WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS
Researchers compared sorghum monoculture with rotations involving potato, vetch and green pea shoots. Soil nutrient profiles and fungal and bacterial assemblages responded differently by rotation, including an elevated relative abundance of Fusarium in the potato rotation.
WHY IT MATTERS / OUR READ
Rotation is not a uniform ecological treatment. Nutrients, potential pathogens, real crop yields and management constraints should be assessed together.
CAVEATS / UNCERTAINTY
Sequencing associations and predicted functions do not establish microbial activity, disease incidence, long-term yield benefits or an optimized rotation for other soils.
SOURCE
Frontiers in Microbiology — Chen and colleagues (27 Oct 2026)
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