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Applying microbiofertilisers can be a sustainable alternative to the wide use of chemical fertilisers. They have the potential to reduce the amount of chemical fertilisers applied and thus to minimise environmental pollution, such as nitrogen leaching and gaseous emissions. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of applying the microbiofertiliser “MERS” to the soil microbial community, the yield and quality of winter wheat and soil chemical properties. Over a three-year period (from 2006 to 2009), experiments were conducted at the experimental station of Kazakh Research Institute of Water Resources in the Taraz Zhambyl region. Applying the microbiofertiliser “MERS” to meadow grey soils had an impact on soil properties in all three experimental years. The humus content and content of plant-available N, P and Na were higher in the treated plots than in the control variant. The abundance of the microbial community, in particular heterotrophic bacteria, actinomycetes, yeasts and microscopic fungi, increased for all application rates. The highest increase was found with an application rate of 500 ml/ha. The same application rate had the greatest impact on the yield of the winter wheat cultivar “Almaly” (5.27 t/ha compared to 4.27 t/ha for the control variant).
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Kussainova, M., Tauschke, M., Saparov, A. (2014). The Effect of Applying the Microbiofertiliser “MERS” on the Soil Microbial Community and the Productivity of Winter Wheat Under the Conditions of Southeast Kazakhstan. In: Mueller, L., Saparov, A., Lischeid, G. (eds) Novel Measurement and Assessment Tools for Monitoring and Management of Land and Water Resources in Agricultural Landscapes of Central Asia. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01017-5_39
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