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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 20-27.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0070

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Effects of Microbial Organic Fertilizers on Yield and Quality of Taro and Soil Microbial Populations

GUO Juxian1(), LI Guihua1, FU Mei1, LIU Xianming2, LUO Wenlong1, LUO Shanwei1, LIU Yutao3()   

  1. 1 Vegetable Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Vegetable New Technology Research, Guangzhou 510640
    2 Shaoguan Tianbao Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., Shaoguan, Guangdong 5125002
    3 Guangzhou National Modern Agricultural Industry Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou 510520
  • Received:2022-01-27 Revised:2022-03-28 Online:2023-01-25 Published:2023-02-01

Abstract:

Microbial organic fertilizers have gradually attracted more attention in improving crop quality and yield. To explore the effects of microbial organic fertilizer on stress resistance, yield and quality of taro can provide a scientific basis for the application of biological bacterial fertilizer in taro production. In this study, the ‘Tanbu Binlang’ taro was used as the material, and four different fertilization treatments were designed by applying microbial organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer. Indicators related to yield, nutrient quality and antioxidant activity were investigated. Moreover, in-depth exploration of the distribution and the metabolic regulation characteristics of soil microbial populations were also studied. The results showed that compared with the traditional fertilization method (CK) of fermented and decomposed peanut bran, applying microbial organic fertilizer with top-dressing of 75 kg/hm2 potassium sulfate fertilizer (T1) promoted the contents of nutrients such as Vc, total phenols, total flavonoids, amylose and crude fiber, as well as the contents of phosphorus in taro. Applying microbial organic fertilizers with top-dressing of 150 kg/hm2 potassium sulfate fertilizers (T3) had the highest yield, and Vc, total phenols, amylose, crude fiber and total potassium contents. Applying microbial organic fertilizers with top-dressing of 112.5 kg/hm2 potassium sulfate fertilizers (T2) had the highest total nitrogen and total phosphorus contents, as well as the highest SOD and CAT activities and MDA content. In addition, applying microbial organic fertilizers could effectively promote the abundance of Welchiella, Bacillus and Candida acidophilus in soil, facilitate nucleotide metabolism and DNA recombination, replication and repair efficiency, and improve protein translation efficiency, which was beneficial to amino acid metabolism and yield of taro. Therefore, this study emphasized that during the production process of taro, the application of appropriate amount of microbial organic fertilizer as the base fertilizer and appropriate amount of potassium sulfate fertilizer as top-dressing could be beneficial to improving the yield and quality of taro.

Key words: taro, physiological quality, different fertilizer treatments, soil microorganisms, microbiome