Manure refinement affects apple rhizosphere bacterial community structure: a study in sandy soil.

We used DNA-based pyrosequencing to characterize the bacterial community structure of the sandy soil of an apple orchard with different manure ratios. Five manure percentages (5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 25%) were examined. More than 10,000 valid reads were obtained for each replicate. The communities wer...

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Main Authors: Qiang Zhang, Jian Sun, Songzhong Liu, Qinping Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3796563?pdf=render