"Monocrop disorder soil" shows remarkable reduciton in soil microbe diversity

'For example, the soil sample taken from the monocrop agriculture had a remarkable reduction of soil microbe diversity leading to what we named "monocrop disorder soil".' (page 19)

Source: Kazunari Yokoyama, “We cannot end hunger without feeding the soil,” Resurgence & Ecologist, 284, (May/June 2014): 18-19.

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