Bio-fertilization is a sustainable agricultural practice that includes using bio-fertilizers to
increase soil nutrient content resulting in higher productivity. Soil micro-flora has been …

Microalgae are attracting the interest of agrochemical industries and farmers, due to their
biostimulant and biofertiliser properties. Microalgal biostimulants (MBS) and biofertilisers …

Keeping in view, the challenges concerning agro-ecosystem and environment, the recent
developments in biotechnology offers a more reliable approach to address the food security …

Diazotrophic heterocystous cyanobacteria are known to possess the ability to form
associations with vascular/non-vascular plants and produce growth-promoting substances …

Page 1 Blue Green Algae and Rice PA. ROGER and SA KULASOORIYA The International Rice
Research Institute Page 2 The International Rice Research Institute receives support from a …

Cyanobacteria are prominent inhabitants of many agricultural soils, where they potentially
contribute towards biological nitrogen fixation, help in phosphate solubilization and mineral …

The role of blue-green algae (BGA) and Azolla in supplying N to rice fields is well
documented. In addition, they also bring about, directly or indirectly, a number of changes in …

Plant-cyanobacteria interactions occur in different ways and at many different levels, both
beneficial and harmful. Plant-cyanobacteria interactions, as a beneficial symbiosis, have …

Cyanobacteria are a simple, but primitive and diverse group of microorganisms, with
characteristics in common to both bacteria and algae. Their success as a group in a wide …

Physiological attributes of a set of cyanobacterial strains, isolated from the rhizosphere of
wheat (var. HD 2687), identified as belonging to the genera Calothrix (n= 3), Westiellopsis …