Short-term Response of Soil Microbial Community and Soil Bio-chemical Properties to Soybean Intercropping in a Cassava-based Cropping System

Authors

Nolissa Organo, Division of Soil Science, Agricultural Systems Institute, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, LagunaFollow
John Lester Pide, Division of Soil Science, Agricultural Systems Institute, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, LagunaFollow
Michelle Anne Calubaquib, Division of Soil Science, Agricultural Systems Institute, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, LagunaFollow
Elmer Enicola, Institute of Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, PhilippinesFollow
Evelyn Delfin, Institute of Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, PhilippinesFollow
Vanessa Calderon, Cagayan Valley Research Center (CVRC)Follow
Raymund Antiola, Davao Regional Central Experiment Station (DARCES)Follow
Hosne Dilzahan, Plant Pathology Division, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, BangladeshFollow
Andre Cruz, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, JapanFollow

Publication Date

6-1-2024

Abstract

A cassava-based cropping system study assessed the short-term response of soil chemical and biochemical properties and soil microbial communities to soybean intercropping. Two soybean varieties (‘Select Manchuria’ and ‘Tiwala 12’) were tested as intercrops. The treatments did not affect the soil’s chemical (pH, OM, N, P, K) and biochemical (basal respiration and dehydrogenase and urease enzyme activities) properties after one cropping period. Amplicon sequencing analysis found that intercropping promoted the abundance of bacterial orders Actinomycetales, Solibacterales, Sphingomonadales, and Rhodospirillales. These groups play active roles in organic matter decomposition and can potentially improve the soil quality in an area by enhancing the soil’s organic matter content. In terms of community analysis, principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) and redundancy analysis (RDA) showed separation between mono and intercropping systems, while ANOSIM and PEMANOVA did not detect any significance between varieties and cropping systems for both bacterial and fungal data. These results suggest that, in the short term, introduction of soybean in a cassava-based cropping system affects selected microbial groups, but the overall influence in the microbial community is not distinctly detected.

Recommended Citation

Organo, Nolissa; Pide, John Lester; Calubaquib, Michelle Anne; Enicola, Elmer; Delfin, Evelyn; Calderon, Vanessa; Antiola, Raymund; Dilzahan, Hosne; and Cruz, Andre (2024) "Short-term Response of Soil Microbial Community and Soil Bio-chemical Properties to Soybean Intercropping in a Cassava-based Cropping System," The Philippine Agricultural Scientist: Vol. 107: No. 2, Article 6.
Available at: https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/pas/vol107/iss2/6