Soil Anxiety Effects Influencing Symbiotic Microbial Activity in the Soil

Abstract

The soil environment is under a constant state of change and can be relatively stressful for both macro- and microorganisms. Soils represent one of Earth’s most productive ecospheres, accounting for a majority of primary and successional productivity.  Consequently, microbes, plants, and other soil inhabitants have evolved to adapt to the ever changing and often inhospitable soil environment. Based on the above facts, in this paper we can speak of stress factors originating in the soil. In many cases these factors are resulted from biotic factor which includes the living components such as plants, animals, and microbes which has its own energy and material fluxes. The second major soil stress factors that include potentially adverse effects of acidity, salinity, drought, flooding, waterlogging, nutrient deficiency, high temperature and are abiotic or an environmental factor in the soil. These factors interrupts, restricts, or harmfully accelerates the normal metabolic processes of a plant and symbiotic microorganism.

Keywords: Stress; Soil; Rhizobia; Plant

DOI: 10.7176/JEES/9-12-02

Publication date: December 31^st 2019