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Fungal Community Diversity in Solonchaks of Gansu Province in China

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We collected solonchaks samples of 5 subtypes and 13 genera from Gansu Province in China and analyzed the diversity of fungal communities with the methods of ITS sequencing. We found that ACE, Chao 1, Simpson and Shannon indices of the fungal community varied significantly in soil samples and were generally inversely correlated with pH. The dominant fungal groups were Ascomycota and Basidiomycota among the different solonchaks. Redundancy analysis revealed that soil organic matters was the most important driving force for fungal composition (29.9%), and the second most influencing factor was sulfate ion (9.1%). Our results suggest that Ascomycota was the main indicator phylum reflecting changes of the microbial groups and soil organic matter as a key factor drove the composition of fungal community in 5 subtypes and 13 genera of solonchaks in Gansu Province.

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The study was supported by Project of Department of Science and Technology of Gansu Province (Nos. 20YF3FA011), National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 41363004 and 31460630), and the Key Research and Development Program of Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (no. 2019GAAS24).

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    Quanen Guo, Shiyu Cao, Zongbing Zhan & Zhuo Wang

  2. College of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem (Ministry of Education), Gansu Agricultural University, 730070, Lanzhou, China

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Quanen Guo, Nan, L., Cao, S. et al. Fungal Community Diversity in Solonchaks of Gansu Province in China. Eurasian Soil Sc. 55, 511–519 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106422932204010X

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