Role of Crop Residue Management Practices on Microbial Dynamics of Soil – A Mini Review

Abstract

The role of microbial species in maintaining the soil fertility is well established. There are various procedures which can be utilized to improve or change the microbial community structure of any soil type by amending it with various soil conditioning treatments. In this mini review changes in microbial community structure have been delineated under different crop residue management practices. Overall, various papers studied reported the synergistic effects on soil nutrient status improvement though there were some papers which quoted no improved results at all. However microbial community structure under different processes is imperative to biogeochemical cycling. Keeping in view the importance of soil microbes, an attempt has been made to identify key researchable areas for better understanding of the functional group in soil metabolism vis-à-vis soil health.