| Title |
Desert Farming Benefits from Microbial Potential in Arid Soils and Promotes Diversity and Plant Health
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0024452 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Martina Köberl, Henry Müller, Elshahat M. Ramadan, Gabriele Berg |
| Abstract |
To convert deserts into arable, green landscapes is a global vision, and desert farming is a strong growing area of agriculture world-wide. However, its effect on diversity of soil microbial communities, which are responsible for important ecosystem services like plant health, is still not known. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 50% |
| Egypt | 1 | 25% |
| Japan | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 268 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Tunisia | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Slovenia | 1 | <1% |
| Greece | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 255 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 58 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 47 | 18% |
| Researcher | 39 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 4% |
| Other | 40 | 15% |
| Unknown | 50 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 132 | 49% |
| Environmental Science | 31 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 20 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 2% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 24 | 9% |
| Unknown | 51 | 19% |