Plant Soil Environ., 2018, 64(3):108-113 | DOI: 10.17221/750/2017-PSE

High-methionine soybean has no significant effect on nitrogen-transforming bacteria in rhizosphere soilOriginal Paper

Jingang LIANG2,1, Ying LUAN1, Yue JIAO2, Shi SUN3, Cunxiang WU3, Haiying WU4, Mingrong ZHANG4, Haifeng ZHANG1, Xiaobo ZHENG1, Zhengguang ZHANG*,1
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 National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, MOA Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
4 Nanchong Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanchong, P.R. China

Transgenic plants may induce shifts in the microbial community composition that in turn alter microbially-mediated nutrient cycling in soil. Studies of how specific microbial groups respond to genetically modified (GM) planting help predict potential impacts upon processes performed by these groups. This study investigated the effect of transgenic high-methionine soybean cv. ZD91 on nitrogen-fixing and ammonia-oxidizing bacterial populations. A difference in nitrogen-fixing or ammonia-oxidizing bacteria community composition was not found, suggesting that cv. ZD91 does not alter the bacterial populations in rhizosphere soil. This study increases our understanding of the potential effect of transgenic soybean on microbial functional groups within soil by suggesting that nitrogen-transforming bacteria may be useful for future investigations on the GM crops impact in the soil ecosystem.

Keywords: soil microorganism; bioindicator; genetically modified organisms; Glycine max; nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Published: March 31, 2018  Show citation

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LIANG J, LUAN Y, JIAO Y, SUN S, Cunxiang W, Haiying W, et al.. High-methionine soybean has no significant effect on nitrogen-transforming bacteria in rhizosphere soil. Plant Soil Environ. 2018;64(3):108-113. doi: 10.17221/750/2017-PSE.
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