular enzymes.
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- Vladimir Gorshkov
- Laboratory of Plant Infectious Diseases, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, ul. Lobachevskogo, 2/31, 420111 Kazan, Russia; (E.O.); (M.P.); (S.P.); (N.G.); (O.P.); (O.G.); (A.M.); (A.B.); (K.P.); (Y.G.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Infectious Diseases, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, ul. Lobachevskogo, 2/31, 420111 Kazan, Russia; (E.O.); (M.P.); (S.P.); (N.G.); (O.P.); (O.G.); (A.M.); (A.B.); (K.P.); (Y.G.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Infectious Diseases, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, ul. Lobachevskogo, 2/31, 420111 Kazan, Russia; (E.O.); (M.P.); (S.P.); (N.G.); (O.P.); (O.G.); (A.M.); (A.B.); (K.P.); (Y.G.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Infectious Diseases, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, ul. Lobachevskogo, 2/31, 420111 Kazan, Russia; (E.O.); (M.P.); (S.P.); (N.G.); (O.P.); (O.G.); (A.M.); (A.B.); (K.P.); (Y.G.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Infectious Diseases, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, ul. Lobachevskogo, 2/31, 420111 Kazan, Russia; (E.O.); (M.P.); (S.P.); (N.G.); (O.P.); (O.G.); (A.M.); (A.B.); (K.P.); (Y.G.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Infectious Diseases, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, ul. Lobachevskogo, 2/31, 420111 Kazan, Russia; (E.O.); (M.P.); (S.P.); (N.G.); (O.P.); (O.G.); (A.M.); (A.B.); (K.P.); (Y.G.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Infectious Diseases, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, ul. Lobachevskogo, 2/31, 420111 Kazan, Russia; (E.O.); (M.P.); (S.P.); (N.G.); (O.P.); (O.G.); (A.M.); (A.B.); (K.P.); (Y.G.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Infectious Diseases, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, ul. Lobachevskogo, 2/31, 420111 Kazan, Russia; (E.O.); (M.P.); (S.P.); (N.G.); (O.P.); (O.G.); (A.M.); (A.B.); (K.P.); (Y.G.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Infectious Diseases, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, ul. Lobachevskogo, 2/31, 420111 Kazan, Russia; (E.O.); (M.P.); (S.P.); (N.G.); (O.P.); (O.G.); (A.M.); (A.B.); (K.P.); (Y.G.); (V.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences (IBPPM RAS), 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, 410049 Saratov, Russia;
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- Laboratory of Plant Infectious Diseases, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, ul. Lobachevskogo, 2/31, 420111 Kazan, Russia; (E.O.); (M.P.); (S.P.); (N.G.); (O.P.); (O.G.); (A.M.); (A.B.); (K.P.); (Y.G.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Infectious Diseases, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, ul. Lobachevskogo, 2/31, 420111 Kazan, Russia; (E.O.); (M.P.); (S.P.); (N.G.); (O.P.); (O.G.); (A.M.); (A.B.); (K.P.); (Y.G.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Infectious Diseases, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, ul. Lobachevskogo, 2/31, 420111 Kazan, Russia; (E.O.); (M.P.); (S.P.); (N.G.); (O.P.); (O.G.); (A.M.); (A.B.); (K.P.); (Y.G.); (V.K.)
- KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA, Grimsehlstr. 31, 37555 Einbeck, Germany
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Illescas M, Rubio MB, Hernández-Ruiz V, Morán-Diez ME, Martínez de Alba AE, Nicolás C, Monte E, Hermosa R. Effect of Inorganic N Top Dressing and Trichoderma harzianum Seed-Inoculation on Crop Yield and the Shaping of Root Microbial Communities of Wheat Plants Cultivated Under High Basal N Fertilization. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:575861. [PMID: 33193517 PMCID: PMC7644891 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.575861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Wheat crop production needs nitrogen (N) for ensuring yield and quality. High doses of inorganic N fertilizer are applied to soil before sowing (basal dressing), with additional doses supplied along the cultivation (top dressing). Here, a long-term wheat field trial (12 plots), including four conditions (control, N top dressing, Trichoderma harzianum T34 seed-inoculation, and top dressing plus T34) in triplicate, was performed to assess, under high basal N fertilization, the influence of these treatments on crop yield and root microbial community shaping. Crop yield was not affected by top dressing and T. harzianum T34, but top dressing significantly increased grain protein and gluten contents. Twenty-seven-week old wheat plants were collected at 12 days after top dressing application and sampled as bulk soil, rhizosphere and root endosphere compartments in order to analyze their bacterial and fungal assemblies by 16S rDNA and ITS2 high-throughput sequencing, respectively. Significant differences for bacterial and fungal richness and diversity were detected among the three compartments with a microbial decline from bulk soil to root endosphere. The most abundant wheat root phyla were Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria for bacteria, and Ascomycota and Basidiomycota for fungi. An enrichment of genera commonly associated with soils subjected to chemical N fertilization was observed: Kaistobacter, Mortierella, and Solicoccozyma in bulk soil, Olpidium in rhizosphere, and Janthinobacterium and Pedobacter in root endosphere. Taxa whose abundance significantly differed among conditions within each compartment were identified. Results show that: (i) single or strain T34-combined application of N top dressing affected to a greater extent the bulk soil bacterial levels than the use of T34 alone; (ii) when N top dressing and T34 were applied in combination, the N fertilizer played a more decisive role in the bacterial microbiome than T34; (iii) many genera of plant beneficial bacteria, negatively affected by N top dressing, were increased by the application of T34 alone; (iv) bulk soil and rhizosphere fungal microbiomes were affected by any of the three treatments assayed; and (v) all treatments reduced Claroideoglomus in bulk soil but the single application of T34 raised the rhizosphere levels of this mycorrhizal fungus.
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- María Illescas
- Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Palojärvi A, Kellock M, Parikka P, Jauhiainen L, Alakukku L. Tillage System and Crop Sequence Affect Soil Disease Suppressiveness and Carbon Status in Boreal Climate. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:534786. [PMID: 33193124 PMCID: PMC7644446 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.534786] [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: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The soil-borne plant pathogens cause serious yield losses and are difficult to control. In suppressive soils, disease incidence remains low regardless of the presence of the pathogen, the host plant, and favorable environmental conditions. The potential to improve natural soil disease suppressiveness through agricultural management practices would enable sustainable and resilient crop production systems. Our aim was to study the impact of autumn tillage methods and crop sequence on the soil carbon status, fungistasis and yield in boreal climate. The disease suppression was improved by the long-term reduced and no tillage management practices with and without crop rotation. Compared to the conventional plowing, the non-inversion tillage systems were shown to change the vertical distribution of soil carbon fractions and the amount of microbial biomass by concentrating them on the soil surface. Crop sequence and the choice of tillage method had a combined effect on soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration. The improved general disease suppression had a positive correlation with the labile carbon status and microbial biomass. From the most common Fusarium species, the predominantly saprophytic F. avenaceum was more abundant under non-inversion practice, whereas the opposite was true for the pathogenic ones. Our findings furthermore demonstrated the correlation of the soil fungistasis laboratory assay results and the prevalence of the pathogenic test fungus Fusarium culmorum on the crop cereals in the field. Our results indicate that optimized management strategies have potential to improve microbial related soil fungistasis in boreal climate.
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- Ansa Palojärvi
- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Turku, Finland
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Jokioinen, Finland
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Jokioinen, Finland
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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