A metagenomic-based, cross-seasonal picture of fungal consortia associated with Italian soils subjected to different agricultural managements

Tillage-induced impacts on the soil properties, soil water erosion, and loss of nutrients in the vineyard (Central Croatia)

“…Lack of the difference in SWC (Figure 2 C) can be explained by the light rainfall event that occurred 2 days before the measurement which partially replenished the water content of the soil. SOM content (Figure 2 F) differed greatly between treatments (GCV 4.98%; TV 2.80%) mostly because of the tillage which increased SOM oxidation and mineralization (Lal, 2013), along with the effects of permanent grass-covering that increases the SOM (Olson et al, 2014;Poeplau and Don, 2015). Devine et al (2014) and Rabbi et al (2014) showed that agricultural management practices influence SOM, micro, and macro-aggregate distributions, and the rate of SOM turnover.…”

Alternative Strategies for Microbial Remediation of Pollutants via Synthetic Biology

“…Isolation and characterization of microorganisms with enzymatic capabilities have been done with the limitation of less productivity (Rayu et al, 2012). Organophosphates (OP) and organochlorines (OC), major constituents of insecticides, accumulate in the agricultural soil (Panelli et al, 2017) and reach the water bodies via agricultural run-off. Effective bioremediation of γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (OC) and methyl parathion (OP) has been reported by genetically engineered microorganisms (Gong et al, 2016).…”

Sub-Lethal Effects of Pesticides on the DNA of Soil Organisms as Early Ecotoxicological Biomarkers

“…Present literature review shows that, while some of the earlier works investigated biodiversity of soil microbial communities often focusing on commonly used regions of the DNA, some of the most recent works, on the other hand, focused on specific communities focusing on various roles and specific genes to correctly evaluate the impact of the treatments on the functionality of soil fertility's key players (Gallego et al, 2019;Tang et al, 2019;Fang et al, 2020). Only two studies, Armalyte et al (2019) and Panelli et al (2017), focused on the overall impact of the specialized farming systems and their relative pesticides' overall impact on either bacterial or fungal communities.…”

“…However, slight differences and minor shifts of lower taxa were observed following the treatments and fertilization regimes, and these were interpreted as minor shifts in which the soil community is responding and adjusting itself to handle these treatments and re-stabilize its balance. The study of Panelli et al (2017) , on the other hand, revealed the alteration of fungal consortia starting from the first year of the study, due to various management conditions. It was found that Ascomycota always predominated, with the exception of conventional farming in which high abundance of Basidiomycete species was detected.…”