TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-negligible role of soil archaeal communities in improving microbial stability of tomato fields under aeration drip irrigation
AU - Zhu, Jinjin
AU - Niu, Wenquan
AU - Du, Yadan
AU - Sun, Jun
AU - Siddique, Kadambot H.M.
AU - Yang, Runya
AU - Zhang, Zhenhua
PY - 2023/9/1
Y1 - 2023/9/1
N2 - Aeration drip irrigation (ADI) promotes crop growth and productivity, possibly by changing soil microorganisms. However, the impact of ADI on soil microbial communities, especially changes in the archaea community, remain unclear. We conducted a three-season tomato field experiment in Shouguang, China, to investigate changes in soil archaeal communities under three dissolved oxygen concentrations (10, 15, and 20 mg·L–1) compared to a control (CK) treatment (no aeration). ADI increased α-diversity values and changed the dominant phyla and genera of archaea. In addition, the ADI treatments had more intra-kingdom linkages and higher edge and average clustering coefficients than the CK treatment, resulting in a more complex archaeal network. The soil C/N (organic carbon/total nitrogen) ratio and nitrate-nitrogen (NO3–-N) predominantly drove the key species changes in the archaeal network. The key species (e.g., Micrarchaeota, Thermoplasmatota, and Thaumarchaeota) were significantly associated with functional genes related to C and N cycles. More importantly, archaea contributed more to microbial resistance than bacterial and fungal resistance, but they were not at the network's core. The structural equation model revealed that high microbial resistance, directly or indirectly, improved tomato yields by regulating soil dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and NO3−-N contents. This study offers the first integrated insights into soil archaeal communities, ecological resistance index, soil nutrients, and tomato yield under ADI, which will guide future efficient agricultural production.
AB - Aeration drip irrigation (ADI) promotes crop growth and productivity, possibly by changing soil microorganisms. However, the impact of ADI on soil microbial communities, especially changes in the archaea community, remain unclear. We conducted a three-season tomato field experiment in Shouguang, China, to investigate changes in soil archaeal communities under three dissolved oxygen concentrations (10, 15, and 20 mg·L–1) compared to a control (CK) treatment (no aeration). ADI increased α-diversity values and changed the dominant phyla and genera of archaea. In addition, the ADI treatments had more intra-kingdom linkages and higher edge and average clustering coefficients than the CK treatment, resulting in a more complex archaeal network. The soil C/N (organic carbon/total nitrogen) ratio and nitrate-nitrogen (NO3–-N) predominantly drove the key species changes in the archaeal network. The key species (e.g., Micrarchaeota, Thermoplasmatota, and Thaumarchaeota) were significantly associated with functional genes related to C and N cycles. More importantly, archaea contributed more to microbial resistance than bacterial and fungal resistance, but they were not at the network's core. The structural equation model revealed that high microbial resistance, directly or indirectly, improved tomato yields by regulating soil dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and NO3−-N contents. This study offers the first integrated insights into soil archaeal communities, ecological resistance index, soil nutrients, and tomato yield under ADI, which will guide future efficient agricultural production.
KW - Aerated drip irrigation
KW - Archaeal community
KW - Co-occurrence network
KW - Ecological resistance
KW - Tomato yield
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U2 - 10.1016/j.scienta.2023.112179
DO - 10.1016/j.scienta.2023.112179
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85160447850
SN - 0304-4238
VL - 319
JO - Scientia Horticulturae
JF - Scientia Horticulturae
M1 - 112179
ER -