Andrew S. Ball

TL;DR: It is indicated that soil type was the key factor determining bacterial community composition in these arable soils and the active population was more indicative of short-term management changes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess a variety of scenarios for adoption of organic farming, localised food systems and sustainable transport to indicate the substantial potential to reduce environmental costs in the UK food system.

TL;DR: The paper contrasts the situation of food crops for African consumers with the increasing attention to food safety and pesticide restrictions in export horticulture to Europe and the growing demand for organic cotton, and discusses challenges for implementation of IPM and safer practice.

TL;DR: In the field experiment comparing two types of maize cropping, both the maize yields and total microbial biomass were found to increase with the fallow system, indicating that deliberate management of soils can have considerable impact on microbial community structure and function in tropical soils.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that application of the laccase from S. cyaneus in the presence of ABTS to biobleaching of eucalyptus kraft pulps resulted in a significant decrease in the kappa number and an important increase in the brightness of pulps, showing the suitability of laccases produced by streptomycetes for industrial purposes.