Interaction matters: Synergy between vermicompost and PGPR agents improves soil quality, crop quality and crop yield in the field

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-34

  Song, Xiuchao ^a,b   Liu, Manqiang ^a,b   Wu, Di ^a,b   Griffiths, Bryan S ^c   Jiao, Jiaguo ^a,b   Li, Huixin ^a,b   Hu, Feng ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION CENTER FOR SOLID ORGANIC WASTE RESOURCE UTILIZATION   (China)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Food quality; Microbial biomass; Organic agriculture; Soil nutrient availability

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RHIZOBIALES; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84921488036     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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