First author: Nguyen Nhat Thu Le
Corresponding author: Wen Zhang
Co-author: Shan Xue, Sakcham Bairoliya, Likun Hua, Yi Wang, Bin Cao, Jason C. White, Chuanwu Xi, Taha Marhaba,
Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2025.101163
Our research paper, “Unveiling the Potential Impacts of Oxygen and Nitrogen Nanobubbles in Water on Plant Rhizosphere Microbiome,” has been published in the journal Rhizosphere (Elsevier). In this study, we demonstrated that irrigating tomato plants with water containing oxygen and nitrogen nanobubbles led to enrichment of beneficial bacteria in the tomato root zones. These bacteria improve soil and plant health by facilitating the decomposition of soil organic matters, increasing phosphorus and nitrogen availability, and breaking down pollutants in soil. Our study also shows that nanobubbles enhanced the interactions between different families of bacteria in the plant root zones.
These results demonstrate the potential of nanobubble water irrigation in improving soil health and crop yields, thus reducing our reliance on chemical fertilizers and supporting sustainable agriculture.
Many thanks to the leadership of the first author, Dr. Thu Le, a current postdoctoral researcher in my lab, as well as our co-authors and collaborators for their contributions!
This study was supported by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National Institute of Food and Agriculture AFRI project grants [2019-67021-29450 and 2024-67021-42716].
