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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (33): 58-67.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0868

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Characteristics of Rhizosphere Microbial Community of Three Medicinal Plants in Eastern Inner Mongolia

KOU Peiwen1(), LIU Changle1, XU Yike1, SONG Zhongxing1, LI Bo1, ZHANG Yongsheng2, HUANG Wenjing1(), TANG Zhishu1,3()   

  1. 1 Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine/ Shaanxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicine Resources Industrialization/ State Key Laboratory of Research & Development of Characteristic Qin Medicine Resources (Cultivation), Xianyang, Shaanxi 712083
    2 Inner Mongolia Pharmaceutical Limited Company, Tongliao, Inner Mongolia 028000
    3 China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700
  • Received:2022-11-23 Revised:2023-01-15 Online:2023-11-25 Published:2023-11-22

Abstract:

Through analyzing the community characteristics of rhizosphere microorganisms in three medicinal plants from the Eastern Inner Mongolia region, this study aims at investigating the interactive relationship among plant roots, rhizosphere soil, and microorganisms. Using Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Saposhnikovia divaricata, and Glehniae Radix with similar growth years and conditions as the materials, high-throughput sequencing technology was employed to analyze the differences and relationships between rhizosphere soil and non-rhizosphere soil among the plants. The study revealed that the main differences in physicochemical properties between rhizosphere soil and non-rhizosphere soil were observed in total phosphorus and catalase activity. In the Eastern Inner Mongolia region, the dominant bacterial phyla in the three medicinal plants were Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria, with relative proportions ranging from 27.85% to 52.69% and 18.39% to 44.59%, respectively. The dominant fungal families in the three medicinal plants from the Eastern Inner Mongolia region were mainly Nectriaceae and Microascaceae, with relative proportions ranging from 3.70% to 14.94% and 4.66% to 30.32%, respectively. Significant differences in the microbial community structure were observed between Glycyrrhiza uralensis of the Leguminosae family and Glehniae Radix and Saposhnikovia divaricata of the Umbelliferae family. Differences in total nitrogen, total phosphorus, urease, and sucrase in the rhizosphere soil contributed to the variation in microbial community structure. The distinct characteristics of rhizosphere microbiota were observed in the three medicinal plants cultivated in the eastern region of Inner Mongolia. The main driving factors for bacterial community structure were the interaction between soil environmental factors and plants, while both environmental factors and plant types had driving effects on the fungal community.

Key words: rhizosphere microbial community, plant species, soil factors, medicinal plants