Tomato growth stage modulates bacterial communities across different soil aggregate sizes and disease levels

TY - JOUR

T1 - Tomato growth stage modulates bacterial communities across different soil aggregate sizes and disease levels

AU - Dong, Menghui

AU - Kuramae, Eiko E.

AU - Zhao, Mengli

AU - Li, Rong

AU - Shen, Qirong

AU - Kowalchuk, George A.

N1 - Data archiving: No NIOO data

PY - 2023/9/26

Y1 - 2023/9/26

N2 - Soil aggregates contain distinct physio-chemical properties across different size classes. These differences in micro-habitats support varied microbial communities and modulate the effect of plant on microbiome, which affect soil functions such as disease suppression. However, little is known about how the residents of different soil aggregate size classes are impacted by plants throughout their growth stages. Here, we examined how tomato plants impact soil aggregation and bacterial communities within different soil aggregate size classes. Moreover, we investigated whether aggregate size impacts the distribution of soil pathogen and their potential inhibitors. We collected samples from different tomato growth stages: before-planting, seedling, flowering, and fruiting stage. We measured bacterial density, community composition, and pathogen abundance using qPCR and 16 S rRNA gene sequencing. We found the development of tomato growth stages negatively impacted root-adhering soil aggregation, with a gradual decrease of large macro-aggregates (1–2 mm) and an increase of micro-aggregates (

AB - Soil aggregates contain distinct physio-chemical properties across different size classes. These differences in micro-habitats support varied microbial communities and modulate the effect of plant on microbiome, which affect soil functions such as disease suppression. However, little is known about how the residents of different soil aggregate size classes are impacted by plants throughout their growth stages. Here, we examined how tomato plants impact soil aggregation and bacterial communities within different soil aggregate size classes. Moreover, we investigated whether aggregate size impacts the distribution of soil pathogen and their potential inhibitors. We collected samples from different tomato growth stages: before-planting, seedling, flowering, and fruiting stage. We measured bacterial density, community composition, and pathogen abundance using qPCR and 16 S rRNA gene sequencing. We found the development of tomato growth stages negatively impacted root-adhering soil aggregation, with a gradual decrease of large macro-aggregates (1–2 mm) and an increase of micro-aggregates (

U2 - 10.1038/s43705-023-00312-x

DO - 10.1038/s43705-023-00312-x

M3 - Article

SN - 2730-6151

VL - 3

JO - ISME Communications

JF - ISME Communications

M1 - 104

ER -