Spinach has been suggested as a potential rotation crop for increasing crop yield by
enhancing beneficial fungal microbes in continuous monocropping. However, no research …

With the constant surge of strawberry cultivation and human demand, widespread concern
has been expressed about the severe soil and plant health problems caused by continuous …

Background and aims Harnessing soil microbiomes is a major demand for development of
sustainable and productive agriculture. Here we aimed to assess the impact of two different …

Background Green manure (GM) is a crop commonly grown during fallow periods, which
has been applied in agriculture as a strategy to regulate nutrient cycling, improve organic …

Cover crops can improve soil biological health and alter the composition of soil microbial
communities in agricultural systems. However, the effects of diversified cover crops on soil …

Bio-organic fertilizers (BOF) containing both organic amendments and beneficial
microorganisms have been consistently shown to improve soils fertility and yield. However …

Continuous cropping (CC) restricts the development of the medicinal plant cultivation
industry because it alters soil properties and the soil microbial micro-ecological …

The integrated soil biological amendments of mycorrhizal inoculation and organic substrate
can be additive, synergistic, or antagonistic under plant-soil-microbe interaction. Underlying …

Nature farming is a farming system that entails cultivating crops without using chemical
fertilizers and pesticides. The present study investigated the bacterial and fungal …

Synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizer has made a great contribution to the improvement of soil
fertility and productivity, but excessive application of synthetic N fertilizer may cause …