articleNature CommunicationsApr 4, 2024GOLD OA

Legume rhizodeposition promotes nitrogen fixation by soil microbiota under crop diversification

Chinese Academy of Sciences · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +8 more institutions

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Abstract

Biological nitrogen fixation by free-living bacteria and rhizobial symbiosis with legumes plays a key role in sustainable crop production. Here, we study how different crop combinations influence the interaction between peanut plants and their rhizosphere microbiota via metabolite deposition and functional responses of free-living and symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Based on a long-term (8 year) diversified cropping field experiment, we find that peanut co-cultured with maize and oilseed rape lead to specific changes in peanut rhizosphere metabolite profiles and bacterial functions and nodulation. Flavonoids and coumarins accumulate due to the activation of phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathways in peanuts.…

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