Integration of Biologics, the Soil Microbiome, Fertilizers, and Cover Crops to Optimize Soil Health and Increase Sustainable Crop Productivity

Patrick Kane*

Science2Success, United States of America

*Corresponding Author: Patrick Kane, Science2Success, United States of America.

Received: March 23, 2018; Published: April 25, 2018

Citation: Patrick Kane. “Integration of Biologics, the Soil Microbiome, Fertilizers, and Cover Crops to Optimize Soil Health and Increase Sustainable Crop Productivity". Acta Scientific Agriculture 2.5 (2018).

Abstract

  The challenges to cropping systems with regards to maintaining/improving soil health, reducing agriculture impacts on water use/water quality while increasing crop yields are well documented. As the understanding of the interaction of microorganisms with soil, crops improves new products and techniques are being deployed. For long term improvement, farm fields must be considered a year-round ecosystem rather than only focusing on the crop growing season.

Keywords: Biologics; Soil Microbiome; Fertilizers; Cover Crops

Copyright: © 2018 Patrick Kane. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.