The soil microbiome is known to be crucial for the control of soil-borne plant diseases. However, there is still little knowledge on how to modify the soil microbiome to induce or increase disease suppressiveness. In the present study we applied eleven soil health treatments combined with conventional and organic agricultural management in a long-term field experiment. Suppressiveness against Pythium ultimum and Rhizoctonia solani was assessed in bioassays for two years. In addition, the microbiome community composition and microbial abundance were determined.
- soil metagenome
- ecological metagenomes
- unclassified sequences