Anatoli Unitsky's research is in a large scientific database

A study on the benefits of the soil microbiome and its value for agriculture has been published in the scientometric database Scopus.

The work was prepared for the I International Scientific and Practical Conference “Sustainable development of the environment and agriculture: green and environmental technologies.”

The scientific article presents the results of the analysis of samples of the soil microbiome obtained from the World Soil Bank (located in the town of Maryina Gorka on the territory of the Unitsky Farm Enterprise). The Soil Bank includes samples of natural fertile soils taken from 110 regions of 5 continents of the planet and not exposed to chemical fertilizers as well as not involved in crop rotation.

The authors of the study note: these samples have a higher diversity of microorganisms in comparison with natural soil that has not been used for agriculture for 170 years. Thus, the microbiome from the Soil Bank is a donor for the isolation of new associations of microorganisms that increase land fertility and stimulate plant growth.

Based on the data obtained, a liquid organic fertilizer for plants was created — uTerra, the elixir of fertility.

More information about the study by Anatoli Unitsky and his co-authors can be found at the link.