Claim · model-written summary
Compared with A. sativa, intercropping enhanced the alpha and beta diversity of soil microbial communities.
- Treatment
- intercroppinge1
- Outcome
- alpha and beta diversity of soil microbial communitiese1
- Direction
- enhancese1
- Comparator
- A. sativae1
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Verbatim
e1“Compared with A. sativa , intercropping enhances the alpha and beta diversity of soil microbial communities”
Title
Jing Wang; ChunLi Bai; Yonglei Tian; et al. Frontiers in Microbiology 2026. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2025.1708938
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation In intercropping, the abundance and variety of root exudates were more similar to those of the crop plants.
- Observation Differential metabolites between intercropping and A. sativa were inclined to be chemically defensive.
- Observation Differential metabolites between intercropping and M. officinalis were more inclined to promote material synthesis.
- Intervention effect Compared with A. sativa, intercropping increased the enrichment abundance of the bacterial secretion system, sulfur metabolism and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathways.
- Association The enriched pathways are closely associated with suppression of soil-borne pathogens.
- Intervention effect Compared with M. officinalis, intercropping further enhanced the synthesis of plant-available substances in the soil.
- Mechanism Intercropping is asserted to drive microorganisms to optimize soil carbon, nitrogen and trace element levels.
- Intervention effect Intercropping had a significant impact on the aggregation of soil-specific microorganisms, which can optimize nitrogen utilization to promote plant growth and enhance plant defense and stress tolerance.