Application of Bioorganic Fertilizer Significantly Increased Apple Yields and Shaped Bacterial Community Structure in Orchard Soil.
Application of bioorganic fertilizers has been reported to improve crop yields and change soil bacterial community structure; however, little work has been done in apple orchard soils where the biological properties of the soils are being degraded due to long-term application of chemical fertilizers. In this study, we used Illumina-based sequencing approach to characterize the bacterial community in the 0-60-cm soil profile under different fertilizer regimes in the Loess Plateau. The experiment includes three treatments: (1) control without fertilization (CK); (2) application of chemical fertilizer (CF); and (3) application of bioorganic fertilizer and organic-inorganic mixed fertilizer (BOF). The results showed that the treatment BOF increased the apple yields by 114 and 67 % compared to the CK and CF treatments, respectively. The treatment BOF also increased the soil organic matter (SOM) by 22 and 16 % compared to the CK and CF treatments, respectively. The Illumina-based sequencing showed that Acidobacteria and Proteobacteria were the predominant phyla and Alphaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria were the most abundant classes in the soil profile. The bacterial richness for ACE was increased after the addition of BOF. Compared to CK and CF treatments, BOF-treated soil revealed higher abundance of Proteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria, Rhizobiales, and Xanthomonadales while Acidobacteria, Gp7, Gp17, and Sphaerobacter were found in lower abundance throughout the soil profile. Bacterial community structure varied with soil depth under different fertilizer treatments, e.g., the bacterial richness, diversity, and the relative abundance of Verruccomicrobia, Candidatus Brocadiales, and Skermanella were decreased with the soil depth in all three treatments. Permutational multivariate analysis showed that the fertilizer regime was the major factor than soil depth in the variations of the bacterial community composition. Two groups, Lysobacter and Rhodospirillaceae, were found to be the significantly increased by the BOF addition and the genus Lysobacter may identify members of this group effective in biological control-based plant disease management and the members of family Rhodospirillaceae had an important role in fixing molecular nitrogen. These results strengthen the understanding of responses to the BOF and possible interactions within bacterial communities in soil that can be associated with disease suppression and the accumulation of carbon and nitrogen. The increase of apple yields after the application of BOF might be attributed to the fact that the application of BOF increased SOM, and soil total nitrogen, and changed the bacterial community by enriching Rhodospirillaceae, Alphaprotreobateria, and Proteobacteria.
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.|Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Lei
L
Wang
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.|Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Jing
J
Li
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.|Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Fang
F
Yang
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.|Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Yaoyao
Y
E
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.|Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Waseem
W
Raza
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China. qwhuang@njau.edu.cn.|Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China. qwhuang@njau.edu.cn.
Qiwei
Q
Huang
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.|Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Qirong
Q
Shen
D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D044822:Biodiversity; D061046:Biological Control Agents; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005308:Fertilizers / Q000032:analysis / Q000382:microbiology; D005638:Fruit / Q000254:growth & development; D027845:Malus / Q000254:growth & development*; D059013:Microbial Consortia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry*; D012988:Soil Microbiology
D061046:Biological Control Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005308:Fertilizers; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012987:Soil; D002244:Carbon; D009584:Nitrogen
Apple; Bacterial community structure; Bioorganic fertilizer
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