Publisher Summary To understand the rationale for sustainable agriculture, one must
appreciate the critical importance of soil. Soil a complex, living, fragile medium that must be …

Soils into which crop plants root and from which they obtain essential minerals and water
contain huge arrays of microbes. Many have highly beneficial effects on crop growth and …

Abstract High‐Intensity Agriculture and Society Soil—An Essential Link in the Cycle of Life
Soil Health and Sustainable Management Microbes and Sustainable Agriculture …

It has been estimated that a typical gram of soil contains around 90–100 million bacteria and
about 200000 fungi, with the majority of these organisms being located around the roots of …

The soil, the soil rhizophere, and the rhizoplane are marvelously complex and scientifically
interesting ecosystems. The number of microorganisms found in these environments is …

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The book contains chapters on diagnosis of soil health; the soil as a habitat for micro-
organisms; micro-organisms and enzymes in the soil; microbial saprophytes--decomposition …

The book consists of five parts: soil microbial ecology, molecular ecology and genetics of
soil microorganisms, applications in agriculture and forestry, application in environmental …

An updated text exploring the properties of the soil microbial community Today, the
environmentally oriented specialties of microbiology are shifting from considering a single or …

Soil microbial community is crucial for plant health. They all represent a second much larger
genome associated to plants. Microbes vary in their number and diversity which is in order of …