Abstract
Soil is a outer most surface on earth which is a home for different microorganisms. Biodiversity of soil is a mixed population of different type biological organisms. It is one of the most biologically diverse upper most part of Earth. Soil structure and health depends on interaction of microbes and soil organic materials. Soil microbes also interact with plants and influence soil health and production of crop. The soil organic mater is a food for soil bacteria and other microorganism. Soil bacteria improve the soil quality by interaction with organic mater as a result increase the entry and storage of soil water, resistance to soil erosion. Different soil bacteria has different ability to react with soil organic mater and control soil health from season to season. Soil microbes play a wide range of essential role with sustainable function on all ecosystems. They are also help to maintain the soil nutrients, nitrogen, phosphorus, soil organic matter, carbon for plants. Some beneficial soil microbes helps to reduce soil-borne disease of plants. By the use of these beneficial microbes inoculums we increase the yield of crop and reduce of plant disease. These advance technology is essential and important resource for the development of sustainable agricultural systems.
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Chatterjee, S., Mondal, K.C., Chatterjee, S. (2022). Role of Soil Microbes in Soil Health and Stability Improvement. In: Shit, P.K., Adhikary, P.P., Bhunia, G.S., Sengupta, D. (eds) Soil Health and Environmental Sustainability. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09270-1_25
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