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Correction: Interactions with native microbial keystone taxa enhance the biocontrol efficiency of Streptomyces [PDF]

Microbiome
Tianyu Sun, Hongwei Liu, Ningqi Wang, Mingcong Huang, Samiran Banerjee, Alexandre Jousset, Yangchun Xu, Qirong Shen, Shimei Wang, Xiaofang Wang, Zhong Wei   +10 more
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A better use of fertilizers is needed for global food security and environmental sustainability

Agriculture & Food Security, 2023
The massive use of fertilizers during the last decades allowed a great increase in the global capacity of food production. However, in the last years, several studies highlight the inefficiency and country asymmetries in the use of these fertilizers that
J. Peñuelas, Fernando Coello, J. Sardans   +2 more
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Fertilizers for food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa: An overview of soil health implications

Frontiers in Soil Science, 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces chronic food insecurity associated with soil degradation and the peculiar aftermath of climate change and exacerbated by rising population and historically poor agricultural practices.
C. Dimkpa, W. Adzawla, R. Pandey, W. Atakora, A. K. Kouame, M. Jemo, P. Bindraban   +6 more
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Controlled Release Fertilizers: A Review on Coating Materials and Mechanism of Release

Plants, 2021
Rising world population is expected to increase the demand for nitrogen fertilizers to improve crop yield and ensure food security. With existing challenges on low nutrient use efficiency (NUE) of urea and its environmental concerns, controlled release ...
Dora Lawrencia, See Kiat Wong, Darren Yi Sern Low, B. Goh, J. Goh, U. Ruktanonchai, A. Soottitantawat, Learn‐Han Lee, S. Tang   +8 more
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Prospects for Using Phosphate-Solubilizing Microorganisms as Natural Fertilizers in Agriculture

Plants, 2022
Phosphates are known to be essential for plant growth and development, with phosphorus compounds being involved in various physiological and biochemical reactions. Phosphates are known as one of the most important factors limiting crop yields.
A. Timofeeva, Maria R Galyamova, S. Sedykh   +2 more
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Urease inhibitors technologies as strategy to mitigate agricultural ammonia emissions and enhance the use efficiency of urea-based fertilizers

Scientific Reports, 2023
Experiments were conducted to evaluate the stability and degradation of NBPT under storage conditions and to quantify urease activity, ammonia losses by volatilization, and agronomic efficiency of urea treated with different urease inhibitors, measured ...
Adrianne Braga da Fonseca, César Santos, Ana Paula Pereira Nunes, Damiany Pádua Oliveira, Maria Elisa Araújo de Melo, Thalita Takayama, Bethânia Leite Mansur, Thales de Jesus Fernandes, Gilson do Carmo Alexandrino, Marcos Altomani Neves Dias, Douglas Guelfi   +10 more
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Recent Trends in Nano-Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture under Climate Change for Global Food Security

Nanomaterials, 2022
Nano-fertilizers (NFs) significantly improve soil quality and plant growth performance and enhance crop production with quality fruits/grains. The management of macro-micronutrients is a big task globally, as it relies predominantly on synthetic chemical
K. Verma, Xiu-peng Song, A. Joshi, Dan-Dan Tian, V. Rajput, Munna Singh, Jaya Arora, T. Minkina, Yang‐Rui Li   +8 more
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Fertilizers and nitrate pollution of surface and ground water: an increasingly pervasive global problem

SN Applied Sciences, 2021
Nitrate pollution of ground and surface water bodies all over the world is generally linked with continually increasing global fertilizer nitrogen (N) use.
Bijay-Singh, E. Craswell
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Bio-Fertilizers Reduced the Need for Mineral Fertilizers in Soilless-Grown Capia Pepper

Horticulturae, 2023
Soilless cultivation is extensively used in the greenhouse industry. Recently, hydroponic cultivation of capia pepper has become popular among growers.
H. Dasgan, M. Yilmaz, S. Dere, B. Ikiz, N. Gruda   +4 more
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A critical review of biochar-based nitrogen fertilizers and their effects on crop production and the environment

Biochar, 2022
Globally, nitrogen (N) fertilizer demand is expected to reach 112 million tonnes to support food production for about 8 billion people. However, more than half of the N fertilizer is lost to the environment with impacts on air, water and soil quality ...
Yurong Gao, Zheng Fang, L. van Zwieten, N. Bolan, Da Dong, B. Quin, J. Meng, Fangbai Li, Fengchang Wu, Hailong Wang, Wenfu Chen   +10 more
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