Morel Production Related to Soil Microbial Diversity and Evenness
Hao Tan, Tianhai Liu, Yang Yu, Jie Tang, Lin Jiang, Francis Martin, Weihong Peng
Abstract
spp.) are economically and culturally important and are widely prized throughout the world. This study used the large-scale farming of morels as an example of an agroecosystem for soil-saprotrophic mushroom cultivation. It demonstrated a typical pattern of how the microbial ecology in soil agroecosystems, especially the α-diversity level and community evenness among soil fungal taxa, could affect the production of high-value cash crops and the income of farmers.
Topics & Concepts
Species evennessDiversity (politics)Environmental scienceEcologyGeographyBiologySpecies diversitySociologyAnthropologyMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases