Rethinking crop nutrition in times of modern microbiology: innovative biofertilizer technologies

EK Mitter, M Tosi, D Obregón, KE Dunfield… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Global population growth poses a threat to food security in an era of increased ecosystem
degradation, climate change, soil erosion, and biodiversity loss. In this context, harnessing …

Soil microbial resources for improving fertilizers efficiency in an integrated plant nutrient management system

A Bargaz, K Lyamlouli, M Chtouki, Y Zeroual… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tomorrow's agriculture, challenged by increasing global demand for food, scarcity of arable
lands, and resources alongside multiple environment pressures, needs to be managed …

Dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) as a vital component of sustainable agriculture and food security—A review

MA Uebersax, KA Cichy, FE Gomez, TG Porch… - Legume …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of legumes in sustainable cropping systems has been studied extensively.
Among legumes, common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are a rich world resource of …

An underground revolution: biodiversity and soil ecological engineering for agricultural sustainability

SF Bender, C Wagg, MGA van der Heijden - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2016 - cell.com
Soil organisms are an integral component of ecosystems, but their activities receive little
recognition in agricultural management strategies. Here we synthesize the potential of soil …

Co-inoculation of soybeans and common beans with rhizobia and azospirilla: strategies to improve sustainability

M Hungria, MA Nogueira, RS Araujo - Biology and fertility of soils, 2013 - Springer
Plant–microorganism associations have long been studied, but their exploitation in
agriculture partially or fully replacing chemical fertilizers is still modest. In this study, we …

Mechanisms in plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria that enhance legume–rhizobial symbioses

AA Alemneh, Y Zhou, MH Ryder… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Nitrogen fixation is an important biological process in terrestrial ecosystems and for global
crop production. Legume nodulation and N2 fixation have been improved using nodule …

Effects of Rhizobium inoculum compared with mineral nitrogen fertilizer on nodulation and seed yield of common bean. A meta-analysis

W dos Santos Sousa, RP Soratto, DS Peixoto… - Agronomy for …, 2022 - Springer
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is one of the most important legumes for human
consumption. It is highly adaptable to different edaphoclimatic conditions, being an …

Benefits of inoculation of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) crop with efficient and competitive Rhizobium tropici strains

M Hungria, RJ Campo, IC Mendes - Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2003 - Springer
Cropping in low fertility soils, especially those poor in N, contributes greatly to the low
common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) yield, and therefore the benefits of biological nitrogen …

Wilt disease management and enhancement of growth and yield of Cajanus cajan (L) var. Manak by bacterial combinations amended with chemical fertilizer

H Kumar, VK Bajpai, RC Dubey, DK Maheshwari… - Crop protection, 2010 - Elsevier
Root nodulating Sinorhizobium fredii KCC5 and Pseudomonas fluorescens LPK2 were
isolated from nodules of Cajanus cajan and disease suppressive soil of tomato rhizosphere …

Advances in host plant and rhizobium genomics to enhance symbiotic nitrogen fixation in grain legumes

SL Dwivedi, KL Sahrawat, HD Upadhyaya… - Advances in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Legumes form symbiotic relationship with root-nodule, rhizobia. The nitrogen (N 2) fixed by
legumes is a renewable source and of great importance to agriculture. Symbiotic nitrogen …