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Biology and Fertility of Soils - Recommended content to read before submission

Biology and Fertility of Soils recommends reading the following content which will help to prepare your manuscript before submission to the journal.

A proposal for isolating and testing phosphate-solubilizing bacteria that enhance plant growth
Yoav Bashan, Alexander A. Kamnev & Luz E. de-Bashan
Biology and Fertility of Soils volume 49, 1–2 (2013)
https://rdcu.be/cc9p2

A need for disclosure of the identity of microorganisms, constituents, and application methods when reporting tests with microbe-based or pesticide-based products
Yoav Bashan, Joseph W. Kloepper, Luz E. de-Bashan & Paolo Nannipieri
Biology and Fertility of Soils volume 52, 283–284 (2016)
https://rdcu.be/cc9p9

A proposal for avoiding fresh-weight measurements when reporting the effect of plant growth-promoting (rhizo)bacteria on growth promotion of plants
Yoav Bashan, Ping Huang, Joseph W. Kloepper & Luz de-Bashan
Biology and Fertility of Soils volume 53, 1–2 (2017) 
https://rdcu.be/cc9qq

Recommendations for soil microbiome analyses
P. Nannipieri, C. R. Penton, W. Purahong, M. Schloter & J. D. van Elsas
Biology and Fertility of Soils volume 55, 765–766 (2019) 

Disclosure of exact protocols of fermentation, identity of microorganisms within consortia, formation of advanced consortia with microbe-based products
Yoav Bashan, S.R. Prabhu, Luz E. de-Bashan & Joseph W. Kloepper
Biology and Fertility of Soils volume 56, 443–445 (2020) 

Pervasive use of P2O5, K2O, CaO, MgO, and basic cations, none of which exist in soil
Hans Lambers, & N. J. Barrow
Biology and Fertility of Soils volume 56, 743–745 (2020)

Recommendations for stronger biochar research in soil biology and fertility
Y. J. Cai, Y. S. Ok, J. Lehmann & S. X. Chang
Biology and Fertility of Soils volume 57, 333–336 (2021)

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