A commercial seaweed extract structured microbial communities associated with tomato and pepper roots and significantly increased crop yield

Summary Seaweeds have been used as a source of natural fertilizer and biostimulant in agriculture for centuries. However, their effects on soil and crop root microbiota remain unclear. Here, we used a commercially available Ascophyllum nodosum extract (ANE) to test its effect on bacterial and fungal...

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Main Authors: Sébastien Renaut, Jacynthe Masse, Jeffrey P. Norrie, Bachar Blal, Mohamed Hijri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-11-01
Series:Microbial Biotechnology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13473