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Maria Mussarat, Hazrat Ali, Dost Muhammad, Ishaq Ahmad Mian, Shadman Khan, Muhammad Adnan, Shah Fahad, Fazli Wahid, Khadim Dawar, Shamsher Ali, Afia Zia, Manzoor Ahmad, Sowm Khan, Wajid Ali Shah, Muhammad Romman, Rainaz Parvez, Manzer H. Siddiqui, Abid Khan, Depeng Wang, Xue Jiang
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Ameni Ben Zineb, Mahmoud Gargouri, Juan Antonio Lopez-Raez, Darine Trabelsi, Ricardo Aroca, Ridha Mhamdi
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Marcelo R. Volf, Ciro A. Rosolem
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JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION
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Agata Gadaleta, Giovanni Lacolla, Stefania Lucia Giove, Stefania Fortunato, Domenica Nigro, Mario Alberto Mastro, Ugo De Corato, Davide Caranfa, Giovanna Cucci, Maria Concetta de Pinto, Federico Vita
Summary: The study evaluated the effects of different doses of mineral/organic fertilizers on two durum wheat cultivars, showing that mineral fertilizers significantly increased grain yield, while higher doses of phosphorus contributed to further increases. The content of chlorophylls and carotenoids was influenced by phosphate fertilization, and different cultivars of wheat exhibited variations in grain yield and quality.
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Ruibo Sun, Junfang Niu, Bingbing Luo, Xiaogai Wang, Wenyan Li, Wenjie Zhang, Fenghua Wang, Chaochun Zhang, Xinxin Ye
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Daniel Torres-Cuesta, Duber Mora-Motta, Juan P. P. Chavarro-Bermeo, Andres Olaya-Montes, Cesar Vargas-Garcia, Ruth Bonilla, German Estrada-Bonilla
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Everton Geraldo de Morais, Henrique Jose Guimaraes Moreira Maluf, Carlos Alberto Silva, Leonardo Henrique Duarte de Paula
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Awais Qarni, Motsim Billah, Khadim Hussain, Sabir Hussain Shah, Waqas Ahmed, Sadia Alam, Aftab Ahmad Sheikh, Laila Jafri, Asia Munir, Kouser Majeed Malik, Naeem Khan
Summary: The continuous application of phosphate mineral to soil leads to the addition of apatite during each crop growing season, which is a significant concern for sustainable agriculture. This study identified and characterized efficient phosphate solubilizing microbes from hydroxyapatite mines to solubilize apatite in the soil. Results showed that the isolated bacterial and fungal strains, particularly when combined with compost, increased plant phosphorus uptake and soil phosphorus content. This highlights the potential of efficient P solubilizers for sustainable agriculture by utilizing indigenous phosphate reserves of soil in combination with organic amendments.
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Agronomy
K. S. Beura, G. K. Ghosh, A. K. Pradhan, A. Kohli, M. Singh, S. Shambhavi, S. Kumar
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Agronomy
Muhammad Imran Khan, Muhammad Junaid Afzal, Safdar Bashir, Muhammad Naveed, Sara Anum, Sardar Alam Cheema, Abdul Wakeel, Muhammad Sanaullah, Muhammad Hayder Ali, Zhongbing Chen
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Lixia Wang, Hongtao Liu, Shiv O. Prasher, Yang Ou, Baixing Yan, Rongzhen Zhong
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Yue Hu, Klaus A. Jarosch, Mareike Kavka, Bettina Eichler-Loebermann
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Hao Li, Xuzhe Ma, Xunrong Huang, Wei Ji, Kun Chen, Shaoquan Xu, Pengcheng Gao
Summary: The application of phosphate fertilizer contributes significantly to the accumulation of anthropogenic fluoride in agricultural soil. However, the fluoride content of phosphate fertilizers has not been extensively studied, limiting our understanding of its impact on soil fluoride accumulation and distribution. This study evaluated the fluoride content of six commonly used phosphate fertilizers in China and estimated annual fluoride accumulations in soil based on fertilizer types and crop-specific phosphorus applications. The results showed variations in fluoride content among the fertilizers, with some posing higher risks of fluoride accumulation, especially in cash crops. Steps were recommended to mitigate fluoride accumulation in Chinese agricultural soils.
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Jyoti Sharma, Vishal Goyal, Rita Dahiya, Manoj Kumar, Pradip Dey
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COMMUNICATIONS IN SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT ANALYSIS
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Yune Cao, Ruliang Liu, Xueying Song, Xiaoyun Mao, P. J. Stoffella, Zhenli He
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Jingmo Zhou, Shubin Wu, Ying Liu
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