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Experimental evaluation of biological regeneration of arable soil: The effects of grass-clover leys and arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculants on wheat growth, yield, and shoot pathology

Nichola Austen, Stefanie Tille, Despina Berdeni, L. G. Firbank, Martin Lappage, Michaela Nelson, Thorunn Helgason, Ewan Marshall-Harries, H. Hughes, Richard L. Summers, Duncan D. Cameron, Jonathan R. Leake

Frontiers in Plant Science · 2022

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Summary

in ploughed plots, with no effect of disc cultivation. The findings reveal multiple benefits of reintegrating legume-rich leys into arable rotations as part of a strategy to regenerate soil quality and wheat crop health, reduce dependence on nitrogen fertilisers, enhance mycorrhization, and achieve good yields.

Subject
Soil biology & microbiology
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Arable cereals
DOI
10.3389/fpls.2022.955985
Catalogue ID
SNmoy13mct-429tif
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