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Open AccessUrban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services
Greenspaces are important for sustaining healthy urban environments and their human populations. Yet their capacity to support multiple ecosystem services simultaneously (multiservices) compared with nearby na...
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Biogenic factors explain soil carbon in paired urban and natural ecosystems worldwide
Urban greenspaces support multiple nature-based services, many of which depend on the amount of soil carbon (C). Yet, the environmental drivers of soil C and its sensitivity to warming are still poorly underst...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction: Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces worldwide
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Open AccessSoil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces worldwide
Soil contamination is one of the main threats to ecosystem health and sustainability. Yet little is known about the extent to which soil contaminants differ between urban greenspaces and natural ecosystems. He...
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Soil biodiversity supports the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces
While the contribution of biodiversity to supporting multiple ecosystem functions is well established in natural ecosystems, the relationship of the above- and below-ground diversity with ecosystem multifuncti...
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Nanotechnology for Sustainable Agricultural Applications
Engineered nanoparticles have attracted much attention due to their successful implementation in different fields such as health, industry, and the space sector. Sustainable agriculture is a continuously evolv...
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Open AccessThe global distribution and environmental drivers of the soil antibiotic resistome
Little is known about the global distribution and environmental drivers of key microbial functional traits such as antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Soils are one of Earth’s largest reservoirs of ARGs, which...
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Potential Microbial Consortium Mitigates Drought Stress in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Plant by Up-regulating Stress-Responsive Genes and Improving Fruit Yield and Soil Properties
The present study is conducted for the growth and yield improvement of tomato plants under drought stress by inoculation of hexa plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPM). Hexa-PGPM consortium (Bacillus megate...
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Global hotspots for soil nature conservation
Soils are the foundation of all terrestrial ecosystems1. However, unlike for plants and animals, a global assessment of hotspots for soil nature conservation is still lacking2. This hampers our ability to establi...
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Bio-fortification of minerals in crops: current scenario and future prospects for sustainable agriculture and human health
Minerals are the key factor determining human beings’ optimum growth and development. The deficiencies of minerals and vitamins hinder the human normal growth and development and economic status. In the 21st c...
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Mixed Plantations of Eucalyptus and Leguminous Trees: Soil, Microbiology, and Ecosystem Services
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Exploration of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) for Improving Productivity and Soil Fertility Under Sustainable Agricultural Practices
Under green revolution practices, the imbalanced use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides causes a negative impact on soil health due to the loss of soil microbial flora and fauna. To overcome this negative ...
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Overexpression of AtDREB1 and BcZAT12 genes confers drought tolerance by reducing oxidative stress in double transgenic tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
Double transgenic tomato developed by AtDREB1A and BcZAT12 genes pyramiding showed significant drought tolerance by reduc...
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Re-vitalizing of endophytic microbes for soil health management and plant protection
Soil health management and increase crop productivity are challenging issues for researchers and scientists. Many research publications have given multiple technological solutions for improving soil health and...
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Whitefly-Transmitted Plant Viruses and Their Management
Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae) are major agricultural pests that cause economic damage worldwide. These pests commonly referred to a group of tiny, soft-bodied, sap-sucking winged insects ...
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Entomopathogenic Microbes for Sustainable Crop Protection: Future Perspectives
Food security for a growing world population is a challenging task under limited agriculture land and increasing incidences of pest infestation. In the pursuit of this challenging task, modern agriculture has ...
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Toxicity of Organophosphate Pesticide on Soil Microorganism: Risk Assessments Strategies
Synthetic organophosphate pesticide (Op) is used extensively in modern agriculture by farmers to enhance crop yield under a limited agriculture land resource as well as food for the increasing population world...
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Impact of Engineered Nanoparticles on Microbial Communities, Soil Health and Plants
Today, nanoparticles (NPs) have received tremendous attention due to their unusual properties and multiple applications. Engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) are applied in medicine, industries, agriculture, space ...
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Techno-Economic Analysis of Second-Generation Biofuel Technologies
The ever-increasing environmental concerns and fuel demands along with population rise have prompted for better and efficient technologies for biofuel production. The second-generation biofuel technologies com...
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Yeast a potential bio-agent: future for plant growth and postharvest disease management for sustainable agriculture
The native microbial flora and fauna are replaced by commercial chemical fertilizers and pesticides, in the current agricultural system. Imbalance of beneficial microbial diversity and natural competitors incr...
