Soil Solarization Efficiently Reduces Fungal Soilborne Pathogen Populations, Promotes Lettuce Plant Growth, and Affects the Soil Bacterial Community
Abstract
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Field Study Experimental Set Up
2.2. Soil Sampling and DNA Extraction from the Soil
2.3. Quantification of Soilborne Pathogens with qPCR
2.4. Disease Assessment
2.5. Plant Fresh Weight
2.6. Bacterial Microbiome Analysis
2.7. Bioinformatic Analysis
2.8. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Standard Curves
3.2. Impact of Disinfestation Treatments on Soilborne Pathogen Populations
3.3. Disease Assessment
3.4. Plant Fresh Weight
3.5. Microbial Community Composition and Dynamics
3.6. α-Diversity and β-Diversity of Soil Bacterial Communities
3.7. Phylum- and Class-Level Taxonomic Composition Distribution
3.8. Effect of Applied Soil Treatments on Specific Bacterial Genera
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Treatment | Plots | |
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Non-Treated | Treated | |
Control | 2530 ± 154.73 | 2418 ± 206.44 |
Solarization | 2526 ± 56.96 | 2126 ± 188.25 |
CF | 2437 ± 187.35 | 2329 ± 100.78 |
Dazomet | 2617 ± 77.02 | 2094 ± 102.53 |
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Tziros, G.T.; Samaras, A.; Karaoglanidis, G.S. Soil Solarization Efficiently Reduces Fungal Soilborne Pathogen Populations, Promotes Lettuce Plant Growth, and Affects the Soil Bacterial Community. Biology 2024, 13, 624. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13080624
Tziros GT, Samaras A, Karaoglanidis GS. Soil Solarization Efficiently Reduces Fungal Soilborne Pathogen Populations, Promotes Lettuce Plant Growth, and Affects the Soil Bacterial Community. Biology. 2024; 13(8):624. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13080624
Chicago/Turabian StyleTziros, George T., Anastasios Samaras, and George S. Karaoglanidis. 2024. "Soil Solarization Efficiently Reduces Fungal Soilborne Pathogen Populations, Promotes Lettuce Plant Growth, and Affects the Soil Bacterial Community" Biology 13, no. 8: 624. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13080624