Claim · model-written summary
Biochar enriched beneficial fungi (Condenascus) in the Rhododendron soil.
- Taxon
- Rhododendron
Rhododendrone0 - Treatment
- biochare5
- Interactor
- CondenascusCondenascuse7other
- Outcome
- beneficial fungie7
- Direction
- enrichinge7
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Rhododendron, an important acidophilic plant”
e5“Illumina HiSeq sequencing revealed that biochar reshaped the soil microbial community”
e7“enriching beneficial fungi (e.g., Condenascus ) and copiotrophic bacteria (e.g., Pseudomonas )”
Title
Huimin Zhou; Guoxi Chen; Ying Zhang; et al. Journal of Environmental Management 2026. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129308
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Intervention effect Biochar amendment dose-dependently enhanced total fine root length of Rhododendron by 57.2–85.4%.
- Intervention effect Biochar amendment enhanced plant nitrogen use efficiency of Rhododendron by 94.2–199%.
- Intervention effect Biochar amendment increased the fungal-to-bacterial ratio and mycorrhizal colonization of Rhododendron roots.
- Intervention effect Biochar suppressed pathogenic fungi (Dactylonectria) in the Rhododendron soil.
- Intervention effect Biochar suppressed N-competing bacteria (Lysobacter) in the Rhododendron soil.
- Intervention effect Biochar enriched copiotrophic bacteria (Pseudomonas) in the Rhododendron soil.
- Intervention effect Biochar enhanced the abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in the Rhododendron soil.
- Intervention effect Biochar reduced nirS gene abundance in the Rhododendron soil.
- Intervention effect Biochar increased potential nitrification in the Rhododendron soil.
- Intervention effect Biochar decreased denitrification activity in the Rhododendron soil.
- Intervention effect At higher application rates (4%–8%) biochar decreased the (nirS + nirK)/nosZ ratio, indicating a potential reduction in N2O emissions.
- Association Soil fertility was associated with AOB abundance in the Rhododendron soil (partial least squares path model).
- Association Soil pH was linked to nirS in the Rhododendron soil (partial least squares path model).
- Mechanism Both AOB-related and nirS-related pathways ultimately govern nitrogen use efficiency of Rhododendron (author interpretation).