Jul 1, 2023 · Soil health and fertility are fundamental pillars of sustainable agriculture, ensuring long-term productivity and environmental integrity. Green manuring, a practice rooted in agroecological
Jun 9, 2021 · The application of plant beneficial microorganisms has been widely accepted as an efficient alternative to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Isolation and selection of efficient microorganisms, their characterization and testing in soil-plant systems are well studied.
Jun 29, 2021 · The reader will receive comprehensive information on soil health indicators, the characteristics of healthy soil, and how microbial metabolites, e.g., extra-polymeric substances or
May 13, 2024 · Increasing soil salinity and degraded irrigation water quality are major challenges for agriculture. This study investigated the effects of irrigation water quality and incorporating compost (3% dry mass in soil) on minimizing soil salinization and promoting sustainable cropping systems. A greenhouse study used brackish water (electrical conductivity of 2010 µS/cm) and agricultural water (792
Jan 19, 2017 · Microbial inoculation is one of the major agricultural practices that have been used to acquire desirable characteristics in the soil. Microbial inoculants are the formulations of beneficial living microorganisms that when added to soil, improve availability of nutrient to host plant directly or indirectly, thereby promoting plant growth (Gaind 2011).
Apr 1, 2022 · Especially larger soil animals such as earthworms can improve the physical properties of the soil through their crushing and digging activity. Furthermore, the cycling of nutrients at the site can be improved through the metabolism of soil animals and especially through the increased metabolic activity of soil microbes caused by animal grazing [220] .
Jan 1, 2024 · The world has been actively seeking feasible solutions to improve soil health to ensure the long-term productivity. A focal point is to modulate the living ecosystem to perform the multiple functions, including carbon sequestration (Gao et al., 2018), water purification (Syafrudin et al., 2021), nutrient cycling (Yadav et al., 2021), storing and supplying nutrients to plants, and providing
May 27, 2020 · Seaweeds in fresh and dried form and seaweed concentrates enhance soil health by improving moisture-holding capacity and by promoting the growth of beneficial soil microbes, besides fertilizing it. Seaweeds offer a wide spectrum agri inputs in the form of biofertilizers, soil conditioners, amendments, enhancers and biostimulants.
Jul 22, 2024 · The waste seaweed is valorized to use as liquid fertilizer and found to be effective in improving soil moisture-holding capacity, as analyzed by Response Surface Methodology (RSM). This was inferred by the fermentation of macroalgae inoculated with yeast as compared to self-fermenting seaweed.
Chemical agriculture has made an adverse impact of the health-care of not only soil but also the beneficial soil microbial communities and the plants cultivated in these soil. This eventually has led to a high demand organic produce by the present day health conscious society and sporadic attempts are being made by farmers all over the world to detoxify.
Jan 1, 2023 · Maintaining soil health is another benevolent trait of microorganisms, as they increase organic matter in soil and maintain a nutrient pool in the soil through a balancing of nutrient cycling. These bacteria are plant probiotics that make effective colonization in the rhizospheric region and prop up plant growth as auxiliary partners ( Parveen, Singh, Khan, Prasad, & Pareek, 2018 ).
Soil supports all living beings ranging from unicellular to multicellular forms of all classes. For example, plants derive nutrients, water, and anchorage from the soil, while it also serves as a home for numerous microbes like bacteria or fungi and a multitude of other organisms (Bardgett and Van Der Putten 2014; Banerjee and van der Heijden 2023).
Soil health underpins crop and livestock health and productivity. Protecting soil health is also critical to environmental sustainability, as soils: Exchange gases, such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides, with the atmosphere; Regulate the flow of water and rainfall in the water cycle
Dec 31, 2021 · The fermentation end products of any diet are incorporated into the final animal products (meat or milk). Thus, manipulation of the ruminal fermentation pathways is the most effective approach to improve ruminant health and production efficiency without exaggerated increases in nutrient supply.
Jun 7, 2024 · In contrast, organic fertilizers improve soil health and reduce the risk of environmental contamination. Economic Benefits. Fermentation tanks offer several economic benefits: Cost Savings: By converting waste into valuable compost, fermentation tanks reduce waste disposal costs and create a valuable product that can be used or sold.