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Shifting of microbial biodiversity and soil health in rhizomicrobiome of natural forest and agricultural soil

Open Agriculture, 2020
Intensive agricultural practices and heavy use of inorganic fertilizers have significantly accelerated soil degradation. Mineralization of the organic matter of soil affects soil health and the abundance of soil beneficial microbes (SBMs) and its ...
Anggrainy Eka Dewi, Syarifain Roby Ibnu, Hidayat Arif, Solihatin Etin, Suherman Cucu, Fitriatin Betty N., Simarmata Tualar   +6 more
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Plant-Growth-Promoting Bioagents: A Sustainable Tool for Improving the Soil Health, Enhancing the Growth and Antioxidative Defense System of Tobacco

Plant Stress, 2023
: In the current era, the most crucial matter is to increase crop yields sustainably. Biological agents’ usage is an effective and environmentally friendly way to boost plant growth by activating the antioxidative defense system and improving soil health.
Junhua Li, Gang Deng, Hao Liu, Xinghong Wang, Qamar uz Zaman, Khawar Sultan, Shah Saud, Khaled El-Kahtany, Shah Fahad, Facong Qian, Suiyun Chen   +10 more
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Exploring agro-ecological significance, knowledge gaps, and research priorities in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Frontiers in Microbiology
This systematic review examines the global agricultural relevance and practical environmental implications of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) within the phylum Glomeromycota.
Lenganji Lackson Mwampashi, Aneth Japhet Magubika, Job Frank Ringo, Dickson J. Theonest, George Muhamba Tryphone, Luseko Amos Chilagane, Eliakira Kisetu Nassary   +6 more
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Appropriate Application of Organic Fertilizer Can Effectively Improve Soil Environment and Increase Maize Yield in Loess Plateau

Agronomy
Fertilization has a significant impact on soil nutrients and microbiological properties, which, in turn, affect crop yield. However, the specific effects of organic and inorganic fertilizers on soil fertility and microbial characteristics in maize fields,
Yingying Xing, Yuan Li, Fan Zhang, Xiukang Wang   +3 more
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Contamination [PDF]

, 2011
Soil contamination occurs when substances are added to soil, resulting in increases in concentrations above background or reference levels. Pollution may follow from contamination when contaminants are present in amounts that are detrimental to soil ...
Bacon, J., Cundill, A., Dale, P., Fordyce, F.M., Fowler, D., Hedmark, A., Hern, A., Skiba, U.   +7 more
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Sustainable Agriculture Practices: Utilizing Composted Sludge Fertilizer for Improved Crop Yield and Soil Health

Agronomy
It is desirable to recycle sewage sludge as fertilizer for agricultural fields. The application of sludge to agricultural soils is a measure that replaces chemical fertilizers and plays an important role in improving soil’s physicochemical and biological
Lijun Li, He Li, Lihong Tong, Yizhong Lv
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Chemical Properties and Bacterial Community Reaction to Acidified Cattle Slurry Fertilization in Soil from Maize Cultivation

Agronomy, 2021
Acidified slurry is a novel organic fertilizer that limits gaseous ammonia emissions and reduces nitrogen losses. Our research aimed to determine the effects of short-term fertilization with acidified slurry on the chemical properties and bacterial ...
Paweł Stanisław Wierzchowski, Jakub Dobrzyński, Kamila Mazur, Marek Kierończyk, Witold Jan Wardal, Tomasz Sakowski, Jerzy Barszczewski   +6 more
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Mercury speciation, transformation, and transportation in soils, atmospheric flux, and implications for risk management : a critical review [PDF]

, 2019
Mercury (Hg) is a potentially harmful trace element in the environment and one of the World Health Organization's foremost chemicals of concern. The threat posed by Hg contaminated soils to humans is pervasive, with an estimated 86 Gg of anthropogenic Hg
Duan, Lei, Hou, Deyi, Mulder, Jan, O'Connor, David, Ok, Yong Sik, Rinklebe, Jörg, Tack, Filip, Wang, Shuxiao, Wu, Qingru   +8 more
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Large-Scale Soil Organic Carbon Estimation via a Multisource Data Fusion Approach

Remote Sensing
This study presents a methodological framework for predicting soil organic carbon (SOC) using laboratory spectral recordings from a handheld near-infrared (NIR, 1350–2550 nm) device combined with open geospatial data derived from remote sensing sensors ...
Eleni Kalopesa, Nikolaos Tziolas, Nikolaos L. Tsakiridis, José Lucas Safanelli, Tomislav Hengl, Jonathan Sanderman   +5 more
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Evolutionarily divergent DUF4465 domains have a common vitamin B12‐binding function

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We show that DUF4465 family proteins, widespread across bacteria from gut microbiomes, hydrothermal vents, and soil, share a common vitamin B12‐binding function. These augmented β‐jellyroll proteins bind vitamin B12 via extended loops. Our findings establish sequence‐diverse DUF4465 proteins as a widespread class of B12‐binding proteins, highlighting ...
Charlea Clarke, Michal Banasik, Rokas Juodeikis, Martin J. Warren, Richard W. Pickersgill   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source