The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology
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Influences of potassium solubilizing bacteria and K-feldspar on enzyme activities and metabolic activities of the bacterial communities in kiwifruit planting soil
Ting HuJie GuLisha ZhenRui LvFan ChangFeng'an Jia
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2021 Volume 67 Issue 3 Pages 106-113

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A pot experiment was conducted with kiwifruit planting soil to evaluate the impacts of potassium solubilizing bacteria (KSB) and K-feldspar on the soil nutrient levels, enzyme activities, and microecological environment. The effects were investigated of three inoculation treatments (T1: K-feldspar, T2: KSB, and T3: KSB with K-feldspar) and a non-inoculation treatment (CK) on the enzyme activities and the metabolic activities of the bacterial communities in kiwifruit rhizosphere soil. The results showed that the total nitrogen, available phosphorus, available potassium, and organic matter contents in T3 were 18.19%, 45.22%, 15.06%, and 4.17% higher, respectively, than those in CK at the end of the experiment (90 days). Compared with CK, T3 significantly increased the invertase, urease, acid phosphatase, and polyphenol oxidase activities. T3 had a higher kiwifruit root activity, but there were no significant differences among the four treatments (P > 0.05). T3 significantly altered the bacterial community diversity, increased the utilization of phenolic compounds and polymers, and decreased the utilization of amino acids. Redundancy analysis indicated that soil nutrients (total nitrogen, available phosphorus, and available potassium) and enzyme activities (urease and acid phosphatase) had more important effects on the metabolic activities of the bacterial communities. Co-inoculation enhanced the soil nutrients, enzyme activities, and bacterial community diversity. KSB co-inoculated with K-feldspar has the potential to improve the soil fertility, microbial metabolic activity and plant growth.

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