Journal of Zhejiang Agricultural Sciences ›› 2026, Vol. 67 ›› Issue (1): 222-230.DOI: 10.16178/j.issn.0528-9017.20250491

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Effects of Bacillus subtilis on yield, disease resistance, and soil improvement in continuous ginger cropping

FU Lijun1(), KE Siqi1, HAN Xiaoqing1, ZHANG Shangqing1, YAN Hongbo1, DUAN Huimin1, ZHOU Yu2,*()   

  1. 1. Tangshan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tangshan 063001, Hebei
    2. Tangshan Food and Drug Comprehensive Inspection and Testing Center, Tangshan 063000, Hebei
  • Received:2025-07-08 Online:2026-01-11 Published:2026-01-19
  • Contact: ZHOU Yu

Abstract:

In order to clarify the effects of Bacillus subtilis agent on yield, disease resistance, and soil improvement in continuous ginger cropping, a field experiment was conducted to study the effect of microbial agent on microbial community structure in continuous cropping soil, ginger yield and disease resistance by setting blank control (no microbial agent, CK) and microbial agent treatment (Bacillus subtilis, TM). The results showed that compared with CK, microbial agent treatment significantly(p<0.05)reduced the disease rate of stem rot and root rot, the ginger yield was significantly increased by 13.84%, and soil available potassium content was increased by 19.60%. The microbial agent treatment significantly increased bacterial diversity and evenness in the rhizosphere soil of ginger, and significantly reduced fungal richness, significantly increased fungal evenness. Microbial agent treatment increased the relative abundance of dominant bacteria such as Actinobacteria and Firmicutes, and beneficial bacteria such as Bacillus and Sphingomonas in the rhizosphere soil of ginger, and reduced the relative abundance of pathogenic bacteria such as Ascomycota and Fusarium. In summary, continuous application of Bacillus subtilis microbial agents during the growth period of ginger can effectively improve the structure of rhizosphere soil microbial communities, increase soil available potassium content, increase ginger yield, and reduce the occurrence of soil borne diseases.

Key words: ginger, microbial agent, Bacillus subtilis, microbial community, yield, continuous cropping

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