Pennisetum sinese Roxb plantation and organic manure alter bacterial and fungal communities structure in an ecological agriculture farm

We hypothesized that the soil microbial communities response strongly to the plantation of P. sinese and application of livestock manures, and show a significant correlation of soil microbial community compositions with soil physicochemical parameters. Here, soils with a P. sinese cultivation and fertilization history of 2 years in an ecological farm were selected to investigate the community diversification of bacteria and fungi using 16S rRNA/ITS1 gene-based Illumina MiSeq sequencing.