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Acta Horticulturae Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (9): 2477-2490.doi: 10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2024-0706

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Effects of EM Bacteria on Tomato Yield and Soil Bacterial Community

CHEN Shuting1, WU Mumian1,2, LI Tao1, LI Zhenxing1, MAI Peiting1, SUN Baojuan1, HAO Yanwei2, GONG Chao1()   

  1. 1 Institute of Vegetable ResearchGuangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of New Vegetable Technology Research,Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510640, China
    2 College of HorticultureSouth China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
  • Received:2025-05-10 Revised:2025-07-19 Online:2025-09-25 Published:2025-09-24

Abstract:

‘Jinxing 1371’and‘Jinfen 1515’tomatoes were used to investigate the mechanism of effective microorganisms(EM)application in improving tomato yield by measuring soil physical and chemical properties and bacterial community structure and composition. The results showed that the total yield,single fruit weight,and single plant yield of tomato Jinfen 1515 treated with EM increased by 2.90 fold,0.55 fold,and 2.90 fold,respectively. Similarly,the yield index of Jinxing 1371 increased by 2.88 fold,0.63 fold,and 2.90 fold,respectively. The application of EM significantly ameliorated the soil physicochemical properties,with the contents of ammonium nitrogen and available potassium increased significantly in the EM-treated soils. The ammonium nitrogen and available potassium in the rhizosphere soils of Jinfen 1515 treated with EM increased by 68.90% and 78.30%,respectively,while they increased by 36.80% and 15.00% in Jinxing 1371. Furthermore,applying EM significantly changed the soil bacterial community structure and composition,increasing the relative abundance of Proteobacteria,Sphingomonadales,and Sphingomonas by 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing analysis. Correlation analysis showed a significant correlation between soil physicochemical properties and soil bacterial communities at the genus level whose relative abundance is regulated by EM. In addition,the relative abundance of Sphingomonas in two tomato varieties was significantly higher in groups with EM applicance than those without. Correlation analysis further showed that the relative abundance of Sphingomonas is significantly positively correlated with tomato yield. In summary,EM application significantly increased tomato yield by improving soil fertility and recruiting beneficial bacterial communities in the tomato rhizosphere.

Key words: tomato, effective microorganisms, yield, bacterial community, soil physicochemical properties