This chapter describes a realistic and innovative approach for promoting a sustainable increase of overall soil fertility of marginal lands in representative semiarid environments in East and Southern Africa based on the application of indigenous selected strains of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria and releasing organic compounds such as exopolysaccharides (EPS) to improve soil fertility and structural stability.

Use of Indigenous Cyanobacteria for Sustainable Improvement of Biogeochemical and Physical Fertility of Marginal Soils in Semiarid Tropics

D'Acqui;Luigi Paolo
2016

Abstract

This chapter describes a realistic and innovative approach for promoting a sustainable increase of overall soil fertility of marginal lands in representative semiarid environments in East and Southern Africa based on the application of indigenous selected strains of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria and releasing organic compounds such as exopolysaccharides (EPS) to improve soil fertility and structural stability.
2016
Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri - IRET
978-81-322-2779-3
Cyanobacteria
Exocellular polysaccharides
Aggregate stability
Sustainable agriculture
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