Fertilization and soil microbial community: a review

LC Dincă, P Grenni, C Onet, A Onet - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The present paper reviews the most recent advances regarding the effects of chemical and
organic fertilizers on soil microbial communities. Based on the results from the articles …

Insect frass and exuviae to promote plant growth and health

KY Barragán-Fonseca, A Nurfikari… - Trends in Plant …, 2022 - cell.com
Beneficial soil microorganisms can contribute to biocontrol of plant pests and diseases,
induce systemic resistance (ISR) against attackers, and enhance crop yield. Using organic …

Fixed-bed adsorption of pesticide agricultural waste using cross-linked adsorptive hydrogel composite beads

A Naboulsi, I Haydari, T Bouzid, A Grich, F Aziz… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Adsorption column blockage due to solid adsorbent material is prevalent in laboratory-scale
applications. Creating composite materials with stable geometries offers a viable solution …

Engineering host microbiome for crop improvement and sustainable agriculture

S Kaul, M Choudhary, S Gupta, MK Dhar - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Dynamic consortium of microbial communities (bacteria, fungi, protists, viruses, and
nematodes) colonizing multiple tissue types and coevolving conclusively with the host plant …

Crop yield-soil quality balance in double cropping in China's upland by organic amendments: A meta-analysis

P Li, Y Li, L Xu, H Zhang, X Shen, H Xu, J Jiao, H Li… - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
The contradiction between rapid soil degradation and increased food demand is becoming
increasingly prominent. Reasonable recycling of agricultural waste can affect soil …

Biochar for improving soil biological properties and mitigating salt stress in plants on salt-affected soils

D Egamberdieva, B Alaylar… - … in Soil Science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Biochar is a solid product obtained by heating of biomass or organic waste in the total or
partial absence of oxygen and is applied to improve soil properties, or considered a means …

Organic amendment substitution improves the sustainability of wheat fields changed from cotton and vegetable fields

H He, M Peng, Z Hou, J Li - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Long-term excessive use of chemical fertilizers and continuous cropping in vegetable and
cotton production lead to a decline in farmland soil quality and crop productivity …

Improvement of nutritional quality of food crops with fertilizer: a global meta-analysis

M Ishfaq, Y Wang, J Xu, MU Hassan, H Yuan… - Agronomy for …, 2023 - Springer
Providing the world's population with sufficient and nutritious food through sustainable food
systems is a major challenge of the twenty-first century. Fertilizer use is a major driver of crop …

Soil chemical properties depending on fertilization and management in China: A meta-analysis

S Jia, D Yuan, W Li, W He, S Raza, Y Kuzyakov… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
The long-term overuse of fertilizers negatively affects soil chemical properties and health,
causing unsustainable agricultural development. Although many studies have focused on …

How to make the Lunar and Martian soils suitable for food production-assessing the changes after manure addition and implications for plant growth

AG Caporale, M Palladino, S De Pascale… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The in-situ resource utilisation (ISRU), in terms of native rocky materials and astronaut
wastes, is crucial in contests of soil-based space-farming. Nevertheless, extra-terrestrial …