Biofertilizers: a potential approach for sustainable agriculture development

T Mahanty, S Bhattacharjee, M Goswami… - … Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
The worldwide increase in human population raises a big threat to the food security of each
people as the land for agriculture is limited and even getting reduced with time. Therefore, it …

Nanocomposite-based smart fertilizers: A boon to agricultural and environmental sustainability

R Chakraborty, A Mukhopadhyay, S Paul… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fertilizers are indispensable agri-inputs to accomplish the growing food demand. The
injudicious use of conventional fertilizer products has resulted in several environmental and …

Potential use of beneficial microorganisms for soil amelioration, phytopathogen biocontrol, and sustainable crop production in smallholder agroecosystems

G Koskey, SW Mburu, R Awino, EM Njeru… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Smallholder agroecosystems play a key role in the world's food security providing more than
50% of the food produced globally. These unique agroecosystems face a myriad of …

Microbe-assisted phytoremediation of environmental pollutants and energy recycling in sustainable agriculture

A Basit, ST Shah, I Ullah, ST Muntha… - Archives of …, 2021 - Springer
The perception of phytoremediation is efficiently utilized as an eco-friendly practice of green
plants combating and cleaning up the stressed environment without harming it. The …

Exploiting rhizosphere microbial cooperation for developing sustainable agriculture strategies

Y Besset-Manzoni, L Rieusset, P Joly, G Comte… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
The rhizosphere hosts a considerable microbial community. Among that community, bacteria
called plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) can promote plant growth and defense …

Granular bacterial inoculant alters the rhizosphere microbiome and soil aggregate fractionation to affect phosphorus fractions and maize growth

X Xie, Y Liu, G Chen, AN Turatsinze, L Yue, A Ye… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The constraint of phosphorus (P) fixation on crop production in alkaline calcareous soils can
be alleviated by applying bioinoculants. However, the impact of bacterial inoculants on this …

Alterations in the Endophyte-Enriched Root-Associated Microbiome of Rice Receiving Growth-Promoting Treatments of Urea Fertilizer and Rhizobium Biofertilizer

PN Jha, AB Gomaa, YG Yanni, AEY El-Saadany… - Microbial ecology, 2020 - Springer
We examined the bacterial endophyte–enriched root-associated microbiome within rice
(Oryza sativa) 55 days after growth in soil with and without urea fertilizer and/or …

Rural development and environmental protection through the use of biofertilizers in agriculture: An alternative for underdeveloped countries?

A Barragán-Ocaña, M del Carmen del-Valle-Rivera - Technology in Society, 2016 - Elsevier
Economic momentum of underdeveloped countries derived from the generation and
application of their endogenous knowledge is an essential factor toward achieving social …

Evaluating the impact of the biocontrol agent Trichoderma harzianum ITEM 3636 on indigenous microbial communities from field soils

M Ganuza, N Pastor, M Boccolini… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aim To investigate the impact of inoculating peanut seeds with the biocontrol agent
Trichoderma harzianum ITEM 3636 on the structure of bacterial and fungal communities …

Microbial plant probiotics: problems in application and formulation

N Bharti, SK Sharma, S Saini, A Verma… - Probiotics and plant …, 2017 - Springer
Probiotics are live microbial cells or cultures which promote host growth and vigour. The
study of the role of microorganisms in soil and plant health and plant-microbe interactions …