Soil-borne diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms are one of the main factors responsible for the decline in crop yields in farmlands. Pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum causes serious damage to various crops, and, thus, a feasible diagnostic method for soil-borne diseases is required. We herein examined a simple method to evaluate the suppressiveness of soil microorganisms against a pathogen ...

Farmers are increasing the use of fertilizers in chestnut, only cash crop produced mountainous areas northeastern Portugal. This calls for more studies to guide them towards a ecological intensification. The effects three controlled-release fertilizers, two that release nutrients over months (BoskGrow 20:05:20_3m, Exactyon 18:05:13_3m) and one six (Exactyon 18:05:12_6m), an organic amendment au...

Abstract The unsatisfactory nutrient slow-release and water-retention performance of traditional biochar-based compound fertilizers (BCF) severely limit their practical application. Herein, a new type fertilizer with high water retention was fabricated via the incorporation hydrotalcite starch into BCF, named as HS-BCF. releasing prepared HS-BCF related mechanism were investigated. results show...

A pot experiment was carried out with maize to determine the phosphorus (P) plant-availability of different secondary P-fertilizers derived from wastewater. We analyzed the respective soils by P K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy to determine the P chemical forms that were present and determine the transformation processes. Macro- and micro-XANES spectroscopy were ...