Plant Soil Environ., 2016, 62(10):441-446 | DOI: 10.17221/241/2016-PSE

High-methionine soybean has no adverse effect on functional diversity of rhizosphere microorganismsOriginal Paper

J.G. Liang1,2, L.T. Xin1, F. Meng1, S. Sun3, C.X. Wu3, H.Y. Wu4, M.R. Zhang4, H.F. Zhang1, X.B. Zheng1, Z.G. Zhang1
1 Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, P.R. China
2 Development Center of Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, P.R. China
3 The National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, MOA Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Science, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
4 Nanchong Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanchong, P.R. China

A transgenic high-methionine soybean ZD91 and its non-transgenic parental soybean ZD were investigated to evaluate the potential negative impact of transgene on the microbial community in soil. The Biolog-ECO plate method was used to evaluate the functional diversity and activity of rhizosphere microbial communities at four growth stages of the soybean each year from 2012 to 2013. Results indicated that there was no difference between ZD and ZD91 in the functional diversity of microbial communities in rhizosphere soil. Besides, plant growth stage had stronger effect than cultivar. It was concluded that transgenic soybean ZD91 did not alter the functional diversity of microbial communities in rhizosphere soil.

Keywords: Glycine max; community level physiological profiles; community function and activity; genetically modified organisms; soil ecosystem

Published: October 31, 2016  Show citation

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Liang JG, Xin LT, Meng F, Sun S, Wu CX, Wu HY, et al.. High-methionine soybean has no adverse effect on functional diversity of rhizosphere microorganisms. Plant Soil Environ. 2016;62(10):441-446. doi: 10.17221/241/2016-PSE.
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