Transplantation of soil from organic field confers disease suppressive ability to conducive soil.

Autor: Khatri S; Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 110016, India., Bhattacharjee A; Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 110016, India., Shivay YS; Division of Agronomy, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India., Sharma S; Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 110016, India. shilpi@dbeb.iitd.ac.in.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: World journal of microbiology & biotechnology [World J Microbiol Biotechnol] 2024 Feb 28; Vol. 40 (4), pp. 112. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 28.
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-024-03895-2
Abstrakt: Organic agriculture is a sustainable method of farming, and confers disease-suppressing abilities to disease-conducive soils via specialized soil microbiomes. This study aimed at transforming a disease-conducive soil from a conventional field into disease-suppressive soil by inoculating soil from an organic field previously established as "disease-suppressive". The effectiveness of the transformed soil was established with the model plant wheat (Triticum aestivum) grown under natural conditions, with regard to its potential in inhibiting fungal phytopathogens, Rhizoctonia solani and Fusarium oxysporum. The conducive soil inoculated with the disease-suppressive soil performed better than the control conducive soil in terms of reduced disease severity in plants, improved soil nutrient content, increased activity of hydrolytic enzymes, and increased abundance of structural and functional microbial markers. The study demonstrates the efficacy of the soil microbiome under long-term organic agriculture in transforming disease-conducive soil into disease-suppressive soils. Such practises are simple and easy to implement, and could greatly improve the sustainability and crop yield in developing countries.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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