Soil conservation measures affect the soil and Rhizosphere microbiota and improve soil health in vegetable and grain crop systems in Uruguay. [resumen]

Currently, is still unclear how agriculture intensification changes the soil microbiome and soil properties with implications for plant performance. Two Uruguayan long-term field experiments (LTEs) were studied, where we measured soil physicochemical properties, plant performance and soil and rhizosphere microbiota, by high-throughput amplicon sequencing.