Paper · 2025 · Frontiers in Plant Science

Long-term maize-soybean crop rotation: impacts on soybean yield, soil microbiota and nitrogen dynamics

Liqiang Zhang; Jiamin Yin; Wenxiu Ji; et al.

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Abstract

Aims Soil nitrogen is recognized as a vital nutrient influencing soybean growth and yield. Hence, a comprehensive understanding of the intricate connections between shifts in nitrogen patterns and the behaviors of soil microbial communities and crucial enzymes in the nitrogen cycle is highly desirable. Methods This study involved a rotation positioning experiment spanning 11 years (2012-2022). Measurement of soil microenvironment changes during the mature period for three consecutive years (2020-2022). Based on these groups, the study delved into the alterations in nitrogen patterns within the soybean rotation, examining both soil enzyme activity and microbial community dynamics. Results Long-term crop rotation and nitrogen application led to an increase ranging from 2.16% to 108.34% in the nine components of soil nitrogen. Gemmatimonas , Rhodanobacter and Mrakia could effectively increase soil nitrogen content and had a reciprocal promotion with soil urease and protease activities, whereas Blastococcus and Fusarium increased soil nitrogen loss. Changes in inorganic nitrogen and total organic nitrogen resulting from crop rotation enhanced the abundance of soil microbial communities, reducing their diversity. Conclusions Overall, findings demonstrate that long-term crop rotation and nitrogen management significantly influence soil nitrogen dynamics, microbial community structure, and enzyme activities. Thus, enhancing the functional capacities of soil microbial communities to support sustainable soybean production.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Long-term crop rotation and nitrogen application increased the nine soil nitrogen components by 2.16% to 108.34%.

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soybeanGlycine maxt0
Treatment
Long-term crop rotation and nitrogen applicatione1
Outcome
nine components of soil nitrogene1
Direction
increasee1
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2.16% to 108.34%e1

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Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Long-term crop rotation and nitrogen application led to an increase ranging from 2.16% to 108.34% in the nine components of soil nitrogen”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Gemmatimonas, Rhodanobacter and Mrakia could effectively increase soil nitrogen content.

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soybeanGlycine maxt0
Interactor
Gemmatimonas , Rhodanobacter and MrakiaMrakiaRhodanobacterGemmatimonase2other
Outcome
soil nitrogen contente2
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increasee2

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Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
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Gemmatimonas · Interactor · picture of the genus (one of its species)Satoshi Hanada · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Gemmatimonas , Rhodanobacter and Mrakia could effectively increase soil nitrogen content and had a reciprocal promotion with soil urease and protease activities”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Blastococcus and Fusarium increased soil nitrogen loss.

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soybeanGlycine maxt0
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FusariumFusariume3pathogen
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BlastococcusBlastococcuse3other
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soil nitrogen losse3
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increasede3

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Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
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“whereas Blastococcus and Fusarium increased soil nitrogen loss”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Crop rotation reduced soil microbial diversity.

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soybeanGlycine maxt0
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crop rotatione4
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diversitye4
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reducinge4

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“Changes in inorganic nitrogen and total organic nitrogen resulting from crop rotation enhanced the abundance of soil microbial communities, reducing their diversity”

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Crop rotation enhanced the abundance of soil microbial communities.

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soybeanGlycine maxt0
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crop rotatione4
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abundance of soil microbial communitiese4
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enhancede4

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Associationobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

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Long-term crop rotation and nitrogen management significantly influence soil nitrogen dynamics, microbial community structure and enzyme activities.

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soybeanGlycine maxt0
Treatment
long-term crop rotation and nitrogen managemente5
Outcome
soil nitrogen dynamics, microbial community structure, and enzyme activitiese5

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“long-term crop rotation and nitrogen management significantly influence soil nitrogen dynamics, microbial community structure, and enzyme activities”

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Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

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Enhancing the functional capacity of soil microbial communities may support sustainable soybean production.

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soybeanGlycine maxe6
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enhancing the functional capacities of soil microbial communitiese6

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“enhancing the functional capacities of soil microbial communities to support sustainable soybean production”

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