Nitrogen Fertilization and Native C4 Grass Species Alter Abundance, Activity, and Diversity of Soil Diazotrophic Communities

Native C4 grasses have become the preferred species for native perennial pastures and bioenergy production due to their high productivity under low soil nitrogen (N) status. One reason for their low N requirement is that C4 grasses may benefit from soil diazotrophs and promote biological N fixation....

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Jialin Hu, Jonathan D. Richwine, Patrick D. Keyser, Lidong Li, Fei Yao, Sindhu Jagadamma, Jennifer M. DeBruyn
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Subjects:	nitrogen fertilization switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) diazotroph community nifH abundance nifH amplicon sequencing
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.675693/full