The effects of soil properties, cropping systems and geographic location on soil prokaryotic communities in four maize production regions across China
The diversity of prokaryotic communities in soil is shaped by both biotic and abiotic factors. However, little is known about the major factors shaping soil prokaryotic communities at a large scale in agroecosystems. To this end, we undertook a study to investigate the impact of maize production cro...
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| author | Xue-liang TIAN Jia-jia LIU Quan-cheng LIU Xin-yao XIA Yong PENG Alejandra I. HUERTA Jian-bing YAN Hui LI Wen-de LIU |
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| description | The diversity of prokaryotic communities in soil is shaped by both biotic and abiotic factors. However, little is known about the major factors shaping soil prokaryotic communities at a large scale in agroecosystems. To this end, we undertook a study to investigate the impact of maize production cropping systems, soil properties and geographic location (latitude and longitude) on soil prokaryotic communities using metagenomic techniques, across four distinct maize production regions in China. Across all study sites, the dominant prokaryotes in soil were Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Acidobacteria, and Actinobacteria. Non-metric multidimensional scaling revealed that prokaryotic communities clustered into the respective maize cropping systems in which they resided. Redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that soil properties especially pH, geographic location and cropping system jointly determined the diversity of the prokaryotic communities. The functional genes of soil prokaryotes from these samples were chiefly influenced by latitude, soil pH and cropping system, as revealed by RDA analysis. The abundance of genes in some metabolic pathways, such as genes involved in microbe–microbe interactions, degradation of aromatic compounds, carbon fixation pathways in prokaryotes and microbial metabolism were markedly different across the four maize production regions. Our study indicated that the combination of soil pH, cropping system and geographic location significantly influenced the prokaryotic community and the functional genes of these microbes. This work contributes to a deeper understanding of the composition and function of the soil prokaryotic community across large-scale production systems such as maize. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a6b0da1e085e4e33a943f88c4e7d5c9e2025-08-02T15:58:46ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Journal of Integrative Agriculture2095-31192022-07-0121721452157The effects of soil properties, cropping systems and geographic location on soil prokaryotic communities in four maize production regions across ChinaXue-liang TIAN0Jia-jia LIU1Quan-cheng LIU2Xin-yao XIA3Yong PENG4Alejandra I. HUERTA5Jian-bing YAN6Hui LI7Wen-de LIU8State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, P.R.China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Biological Pesticide & Fertilizer Development and Synergistic Application, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453003, P.R.ChinaSchool of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, P.R.ChinaState Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, P.R.ChinaState Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, P.R.China; School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, P.R.ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P.R.ChinaDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606, USANational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P.R.ChinaSchool of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, P.R.China; Correspondence LI Hui, Tel: +86-531-82765807State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, P.R.China; Correspondence LIU Wen-de, Tel: +86-10-62815921The diversity of prokaryotic communities in soil is shaped by both biotic and abiotic factors. However, little is known about the major factors shaping soil prokaryotic communities at a large scale in agroecosystems. To this end, we undertook a study to investigate the impact of maize production cropping systems, soil properties and geographic location (latitude and longitude) on soil prokaryotic communities using metagenomic techniques, across four distinct maize production regions in China. Across all study sites, the dominant prokaryotes in soil were Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Acidobacteria, and Actinobacteria. Non-metric multidimensional scaling revealed that prokaryotic communities clustered into the respective maize cropping systems in which they resided. Redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that soil properties especially pH, geographic location and cropping system jointly determined the diversity of the prokaryotic communities. The functional genes of soil prokaryotes from these samples were chiefly influenced by latitude, soil pH and cropping system, as revealed by RDA analysis. The abundance of genes in some metabolic pathways, such as genes involved in microbe–microbe interactions, degradation of aromatic compounds, carbon fixation pathways in prokaryotes and microbial metabolism were markedly different across the four maize production regions. Our study indicated that the combination of soil pH, cropping system and geographic location significantly influenced the prokaryotic community and the functional genes of these microbes. This work contributes to a deeper understanding of the composition and function of the soil prokaryotic community across large-scale production systems such as maize.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311921637723metagenomecropping systemmaizesoil prokaryotes |
| spellingShingle | Xue-liang TIAN Jia-jia LIU Quan-cheng LIU Xin-yao XIA Yong PENG Alejandra I. HUERTA Jian-bing YAN Hui LI Wen-de LIU The effects of soil properties, cropping systems and geographic location on soil prokaryotic communities in four maize production regions across China Journal of Integrative Agriculture metagenome cropping system maize soil prokaryotes |
| title | The effects of soil properties, cropping systems and geographic location on soil prokaryotic communities in four maize production regions across China |
| title_full | The effects of soil properties, cropping systems and geographic location on soil prokaryotic communities in four maize production regions across China |
| title_fullStr | The effects of soil properties, cropping systems and geographic location on soil prokaryotic communities in four maize production regions across China |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of soil properties, cropping systems and geographic location on soil prokaryotic communities in four maize production regions across China |
| title_short | The effects of soil properties, cropping systems and geographic location on soil prokaryotic communities in four maize production regions across China |
| title_sort | effects of soil properties cropping systems and geographic location on soil prokaryotic communities in four maize production regions across china |
| topic | metagenome cropping system maize soil prokaryotes |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311921637723 |
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