ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025
Succinic acid improves crop chemical components by regulating soil chemical properties, microbes and metabolites.
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- Mechanochemical Functionalization of Polysaccharides via Catalytic Esterification for the Preparation of Superabsorbent Materials for Plant Growth Applications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Structure-Property Relationship in Composite Superabsorbents: How Butyl Succinate Architecture Affects Water Uptake and Phytotoxicity?Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Fertilizer placement modulates the effects of soil metabolite formulations on nutrient status, phenylpropanoid-flavonoid metabolism, and sensory quality in flue-cured tobacco.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Small molecule metabolites can act as soil conditioners to improve the soil environment and thereby promote crop growth. Like many other components of root exudates, succinic acid not only contributes to plant growth and stress resistance but also influences microbial growth in soil, thereby participating in the carbon cycle. Succinic acid is believed to act as a signaling molecule that bridges the host plant and microorganisms during their interactions. However, the mechanism by which succinic acid affects microbes, metabolites and their interaction in soil remains unclear. Methods: High-throughput sequencing and pseudotargeted metabolomics techniques were applied for exploring the effects of succinic acid in tobacco-planting soil and corresponding tobacco chemical composition. Results: The addition of succinic acid improved the soil chemical properties for increasing the available potassium, total nitrogen, total phosphorus and total potassium, and had a positive impact on soil fertility. In the microbial communities, fungi were more sensitive to succinic acid than bacteria. The relative abundance of Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the addition of succinic acid affected soil chemical property, microbial communities and the composition of soil metabolites, and then improved crop chemical components.
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