As a major food crop, rice (Oryza sativa) is produced and consumed by nearly 90% of the
population in Asia with less than 9% produced outside Asia. Hence, reports on large scale …

The whole organisms can be packaged as biopesticides, but secondary metabolites
secreted by microorganisms can also have a wide range of biological activities that either …

Legumes obtain nitrogen from air through rhizobia residing in root nodules. Some species of
rhizobia can colonize cereals but do not fix nitrogen on them. Disabling native regulation …

Rhizobacteria are capable of stimulating plant growth through a variety of mechanisms that
include improvement of plant nutrition, production and regulation of phytohormones, and …

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is widely prevalent and causes Bacterial Leaf Blight
(BLB) in Basmati rice grown in different areas of Pakistan. There is a need to use …

Simple Summary Endophytic bacteria are plant-associated bacteria that live in the internal
tissues of the plant without harming the host plant. They have an important role in plant …

As a result of climate change, salinity has become a major abiotic stress that reduces plant
growth and crop productivity worldwide. A variety of endophytic bacteria alleviate salt stress; …

The endophytic microbiome plays an important role in plant health and pathogenesis.
However, little is known about its relationship with bacterial blight (BB) of rice caused by …

Rice fields are ecosystems with many types of plants, microbes, invertebrates, birds and
animals. The rice farming protects the biodiversity of the region and maintains the ecosystem …

Bacterial leaf blight (BB) is a worldwide destructive rice disease caused by pathogen
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo). A novel strain of Lysobacter antibioticus, which was …