Long-Term N Fertilization Decreased Diversity and Altered the Composition of Soil Bacterial and Archaeal Communities

Long-Term N Fertilization Decreased Diversity and Altered the Composition of Soil Bacterial and Archaeal Communities

Soil microbial communities are essential in the cycling of nutrients that affect crop production. Our goal was to characterize the microbial community structure following 34 years of nitrogen (N) fertilization treatments in continuous maize production in highly fertile soils. Using 16S rRNA gene-bas...

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Main Authors: Renpeng Sun, Pan Zhang, Chance W. Riggins, María C. Zabaloy, Sandra Rodríguez-Zas, María B. Villamil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Agronomy
Subjects:
nitrogen
prokaryotic diversity
relative abundance
corn monoculture
Mollisols
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/10/574

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