Effects of Calcium and Magnesium Fertilization on the Rhizosphere Bacterial Community Assembly and Specific Biomarkers in Rainfed Maize

Zhaoquan He, Xue Shang, Xiaoze Jin · 2025

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Zhaoquan He, Xue Shang, and Xiaoze Jin study soil bacteria around maize roots in a field study from two thousand twenty-five. They asked how adding calcium and magnesium to soil changes the bacterial community in the root zone of rainfed maize. Such changes may drive soil health in dryland farming.

A micro-plot trial used seven treatments, from low and high doses of each element to both together and a control. Gene sequencing showed the supplements clearly reshaped the root-zone community. Each treatment enriched distinct marker genera, and combined doses gave unique assemblages, not simple sums. The authors frame the effect as environmental filtering. Their results may guide precise fertilizer use to manage soil microbes.

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CREATORZhaoquan He, Xue Shang, Xiaoze Jin
YEAR2025
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE53 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12787560

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