Soil microbial biomass, functional microbial diversity, and nematode community structure as affected by cover crops and compost in an organic vegetable production system

By Ajay Nair, M. Ngouajio. 2012

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The impact of agricultural practices on soil biota: A regional study (2013, background): “A clear positive 13 relationship between microbial biomassand SOMcontent has been established in agricultural soils by 14 Insam and Domsch (1988) and has been widely reported since then (Nair and Ngouajio, 2012).”
The impact of crop rotation on soil microbial diversity: A meta-analysis (2016, background): “2 (González-Chávez et al., 2010; Marais et al., 2012; Nair and Ngouajio, 2012). forming a funnel.”
The Role of Soil Microorganisms in Plant Mineral Nutrition—Current Knowledge and Future Directions (2017, background): “…different fertilization practices, and it has been shown that the capacity to degrade a diverse range of substrates is correlated to other aspects of soil health, such as organic carbon content and disease suppression (PerezPiqueres et al., 2006; Nair and Ngouajio, 2012; Dumontet et al., 2017).”