ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Microbiol.
Sec. Microbe and Virus Interactions with Plants
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1627112
This article is part of the Research TopicForest Soil Microbiome and Their Interactions with the PlantsView all 4 articles
Root exudates and microbial community structure characteristics of mango under soil borne diseases
Provisionally accepted
- 1Guangxi Key Laboratory for Polysaccharide Materials and Modifications, School of Marine Sciences and Biotechnology, Nanning, China
- 2Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, China
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As the years of mango cultivation progress, pathogens invade the soil, leading to the development of soil borne diseases. These diseases not only change the physical and chemical properties of the soil but also influence the diversity and composition of soil microbes, ultimately impeding the development of the mango industry. In view of this, this study aimed to explore the correlations among the physical and chemical properties of mango root soil, root exudates, soil microbial community and soil -borne diseases. Healthy, diseased and severely diseased mango root soil samples were taken as the investigation objects. The results showed that soil -borne disease had profound impacts on soil physicochemical properties, root exudates (especially phenolic acid) and microbial community structure. On one hand, with the development of soil -borne disease, the mango's ability to absorb foreign nutrients is weakened, leading to the accumulation of nutrients in the root soil, which significantly increases total phosphorus, total potassium, alkali -soluble nitrogen, acid -soluble phosphorus, available potassium, organic matter and pH value. On the other hand, soil -borne disease also increased the secretion of phenolic acid in mango root, with significantly increased concentrations of vanillic acid, ferulic acid, salicylic acid and coumaric acid. High -throughput sequencing results indicated that the α diversity and community structure of soil bacteria and fungi changed significantly after soil -borne disease occurred. Moreover, the physical and chemical properties of the soil, as well as phenolic acid exudates, also influenced the microbial community. In conclusion, this study elucidated the effects of soil -borne disease on mango soil and provided a theoretical framework for its management and control.
Keywords: Mangifera indica l., Soil borne disease, Soil microorganism, Illumina MiSeq, root exudate, soil physicochemical properties
Received: 12 May 2025; Accepted: 11 Jun 2025.
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* Correspondence: Yi Bing WANG, Guangxi Key Laboratory for Polysaccharide Materials and Modifications, School of Marine Sciences and Biotechnology, Nanning, China
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