Fig. 1
From: Legacy of land use history determines reprogramming of plant physiology by soil microbiome

Flow diagram of the key experimental arrangements in the current study. a Experimental plots were established on a representative upland field. b From March 2012, the experimental plots were managed under two cropping systems (treatments): (a) peanut monocropping, (b) 2-year rotation of peanut alternated with other crops. c At the start of the 2016 planting season, soil samples (0–20 cm layer) were randomly collected from each of the six plots and were used in pot cultivation experiments. For each plot, soil was transferred to five pots in which peanut plants were grown. d At the harvest, the plants and rhizosphere soil samples from five pots per field plot were pooled. This resulted in three independent replicates for each field cropping system in the subsequent (e) analyses