ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021
Different Responses of Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities to 3 Years of Biochar Amendment in an Alkaline Soybean Soil.
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- Rotation-driven changes in physicochemical properties modulate soil microbial diversity and community complexity in tobacco-woad soils.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Effect of biochar on extracellular enzyme activity and microbiome dynamics across coarse sandy soil depths.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
- Chitin estimation in agricultural soils.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2025Article
- Biochar for ameliorating soil fertility and microbial diversity: From production to action of the black gold.iScience · 2025Review
- Tobacco/Isatis intercropping system improves soil quality and increase total production value.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Date Palm Waste Compost Application Increases Soil Microbial Community Diversity in a Cropping Barley (Biology · 2023Article
- Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Biochar Application on the Diversity of Soil Bacteria and Fungi.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Effects of biochar amendment and organic fertilizer on microbial communities in the rhizosphere soil of wheat in Yellow River Delta saline-alkaline soil.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Intercropping Pinto Peanut in Litchi Orchard Effectively Improved Soil Available Potassium Content, Optimized Soil Bacterial Community Structure, and Advanced Bacterial Community Diversity.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Biochar as a soil amendment has been regarded as a promising way to improve soil fertility. However, the response of microbial community after biochar and biochar compound fertilizer (BCF) application has not been thoroughly elucidated. This study evaluated the changes in abundance and composition of bacterial and fungal communities using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) and Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing. The field experiment ran for 3 years and comprised five treatments: chemical fertilizer as control (CK), straw-returning combined with chemical fertilizer (CS), low biochar application combined with chemical fertilizer (LB), high biochar application combined with chemical fertilizer (HB) and BCF. The results showed that biochar amendment results no changes in the abundance and diversity of bacteria in the bulk and rhizosphere soils. However, the abundance of soil fungi was significantly increased by biochar amendment (LB and HB). LB treatment significantly increased the fungal alpha diversity, while there was no significant change under HB. Furthermore, the dominant bacterial phyla found in the samples were
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