Claim · model-written summary
Hierarchical partitioning identified bacterial communities as the primary driver of growth differences, followed by available phosphorus.
- Taxon
- garlic
Allium sativume0 - Outcome
- growth differencese7
- Qualifier
- followed by APe7
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Verbatim
e0“growth differences in adjacent garlic fields under uniform management”
e7“Hierarchical partitioning highlighted bacterial communities as the primary driver of growth differences, followed by AP”
Title
Rongxin Wang; Shidong He; Linguang Lv; et al. Annals of Microbiology 2026. doi:10.1186/s13213-025-01837-3
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Observation Available phosphorus was significantly greater in the vigorous garlic plot H than in the stunted plot L.
- Observation The bacterial community in H showed greater stability than in L.
- Observation The bacterial community in H had greater core bacterial diversity than in L.
- Observation Bacterial communities showed distinct compositional clustering between the two garlic sites.
- Association Available phosphorus was strongly correlated with bacterial community structure.
- Observation Fungal communities did not show strong correlations with the measured factors.
- Observation Fungal communities showed no significant differences between the two garlic sites.
- Observation Site L was enriched with presumptive phytopathogenic fungi, Fusarium and Penicillium.
- Association Presumptive phytopathogenic fungi may correlate with the observed growth inhibition of garlic.
- Mechanism The authors suggest that conversion of unavailable soil phosphorus to available phosphorus promoted garlic growth in H.
- Observation Site H was enriched with putative phosphorus-transforming taxa, Arthrobacter and Thauera.
- Association The abundance of Arthrobacter was strongly correlated with garlic growth.
- Recommendation The authors recommend targeting rhizosphere phosphorus-transforming bacteria and improving microbial community stability to optimize garlic cultivation.