Consecutive monoculture of sweet potato reduces yield due to deteriorated soil health and disrupted nutrient cycling
Zonghao Yue
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is a staple food with many promising health benefits. However, obstacles associated with continuous cropping are common in modern intensive sweet potato production, partially due to imbalances in the soil microbiome. This research investigates the succession of the soil microbiome and its impacts following 1, 3, and 5 years of consecutive sweet potato monoculture. The results showed significantly higher diversity and homogeneity in bacteria than in fungi. Althou