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 …

Agricultural sustainability: microbial biofertilizers in rhizosphere management

OA Fasusi, C Cruz, OO Babalola - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
The world's human population continues to increase, posing a significant challenge in
ensuring food security, as soil nutrients and fertility are limited and decreasing with time …

Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in regulating growth, enhancing productivity, and potentially influencing ecosystems under abiotic and biotic stresses

A Wahab, M Muhammad, A Munir, G Abdi, W Zaman… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form symbiotic relationships with the roots of nearly all
land-dwelling plants, increasing growth and productivity, especially during abiotic stress …

[HTML][HTML] Benefits of phosphate solubilizing bacteria on belowground crop performance for improved crop acquisition of phosphorus

A Bargaz, W Elhaissoufi, S Khourchi, B Benmrid… - Microbiological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although research on plant growth promoting bacteria began in the 1950s, basic and
applied research on bacteria improving use of phosphorus (P) continues to be a priority …

Phosphorus mobilization in plant–soil environments and inspired strategies for managing phosphorus: A review

M Ibrahim, M Iqbal, YT Tang, S Khan, DX Guan, G Li - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Crop productivity and yield are adversely affected by the deficiency of P in agricultural soil.
Phosphate fertilizers are used at a large scale to improve crop yields globally. With the rapid …

Assemblage of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and green waste compost enhance drought stress tolerance in carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) trees

A Boutasknit, M Baslam, M Ait-El-Mokhtar, M Anli… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
In the current study, an eco-friendly management technology to improve young carob
(Ceratonia siliqua L.) tree tolerance to water deficit was set up by using single or combined …

Role of mycorrhizas and root exudates in plant uptake of soil nutrients (calcium, iron, magnesium, and potassium): has the puzzle been completely solved?

J Sardans, H Lambers, C Preece, AF Alrefaei… - The Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic global change is driving an increase in the frequency and intensity of drought
and flood events, along with associated imbalances and limitation of several soil nutrients. In …

Limitations of biofertilizers and their revitalization through nanotechnology

PK Rai, A Rai, NK Sharma, T Singh, Y Kumar - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainability and innovation are fundamental to any production system. Providing food to
the increasing population is of paramount importance and is crtical to the global stability …

Global perspective of phosphate solubilizing microbes and phosphatase for improvement of soil, food and human health

UP Dhuldhaj, N Malik - Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical …, 2022 - cmbr-journal.com
Soil microbial flora has a pivotal role in the phyto-availability of phosphorus and other
necessary minerals and nutrients. The primary class of Rhizobacteria involved in the …

Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms isolated from medicinal plants improve growth of mint

MR Tariq, F Shaheen, S Mustafa, ALI Sajid, A Fatima… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
The current research project involves isolation and characterization of PSM (phosphate
solubilizing microorganisms) from the rhizospheric soil of certain medicinal plants and to …