Small Farm Holder Cropping Systems Influence Microbial Profiles in an Equatorial Rainforest Agroecosystem
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Soil Properties
3.2. Microbial Diversity
3.3. Microbial Functional Traits
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Soil Chemistry | pH | % N | TN | % OC | SOC | BD | % Sand | % Silt | % Clay | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cropping System | ||||||||||
Kruskal–Wallis p-value | 0.016 | 0.293 | 0.324 | 0.034 | 0.033 | 0.282 | 0.03 | 0.088 | 0.081 | |
Dunn’s Pairwise Comparisons | F–MB | * | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | * | ns | ns |
F–Sc | * | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | * | ns | ns | |
MB–Sc | ns | ns | ns | * | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | |
Location | ||||||||||
Kruskal–Wallis p-value | 0.002 | 0.125 | 0.233 | 0.024 | 0.038 | 0.059 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
Dunn’s Pairwise Comparisons | Ma–Bu | ** | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
Ma–Ik | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | *** | ** | ** | |
Ma–Tw | * | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | |
Bu–Ik | ns | ns | ns | * | ns | ns | **** | **** | *** | |
Bu–Tw | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | |
Ik–Tw | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ** | * | * |
Richness (S) | Fisher’s α (S) | Shannon (H′) | InvSimpson (λ−1) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archaea/ Bacteria | F | 153 | 17.1 | 4.7 | 73.0 |
MB | 157 | 17.7 | 4.7 | 64.7 | |
Sc | 194 | 33.0 | 4.8 | 75.3 | |
Fungi (Ascomycota) | F | 63 | 6.9 | 2.9 | 8.1 |
MB | 80 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 9.5 | |
Sc | 132 | 15.5 | 4.1 | 28.2 |
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Matindu, C.; Weerasuriya, N.M.; Muyekho, F.N.; Creed, I.F.; Thorn, R.G.; Sifuna, A.W. Small Farm Holder Cropping Systems Influence Microbial Profiles in an Equatorial Rainforest Agroecosystem. Agronomy 2024, 14, 646. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14040646
Matindu C, Weerasuriya NM, Muyekho FN, Creed IF, Thorn RG, Sifuna AW. Small Farm Holder Cropping Systems Influence Microbial Profiles in an Equatorial Rainforest Agroecosystem. Agronomy. 2024; 14(4):646. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14040646
Chicago/Turabian StyleMatindu, Christine, Nimalka M. Weerasuriya, Francis N. Muyekho, Irena F. Creed, R. Greg Thorn, and Anthony W. Sifuna. 2024. "Small Farm Holder Cropping Systems Influence Microbial Profiles in an Equatorial Rainforest Agroecosystem" Agronomy 14, no. 4: 646. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14040646