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The effect of effective microorganisms on yield and quality of peas

Year: 2016

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Introduction Effective microorganisms (EM) comprise a mixture of live cultures of microorganisms isolated from fertile soils in nature that are useful during crop production. The principle of EM is to increase the bio-diversity of soil microflora, thereby increasing crop yield. Photosynthetic bacteria, the major components of EM, are reported to work synergistically with other microorganisms to provide the nutritional requirements of the plant and to reduce disease. EMs interact with the soil-plant ecosystem to suppress plant pathogens and agents of disease, to solubilise minerals, to maintain soil microbial-ecological balance, and to fix biological nitrogen. The aim of present investigation was to evaluate the effect of EMs on the yield and chemical composition of peas.

Source: Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (Julius Kühn-Institut)

Author: Margit Olle

Institution: Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge

Language: German

Topic: Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Life on land

Open Access status: green

Funder: European Commission

Award: Enhancing of legumes growing in Europe through sustainable cropping for protein supply for food and feed