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dc.contributor.authorMasters-Clark, E.
dc.contributor.authorShone, E.
dc.contributor.authorParadelo, M.
dc.contributor.authorHirsch, P. R.
dc.contributor.authorClark, I. M.
dc.contributor.authorOtten, W.
dc.contributor.authorBrennan, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorMauchline, T. H.
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-16T15:30:11Z
dc.date.available2021-12-16T15:30:11Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-05
dc.identifier.citationMasters-Clark, E., Shone, E., Paradelo, M. et al. Development of a defined compost system for the study of plant-microbe interactions. Sci Rep 10, 7521 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64249-0en_US
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/2712
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_US
dc.description.abstractPlant growth promoting rhizobacteria can improve plant health by providing enhanced nutrition, disease suppression and abiotic stress resistance, and have potential to contribute to sustainable agriculture. We have developed a sphagnum peat-based compost platform for investigating plantmicrobe interactions. The chemical, physical and biological status of the system can be manipulated to understand the relative importance of these factors for plant health, demonstrated using three case studies: 1. Nutrient depleted compost retained its structure, but plants grown in this medium were severely stunted in growth due to removal of essential soluble nutrients - particularly, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Compost nutrient status was replenished with the addition of selected soluble nutrients, validated by plant biomass; 2. When comparing milled and unmilled compost, we found nutrient status to be more important than matrix structure for plant growth; 3. In compost defcient in soluble P, supplemented with an insoluble inorganic form of P (Ca3(PO4)2), application of a phosphate solubilising Pseudomonas strain to plant roots provides a signifcant growth boost when compared with a Pseudomonas strain incapable of solubilising Ca3(PO4)2. Our fndings show that the compost system can be manipulated to impose biotic and abiotic stresses for testing how microbial inoculants infuence plant growth.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLCen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesScientific Reports;7521
dc.rightsAttribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectApplied microbiologyen_US
dc.subjectSoil microbiologyen_US
dc.titleDevelopment of a defined compost system for the study of plant-microbe interactionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64249-0
dc.contributor.sponsorTeagasc Walsh Fellowship Programmeen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorNatural Environment Research Councilen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Councilen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorBilateral BBSRC-Embrapaen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber2017150en_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumberNE/N018125/1 LTS-M ASSISTen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumberBB/N016246/1en_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumberBBS/E/C/000I0310en_US
dc.source.volume10
dc.source.issue1
refterms.dateFOA2021-12-16T15:30:12Z


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