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Arbuscular mycorrhizas and agrosystem stability

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Book cover Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas on Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Ecosystems

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An agrosystem consists of plant roots, the soil microflora, the soil fauna and the abiotic geochemical soil matrix. Plant shoots, as its source of energy, also form an integral part of the system. In keeping with the role of plants as providers of food and fiber, functions of fundamental societal importance, the agrosystem has been traditionally used, treated and evaluated from a phytocentric and edaphic point of view in agriculture. On a scale of priorities, the soil has always taken second place, with its function of support subordinate to that of the plant, the primary producer. This perception is undergoing radical change in our times. We now recognize the importance of soil not only as an agricultural ‘resource base’ (Stewart et al., 1991), but as a complex, living, and fragile system that must be protected (Reganold et al., 1990) and managed for its own sake (Pierce and Lai, 1991) to guarantee its long-term stability and productivity. Articulated scientifically in the early 1980s (Bezdicek and Power, 1984; Jackson, 1980; Rodale, 1983), sustainability has a long history in agriculture (Harwood, 1990), and has deep roots in societal consciousness also.

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