Influence of mineral fertilizers on soil microorganisms

Abstract

During the period of several thousand years, traditional agricultural production has come a long way from the first domestication of wild plants to planned cultivation, which led to a great increase in the yield and quality of plant products. On the other hand, the survival of most cultivated plants today almost entirely depends on the application of pesticides and fertilizers. Mineral fertilizers, in addition to increasing the yield of cultivated plants, exert very complex and often negative effects on agroecosystems and members of the agrobiocenosis. They also manifest a very complex influence on soil microorganisms.