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Microbial communities in the rhizosphere soil of Ambrosia artemisiifolia facilitate its growth

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Purpose

The invasive weed common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia [L.]) has become notorious in China as a major weed in agriculture. Soil microbial communities play important roles in invasive plant growth by potentially mediating nutrient cycling in soil. However, knowledge regarding the soil microbial communities in common ragweed remains limited.

Methods

In this study, a long-term field experiment was conducted to comparatively study the microbial community compositions in the rhizosphere soil of invasive common ragweed and two native plants, Chenopodium serotinum and Setaria viridis.

Results

We found that the bacterial and fungal community compositions differed significantly between common ragweed and two native plants. Invasion by common ragweed selectively accumulated microorganisms, such as Exopiala, RB41, Cnuella, Dinghuibacter and Funneliformis, that can enhance carbon and nitrogen cycling and the absorption of phosphorus in the rhizosphere environment. Moreover, the relative abundances of these microorganisms were significantly related to the soil pH and ammonium contents. Furthermore, we found that microbial inoculants from rhizosphere of common ragweed promote growth of both common ragweed and S. viridis.

Conclusions

Our results show that common ragweed constructs a unique rhizosphere microbial community that distinguishes it from local plants, which could contribute to its growth and expansion by providing a stronger ability to use carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. This study offers fundamental explanation to explain how the underground microbial community facilitate the invasion of common ragweed on an ecosystem-level.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Daliang Ning for assistance on R codes. This research was supported by grants to Mengxin Zhao by the National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFC2600400, 2021YFD1400100), and by National Science Foundation of China (42207162).

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    Han Zhang, Qiao Li, Jianying Guo, Wanxue Liu & Mengxin Zhao

  2. College of Life Sciences, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, Hubei, China

    Han Zhang & Wenxiu Sun

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WL and MZ developed the study concept and design. QL collected the samples. HZ performed data analyses and drafted the initial manuscript. JG guided the feedback experiment design. WS, JG, WL, and MZ revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Zhang, H., Li, Q., Sun, W. et al. Microbial communities in the rhizosphere soil of Ambrosia artemisiifolia facilitate its growth. Plant Soil 492, 353–365 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-023-06181-6

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