Agriculture plays an important role in a country's economy. The sector is challenged by
many stresses, which led to huge loss in plant productivity worldwide. The ever-increasing …

Disease suppressive soils offer effective protection to plants against infection by soil-borne
pathogens, including fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, and nematodes. The specific disease …

Seven bacterial isolates screened from rhizosphere of common bean growing at
Uttarakhand Himalaya showed potential plant growth promoting (PGP) and antagonistic …

The loss of organic material from the roots provides the energy for the development of active
microbial populations in the rhizosphere around the root. Generally, saproptrophs or …

The rhizosphere is a hot spot of microbial interactions as exudates released by plant roots
are a main food source for microorganisms and a driving force of their population density …

Rhizospheric plant–microbe interactions have dynamic importance in sustainable
agriculture systems that have a reduced reliance on agrochemicals. Rhizosphere signaling …

Phosphate (P)-solubilizing microorganisms as a group form an important part of the
microorganisms, which benefit plant growth and development. Growth promotion and …

The endophytic bacterial diversity in the roots of rice (Oryza sativa L.) growing in the
agricultural experimental station in Hebei Province, China was analyzed by 16S rDNA …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are indigenous to soil and the plant
rhizosphere and play a major role in the biocontrol of plant pathogens. PGPR can …