Long-term organic farming aims to reduce synthetic fertilizer and pesticide use in order to
sustainably produce and improve soil quality. To do this, there is a need for more information …

The application of organic amendments to the soil is a strategy that cause the improvement
of avocado agricultural soils. This strategy is included in the integrated management of …

Soil microbial community is crucial for plant health. They all represent a second much larger
genome associated to plants. Microbes vary in their number and diversity which is in order of …

Résumé Plants influence the soil system by the large proportion of photosynthesized matters
translocated to the roots and secreted into the soil. This root exudation provides an …

Characterizing the relationship between soil biotic and abiotic properties and plant health
status is crucial to understanding the pathogenesis of soil-borne diseases. Here, we …

Many studies in soil microbial ecology are undertaken with a single sampling event, with the
influence of temporal progression rarely being considered. Under field conditions, soil …

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is an important agricultural crop grown worldwide. Protist
communities and their interaction with prokaryotes in the root zone have been shown to …

Biological disease control of soilborne plant diseases has traditionally employed the
biopesticide approach whereby single strains or strain mixtures are introduced into …

The characterization of microbial communities that promote or suppress soil-borne
pathogens is important for controlling plant diseases. We compared prokaryotic communities …