Plant- and microbial-based mechanisms to improve the agronomic effectiveness of phosphate rock: a review

Deficiency in plant-available phosphorus is considered to be a major limiting factor to food production in many agricultural soils. Mineral resources are necessary to restore soil phosphorus content. In regions where conventional fertilizers are not used due to cost limitations or to mitigate advers...

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Main Authors: Melissa M. Arcand, Kim D. Schneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2006-12-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652006000400013