Effects of Soil Depth and Plant Species on the Fungal Diversity and Community Structure in the Rhizosphere of Ferula L.
The medicinal value of the genus Ferula has been recognized for more than a thousand years, while wild resources of Ferula L. in China have declined sharply due to long-term over-harvesting. The purpose of this study was to compare the rhizosphere fungal community of different Ferula species [F. syreitschikowii K.-Pol., F. gracilis (Ledeb.) Ledeb., F. ferulaeoides (Steud.) Korov., and F. lehmannii Boiss.] in the northern part of Xinjiang and explore the habitat of the wild Ferula L. The ITS1 rRNA sequences of fungi were obtained with Illumina paired-end sequencing and analyzed to determine the richness and diversity of the rhizosphere fungal communities.