Effect of conservation agriculture on soil fungal diversity in rice-wheat-greengram cropping system in eastern Indo-Gangetic plains of South Asia

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dc.creatorKumar, Rakesh
dc.creatorChoudhary, Jaipal Singh
dc.creatorNaik, Sushanta Kumar
dc.creatorMishra, Janki Sharan
dc.creatorBanra, Sushmita
dc.creatorPoonia, Shish Pal
dc.creatorMondal, Surajit
dc.creatorDas, Anup
dc.creatorRao, Karnena Koteswara
dc.creatorKumar, Virender
dc.creatorBhatt, Bhagwati Prasad
dc.creatorChaudhari, Suresh Kumar
dc.creatorMalik, Ram Kanwar
dc.creatorMcDonald, Andrew
dc.date2024-10-15
dc.date2024-11-21T07:00:43Z
dc.date2024-11-21T07:00:43Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T04:15:00Z
dc.descriptionIntroduction: Conservation agriculture (CA) is emerging as an eco-friendly and sustainable approach to food production in South Asia. CA, characterized by reduced tillage, soil surface cover through retaining crop residue or raising cover crops, and crop diversification, enhances crop production and soil fertility. Fungal communities in the soil play a crucial role in nutrient recycling, crop growth, and agro-ecosystem stability, particularly in agricultural crop fields. Methods: This study investigates the impact of seven combinations of tillage and crop residue management practices of agricultural production systems, including various tillage and crop residue management practices, on soil fungal diversity. Using the Illumina MiSeq platform, fungal diversity associated with soil was analysed. Results and discussion: The results show that the partial CA-based (pCA) production systems had the highest number of unique operational taxonomic units (OTUs) (948 OTUs) while the conventional production system had the lowest number (665 OTUs). The major fungal phyla identified in the topsoil (0–15 cm) were Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Mortierellomycota, with their abundance varying across different tillage-cum-crop establishment (TCE) methods. Phylum Ascomycota was dominant in CA-based management treatments (94.9±0.62), followed by the partial CA (pCA)-based treatments (91.0 ± 0.37). Therefore, CA-based production systems play a crucial role in shaping soil fungal diversity, highlighting their significance for sustainable agricultural production.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160027
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/26532
dc.languageen
dc.publisherFrontiers Media
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceKumar, R., Choudhary, J.S., Naik, S.K., Mishra, J.S., Banra, S., Poonia, S.P., Mondal, S., Das, A., Rao, K.K., Kumar, V., Bhatt, B.P., Chaudhari, S.K., Malik, R.K. and McDonald, A. 2024. Effect of conservation agriculture on soil fungal diversity in rice-wheat-greengram cropping system in eastern Indo-Gangetic plains of South Asia. Frontiers in Microbiology 15:1441837.
dc.subjectconservation agriculture
dc.subjectsustainable agriculture
dc.subjectcrops
dc.subjectsoil
dc.subjectfungal anatomy
dc.subjectsoil fungi
dc.subjectsoil fertility
dc.subjectzero tillage
dc.subjectcropping sytems
dc.titleEffect of conservation agriculture on soil fungal diversity in rice-wheat-greengram cropping system in eastern Indo-Gangetic plains of South Asia
dc.typeJournal Article

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