Taxonomic and functional responses of soil microbial communities to slag-based fertilizer amendment in rice cropping systems

The effective utilization of slag-based Silicon fertilizer (silicate fertilizer) in agriculture to improve crop productivity and to mitigate environmental consequences turns it into a high value added product in sustainable agriculture. Despite the integral role of soil microbiome in agricultural pr...

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Main Authors: Suvendu Das, Hyo Suk Gwon, Muhammad Israr Khan, Joy D. Van Nostrand, Muhammad Ashraful Alam, Pil Joo Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018330939