Differing Roles of Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Cotton Fields by Growth Stage

The global demand for cotton makes sustainable production an important issue that can be improved by a better understanding of the influence soil microbes on growth. We collected field soils at seedling and flowering/boll-setting (FBS) stages in order to obtain properties growth indices. Bacterial fungal community compositions were assessed high-throughput sequencing 16S rRNA internal transcribed spacer genes, respectively, after which differences microbial functions their influencing factors different analyzed. Both diversity composition bacterial communities found significantly between FBS stages. Microbes stage had higher richness biomass than those stage. Compared with stage, stability was decreased. indices both associated compositional shifts but not community. abundance specific taxa (e.g., Pseudarthrobacter, Thiobacillus, Cephalotrichum, Chaetomium, Fusarium) correlated being mainly regulated salinity nitrate content. Our results highlight importance mediating will useful providing strategies improvement agriculture.