Rhizosphere Microbes and the Roles They Play in Crop Production and Soil Health
Each gram of rich soil can harbor 100 million to a billion microorganisms, meaning every inch of our soil is alive (Raynaud and Nunan 2014) (Fig. 1). These underground organisms keep soil healthy. Balancing the community of microbes can benefit plant yield, plant health, and soil sustainability....
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Each gram of rich soil can harbor 100 million to a billion microorganisms, meaning every inch of our soil is alive (Raynaud and Nunan 2014) (Fig. 1). These underground organisms keep soil healthy. Balancing the community of microbes can benefit plant yield, plant health, and soil sustainability. While it is recognized that many soil microbes perform key roles in crop productivity, the importance of these underground activities is easily overlooked because of their small size. By focusing on a specific group of microbes living on or near plant roots, this publication provides understanding for these questions: Who are these microbes and how do they improve plant and soil health?
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| spelling | doaj-art-5adbcd82bbcb44a5b4d13400e1ef59792025-02-08T05:40:37ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092023-10-0120235Rhizosphere Microbes and the Roles They Play in Crop Production and Soil HealthHui-Ling Liao0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1648-3444University of Florida Each gram of rich soil can harbor 100 million to a billion microorganisms, meaning every inch of our soil is alive (Raynaud and Nunan 2014) (Fig. 1). These underground organisms keep soil healthy. Balancing the community of microbes can benefit plant yield, plant health, and soil sustainability. While it is recognized that many soil microbes perform key roles in crop productivity, the importance of these underground activities is easily overlooked because of their small size. By focusing on a specific group of microbes living on or near plant roots, this publication provides understanding for these questions: Who are these microbes and how do they improve plant and soil health? https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/130666rhizospheremicrobiomearbuscular mycorrhizal fungiectomycorrhizal fungimycorrhizal fungi |
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| title | Rhizosphere Microbes and the Roles They Play in Crop Production and Soil Health |
| title_full | Rhizosphere Microbes and the Roles They Play in Crop Production and Soil Health |
| title_fullStr | Rhizosphere Microbes and the Roles They Play in Crop Production and Soil Health |
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| title_short | Rhizosphere Microbes and the Roles They Play in Crop Production and Soil Health |
| title_sort | rhizosphere microbes and the roles they play in crop production and soil health |
| topic | rhizosphere microbiome arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ectomycorrhizal fungi mycorrhizal fungi |
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