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Impact of Agrochemicals on Soil Microbiota

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As the global population is growing exponentially, it has become necessary to meet the food requirements of the growing population. Over the last few decades, agrochemicals have become an important component of modern agricultural practices. Agrochemicals ensure enhanced crop yield by controlling the harmful and undesirable pathogens, pests, and weeds. However, concern has been raised regarding the uncontrolled and long-term use of these chemicals in agricultural settings. The unbalanced usage of agrochemicals is hampering soil health and has caused the large-scale degradation of the ecosystem. Furthermore, these chemicals have influenced the microflora composition of the soil and thus have made an adverse impact on various microbial activities such as nutrient biotransformation, phosphorus solubilization, and most importantly, the nitrogen fixation. In this chapter, we have highlighted the impacts of agrochemicals on soil microbiota and related microbial processes.

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  1. Department of Biotechnology, Maharaja Agrasen University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Shiv Kumar Giri & Gulab Singh

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  3. Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India

    Ritu Gill

  4. Centre for Medical Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India

    Anil Kumar

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Giri, S.K., Verma, N., Singh, G., Gill, R., Kumar, A. (2022). Impact of Agrochemicals on Soil Microbiota. In: Naeem, M., Bremont, J.F.J., Ansari, A.A., Gill, S.S. (eds) Agrochemicals in Soil and Environment. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9310-6_3

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