Paper · 1950 · Canadian Journal of Research/Canadian journal of research

THE EFFECT OF THE INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN COVER CROPS ON THE MICROBIOLOGICAL BALANCE OF POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL

J. W. Rouatt; R. G. Atkinson

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43
citations
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Abstract

The decomposition of soybean, rye, and red clover in naturally infested potato scab soil resulted in marked quantitative and qualitative changes in the microflora, but only soybean reduced disease incidence. Soybean and red clover increased the numbers of bacteria, actinomycetes, and fungi, with rye having a similar effect except on actinomycetes. Tubers invariably supported higher numbers of organisms than corresponding soils. In the soybean soil amino-acid-requiring bacteria were preferentially stimulated, while those with more complex requirements were relatively suppressed. Amino-acid-requiring fungi also were slightly increased and there was a corresponding decrease in those with simple nutrient requirements. A similar effect occurred in the rye soil. When potatoes were grown in the soybean soil, the amino-acid-requiring bacteria were markedly increased on, and correspondingly decreased apart from, the tubers. In contrast, amino-acid-requiring fungi were completely suppressed in the soybean soil, still further increased in the rye soil, and preferentially stimulated only on the tubers in the control soil. The Bacterial Balance Index showed a relationship with degree of infection, the high index in the soybean soil being associated with least scab. This effect was particularly emphasized in soil on the tubers.

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Claims 15

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Decomposition of soybean in naturally infested potato scab soil reduced disease incidence; rye and red clover did not.

Treatment
decomposition of soybeane0
Outcome
disease incidencee0
Direction
reducede0
Comparator
rye, and red clovere0
Setting
naturally infested potato scab soile0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

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e0

“The decomposition of soybean, rye, and red clover in naturally infested potato scab soil resulted in marked quantitative and qualitative changes in the microflora, but only soybean reduced disease incidence”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soybean and red clover increased the numbers of bacteria, actinomycetes and fungi in potato scab soil.

Treatment
Soybean and red clovere1
Outcome
numbers of bacteria, actinomycetes, and fungie1
Direction
increasede1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 89–114 · show in text ↑
e1

“Soybean and red clover increased the numbers of bacteria, actinomycetes, and fungi, with rye having a similar effect except on actinomycetes”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 208–348 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Rye had a similar effect on soil microflora as soybean and red clover, except on actinomycetes.

Treatment
ryee1
Outcome
similar effecte1
Qualifier
except on actinomycetese1

Not reportedDirection

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 89–114 · show in text ↑
e1

“Soybean and red clover increased the numbers of bacteria, actinomycetes, and fungi, with rye having a similar effect except on actinomycetes”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 208–348 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Tubers supported higher numbers of organisms than the corresponding soils.

Organ / stage
Tuberse2
Outcome
numbers of organismse2
Direction
highere2
Comparator
corresponding soilse2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 89–114 · show in text ↑
e2

“Tubers invariably supported higher numbers of organisms than corresponding soils”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 350–430 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

In soybean soil, amino-acid-requiring bacteria were preferentially stimulated.

Treatment
soybean soile3
Outcome
amino-acid-requiring bacteriae3
Direction
stimulatede3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 89–114 · show in text ↑
e3

“In the soybean soil amino-acid-requiring bacteria were preferentially stimulated, while those with more complex requirements were relatively suppressed. Amino-acid-requiring fungi also were slightly increased and there was a corresponding decrease in those with simple nutrient requirements”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 432–722 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

In soybean soil, bacteria with more complex requirements were suppressed.

Treatment
soybean soile3
Outcome
those with more complex requirementse3
Direction
suppressede3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 89–114 · show in text ↑
e3

“In the soybean soil amino-acid-requiring bacteria were preferentially stimulated, while those with more complex requirements were relatively suppressed. Amino-acid-requiring fungi also were slightly increased and there was a corresponding decrease in those with simple nutrient requirements”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 432–722 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

In soybean soil, amino-acid-requiring fungi were slightly increased.

Treatment
soybean soile3
Outcome
Amino-acid-requiring fungie3
Direction
increasede3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 89–114 · show in text ↑
e3

“In the soybean soil amino-acid-requiring bacteria were preferentially stimulated, while those with more complex requirements were relatively suppressed. Amino-acid-requiring fungi also were slightly increased and there was a corresponding decrease in those with simple nutrient requirements”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 432–722 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

In soybean soil, fungi with simple nutrient requirements decreased.

Treatment
soybean soile3
Outcome
those with simple nutrient requirementse3
Direction
decreasee3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 89–114 · show in text ↑
e3

“In the soybean soil amino-acid-requiring bacteria were preferentially stimulated, while those with more complex requirements were relatively suppressed. Amino-acid-requiring fungi also were slightly increased and there was a corresponding decrease in those with simple nutrient requirements”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 432–722 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

When potatoes were grown in soybean soil, amino-acid-requiring bacteria increased on the tubers.

Organ / stage
tuberse4
Treatment
soybean soile4
Outcome
amino-acid-requiring bacteriae4
Direction
increasede4

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 89–114 · show in text ↑
e4

“When potatoes were grown in the soybean soil, the amino-acid-requiring bacteria were markedly increased on, and correspondingly decreased apart from, the tubers”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 767–927 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

When potatoes were grown in soybean soil, amino-acid-requiring bacteria decreased apart from the tubers.

Organ / stage
tuberse4
Treatment
soybean soile4
Outcome
amino-acid-requiring bacteriae4
Direction
decreasede4
Qualifier
apart frome4

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 89–114 · show in text ↑
e4

“When potatoes were grown in the soybean soil, the amino-acid-requiring bacteria were markedly increased on, and correspondingly decreased apart from, the tubers”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 767–927 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

In soybean soil, amino-acid-requiring fungi were completely suppressed.

Treatment
soybean soile5
Outcome
amino-acid-requiring fungie5
Direction
completely suppressede5

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 89–114 · show in text ↑
e5

“In contrast, amino-acid-requiring fungi were completely suppressed in the soybean soil, still further increased in the rye soil, and preferentially stimulated only on the tubers in the control soil”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 929–1126 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

In rye soil, amino-acid-requiring fungi were further increased.

Treatment
rye soile5
Outcome
amino-acid-requiring fungie5
Direction
further increasede5

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 89–114 · show in text ↑
e5

“In contrast, amino-acid-requiring fungi were completely suppressed in the soybean soil, still further increased in the rye soil, and preferentially stimulated only on the tubers in the control soil”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 929–1126 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

In control soil, amino-acid-requiring fungi were preferentially stimulated only on the tubers.

Organ / stage
tuberse5
Outcome
amino-acid-requiring fungie5
Direction
preferentially stimulatede5
Comparator
control soile5

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 89–114 · show in text ↑
e5

“In contrast, amino-acid-requiring fungi were completely suppressed in the soybean soil, still further increased in the rye soil, and preferentially stimulated only on the tubers in the control soil”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 929–1126 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The Bacterial Balance Index showed a relationship with degree of infection.

Outcome
Bacterial Balance Indexe6
Qualifier
degree of infectione6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 89–114 · show in text ↑
e6

“The Bacterial Balance Index showed a relationship with degree of infection, the high index in the soybean soil being associated with least scab”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1128–1271 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

A high Bacterial Balance Index in soybean soil was associated with least scab.

Treatment
soybean soile6
Outcome
scabe6
Direction
leaste6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“POTATO SCAB INFESTED SOIL”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 89–114 · show in text ↑
e6

“The Bacterial Balance Index showed a relationship with degree of infection, the high index in the soybean soil being associated with least scab”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1128–1271 · show in text ↑