ArticlePlant signaling & behavior2023
The impact of smash-ridge tillage on agronomic traits of tobacco plants, soil enzymatic activity, microbial community structure, and functional diversity.
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- Optimizing flue-cured tobacco planting patterns: enhanced rhizosphere nutrient availability and microbial community dynamics.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Impact of Fermentation on Bacterial and Fungal Microbiome Interactions inInternational journal of food science · 2025Article
- Comprehensive metabolomic and microbial analysis of tobacco rhizosphere soil responses to crop rotation and fertilization.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
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- Exploring the Relationship Between Biochar Pore Structure and Microbial Community Composition in Promoting Tobacco Growth.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Smash-ridge tillage is a novel cultivation technique that significantly influences the quality of arable land and crop yield. In this study, we employed high-throughput 16S rRNA sequencing and Biolog-ECO methods to systematically investigate the impact of smash-ridge tillage on soil microbial community structure and functional diversity. The results demonstrate that both ST30 and ST50 treatments significantly enhance the average plant height, average plant diameter, average fresh root weight, stem fresh weight, and leaf area of tobacco plants, with the ST50 treatment exhibiting superior performance. Furthermore, both ST30 and ST50 treatments exhibit significantly higher soil enzyme activity and microbial community diversity compared to the CK treatment. They also improve the soil microbial utilization of carbon sources. Additionally, the ST50-treated soil samples demonstrate 15 microbial functional pathways that exceed those of the CK and ST30 treatments. In conclusion, the Smash-ridge tillage treatment at a depth of 50 cm yields more favorable results. This study provides a theoretical foundation for enhancing soil quality in Smash-ridge tillage by elucidating the mechanisms through which it impacts soil microbial ecology.
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