Plant breeding for belowground traits that have a positive impact on the rhizosphere
microbiome is a promising strategy to sustainably improve crop yields. Root architecture and …

In the past years, breeding programs have been mainly addressed on pushing the
commercial features, forgetting important traits, such as those related to environmental …

A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of microbial fertilizer and irrigation
regime on growth, physiology, water use efficiency (WUE) of tomato plants and soil nutrients …

Limiting factors for plant growth, such as low nutrient availability and intolerance to high
salinity, may impair the production of several crops. Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) …

In view of ecological and economic costs of nitrogen (N) fertilization, measures are needed
to enhance the sustainability of cereal production in tropical savannah regions. In this …

Sustainable intensification of cropping systems requires to increase productivity and
nutrients use efficiency while reducing negative impacts of agricultural management …

Mitigation strategies based on plant–microbe interactions to increase the performance of
plants under water-deficit conditions are well documented. However, little is known about a …

Bacillus spp. are widely marketed and used in agricultural systems as antagonists to various
phytopathogens, but it can also benefit the plant as plant growth promoters. Therefore, the …

Plants modulate the soil microbiota and select a specific microbial community in the
rhizosphere. However, plant domestication reduces genetic diversity, changes plant …

Coinoculation of symbiotic N2-fixing rhizobia and plant growth-promoting Bacillus on
legume seeds can increase crop productivity. We collected highly resolved data on …