Contrasting ecological communities in rice paddy fields under conventional and no-fertilizer farming practices
Masayuki Ushio, Hiroki Saito, Yoshiko Shimono, Kazunori Okada, Rika Ozawa, Kaori Shiojiri, Junji Takabayashi
The paper compares ecological communities in rice paddy fields under conventional and no-fertilizer farming practices, finding that microbial and plant taxa abundances influence rice growth and yield differences.
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · Nov 16, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology