Improving Crop Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency via Biofertilization—A Global Meta-analysis

The application of microbial inoculants (biofertilizers) is a promising technology for future sustainable farming systems in view of rapidly decreasing phosphorus stocks and the need to more efficiently use available nitrogen (N). Various microbial taxa are currently used as biofertilizers, based on...

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Main Authors: Lukas Schütz, Andreas Gattinger, Matthias Meier, Adrian Müller, Thomas Boller, Paul Mäder, Natarajan Mathimaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.02204/full