Abstract
The Hexi Corridor provides two-thirds of the nation's total seed supply. However, long-term monocropping has restricted plant growth, increased annual disease incidence, and hindered the sustainable development of the local seed industry. A study examined the impact of two carbon-rich residues, both irradiated and non-irradiated, on the rhizosphere microbes associated with corn seed production using a pot experiment and high-throughput sequencing.The results indicated that irradiated residues increased bacterial diversity, reduced fungal diversity, altered microbial functionality, and decreased the relative abundance of pathogens. Additionally, plant growth and soil properties improved. Carbon-rich irradiated biogas and furfural residues promoted soil rhizosphere microbes in maize, responding to an increase in beneficial rhizosphere microorganisms. The impact of irradiation on rhizosphere microbes was more significant than that of incubation or non-irradiation. Irradiated biogas residue had a greater impact on bacterial diversity and functionality compared to irradiated furfural residue, whereas the effects on fungal diversity and functionality were reversed between the two residues.The application of two residues, with or without irradiation, improved soil physicochemical properties, enhanced plant growth, and reduced disease incidence. Carbon-rich resources, when combined with irradiation, promote soil rhizosphere microbial diversity and suppress pathogen invasion by encouraging beneficial microbes. Using irradiated carbon-rich resources can serve as an effective method for disease control and a sustainable solution to improve long-term corn seed production systems.
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Irradiated residues increased corn rhizosphere bacterial diversity.
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- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayst0 - Treatment
- irradiated residuese0
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- bacterial diversitye0
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- increasede0
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e0“irradiated residues increased bacterial diversity, reduced fungal diversity, altered microbial functionality, and decreased the relative abundance of pathogens.”
t0“corn seed production”
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Irradiated residues reduced corn rhizosphere fungal diversity.
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- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
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- irradiated residuese0
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- fungal diversitye0
- Direction
- reducede0
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e0“irradiated residues increased bacterial diversity, reduced fungal diversity, altered microbial functionality, and decreased the relative abundance of pathogens.”
t0“corn seed production”
Claim · model-written summary
Irradiated residues altered rhizosphere microbial functionality.
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- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
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- irradiated residuese0
- Outcome
- microbial functionalitye0
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e0“irradiated residues increased bacterial diversity, reduced fungal diversity, altered microbial functionality, and decreased the relative abundance of pathogens.”
t0“corn seed production”
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Irradiated residues decreased pathogen relative abundance.
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- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
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- irradiated residuese0
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- relative abundance of pathogense0
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- decreasede0
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e0“irradiated residues increased bacterial diversity, reduced fungal diversity, altered microbial functionality, and decreased the relative abundance of pathogens.”
t0“corn seed production”
Claim · model-written summary
Residue application improved corn growth and reduced disease incidence.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- application of two residues, with or without irradiatione0
- Outcome
- plant growthe0
- Direction
- enhancede0
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e0“The application of two residues, with or without irradiation, improved soil physicochemical properties, enhanced plant growth, and reduced disease incidence.”
t0“corn seed production”
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Residue application reduced corn disease incidence.
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- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
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- application of two residues, with or without irradiatione0
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- disease incidencee0
- Direction
- reducede0
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e0“The application of two residues, with or without irradiation, improved soil physicochemical properties, enhanced plant growth, and reduced disease incidence.”
t0“corn seed production”
Claim · model-written summary
Irradiation affected rhizosphere microbes more strongly than incubation or no irradiation.
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- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
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- impact of irradiation on rhizosphere microbese0
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- more significante0
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- incubation or non-irradiatione0
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e0“The impact of irradiation on rhizosphere microbes was more significant than that of incubation or non-irradiation.”
t0“corn seed production”
Claim · model-written summary
Irradiated biogas residue had a greater effect on bacterial diversity and functionality than irradiated furfural residue.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- Irradiated biogas residuee0
- Outcome
- bacterial diversity and functionalitye0
- Direction
- greater impacte0
- Comparator
- irradiated furfural residuee0
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e0“Irradiated biogas residue had a greater impact on bacterial diversity and functionality compared to irradiated furfural residue”
t0“corn seed production”
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The relative effects of the two irradiated residues were reversed for fungal diversity and functionality.
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- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- two residuese0
- Outcome
- fungal diversity and functionalitye0
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e0“whereas the effects on fungal diversity and functionality were reversed between the two residues.”
t0“corn seed production”
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Residue application improved soil physicochemical properties.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- application of two residues, with or without irradiatione0
- Outcome
- soil physicochemical propertiese0
- Direction
- improvede0
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e0“The application of two residues, with or without irradiation, improved soil physicochemical properties, enhanced plant growth, and reduced disease incidence.”
t0“corn seed production”
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