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dc.contributor.authorKaushal, M.
dc.contributor.authorTumuhairwe, J.B.
dc.contributor.authorKaingo, J.
dc.contributor.authorRichards, M.
dc.contributor.authorNakamanya, F.
dc.contributor.authorTaulya, G.
dc.contributor.authorCoyne, D.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-09T10:14:07Z
dc.date.available2022-06-09T10:14:07Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationKaushal, M., Tumuhairwe, J.B., Kaingo, J., Richard, M., Nakamanya, F., Taulya, G. & Coyne, D. (2022). Compositional shifts in Microbial diversity under traditional banana cropping systems of sub-saharan Africa. Biology, 11(5), 1-22.
dc.identifier.issn2079-7737
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7500
dc.description.abstractImprovements in the crop productivity, soil health, and sustainable intensification should be premised on the better understanding of interactions between the cropping systems and soil microbial diversity. In this study, we assessed variations in the microbial communities across the traditional banana-based cropping systems of contrasting monocrop vigor (vigorous or V vs. non-vigorous or NV) and the cropping system (monocrop or MC vs. intercropped or IC) using 16S rDNA (V3–V4) and ITS2 amplicon deep sequencing via Illumina platform. Sequencing results of the bacterial and fungal communities showed high variability among MC and V cropping systems. The abundances of Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Actinobacteria were significantly higher in NV (non-vigorous) and V (vigorous) cropping systems; and the abundances of Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, and Bacteroidetes in the MC (monocropping) than IC (intercropping). There were high relative abundances of Pseudomonas (6.1–37.43%), Bacillus (4.5–20.4%), Rhizobium (1.4–6.5%), and Devosia (1.5–6.7%) in the cropping systems. The dominant family of fungal class Incertae_sedis was Mortierellales, which accounted for 8.79–41.12% of total taxa. This result indicated that the cropping systems are vital for supporting the dynamic microbial diversity specifically beneficial for bacterial communities that helps in promoting synergistic plant-soil interactions and total productivity under resource poor conditions of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
dc.format.extent1-22
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectBananas
dc.subjectCropping Systems
dc.subjectEnzymes
dc.subjectSub–Saharan Africa
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.titleCompositional shifts in microbial diversity under traditional banana cropping systems of sub-saharan Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationMakerere University
cg.contributor.affiliationMuni University
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAfrica South of Sahara
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeNatural Resource Management
cg.researchthemePlant Production and Health
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidKAUSHAL:2022
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectBanana
cg.iitasubjectCrop Systems
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Health
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.journalBiology
cg.notesOpen Access Journal; Published online: 16 May 2022
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11050756
cg.iitaauthor.identifierGodfrey Taulya: 0000-0002-5690-0492
cg.iitaauthor.identifierDaniel Coyne: 0000-0002-2030-6328
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue5
cg.identifier.volume11


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