Organic farming: Does it contribute to contaminant-free produce and ensure food safety?

B Ramakrishnan, NR Maddela, K Venkateswarlu… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Organic farming for higher ecological and human health benefits has been adopted in about
186 countries, covering a total area of 71.5 Mha worldwide. Because of the associated …

Effects of water deficit stress on agronomic and physiological responses of rice and greenhouse gas emission from rice soil under elevated atmospheric CO2

A Kumar, AK Nayak, BS Das, N Panigrahi… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rice is the foremost staple food in the world, safeguarding the global food and nutritional
security. Rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) and water deficits are threatening global …

Organic amendments enhance soil microbial diversity, microbial functionality and crop yields: A meta-analysis

X Shu, J He, Z Zhou, L Xia, Y Hu, Y Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fertilization plays an important role in changing soil microbial diversity, which is essential for
determining crop yields. Yet, the influence of organic amendments on microbial diversity …

Investigating the effects of organic amendments on soil microbial composition and its linkage to soil organic carbon: A global meta-analysis

J Cui, B Yang, M Zhang, D Song, X Xu, C Ai… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the dynamics of soil microbial communities responsible for soil element
cycling is vital to understanding organic amendments' mechanisms in agricultural soil …

Partial substitution of chemical fertilizer with organic fertilizer over seven years increases yields and restores soil bacterial community diversity in wheat–rice rotation

X Li, B Li, L Chen, J Liang, R Huang, X Tang… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Substituting chemical fertilizer with organic fertilizer is an important agricultural practice that
improves crop yields but also affects soil biogeochemical cycling. To explore the effects of …

Productivity and quality of banana in response to chemical fertilizer reduction with bio-organic fertilizer: Insight into soil properties and microbial ecology

Z Li, Y Jiao, J Yin, D Li, B Wang, K Zhang… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the responses of ecosystem functions and services (eg, fruit productivity,
carbon sequestration, and nutrient cycling) to fertilization practices and exploring the …

Biochar improved soil health and mitigated greenhouse gas emission from controlled irrigation paddy field: Insights into microbial diversity

Z Jiang, S Yang, Q Pang, Y Xu, X Chen, X Sun… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar application (BA) and controlled irrigation (CI) can realize the resource utilization of
biowaste and water respectively. Both BA and CI can affect soil carbon pool dynamics and …

[HTML][HTML] A meta-analysis of the effect of organic and mineral fertilizers on soil microbial diversity

DP Bebber, VR Richards - Applied Soil Ecology, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic agriculture, employing manures or composts, has been proposed as a way of
mitigating undesirable impacts of mineral fertilizer use. Of particular interest is the effect of …

Soil fertility and crop production are fostered by micro-nano bubble irrigation with associated changes in soil bacterial community

Y Zhou, F Bastida, B Zhou, Y Sun, T Gu, S Li… - Soil Biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The improvement of aeration conditions in the rhizosphere is beneficial for crop growth and
productivity. However, its effects on the soil microbial community are less known. Due to …

[HTML][HTML] Inorganic chemical fertilizer application to wheat reduces the abundance of putative plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria

TE Reid, VN Kavamura, M Abadie… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The profound negative effect of inorganic chemical fertilizer application on rhizobacterial
diversity has been well documented using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and …