Integrated Application of Rapeseed Cake and Green Manure Enhances Soil Nutrients and Microbial Communities in Tea Garden Soil

Haiping Fu, Huan Li, Peng Yin, Huiling Mei, Jianjie Li, Pinqian Zhou, Yuanjiang Wang, Qingping Ma, Anburaj Jeyaraj, Kuberan Thangaraj, Xuan Chen, Xinghui Li and Guiyi Guo
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Haiping Fu: Tea Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410126, China
Huan Li: Institute of Leisure Agriculture, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
Peng Yin: Henan Key Laboratory of Tea Comprehensive Utilization in South Henan, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China
Huiling Mei: College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Jianjie Li: College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Pinqian Zhou: Tea Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410126, China
Yuanjiang Wang: Tea Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410126, China
Qingping Ma: Tea Research Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Anburaj Jeyaraj: Tea Research Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Kuberan Thangaraj: Tea Research Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Xuan Chen: Tea Research Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Xinghui Li: Tea Research Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Guiyi Guo: Henan Key Laboratory of Tea Comprehensive Utilization in South Henan, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-10

Abstract: (1) Aims: This study was aimed to investigate the effects of organic and inorganic fertilizer application on the soil nutrients and microbiota in tea garden soil. (2) Method: Illumina Hiseq sequencing technique was conducted to analyze the microbial diversity and density in different fertilizer-applied tea garden soil. (3) Results: The results showed that Acidobacteria , Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria were the predominant bacterial species observed in the tea garden soil. Besides, the relative abundance of Basidiomycota , Ascomycota and Zygomycota fungal species were higher in the tea garden soil. Correlation analysis revealed that Acidibacter and Acidothermus were significantly correlated with chemical properties (such as total organic carbon (TOC), total phosphorus (TP) and available phosphorus (AP) contents) of the tea garden soil. Furthermore, all these microbes were abundant in medium rapeseed cake (MRSC) + green manure (GM) treated tea garden soil. (4) Conclusion: Based on the obtained results, we conclude that the application of MRSC + GM could be a preferred fertilizer to increase the soil nutrients (TOC, TP and AP content) and microbial population in the tea garden soil.

Keywords: fertilizer; green manure; microbiota; rapeseed cake; soil nutrient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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