Amplicon ITS and 16S RNA seq of soil metagenome: Quantifying plant-soil feedback effects in classic diversity-productivity experiments

Two-way interactions between plants and soil microbiota, also known as plant-soil feedbacks, have major effects on the productivity of plant species. This project tested the role of plant-soil feedbacks in plant community productivity across two sites, one at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in East Bethel, Minnesota, USA, and the other at the Jena Experiment in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. Soil metagenomic analyses were undertaken to help identify the specific microbes that drive feedbacks.