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Soil amendments for sustainable agriculture: Microbial organic fertilizers

Hanieh Bamdad, Sadegh Papari, George Lazarovits, Franco Berruti

Soil Use and Management · 2021

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Abstract There is an enormous body of the literature, proving that soil amendments enhance plant growth/yield and prevent the impact of pathogens/toxins. To the best of our knowledge, there is no comprehensive assessment focused on the synergistic effects of microorganisms and soil amendments with biochar or compost for upgrading the current fertilizers towards a more sustainable agriculture. The main objective of the present work is to discuss the most current information needed for developing advanced soil amendments using microorganisms along with safe, sustainable and low‐cost waste sourced materials. The first step in designing the biofertilizer is the selection of a microorganism from among a variety of bacterial/fungi strains that have been identified as plant growth promoting (PGP)

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1111/sum.12762
Catalogue ID
SNmojyxu0y-guxuyg
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