The influence of fire regimes on soil microbial diversity in montane grasslands is a relatively unexplored area interest. Understanding the belowground crucial stepping-stone toward unravelling community dynamics, nutrient sequestration, and overall ecosystem stability. In this study, metabarcoding was used to unravel impact disturbance bacterial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal structures South A...

Annually, the wine industry produces high amounts of waste that can be toxic if disposed without pretreatment. Vermicomposting is an efficient and low-cost method decomposing organic matter using earthworms under controlled conditions. The substrate used in vermicomposting process affects microbial populations reflects dynamics enzymatic activity, decomposition matter, nitrogen transformations....

Soil drainage and phosphorus (P) availability are considered indicators of management intensity in pasture-based agriculture supporting livestock. However, microbial adaptations to P-availability according soil class rarely investigated. We hypothesized that well-drained grasslands with high will sustain a distinctive microbiota when compared poorly-drained low-P availability. The relationship ...

Reducing soil degradation and its impacts on the environment have been one of main challenges 21st century, exacerbated by a direct link between increases in human population that raises current future food security concerns. Despite this, experiences worldwide reveal degraded land restoration projects either achieved little success or failed. Thus, understanding underlying causes devising appr...

The arrival of invasive plants can cause drastic changes to ecosystems, such as the displacement native plant communities and disruption ecological functions. <i>Ligustrum lucidum</i> is an tree species that has been registered in numerous regions worldwide. We analysed effect expansion <i>L. on edaphic properties mycorrhizal fungal forests <i>Celtis tala</i> locat...

Iran is the largest producer of saffron (Crocus sativus) in the world. More than 80% of higher plant species have a mutual relationship with mycorrhizal fungi, which enhances the plant growth and its productivity. With identification of native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their application, it could be possible to expand saffron cultivated area and increase the performance of arable lands. ...

Cover crops (CC) provide important ecosystem services that are demanded to achieve more sustainable agrosystems. However, the legacy effects of CC on microbial community structure and its interactions with subsequent cash (CaC) still poorly understood, especially when mixtures involved. In this work, five (3 monocultures 2 mixtures) were selected in an experiment under semi-controlled condition...

The rhizosphere soil microbiome (RSM) plays an important role in the nutritional metabolism of exotic weed Ageratina adenophora . However, our understanding composition and metabolic activity this is limited. We used high-throughput sequencing bacterial 16S rRNA genes fungal internal transcribed spacer fragments combination with transcriptome analysis to compare features RSMs A. native plant sp...

The Thailand flood crisis in 2011 was one of the largest recorded floods in modern history, causing enormous damage to the economy and ecological habitats of the country. In this study, bacterial and fungal diversity in sediments and waters collected from ten flood areas in Bangkok and its suburbs, covering residential and agricultural areas, were analyzed using high-throughput 454 pyrosequenci...