Sains Malaysiana 47(2)(2018): 243-251

http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2018-4702-05

 

Bacterial Diversity and Community Structure of Banana Rhizosphere in Orang Asli Fields and Commercial Plantations

(Kepelbagaian Bakteria dan Struktur Komuniti Rizosfera Pisang di Kebun Orang Asli dan Ladang Komersial)

 

Jason Yee Neng Lee1,2* & Irene Kit Ping Tan1,2

1Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, Malaysia

2Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR), University of Malaya

50603 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, Malaysia

 

Received: 8 January 2017/Accepted: 31 July 2017

 

ABSTRACT

Bacteria play an important roles in the soil ecosystem and in the rhizosphere, they are intricately linked to nutrient content and its accessibility to plants, plant protection and sometimes pathogenicity. Banana grows well in the tropics and it is popularly grown in Orang Asli (OA) (indigenous people) settlements. Banana is also grown in commercial plantations. In traditional planting practices, the OA do not add pesticide nor fertilizer to their crops which are planted for self-sustenance mainly. On the other hand, fertilizer and pesticide are added to commercial banana plantations to maximise yield. Rhizosphere bacteria from the banana plant, Pisang Nipah, grown in OA fields and commercial plantations were identified by clone library construction of the 16S rRNA gene. This was to determine whether farming practices influenced the bacterial community in the banana plant rhizosphere. Acidobacteria, Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria were found in all the soil. Other common phyla found in some soil (but not all) were Nitrospirae, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Chloroflexi, Verrumicrobia, Gemmatimonadetes and Cyanobacteria. The bacterial diversity was a little more diverse in the OA fields than the commercial plantations. The latter had higher contents of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. These could have exerted selective pressure to reduce the bacterial diversity in the commercial plantations.

Keywords: Bacterial community; banana rhizosphere; commercial plantations; Orang Asli settlements; 16S cloning

ABSTRAK

Bakteria memainkan peranan penting di dalam ekosistem tanah dan rizosfera, sifat bakteria yang dinamik dan kompleks boleh memberi kesan positif atau negatif kepada tumbuh-tumbuhan. Pokok pisang boleh bertumbuh dengan baik di kawasan tropika dan juga popular ditanam di penempatan Orang Asli (OA) dan ladang komersial. OA mengamalkan penanaman tradisi dan tidak menambahkan racun perosak atau baja kepada tanaman mereka, terutamanya tanaman yang menghasilkan rezeki kepada mereka. Sebaliknya, ladang pisang komersial mengamalkan penambahan baja dan racun perosak untuk memaksimumkan hasil pertanian. Rizosfera bakteria yang dijumpai pada Pisang Nipah yang ditanam di kebun OA dan ladang komersial telah dianalisis dengan menggunakan klon gen 16S rRNA. Ini penting untuk menentukan sama ada amalan pertanian mempengaruhi komuniti bakteria di dalam rizosfera pokok pisang. Acidobacteria, Proteobacteria dan Actinobacteria dijumpai di dalam semua tanah yang dianalisis. Sementara itu, filum lain yang dijumpai di dalam analisis tanah adalah Nitrospirae, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Chloroflexi, Verrumicrobia, Gemmatimonadetes dan Cyanobacteria. Terdapat lebih banyak jenis bakteria dijumpai di dalam OA berbanding dengan ladang komersial. Ladang komersial mengandungi lebih banyak kandungan nitrogen, fosforus dan kalium boleh menyebabkan kekurangan jenis bakteria di dalam ladang komersial.

Kata kunci: Klon 16S; komuniti bakteria; ladang-ladang komersial; penempatan Orang Asli; rizosfera pokok pisang

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*Corresponding author; email: jasonleeyeeneng@hotmail.com

 

 

 

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