Microbial Comunity in Fruit and Crop Soils

The current study was focused on biocontrol of chestnut disease (Ink disease and root rot) and evaluation of microbial communities, especially the pathogenic fungi, in chestnut (Castanea crenata) soils based on agricultural systems (organic and conventional) and location Kansai region - Japan. For microbial community analysis, chestnut soil was sampled from four locations (Wachi, Ayabe, Fukuchiyama and Sasayama) considering three management systems, conventional, organic and wild. The amplicon from the ITS region was sequenced by Illumina MiSeq 250bp and used to analyze the fungal community in the sampled soil.