Search Results - "Biology and fertility of soils"

Exploring phosphorus fertilizers and fertilization strategies for improved human and environmental health by Bindraban, Prem S., Dimkpa, Christian O., Pandey, Renu

“…Mineral phosphorus (P) fertilizers support high crop yields and contribute to feeding the teeming global population. However, complex edaphic processes cause P…”
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Soil enzyme activity: a brief history and biochemistry as a basis for appropriate interpretations and meta-analysis by Nannipieri, Paolo, Trasar-Cepeda, Carmen, Dick, Richard P.

“…Enzyme activity as a method for soil biochemistry and microbiology research has a long history of more than 100 years that is not widely acknowledged in terms…”
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Microbial indicators for soil quality by Schloter, Michael, Nannipieri, Paolo, Sørensen, Søren J., van Elsas, Jan Dirk

“…The living soil is instrumental to key life support functions (LSF) that safeguard life on Earth. The soil microbiome has a main role as a driver of these LSF…”
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Amino sugars as specific indices for fungal and bacterial residues in soil by Joergensen, Rainer Georg

“…Amino sugars are important indices for the contribution of soil microorganisms to soil organic matter. Consequently, the past decade has seen a great increase…”
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Microbial interactions in the rhizosphere: beneficial influences of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on nutrient acquisition process. A review by Pii, Youry, Mimmo, Tanja, Tomasi, Nicola, Terzano, Roberto, Cesco, Stefano, Crecchio, Carmine

“…Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are soil bacteria that are able to colonize rhizosphere and to enhance plant growth by means of a wide variety of…”
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C:N:P stoichiometry regulates soil organic carbon mineralization and concomitant shifts in microbial community composition in paddy soil by Wei, Xiaomeng, Zhu, Zhenke, Liu, Yi, Luo, Yu, Deng, Yangwu, Xu, Xingliang, Liu, Shoulong, Richter, Andreas, Shibistova, Olga, Guggenberger, Georg, Wu, Jinshui, Ge, Tida

“…Stoichiometric control of input substrate (glucose) and native soil organic C (SOC) mineralization was assessed by performing a manipulation experiment based…”
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Everything you must know about Azospirillum and its impact on agriculture and beyond by Cassán, Fabricio, Coniglio, Anahí, López, Gastón, Molina, Romina, Nievas, Sofìa, de Carlan, Coline Le Noir, Donadio, Florencia, Torres, Daniela, Rosas, Susana, Pedrosa, Fabio Olivera, de Souza, Emanuel, Zorita, Martín Díaz, de-Bashan, Luz, Mora, Verónica

“…Azospirillum is one of the most studied plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB); it represents a common model for plant-bacterial interactions. While…”
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Phospholipid fatty acids in soil—drawbacks and future prospects by Joergensen, Rainer Georg

“…The current opinion and position paper highlights (1) correct assignation of indicator phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA), (2) specificity and recycling of PLFA…”
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Microbial decomposition of soil organic matter is mediated by quality and quantity of crop residues: mechanisms and thresholds by Shahbaz, Muhammad, Kuzyakov, Yakov, Sanaullah, Muhammad, Heitkamp, Felix, Zelenev, Vladimir, Kumar, Amit, Blagodatskaya, Evgenia

“…Crop residue quality and quantity have contrasting effects on soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition, but the mechanisms explaining such priming effect (PE)…”
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Analysis of soil microbial communities based on amplicon sequencing of marker genes by Schöler, Anne, Jacquiod, Samuel, Vestergaard, Gisle, Schulz, Stefanie, Schloter, Michael

“…The use of cultivation independent methods has revolutionized soil biology in the last decades. Most popular approaches are based on directly extracted DNA…”
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Effect of organic substitution rates on soil quality and fungal community composition in a tea plantation with long-term fertilization by Ji, Lingfei, Ni, Kang, Wu, Zhidan, Zhang, Junwei, Yi, Xiaoyun, Yang, Xiangde, Ling, Ning, You, Zhiming, Guo, Shiwei, Ruan, Jianyun

“…Partial substitution of chemical fertilizers by organic amendments is essential for improving the soil quality without yield loss. Fungi play an important role…”
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Revisiting fertilisers and fertilisation strategies for improved nutrient uptake by plants by Bindraban, Prem S, Dimkpa, Christian, Nagarajan, Latha, Roy, Amit, Rabbinge, Rudy

“…Meeting human needs within the ecological limits of our planet calls for continuous reflection on, and redesigning of, agricultural technologies and practices…”
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Long-term fertilisation regimes affect the composition of the alkaline phosphomonoesterase encoding microbial community of a vertisol and its derivative soil fractions by Luo, Gongwen, Ling, Ning, Nannipieri, Paolo, Chen, Huan, Raza, Waseem, Wang, Min, Guo, Shiwei, Shen, Qirong

“…Alkaline phosphomonoesterase (ALP) mainly originates from soil microbial secretion and plays a crucial role in the turnover of soil phosphorus (P). To examine…”
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Manipulating the soil microbiome to increase soil health and plant fertility by Chaparro, Jacqueline M., Sheflin, Amy M., Manter, Daniel K., Vivanco, Jorge M.

“…A variety of soil factors are known to increase nutrient availability and plant productivity. The most influential might be the organisms comprising the soil…”
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Nanotechnologies for increasing the crop use efficiency of fertilizer-micronutrients by Monreal, C. M., DeRosa, M., Mallubhotla, S. C., Bindraban, P. S., Dimkpa, C.

“…Billions of people and many soils across the planet suffer from micronutrient (MN) deficiencies impairing human health. In general, fertilization of deficient…”
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Microbial communities of an arable soil treated for 8 years with organic and inorganic fertilizers by Chen, Chen, Zhang, Jianan, Lu, Min, Qin, Chun, Chen, Yahua, Yang, Li, Huang, Qiwei, Wang, Jichen, Shen, Zhenguo, Shen, Qirong

“…The use of organic compost combined with inorganic fertilizer can enable balanced fertilization under intensive farming conditions, but little is known about…”
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Making big data smart—how to use metagenomics to understand soil quality by Vestergaard, Gisle, Schulz, Stefanie, Schöler, Anne, Schloter, Michael

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Soil enzymology: classical and molecular approaches by Nannipieri, P., Giagnoni, L., Renella, G., Puglisi, E., Ceccanti, B., Masciandaro, G., Fornasier, F., Moscatelli, M. C., Marinari, S.

“…It is still problematic to use enzyme activities as indicators of soil functions because: (1) enzyme assays determine potential and not real enzyme activities;…”
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Corn growth and nitrogen nutrition after additions of biochars with varying properties to a temperate soil by Rajkovich, Shelby, Enders, Akio, Hanley, Kelly, Hyland, Charles, Zimmerman, Andrew R., Lehmann, Johannes

“…The effects of biochar properties on crop growth are little understood. Therefore, biochar was produced from eight feedstocks and pyrolyzed at four…”
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Short-term effects of organic and inorganic fertilizers on soil microbial community structure and function: A field study with sweet corn by Lazcano, Cristina, Gómez-Brandón, María, Revilla, Pedro, Domínguez, Jorge

“…A field study was carried out to analyze the short-term impacts of replacing mineral by organic fertilizers on the microbial and biochemical parameters…”
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