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Microbial community structure and diversity as indicators for evaluating soil quality (Record no. 10327)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field G94436
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field MX-TxCIM
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20240223202103.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 240223s2011 ne ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 978-90-481-9513-8
024 8# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9513-8_11
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency MX-TxCIM
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (RLIN)
Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) CIS-6061
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sharma, S.K.
9 (RLIN) 2935
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Microbial community structure and diversity as indicators for evaluating soil quality
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Dordrecht (Netherlands) :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Springer,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2011.
490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Sustainable Agriculture Reviews ;
Volume/sequential designation Vol. 5
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The living soil system is of primary importance in sustainable agricultural production. Soil quality is considered as an integrative indicator of environmental quality, food security and economic viability. Therefore, soil itself serves as a potential indicator for monitoring sustainable land management. As part of the soil quality concept, a healthy soil supports high levels of biological diversity, activity, internal nutrient cycling and resilience to disturbance. The use of microbial community structure and diversity as an indicator to monitor soil quality is challenging due to little understanding of the relationship between community structure and soil function. This review addresses two critical questions regarding soil quality: (1) which soil microbial properties, particularly diversity and community structure, most effectively characterize soil quality and can be used as indicators, and (2) how can soil quality assessed by such indicators be improved or maintained? We provide an overview of available techniques to characterize microbial community structure and diversity, and furnish information pertaining to strategies that can improve microbial diversity, including mycorrhizae, in relation to soil quality by adopting suitable agricultural practices to sustain soil and crop productivity. These techniques include those for structural profiling, i.e. fatty acid methyl ester analysis, genetic profiling, i.e. PCR-DGGE, SSCP, T-RFLP, functional profiling, i.e. catabolic profiling, diversity of enzyme activity, and to profile both structural and functional communities comprehensively, i.e. gene chip. We identify the importance of minimum data sets (MDS) of microbial indicators, such that they must be (i) compatible with basic ecosystem processes in soil as well as physical or chemical indicators of soil health, (ii) sensitive to management in acceptable time frames, (iii) easy to assess or measure, (iv) composed of robust methodology with standardized sampling techniques, (v) cost-effective, and (vi) relevant to human goals, food security, agricultural production, sustainability and economic efficiency. We focus on specific agricultural strategies such as tillage, crop rotations, organic amendments and microbial inoculation to improve soil quality by managing microbial communities and diversity. Overall, we provide techniques to assess microbial communities and diversity, and their management through agricultural practices to improve quality of soil.
536 ## - FUNDING INFORMATION NOTE
Text of note Conservation Agriculture Program
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note Text in English
594 ## - STAFFID
StaffID INT2813
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
9 (RLIN) 1270
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Soil quality
Miscellaneous information AGROVOC
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
9 (RLIN) 10080
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Microorganisms
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
9 (RLIN) 3563
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Genes
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
9 (RLIN) 16171
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Arbuscular mycorrhiza
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
9 (RLIN) 1832
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Tillage
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
9 (RLIN) 1807
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Crop rotation
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
9 (RLIN) 5194
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Inoculation
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ramesh, A.
9 (RLIN) 33189
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sharma, M.P.
9 (RLIN) 33190
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Joshi, O.P.
9 (RLIN) 33192
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Govaerts, B.
Miscellaneous information DG's Office
Field link and sequence number INT2813
9 (RLIN) 860
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Steenwerth, K.L.
9 (RLIN) 33193
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Karlen, D.L.
9 (RLIN) 33194
773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY
Place, publisher, and date of publication Dordrecht (Netherlands) : Springer, 2011.
Related parts p. 317-358
Title Biodiversity, Biofuels, Agroforestry and Conservation Agriculture
Record control number G99254
International Standard Book Number 978-90-481-9513-8
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Book part
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
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Holdings
Date last seen Total Checkouts Full call number Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Withdrawn status Home library Current library Date acquired
07/10/2017   CIS-6061 07/10/2017 Book part Not Lost Dewey Decimal Classification     CIMMYT Staff Publications Collection   CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library 07/10/2017

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