Phosphorus and phosphate solubilizing bacteria: Keys for sustainable agriculture

M Billah, M Khan, A Bano, TU Hassan… - Geomicrobiology …, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
Phosphorus (P) is one of the most important minerals required for plant growth occupying a
strong position among soil macro nutrients. Soil P deficiency is often fulfilled by phosphate …

Application of soil amendments to contaminated soils for heavy metal immobilization and improved soil quality—A critical review

CS Lwin, BH Seo, HU Kim, G Owens… - Soil science and plant …, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
Today, soil metal pollution has become a significant environmental issue of great public
concern. This is because soil is both a major sink for heavy metal (loid) s (HMs) released …

Agricultural utilization of biosolids: A review on potential effects on soil and plant grown

B Sharma, A Sarkar, P Singh, RP Singh - Waste Management, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Environmental and economic implications linked with the proper ecofriendly disposal of
modern day wastes, has made it essential to come up with alternative waste management …

Active microorganisms in soil: critical review of estimation criteria and approaches

E Blagodatskaya, Y Kuzyakov - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Microbial functioning refers to microbial activity because only the active microorganisms
drive biogeochemical processes. Despite the importance of active microorganisms, most …

Role of organic amendment application on greenhouse gas emission from soil

R Thangarajan, NS Bolan, G Tian, R Naidu… - Science of the Total …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Globally, substantial quantities of organic amendments (OAs) such as plant residues (3.8×
10 9 Mg/yr), biosolids (10× 10 7 Mg/yr), and animal manures (7× 10 9 Mg/yr) are produced …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental risk of groundwater pollution by pesticide leaching through the soil profile

G Pérez-Lucas, N Vela, A El Aatik… - Pesticides-use and …, 2018‏ - intechopen.com
Adsorption, degradation, and movement are the key processes conditioning the behavior
and fate of pesticides in the soil. Six processes that can move pesticides are leaching …

Global patterns of phosphatase activity in natural soils

O Margalef, J Sardans, M Fernández-Martínez… - Scientific reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Soil phosphatase levels strongly control the biotic pathways of phosphorus (P), an essential
element for life, which is often limiting in terrestrial ecosystems. We investigated the …

Changes in bacterial community structure of agricultural land due to long-term organic and chemical amendments

V Chaudhry, A Rehman, A Mishra, PS Chauhan… - Microbial ecology, 2012‏ - Springer
Community level physiological profiling and pyrosequencing-based analysis of the V1-V2
16S rRNA gene region were used to characterize and compare microbial community …

Application of sewage sludge to agricultural soil increases the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes without altering the composition of prokaryotic communities

J Urra, I Alkorta, I Mijangos, L Epelde… - Science of the Total …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The application of sewage sludge as soil amendment is a common agricultural practice.
However, wastewater treatment plants, sewage sludge and sewage sludge-amended soils …

Severe drought conditions modify the microbial community structure, size and activity in amended and unamended soils

S Hueso, C García, T Hernández - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Biological activity could be affected severely by the impact on soil quality of drought, which
can be very severe in Southern areas of Europe. The objective of this work was to assess …