期刊
PEDOBIOLOGIA
卷 59, 期 4, 页码 215-223出版社
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2016.04.001
关键词
Agroecosystem; Biodiversity; Crop rotation; Legumes; Soil microbial diversity
资金
- National Research Foundation
- The Western Cape Department of Agriculture
- The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust
- Stellenbosch University Department of Agronomy
Agricultural intensification can involve the simplification of agroecosystems to crop monocultures while the practices of crop rotation, intercropping and companion planting maintain some crop diversity over time and space. It is generally postulated that reduced diversity can have an impact on ecosystem function. Here we determine whether decreased aboveground crop diversity affects belowground microbial biodiversity by conducting a meta-analysis of studies comparing monocultures and crop rotations. We based taxonomic richness and diversity indices on both molecular and biochemical fingerprinting methods. Soils under a higher diversity of crops in rotation produced higher microbial richness (+15.11%, n = 26) and diversity (+3.36%, n = 43) scores. This effect was significantly influenced by the proxy and methodology used where pyrosequencing produced higher richness scores compared to fingerprinting methods. Longer study trials produced larger increases in microbial richness, although the opposite was true for microbial diversity. The addition of legumes to rotation had no consistent effects on microbial diversity or richness. Whether the overall rotation-effect on microbial diversity promotes ecosystem functioning in terms of nutrient cycling and resilience to stress remains unclear. Future studies that incorporate next-generation sequencing techniques will help to elucidate complex microbial community structures and specific functional niches in agroecosystems. (C) 2016 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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