Xingbo Bian , Qiong Li , Yumin Cai , Yi Lu , Heng Wei , Tianyi Zhang , Yinghui Ma , Lianxue Zhang , Xiaohang Yang
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Abstract
Artificial cultivation is indispensable for obtaining medicinal plants. However, numerous challenges persist in the practical cultivation of these plants. In recent years, the role of nanotechnology in promoting plant growth and improving soil quality has attracted increasing attention. In this study, focusing on the ginseng (Panax ginseng Mayer) cultivation system, the effects of hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles (HM-SiO2 NPs) on ginseng growth, rhizosphere, and cultivated soil were comprehensively analysed. The results revealed that HM-SiO2 NPs did not exert a significant impact on ginseng growth but could enhance root activity and elicit responses from antioxidant enzyme systems. Specific concentrations of HM-SiO2 NPs alter the soil environment in the ginseng rhizosphere, thereby providing distinct habitats for soil microorganisms, enhancing microbial interactions, promoting the stability of microbial networks, and positively influencing nutrient cycling in the ginseng rhizosphere. Moreover, the extensive effects of HM-SiO2 NPs on the microbial and physicochemical properties of ginseng-cultivated soils were observed. Specifically, HM-SiO2 NPs reduced the abundance and diversity of bacterial communities in ginseng-cultivated soil and significantly altered the abundance of several dominant microbial taxa. The potential effects of HM-SiO2 on bacterial and fungal networks in ginseng-cultivated soil varied, with a reduction in the complexity of the bacterial network (particularly at low concentrations of HM-SiO2 NPs) and increase in the complexity of the fungal network. These findings offer insights into the complex effects of HM-SiO2 NPs on the "plant-soil-microbe" interaction system in medicinal plant cultivation, elucidate the potential applications of nanotechnology in this field, and provide a reliable basis for the development of environmentally friendly growth regulators or soil conditioners for medicinal plants.
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Industrial Crops and Products is an International Journal publishing academic and industrial research on industrial (defined as non-food/non-feed) crops and products. Papers concern both crop-oriented and bio-based materials from crops-oriented research, and should be of interest to an international audience, hypothesis driven, and where comparisons are made statistics performed.