Chemical fertilization: a short-term solution for plant productivity?
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Carlos Molina-Santiago1, Miguel A Matilla2
1Departamento de Microbiología, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea 'La Mayora', Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Universidad de Málaga, Bulevar Louis Pasteur 31 (Campus Universitario de Teatinos), 29071, Málaga, Spain.
Microbial Biotechnology
|November 29, 2019
Abstract:
The effect of long-term chemical fertilization on plant-microorganisms and microbe-microbe interactions.
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