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Changes in Soil Chemical Properties and Bacterial Community Composition of Jujube Orchard Due to Oil Cake Fertilization

Version 1 : Received: 21 March 2024 / Approved: 22 March 2024 / Online: 23 March 2024 (09:23:30 CET)

How to cite: Park, H.; Kim, K.; Walitang, D.I.; Sayyed, R.Z.; Sa, T. Changes in Soil Chemical Properties and Bacterial Community Composition of Jujube Orchard Due to Oil Cake Fertilization. Preprints 2024, 2024031387. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1387.v1 Park, H.; Kim, K.; Walitang, D.I.; Sayyed, R.Z.; Sa, T. Changes in Soil Chemical Properties and Bacterial Community Composition of Jujube Orchard Due to Oil Cake Fertilization. Preprints 2024, 2024031387. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1387.v1

Abstract

Organic fertilizer application in agricultural land is known to improve soil microbial processes, fertility, and yield. In particular, stable changes in soil chemical composition through multi-year fertilization of organic fertilizers are thought to cause changes in the microbial community. Here, the effects of oil cake amendments (OC) on soil bacterial diversity, community profile and enzyme activity were evaluated and compared to those amended with chemical fertilizer (NPK). The comparison of diversity indices between OC and NPK amended soils shows that application of oil cake has increased microbial diversity potentially with an increase in the number of different microbial groups. The ordination plot distinguished and clustered both treatments showing differential effects of soils chemical factors on the microbial communities of each treatment. Proteobacteria, Verrucomicrobia and Bacteriodetes were significantly abundant in OC amended soil than in the NPK received soil, indicating alterations in community structure, composition, and diversity con-current to the changes in pH, Ca and Mg contents of the soil. These shifts in bacterial community structure and composition could also be observed from the phylum to the genus level in both NPK and OC amended soils partially explained by differences in soil chemical factors. The OC soil compared to the NPK amended soil also contain significantly higher abundance of predicted genes corresponding to enzymes related to biogeochemical cycling, decomposition and plant growth promotion. Collectively, these results support the use of an unconventional organic fertilizer positively altering bacterial populations in jujube orchards. The application of oil cake-based organic fertilizer improved microbial diversity and enhanced potential ecosystem functions related to bio-geochemical cycles, mineralization and plant growth promotion.

Keywords

Jujube; soil chemical properties; bacterial community; oil cake; organic fertilization; Illumina sequencing

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy

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