Claim · model-written summary
Fertilizer application minimally changed rhizosphere bacterial and fungal richness and diversity.
- Treatment
- Fertilizer applicatione0
- Outcome
- rhizosphere bacteria and fungi richness (Sobs index) and diversity (Shannon index)e0
- Direction
- minimally metamorphosee0
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Verbatim
e0“Fertilizer application minimally metamorphose the rhizosphere bacteria and fungi richness (Sobs index) and diversity (Shannon index).”
Title
Kongqin Wei; Yanliang Sun; Andrew D. Cartmill; et al. Industrial Crops and Products 2025. doi:10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.120776
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers significantly changed alfalfa rhizosphere soil physicochemical properties and stoichiometry.
- Intervention effect Fertilizer treatments did not significantly affect the fungal community.
- Intervention effect Fertilizer treatments significantly altered the bacterial community.
- Intervention effect Four dominant bacterial phyla changed significantly under fertilizer application.
- Association Soil factors were not significantly correlated with bacterial diversity.
- Association Soil factors significantly affected bacterial richness and fungal diversity and richness.
- Intervention effect Nitrogen application reduced positive bacteria–fungi associations.
- Intervention effect Phosphorus application enhanced positive bacteria–fungi associations.
- Intervention effect Indigenous phosphate-solubilizing bacteria significantly increased aboveground alfalfa biomass.