creators_name: Baruffa, Elisa creators_name: Picard, Christine creators_name: Sabbioni, Fabio creators_name: Petrozza, Angelo creators_name: Giovannetti, Giusto creators_name: Bosco, Marco creators_id: +390512096270 type: conference_item datestamp: 2008-09-22 lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:37:38 metadata_visibility: show title: Plant-probiotic microorganisms for a sustainable buffer of input reduction in organic and low-input tomato production systems ispublished: pub subjects: 5soil subjects: 2soilbiol full_text_status: public abstract: A consortium of plant-probiotic microorganisms is under investigation in open field conditions, at the ICEA-certified Organic Farm “La Carioncella”, for its ability to ensure durable soil fertility while buffering nutritional inputs reduction. The primary objective of our QLIF-WP333 three-years-long project is to produce scientific data to help farmers in managing soil probiotics, as a way to reduce inputs, production costs, while keeping quality and sustainability of organic and low-input tomato production systems. date: 2008 date_type: published refereed: yes citation: Baruffa, Miss Elisa; Picard, PhD Christine; Sabbioni, Mister Fabio; Petrozza, PhD Angelo; Giovannetti, PhD Giusto and Bosco, Prof Marco (2008) Plant-probiotic microorganisms for a sustainable buffer of input reduction in organic and low-input tomato production systems. Cultivating the Future Based on Science: 2nd Conference of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research ISOFAR, Modena, Italy, June 18-20, 2008. document_url: http://orgprints.org/11809/1/Baruffa_11809_ed.doc