Legume Plants Enhance the Resistance of Soil to Ecosystem Disturbance

Cultivation of legume plants is well known to improve soil N level and net primary productivity; besides, it may deliver other ecosystem benefits such as increasing soil carbon sequestration and soil food web complexity. However, little is known about whether legumes can improve the resistance of so...

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Main Authors: Dandan Gao, Xiaoling Wang, Shenglei Fu, Jie Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01295/full