Conservation tillage practices promoted bacterial communities associated with nitrogen cycling in sandy soils under long-term maize in monoculture

This study investigated the effects of different tillage practices including subsoiling (SS), straw mulching (SM), no-tillage (NT), and conventional tillage (CT) on sandy soil bacterial and Archaeal communities, with a focus on the taxon groups affiliated with nitrogen (N) cycling, under long-term maize in monoculture in Horqin sandy land, China.