Responses of rhizosphere soil properties, enzyme activities and microbial diversity to intercropping patterns on the Loess Plateau of China

• Published in: Soil & tillage research Vol. 195; p. 104355
• Main Authors: Gong, Xiangwei, Liu, Chunjuan, Li, Jing, Luo, Yan, Yang, Qinghua, Zhang, Weili, Yang, Pu, Feng, Baili
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.12.2019
• Subjects: Acidobacteria; Actinobacteria; agroecosystems; Ascomycota; Basidiomycota; bulk density; China; Chloroflexi; community structure; enzyme activity; Firmicutes; fungi; Gemmatimonadetes; genes; grain crops; Intercropping; internal transcribed spacers; microbial communities; mung beans; nitrates; Nitrospirae; nutrient content; ordination techniques; Panicum miliaceum subsp. miliaceum; planting; Proteobacteria; rhizosphere; ribosomal RNA; soil bacteria; soil enzymes; Soil microbial diversity; soil nutrients; Soil properties; soil temperature; soil water; soil water content; species diversity; sustainable development; total nitrogen; China; Soil microbial diversity; Soil properties; Intercropping

•Intercropping increased the soil nutrients and enzyme activities of proso millet.•The effect of intercropping on the soil bacterial diversity was larger than fungi.•Intercropping decreased the dominant bacterial abundance of Actinobacteria.•Intercropping did not markedly change the fungal community...