Globally, besides human medicine, an increasing amount of antibiotics as veterinary drugs
and feed additives are used annually in many countries with the rapid development of the …

Although numerous studies suggest that organic amendments are better at maintaining soil
fertility and crop production than mineral-only fertilization, it is unclear if this occurs in …

Variability in the activity and composition of soil microbial communities may have important
implications for the suite of microbially-derived ecosystem functions upon which agricultural …

The residue of antibiotics is becoming an intractable environmental problem in many
organic vegetable bases. However, their residual levels and distribution are still obscure …

Reliance on ecosystem services instead of synthetic, non‐renewable inputs is increasingly
seen as key to achieving food security in an environmentally sustainable way. This process …

How will biodiversity loss affect ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services, and human well-
being? In an age of accelerating biodiversity loss, this timely and critical volume summarizes …

Arbuscular mycorrhiza is a widespread interaction between plant roots and mutualistic fungi
that both promotes plant mineral nutrition and supports stability in many natural ecosystems …

Soil microbes play a key role in soil health, and understanding the functional role of this
living component of soil organic matter is critical to developing sustainable systems in major …

Maintaining soil organic carbon (SOC) in frequently tilled, intensive organic vegetable
production systems is a challenge that is not well understood. Compost and cover crops are …

With all of the environmental and social problems confronting our food systems today, it is
apparent that none of the strategies we have relied on in the pasthigher-yielding varieties …