Historically, agricultural production has relied on practices designed to manage nutrients,
water, weeds, and crop diseases. Precision agriculture and integrated pest management …

Modern agriculture has become heavily dependent on chemical fertilizers, which have
caused environmental pollution and the loss of soil fertility and sustainability. Microalgae …

Exotic plant species are increasingly becoming the focus of research and have been
identified as a component of human‐induced global change. Successful invaders may alter …

Soil microbial diversity is important to sustainable agriculture because microbes mediate
many processes that support agricultural production. The BIOLOG™ system for detection of …

Invasions of exotic plant species are among the most pervasive and important threats to
natural ecosystems, however, the effects of plant invasions on soil processes and the soil …

An understanding of the main factors influencing microbial diversity in soils is necessary to
predict the effects of current land-use trends on terrestrial diversity. We used microbial …

Global food production, food supply chains and food security are increasingly stressed by
human population growth and loss of arable land, becoming more vulnerable to …

Sole carbon source tests (Biolog™), designed to identify microbial isolates can be used to
metabolically fingerprint soil microbial communities, although the carbon source profiles …

By virtue of their physiological adaptability and metabolic versatility, bacteria in plant root
zones are a key agent of change in soil agroecosystems. Interactions between plant root …

A bstract A greenhouse study with soil–plant microcosms was conducted in order to
compare the effect of crop species, soil origin, and a bacterial inoculant on the establishment …