PRJNA481896
Agricultural management on structure and function of the soil microbial community
Organic material is the very focus of activity in soil through its content of energy and nutrients that fires a cascade of biological reactions along the entire food chain. Soil microbes are essential in this release of energy and cycling of plant usable nutrients. They are also constructors of soil structure favorable for plant growth through their production of polymer glue and through fungal hyphae binding of aggregates. Thus, adding organic material to soil is essential to ensure a properly functioning microbial community and obtain sustainable agronomic management practices, whereas the opposite, omitting organic additives, eventually leads to degradation.