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Fungal diversity within organic and conventional farming systems in Central Highlands of Kenya

dc.contributor.authorKaranja, E.N.
dc.contributor.authorFliessbach, A.
dc.contributor.authorAdamtey, N.
dc.contributor.authorKambura, A.K.
dc.contributor.authorMusyoka, M.
dc.contributor.authorFiaboe, K.
dc.contributor.authorMwirichia, R.
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-19T08:11:31Z
dc.date.available2022-08-19T08:11:31Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationKaranja, E.N., Fliessbach, A., Adamtey, N., Kambura, A.K., Musyoka, M., Fiaboe, K. & Mwirichia, R. (2020). Fungal diversity within organic and conventional farming systems in Central Highlands of Kenya. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 14(6), 242-258.
dc.identifier.issn1996-0808
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7662
dc.description.abstractFungal diversity in agro-ecosystems is influenced by various factors related to soil and crop management practices. However, due to the complexity in fungal cultivation, only a limited number has been extensively studied. In this study, amplicon sequencing of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region was used to explore their diversity and composition within long-term farming system comparison trials at Chuka and Thika in Kenya. Sequences were grouped into operational taxonomic units (OTUs) at 97% similarity and taxonomy assigned via BLASTn against UNITE ITS database and a curated database derived from GreenGenes, RDPII and NCBI. Statistical analyses were done using Vegan package in R. A total of 1,002,188 high quality sequences were obtained and assigned to 1,128 OTUs; they were further classified into eight phyla including Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Chytridiomycota, Glomeromycota, Calcarisporiellomycota, Kickxellomycota, Mortierellomycota and unassigned fungal phyla. Ascomycota was abundant in conventional systems at Chuka site while Basidiomycota and Chytridiomycota were dominant in conventional systems in both sites. Kickxellomycota and Calcarisporiellomycota phyla were present in all organic systems in both sites. Conventional farming systems showed a higher species abundance and diversity compared to organic farming systems due to integration of organic and inorganic inputs.
dc.description.sponsorshipUKAid
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited Kingdom Government
dc.description.sponsorshipSwedish International Development Cooperation Agency
dc.description.sponsorshipSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
dc.description.sponsorshipFederal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
dc.description.sponsorshipKenyan Government
dc.format.extent242-258
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectFarming Systems
dc.subjectFungi
dc.subjectSequence Experiments
dc.subjectKenya
dc.titleFungal diversity within organic and conventional farming systems in Central Highlands of Kenya
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Embu
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
cg.contributor.affiliationResearch Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland
cg.contributor.affiliationTaita Taveta University
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.hubCentral Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeNatural Resource Management
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidKARANJA:2020
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Health
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.journalAfrican Journal of Microbiology Research
cg.notesPublished online: 30 June 2020
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.5897/ajmr2020.9294
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue6
cg.identifier.volume14


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