ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2026
Alfalfa mulching improved soil health and ecosystem multifunctionality of
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Introduction: Despite the economic, ecological, medicinal and horticultural importance as well as national strategic importance of edible oil security, Methods: This study quantitatively compared soil health and ecosystem multifunctionality under alfalfa mulching and bare control treatments of Results: Alfalfa mulching elevated the relative abundance of beneficial bacteria and fungi, reduced the relative abundance of pathogenic fungi, and enhanced soil health and ecosystem multifunctionality. Understory vegetation diversity, soil microbial function, microbial diversity, microbial life-history strategy, microbial community stability, microbial cross-kingdom network stability, and phylogenetic bin assembly could jointly affect both soil health and ecosystem multifunctionality, however, soil microbial function showed the highest individual effects. Discussion: This study demonstrates relatively new supports that alfalfa mulching represents a win-win strategy for renovating low-yielding
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