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Sustainable Agricultural Systems for Fruit Orchards: The Influence of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria on the Soil Biodiversity and Nutrient Management
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Awareness towards the loss of soil quality as well as consumer perception about the
environmental impact of agricultural activity have stimulated research and government activity
toward the implementation of a sustainable agricultural system. The European Commission, in the
next funding program, established specific objectives to promote the conversion towards a more
environmentally sustainable agricultural system through its Green Deal Strategy. The demand for
ecologically and sustainably cultivated fruits increases every year; however, suppressing such de mand is necessary to improve the production performance of orchards. The sustainable management
of orchard production requires combined knowledge from different fields. The key challenge is
to design orchard systems that can integrate sustainable practices, nutrient cycle knowledge and
promotion of soil biodiversity. Therefore, this review compiles works that address the challenges
in the implementation of a sustainable agriculture system based on Plant Growth-Promoting Bac teria (PGPB) and their impact on soil biodiversity as well as that of nutrient management on the
development of fruit orchards.
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Sustainability Orchards PGPB Nutrient management Agriculture . Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia
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Freitas, J.; Silva, P. Sustainable Agricultural Systems for Fruit Orchards: The Influence of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria on the Soil Biodiversity and Nutrient Management. Sustainability 2022, 14, 13952. https://doi.org/10.3390/ su142113952
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MDPI