Beneficial microbes are applied to the soil and plant tissues directly or through seed
inoculation, whereas soil application is preferred when there is risk of inhibitors or …

To reach in good plant stand, the life cycle of plants is faced with different critical stages such
as uneven seed germination, poor and early seedling growth which ultimately results in low …

Increasing food demand, with growing population, has been a major concern throughout the
globe. The aim can only be achieved with the onset of next green revolution being much …

Chemicals are used extensively in agriculture to increase crop production to meet the
nutritional needs of an expanding world population. However, their injudicious application …

There is growing interest in the use of bio inoculants based on plant growth-promoting
bacteria (PGPB) to promote plant growth under biotic and abiotic stresses. Here, we …

This work highlights the ability of various cyanobacterial extracts from Anabaena spp.,
Tolypothrix spp., Nostoc or Trichormus, among others genera, to control the incidence of …

Rhizospheric bacteria possess the potential to colonize the root zone of plants and stimulate
their growth through different mechanisms. The present study explored the competency of …

This first volume of a two-volume work presents the manifold applications of beneficial
microbes and microbiomes in plant growth promotion, in enhancing crop resilience and in …

Sukinda chromite mine of Odisha is a heavily polluted site, generating huge overburden
dumps. The present experiment was designed to evaluate the potential of two native nodule …

On a sustainable basis, accessibility to healthy food has become a global life-threating
problem. Crop production is diminishing as a consequence of different abiotic stress factors …