Desert farming benefits from microbial potential in arid soils and promotes diversity and plant health.

<h4>Background</h4>To convert deserts into arable, green landscapes is a global vision, and desert farming is a strong growing area of agriculture world-wide. However, its effect on diversity of soil microbial communities, which are responsible for important ecosystem services like plant...

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Main Authors: Martina Köberl, Henry Müller, Elshahat M Ramadan, Gabriele Berg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21912695/?tool=EBI