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A single application of fertiliser or manure to a cropping field has limited long-term effects on soil microbial communities

C. Celestina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0840-9276 A B D , P. W. G. Sale C , J. R. Hunt B C , C. Tang C and A. E. Franks A B
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A Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Bundoora Vic. 3086, Australia.

B Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic. 3086, Australia.

C Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, AgriBio the Centre for AgriBiosciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora Vic. 3086, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: c.celestina@latrobe.edu.au

Soil Research 57(3) 228-238 https://doi.org/10.1071/SR18215
Submitted: 27 July 2018  Accepted: 1 February 2019   Published: 5 March 2019

Abstract

A large-scale field experiment was used to investigate the long-term effects of a single application of manure or inorganic fertiliser on microbial communities in the topsoil and subsoil of a cropping field in south-west Victoria. Poultry litter (20 t ha–1) and fertiliser (with equivalent total nutrients to the manure) was either surface broadcast or deep ripped into the subsoil before sowing in 2014. Soil samples were collected from the 0–10 and 25–40 cm horizons in each treatment immediately after harvest of the third successive crop in January 2017. Next-generation sequencing of the 16S and ITS rRNA genes was used to characterise the bacterial and fungal communities in the soil. Amendment type and method of placement had a limited effect on soil microbial community structure and diversity, three years after treatments were applied. Fungal communities exhibited weak responses to the poultry litter and fertiliser in comparison to a nil control, but none of the treatments had any detectable effect on bacterial communities. Differences in structure and diversity of microbial communities were overwhelmingly due to their vertical distribution in the soil profile, and not the application of different amendments to the soil by deep ripping or surface broadcasting. The strength and timing of the soil disturbance, plant selection effects and farm management history likely contributed to the lack of measurable response in the soil microbial community.

Additional keywords: bacteria, deep tillage, fungi, organic amendment, subsoil manuring.


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