Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and organic farming

P Gosling, A Hodge, G Goodlass… - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2006 - Elsevier
Symbiotic associations between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots are
widespread in the natural environment and can provide a range of benefits to the host plant …

Biological costs and benefits to plant–microbe interactions in the rhizosphere

JAW Morgan, GD Bending… - Journal of experimental …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
This review looks briefly at plants and their rhizosphere microbes, the chemical
communications that exist, and the biological processes they sustain. Primarily it is the loss …

Impacts of inorganic and organic fertilization treatments on bacterial and fungal communities in a paddy soil

J Wang, Y Song, T Ma, W Raza, J Li, JG Howland… - Applied Soil …, 2017 - Elsevier
Soil microbes play an integral role in agricultural production, and there is limited
understating of the complex responses of microbial diversity to organic and conventional …

Thirty-one years of rice-rice-green manure rotations shape the rhizosphere microbial community and enrich beneficial bacteria

X Zhang, R Zhang, J Gao, X Wang, F Fan, X Ma… - Soil Biology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Green manure rotation is commonly used to increase soil fertility and improve crop yield.
However, the effects of this management practice on the underground microbial ecosystem …

Effects of organic fertilizer supply on soil properties, tomato yield, and fruit quality: A global meta-analysis

H Fan, Y Zhang, J Li, J Jiang, A Waheed, S Wang… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increased use of chemical fertilizer input in agricultural production and the promotion of
sustainable agriculture encourage researchers around the globe to undertake experiments …

The effects of mineral fertilizer and organic manure on soil microbial community and diversity

W Zhong, T Gu, W Wang, B Zhang, X Lin, Q Huang… - Plant and soil, 2010 - Springer
The effects of mineral fertilizer (NPK) and organic manure on phospholipid fatty acid profiles
and microbial functional diversity were investigated in a long-term (21-year) fertilizer …

Effects of pesticides on soil enzymes: a review

W Riah, K Laval, E Laroche-Ajzenberg… - Environmental chemistry …, 2014 - Springer
The use of pesticides in agriculture has highly increased during the last 40 years to increase
crop yields. However, today most pesticides are polluting water, soil, atmosphere and food …

Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus inputs on soil bacterial abundance, diversity, and community composition in Chinese fir plantations

Q Wang, C Wang, WW Yu, A Turak, D Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Nutrient inputs to forest ecosystems significantly influence aboveground plant community
structure and ecosystem functioning. However, our knowledge of the influence of nitrogen …

Microbial biomass, activity and community composition in constructed wetlands

M Truu, J Juhanson, J Truu - Science of the total environment, 2009 - Elsevier
The aim of the current article is to give an overview about microbial communities and their
functioning but also about factors affecting microbial activity in the three most common types …