Abstract
The overuse of chemical fertilizers deteriorates soil quality, and the application of organic amendments has been proposed as an alternative to mineral fertilizers. This study aimed to investigate the effects of organic amendment types on soil properties, the soil microbiome, and tomato growth. Tomato seedlings were grown in soils applied with ten fertilizer treatments, including a no fertilization control, a chemical fertilization control, and eight organic amendment treatments. Compared with the chemical fertilization treatment, the application of manure compost significantly increased the shoot dry weight of tomato plants. In addition, manure compost and tea seed meal remarkably increased soil organic matter (SOM) in comparison with the no fertilization and chemical fertilization treatments. Moreover, manure compost significantly increased soil-exchangeable K and Mg. The application of neem cake and manure compost significantly increased both bacterial diversity and richness. The relative abundance of Lysinibacillus was significantly positively related to the shoot and total dry weights of tomato plants, and its relative abundance was positively influenced by SOM and soil-exchangeable K. Overall, the manure compost used in this study can increase SOM, soil-exchangeable K and Mg, and the relative abundance of Lysinibacillus, consequently promoting tomato growth.
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Claim · model-written summary
Manure compost significantly increased shoot dry weight of tomato compared with chemical fertilization.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- manure composte1
- Outcome
- shoot dry weighte1
- Direction
- significantly increasede1
- Comparator
- chemical fertilization treatmente1
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Verbatim
t0“Organic Amendment Types Influence Soil Properties, the Soil Bacterial Microbiome, and Tomato Growth”
e1“Compared with the chemical fertilization treatment, the application of manure compost significantly increased the shoot dry weight of tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Manure compost increased soil organic matter compared with no fertilization and chemical fertilization.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- manure composte2
- Outcome
- soil organic matter (SOM)e2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Comparator
- no fertilization and chemical fertilization treatmentse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Organic Amendment Types Influence Soil Properties, the Soil Bacterial Microbiome, and Tomato Growth”
e2“In addition, manure compost and tea seed meal remarkably increased soil organic matter (SOM) in comparison with the no fertilization and chemical fertilization treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Tea seed meal increased soil organic matter compared with no fertilization and chemical fertilization.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- tea seed meale2
- Outcome
- soil organic matter (SOM)e2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Comparator
- no fertilization and chemical fertilization treatmentse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Organic Amendment Types Influence Soil Properties, the Soil Bacterial Microbiome, and Tomato Growth”
e2“In addition, manure compost and tea seed meal remarkably increased soil organic matter (SOM) in comparison with the no fertilization and chemical fertilization treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Manure compost significantly increased soil-exchangeable K and Mg.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- manure composte3
- Outcome
- soil-exchangeable K and Mge3
- Direction
- significantly increasede3
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Organic Amendment Types Influence Soil Properties, the Soil Bacterial Microbiome, and Tomato Growth”
e3“Moreover, manure compost significantly increased soil-exchangeable K and Mg”
Claim · model-written summary
Neem cake significantly increased bacterial diversity and richness.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- neem cakee4
- Outcome
- bacterial diversity and richnesse4
- Direction
- significantly increasede4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Organic Amendment Types Influence Soil Properties, the Soil Bacterial Microbiome, and Tomato Growth”
e4“The application of neem cake and manure compost significantly increased both bacterial diversity and richness”
Claim · model-written summary
Manure compost significantly increased bacterial diversity and richness.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- manure composte4
- Outcome
- bacterial diversity and richnesse4
- Direction
- significantly increasede4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Organic Amendment Types Influence Soil Properties, the Soil Bacterial Microbiome, and Tomato Growth”
e4“The application of neem cake and manure compost significantly increased both bacterial diversity and richness”
Claim · model-written summary
Relative abundance of Lysinibacillus was significantly positively related to shoot and total dry weights of tomato.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Interactor
- Lysinibacillus
Lysinibacilluse5other - Outcome
- shoot and total dry weightse5
- Direction
- positively relatede5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Organic Amendment Types Influence Soil Properties, the Soil Bacterial Microbiome, and Tomato Growth”
e5“The relative abundance of Lysinibacillus was significantly positively related to the shoot and total dry weights of tomato plants, and its relative abundance was positively influenced by SOM and soil-exchangeable K”
Claim · model-written summary
Relative abundance of Lysinibacillus was positively influenced by SOM and soil-exchangeable K.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Interactor
- LysinibacillusLysinibacilluse5other
- Outcome
- relative abundance of Lysinibacilluse5
- Direction
- positively influencede5
- Qualifier
- SOM and soil-exchangeable Ke5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Organic Amendment Types Influence Soil Properties, the Soil Bacterial Microbiome, and Tomato Growth”
e5“The relative abundance of Lysinibacillus was significantly positively related to the shoot and total dry weights of tomato plants, and its relative abundance was positively influenced by SOM and soil-exchangeable K”
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