Soil bacterial community characteristics and ecological function prediction of alfalfa and crop rotation systems in the Loess Plateau, Northwest China

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.202204.028

Abstract

Abstract: In order to understand the effects of lucerne cropping rotation on the bacterial community of loess soil, a long-term field experiment was conducted in rain-fed agricultural area of Loess Plateau. The cropping systems included continuous lucerne (Medicago sativa, LC), lucerne removed and rotated with spring wheat (Triticum aestivum, L_FW), lucerne removed and rotated with corn (Zea mays, L_FC), lucerne removed and rotated with potato (Solanum tuberosum, LP), and lucerne removed and rotated with continuous millet (Panicum miliaceum, LM). Based on 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing technology, we investigated soil bacterial community structure and diversity in different cropping systems, and predicted ecological function using PICRUSt method. The results showed that the dominant phyla of loess soil bacteria were Actinomycetes (20.3%-32.0%), Proteobacteria (19.2%-23.0%), Acidobacteria (12.4%-14.2%) and Chloroflexus (11.0%-12.7%). The dominant genus was Bacillus (1.9%) in lucerne-corn system and Pseudarthrobacter (2.5%) in other treatments. Rotation with annual crops decreased the relative abundance of Actinobacteria and increased that of Chloroflexi and Firmicutes. Redundancy analysis showed that the main soil factors driving soil bacterial community structure were nitrate, ammonium, and total nitrogen. PICRUSt function prediction results showed that metabolism (78.6%-79.1%) was the main function of soil bacterial communities in loess soil. Rotation with continued annual crops significantly decreased the abundance of soil bacterial carbohydrate metabolism functional genes, and significantly increased the abundance of functional genes for soil bacterial cofactors and vitamin metabolism, neurodegenerative diseases, and immune system. In conclusion, lucerne removed and rotated with continuous annual crops changed soil bacterial community structure and ecological functions. This study provided theoretical reference to explore succession characteristics of soil bacteria and to select succeeding crops for alfalfa in loess soil.

Key words: Medicago sativa, rotation, high-throughput sequencing, community structure, function prediction

WANG Xiao-fei, LUO Zhu-zhu, ZHANG Ren-zhi, NIU Yi-ning, LI Ling-ling, TIAN Jian-xia, SUN Peng-zhou, LIU Jia-he. Soil bacterial community characteristics and ecological function prediction of alfalfa and crop rotation systems in the Loess Plateau, Northwest China[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2022, 33(4): 1109-1117.

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