Fresh Compost Tea Application Does Not Change Rhizosphere Soil Bacterial Community Structure, and Has No Effects on Soybean Growth or Yield

Soil bacteria drive key ecosystem functions, including nutrient mobilization, soil aggregation and crop bioprotection against pathogens. Bacterial diversity is thus considered a component of health. Conventional agriculture reduces bacterial in many ways. Compost tea has been suggested as bioinoculant that may restore community promote performance under conventional agriculture. Here, we conducted field experiment to test this hypothesis soybean-maize rotation. application had no influence on or structure. Plant growth yield were also unresponsive compost application. Combined, our results suggest did not thrive the soil, positive impacts applications reported elsewhere be caused by different microbial groups (e.g., fungi, protists nematodes) abiotic effects contribution nutrients dissolved organic matter). Further investigations are needed elucidate mechanisms through which influences performance.