Effects of different vegetable rotations on the rhizosphere bacterial community and tomato growth in a continuous tomato cropping substrate

PLoS One. 2021 Sep 23;16(9):e0257432. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257432. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

In this study, High throughput sequencing was used to analyze the effects of different vegetable rotations on the rhizosphere bacterial diversity and community structure in a substrate that was used for continuous tomato cropping (CK). The vegetable rotations tested were cabbage/tomato (B), kidney bean/tomato (D), and celery/tomato (Q). The results revealed that the substrate bacterial diversity and richness of each crop rotation were higher than those of CK. The highest bacterial diversity was found in the B substrate, followed by the Q and D substrates. Further comparison showed that the rhizosphere bacterial community structure of Q substrate was significantly different to that of CK. Compared with the CK, the Q substrate had a significantly higher relative abundance of several dominant microflora, such as Acidobacteria, Chloroflexi, and Firmicutes. Additionally, the Q rotation significantly increased the abundance of beneficial bacteria, such as Actinobacteria_unclassified and Anaerolineaceae_unclassified. A redundancy analysis showed that Most dominant bacteria correlated positively with the substrate pH, total N, and alkali-hydrolyzable N but negatively with the available P, available K, total P, total K, and organic matter contents and substrate EC. The substrates after crop rotation improved the growth and physiological condition of the subsequent tomato plants, among which those from the Q rotation performed the best. Therefore, celery rotation not only increased the richness and diversity of bacterial communities in the substrate but also significantly increased the richness of the beneficial bacterial communities, allowing better maintenance of the substrate microenvironment for the healthy growth of crops.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biodiversity
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Rhizosphere*
  • Soil Microbiology
  • Solanum lycopersicum*
  • Vegetables

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Grants and funding

This research was supported by Special project of central government guiding local science and technology development (ZCYD-2020-5-2), National key R & D plan (2018YFD0201205), Special project of national modern agricultural industrial system (CARS-23-C-07), Gansu people’s livelihood science and technology project (20CX9NA099).