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Combining soil fumigants with Andrographis paniculata residue alleviates continuous cropping obstacles in pepper plants by significantly improving soil fertility, enhancing plant growth, and reshaping root exudate metabolism. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To investigate how integrating soil fumigation with Andrographis paniculata residue amendment alters root exudate metabolism and mitigates continuous cropping obstacles in pepper plants.

August 23, 2026BMC Plant BiologyOpen Access

Fumigation-Andrographis paniculata residue integration reshapes root exudate metabolism and enhances growth in continuous cropping pepper systems

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XXXiangqin XuYunnan Agricultural University CLChunhong LiWenzhou Municipal Sci-Tech Bureau CQChengmei QiHunan University of Science and Engineering

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Controlled experiment demonstrates combined fumigation and herbal residue treatment improves soil nutrients and pepper growth, indicating altered root exudate metabolism.

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To investigate how integrating soil fumigation with Andrographis paniculata residue amendment alters root exudate metabolism and mitigates continuous cropping obstacles in pepper plants.
Conducted pot experiments comparing six soil treatments: untreated continuous cropping control (CK), dazomet fumigation alone (M1), metam sodium fumigation alone (W1), Andrographis paniculata residue alone (C1), and combined fumigant-residue treatments (MC and WC).
Evaluated plant growth, photosynthesis rates, photorespiration, and soil chemical properties (soil organic matter, total nitrogen, available phosphorus).
Analyzed root exudate metabolic profiles using untargeted metabolomics and weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA).
Combined fumigation-residue treatments (MC and WC) significantly increased plant fresh weight (73.4–152.0%, p < 0.05), dry weight (75.0–139.1%, p < 0.05), chlorophyll content (119–148%, p < 0.01), and net photosynthetic rate (71–81%, p < 0.05), while reducing photorespiration (58–60%, p < 0.05).
Soil fertility improved substantially under combined treatments, yielding increases in soil organic matter (18–24%, p < 0.05), total nitrogen (22–28%, p < 0.05), and available phosphorus (35–40%, p < 0.05).
Metabolomics identified 1,167 root exudate metabolites with MC/WC enriching amino acid and nitrogen pathways, and WGCNA identified modular correlations between exudates (amino acids, flavonoids, citrates) and soil nitrogen mineralization parameters.

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Xu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8aadb47677a34114445fcc https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-026-09803-0

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Controlled experiment demonstrates combined fumigation and herbal residue treatment improves soil nutrients and pepper growth, indicating altered root exudate metabolism.

Fumigation-Andrographis paniculata residue integration reshapes root exudate metabolism and enhances growth in continuous cropping pepper systems

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Fumigation-Andrographis paniculata residue integration reshapes root exudate metabolism and enhances growth in continuous cropping pepper systems

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