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DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid
Fe: iron
GA 3 : gibberellic acid
IAA: indole-3-acetic acid
ICRISAT: International Crop Research Centre for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(Hyderabad, India)

IPB: Institut Pertanian Bogor (Bogor, Indonesia)

masl: meters above sea level

MBC: microbial biomass carbon

MBN: microbial biomass nitrogen

N: nitrogen

NPK: nitrogen/phosphorus/potassium fertilizer

NUE: nitrogen use efficiency

P: phosphorus

PR: pathogenesis-related

ROS: reactive oxygen species

S: sulfur

SOM: soil organic matter

SRI: System of Rice Intensification

TNAU: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (Coimbatore, India)

WUE: water use efficiency

WWF: Worldwide Fund for Nature

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