Impacts of plant domestication on soil microbial and nematode communities during litter decomposition

Abstract Purpose Plant domestication altered leaf litter quality. Since traits relate to soil functions and organisms (i.e., decomposition decomposer communities), in this study we explore if domestication-induced changes quality have affected their decomposability, bacterial, fungal, nematode communities the soil. Methods We collected from herbaceous crops wild progenitors, measured chemical physical traits. Then, performed a assay on common After three months of incubation, mass loss, richness community composition ten crops. also bacterial fungal six Results Domesticated litters had less carbon (C) dry matter content (LDMC), which accelerated comparison litters. Fungal was higher microcosms incubated with domesticated litters, while effects differed among Domestication did not affect richness. The compositions Soils tended abundance feeding nematodes, soils fed Conclusion at different levels. Leaf decomposability increased domestication, might alter resource inputs into Feeding idiosyncratic microbes, but consistent nematodes. Overall, linkages between crop residues differently for bacteria, fungi,