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Does the use of inorganic fertilizers increase organic matter?
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avery
Fertilization is widely used worldwide to improve soil fertility. Excessive fertilizer application aggravates the decline of soil organic matter and fertility and accelerates soil acidification. Soil properties affect the community structure of soil microbes6. Fertilization influences soil microbial diversity through direct effects on the soil nutrient content. Soil microbial communities are sensitive to fertilization and their responses to manure and/or mineral fertilizers in soils have been well studied over the past several years. The long-term application of nitrogen fertilizer or nitrogen fertilizer in combination with other mineral fertilizers affects the nitrogen cycle and related bacterial populationsRepeated overuse of chemical fertilizer can have a negative effect on soil quality and soil microbial community structure. The long-term application of chemical fertilizers can significantly reduce soil pH which is closely associated with decreased bacterial diversity and significant changes in bacterial community composition, livestock manures can prevent soil acidification and its effects on soil bacteria.
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andrew
Some studies provided evidence for increasing soil organic matter through using chemical fertilizer, because of more plant residue into soil relative to no fertilization.
aron
Not at all. There is no scope to add organic matter to the soil by applying inorganic fertilizers. Inorganic fertilizers can increase the soil fertility for a certain time after its application. Instead, the excess use of inorganic fertilizers make the soil toxic and that is the causes to destroy different beneficial microbes/microorganisms of soil.
John Wick
When adding mineral fertilizer to the soil, it increases the activity of micro-organisms as well as increases the growth of the roots, and with the passage of time a part of these organisms dies, as well as the roots slough off and begin to decompose, which leads to an increase in the organic matter in the soil