Agricultural waste recycling in horticultural intensive farming systems by on-farm composting and compost-based tea application improves soil quality and plant health …

U De Corato - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The vegetables supply chain of intensive farming systems has gained huge relevance due
to environmental pollution, residual toxicity towards microorganisms and humans …

Rapeseed (Brassica napus): Processing, Utilization, and Genetic Improvement

N Raboanatahiry, H Li, L Yu, M Li - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Brassica napus L. is a vegetable oil crop, commonly known as rapeseed (or canola). It is
widely used as a source of oil and protein for food and industrial applications, but also as a …

The impact of crop rotation on soil microbial diversity: A meta-analysis

ZS Venter, K Jacobs, HJ Hawkins - Pedobiologia, 2016 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification can involve the simplification of agroecosystems to crop
monocultures while the practices of crop rotation, intercropping and companion planting …

Soil enzyme activities, microbial communities, and carbon and nitrogen availability in organic agroecosystems across an intensively-managed agricultural landscape

TM Bowles, V Acosta-Martínez, F Calderón… - Soil Biology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Manipulating the soil microbiome to increase soil health and plant fertility

JM Chaparro, AM Sheflin, DK Manter… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2012 - Springer
A variety of soil factors are known to increase nutrient availability and plant productivity. The
most influential might be the organisms comprising the soil microbial community of the …

Disease-suppressive compost enhances natural soil suppressiveness against soil-borne plant pathogens: A critical review

U De Corato - Rhizosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Plant diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens have been recognized as a critical factor
worldwide for plant health and productivity overall in intensive cropping systems …

Soil microbiota manipulation and its role in suppressing soil-borne plant pathogens in organic farming systems under the light of microbiome-assisted strategies

U De Corato - Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture, 2020 - Springer
Soil microbiota plays a key role in suppressing soil-borne plant pathogens improving the
natural soil suppressiveness. Microbiome disturbance triggers specific perturbation to …

Soil health paradigms and implications for disease management

RP Larkin - Annual Review of Phytopathology, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Soil health has been defined as the capacity of soil to function as a vital living system to
sustain biological productivity, maintain environmental quality, and promote plant, animal …

Efficacy of biofertilizers: challenges to improve crop production

E Malusà, F Pinzari, L Canfora - Microbial Inoculants in Sustainable …, 2016 - Springer
Different kinds of soil microorganisms belonging to several taxa of the bacteria, fungi, and
possibly, protozoa kingdoms, colonizing the rhizosphere or the plant tissues and promoting …

[HTML][HTML] Anthropogenic drivers of soil microbial communities and impacts on soil biological functions in agroecosystems

T Yang, N Lupwayi, SA Marc, KHM Siddique… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic interventions play a key role in promoting positive feedback of soil–plant–
environment interactions, but systematic reports on how anthropogenic activities influence …