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Comunidade microbiana do solo e seleção rizosférica pelo milho e 

Urochloa ruziziensis em sistema consorciado com aplicações de 

calcário e fosfogesso 

 

 

 

 

João William Bossolani 

 

 

 

 

 

Botucatu 

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JOÃO WILLIAM BOSSOLANI 

 

 

 

COMUNIDADE MICROBIANA DO SOLO E SELEÇÃO RIZOSFÉRICA 

PELO MILHO E Urochloa ruziziensis EM SISTEMA CONSORCIADO 

COM APLICAÇÕES DE CALCÁRIO E FOSFOGESSO 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Relatório de Pós-doutorado realizado na Universidade 

Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências 

Agronômicas, Botucatu. 

 

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol 

 

 

 

 

 

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) – Processo No 

150858/2022-1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Botucatu 

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to be the main modulator of the soil microbiome, and that rhizosphere selection by cultivated 

plants is dependent on the changes caused by soil amendments. Important results were 

identified related to nitrogen cycle responses, in particular greater urealysis in soils treated with 

L and LPG, as well as the presence of mycorrhizae in high fertile soils treated with LPG. Lastly, 

further analysis is required to gain a better grasp the mechanisms by which the intercropped 

plants select the rhizospheric community. 

 

Conflict of Interest  

The authors declare that they have no competing interests. 

 

Acknowledgements 

 This study was supported by National Council for Scientific and Technological Development 

(CNPq) (Grant150858/2022-1), by São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) (Grant 

2018/11063-7 and 2019/12764-1), and The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research 

(NWO) grant 870.15.022. In addition, the second author would like to thank the National 

Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for an award for excellence in 

research. Publication number XXXX of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). 

 

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