ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Effects of Different Soil Disinfection Methods on Physicochemical Properties and Microbial Community Structure of Strawberry Continuous Cropping Soils
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Institute of Biotechnology, Hangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310024, China
 
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Zhejiang Provincial Seed Management Station, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 315000, China
 
These authors had equal contribution to this work
 
 
Submission date: 2025-05-27
 
 
Final revision date: 2025-07-23
 
 
Acceptance date: 2025-07-31
 
 
Online publication date: 2026-01-07
 
 
Corresponding author
Yan Zha   

Hangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 261Zhusi Road, 310024, Hangzhou, China
 
 
Wenfei Xiao   

Institute of Biotechnology, Hangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310024, China
 
 
Xiaoyang Chen   

Zhejiang Provincial Seed Management Station, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 315000, China
 
 
 
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Long-term continuous cropping and poor tillage practices can lead to the degradation of soil physicochemical properties and the deterioration of soil microbiota. Restructuring microbial communities and improving the soil micro-ecological balance are essential for the prevention and control of soil-borne diseases in continuous cropping systems. In this study, strawberry soils cultivated for five years were used to investigate the effects of different soil disinfection methods, including solarization (SE), dazomet fumigation (DA), lime nitrogen application (LN), and biofumigation (EM), on soil physicochemical properties, soil bacterial and fungal community diversity, and predictive functions, using macro-genomics sequencing. The results showed that: (1) Different treatments reduced the diversity and abundance of bacteria and fungi to varying degrees. (2) DA treatment significantly decreased the relative abundance of Actinomycetota (9.32%) and significantly increased the relative abundance of Deinococcota (0.64%), while Pseudomonadota exhibited the lowest abundance in DA. DA treatment significantly increased the relative abundance of Phenylobacterium (18.42%) and Geobacter (9.75%). All the treatments significantly decreased the relative abundance of Sphingomonas. EM, LN, and SE treatments increased Pseudomonadota, Pseudomonas, and Deinococcota to varying degrees. (3) Different disinfection treatments increased the number of potential biomarkers in soil bacterial communities. (4) Correlation analysis revealed that soil microbial community characteristics were mainly influenced by pH, electrical conductivity (EC), neutral phosphatase (NP), available phosphorus (AP), urease (UR), and sucrase (SU). (5) The EC content of the soil under DA treatment increased by 42.49% compared to CK. Different treatments significantly reduced effective phosphorus and organic carbon contents, while increasing the AP content. (6) LN treatment markedly increased soil urease activity by nearly 50%, along with moderate increases in sucrase and neutral phosphatase activities. In contrast, SE treatment resulted in a noticeable reduction in sucrase activity and a slight decrease in neutral phosphatase activity. (7) Different sterilization methods increased the relative abundance of functions related to amino acid transport and metabolism, carbohydrate transport and metabolism, and replication, recombination, and repair, while decreasing functions related to RNA processing and modification, transcription, and cytoskeleton. The findings contribute to a better understanding of how disinfection strategies influence soil health and offer insights for optimizing sustainable strawberry production. Our future research should focus on the long-term impacts and field-scale validation of these treatments.
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