Filtered mud improves sugarcane growth and modifies the functional abundance and structure of soil microbial populations.
Ahmad Yusuf AbubakarMuhammed Mustapha IbrahimCaifang ZhangMuhammad TayyabNyumah FallahZiqi YangZiqin PangHua ZhangPublished in: PeerJ (2022)
. The distribution of the soil microbial community under FM rates was regulated by the changes in soil pH and the availability of soil nutrients. Since FM1 showed more promise in improving the growth properties of sugarcane, it could be more economical and sustainable for sugarcane production in clay-loam soils.