This paper is relevant to the impact areas in the following areas:
| Crops | sugar cane |
| Traits | Other |
| Countries | Not country-specific |
| Regions | Not region-specific |
| Tags | bacterial diversity, enzyme activity, minerals, rhizosphere, soil |
The transgenic sugarcane overexpressing SoSPS1 gene increased sugar content which may alter the root exudation that interact with soil rhizosphere microorganism. The microbial plays an important role in biochemical cycling and nutrient transformation in the soil. Therefore, it is important to investigate the potential risk of the transgenic sugarcane on soil ecosystem. This study is designed to evaluate the impact of overexpressing gene for sucrose-phosphate synthesis (SoSPS1) on the bacterial diversity, enzyme activity and nutrient contents. The transgenic sugarcane showed no significant difference in the population of culturable bacteria in the soil rhizosphere compared to non-transgenic counterpart. The populations of total, nitrogen-fixing and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria were similar in transgenic and non-transgenic sugarcane, although the bacterial population tends to increase at later sugarcane growth stage may due to the rise in nutrition from the root exudation. The PCR analysis showed no detection of horizontal gene flow in the bacteria. However, urease activity was significantly decreased in the transgenic sugarcane concomitant with lower nitrogen content in the soil rhizosphere at a later growth stage might due to the transgenic sugarcane lines increased nitrogen absorption for higher growth rate. Furthermore, the nutrient contents, such as organic carbon, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and calcium, slightly varied in the soil rhizosphere but did not affected by the transgenic sugarcane. The results suggested that the transgenic sugarcane overexpressing SoSPS1 gene may not affect the bacterial diversity, nutrient contents and soil ecosystem.
Impact of transgenic sugarcane overexpressing SoSPS1 gene on bacterial diversity, enzyme activity and minerals content in soil rhizosphere (held on an external server, and so may require additional authentication details)
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