Summary
Soil microorganisms are critical to the sustainable development of agroecosystems. Continuous cropping obstacles refer to crop yield reduction in continuous cropping. Crop diversity can be increased through crop rotation, improving soil-plant interactions to alleviate the continuous cropping obstacles. In our study, rubber dandelion (Taraxacum kok-saghyz Rodin, TKS) and sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) were used for rotation. A two-year field experiment was conducted using a randomized uniform grid design to investigate the effects on soil microbial community structure and physicochemical properties, and supplemented by a pot experiment. We hypothesized that sugar beet and rubber dandelion could change soil microbiome, improve soil physicochemical properties, and ultimately promote the growth
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