Role of Soil Microorganisms in Soil Fertility and Crop Production
G. Nivitha*
Dept. of Microbiology, STAC, Vasudevanallur, Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu (627 760), India
T. Sahila
Dept. of Plant Pathology, STAC, Vasudevanallur, Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu (627 760), India
B. Vimalan
Dept. of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, STAC, Vasudevanallur, Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu (627 760), India
S. Dhinega
Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, STAC, Vasudevanallur, Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu (627 760), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Plant Growth, Soil Fertility, Soil Microbes, Soil Structure
Abstract
Soil represents a medium or substrate in which numerous microorganisms live and bring about a great variety of processes which are responsible for continuation of the cycle of life in nature. The numerous living forms spend all or part of their life in soil ranging from sub microscopic forms to the lower animal forms. With the growing recognition of the numerous processes carried out by the microorganisms in the soil there gradually emerged a branch of microbiology, which came to known as Soil microbiology. It is a branch of soil science concerned with soil inhabiting microorganisms and their functions and activities.
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