ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Changes in Cucumber Rhizosphere Bacillus spp.
Abundance and Community Structure During
Long-Term Continuous Monocropping
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Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Northeast Region),
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
Submission date: 2020-01-12
Final revision date: 2020-03-25
Acceptance date: 2020-04-02
Online publication date: 2020-11-26
Publication date: 2021-02-05
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(2):1795-1800
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Continuous monocropping has been a traditional way of cropping system in most parts of the world.
It is important to study its effects on soil microbial communities, which are important element of any
agroecosystem functioning and for both plant and soil health. In this study, we used real-time PCR
and PCR-denaturing gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) techniques to analyze changes in Bacillus spp.
abundance, diversity and community structure in continuously monocropped cucumber (Cucumis
sativus L.) rhizosphere during nine cropping seasons (after every 2 seasons i.e. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9). Results
showed that continuous monocropping significantly changed the Bacillus spp. abundance, diversity and
community structure, and the effect was in course of time. The abundance of Bacillus spp. increased
up to 5th cropping season and then decreased in following cropping seasons. The number of DGGE
bands, Shannon-Wiener Index and Evenness indexes decreased during 3rd cropping season and, after
that, increasing trend was observed up to 9th cropping season. These results suggest that the diversity of
crop specific Bacillus spp. might start increasing but overall abundance of those keep decreasing after a
specific period of time during long-term cucumber continuous monocropping.