Microbial community in the composting process and its positive impact on the soil biota in sustainable agriculture

A Aguilar-Paredes, G Valdés, N Araneda… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conventional agriculture has important challenges to guarantee soil fertility and sustainable
food production. Many agricultural soils in the world are degraded and multiple strategies …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi act as biostimulants in horticultural crops

Y Rouphael, P Franken, C Schneider, D Schwarz… - Scientia …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the coming years, more sustainable horticultural practices should be developed to
guarantee greater yield and yield stability, in order to meet the increasing food global …

The native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and vermicompost-based organic amendments enhance soil fertility, growth performance, and the drought stress tolerance of …

W Benaffari, A Boutasknit, M Anli, M Ait-El-Mokhtar… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The present study aimed to determine the effects of biostimulants on the physicochemical
parameters of the agricultural soil of quinoa under two water regimes and to understand the …

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 …

Plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF): phytostimulation and induced systemic resistance

MM Hossain, F Sultana, S Islam - Plant-Microbe Interactions in Agro …, 2017 - Springer
The associations between plants and multipurpose plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF)
have been proven extremely to be beneficial to plants. This review describes new …

Microbial enhancement of plant nutrient acquisition

SK Singh, X Wu, C Shao, H Zhang - Stress Biology, 2022 - Springer
Nutrient availability is a determining factor for crop yield and quality. While fertilization is a
major approach for improving plant nutrition, its efficacy can be limited and the production …

The role of mycorrhizal associations in plant potassium nutrition

K Garcia, SD Zimmermann - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Potassium (K+) is one of the most abundant elements of soil composition but it's very low
availability limits plant growth and productivity of ecosystems. Because this cation …

Microbial consortium with multifunctional plant growth-promoting attributes: future perspective in agriculture

S Mondal, SK Halder, AN Yadav, KC Mondal - Advances in plant …, 2020 - Springer
The relationships between plant and plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) are
an integrated part of earthborn ecosystem. We are in the era of global warming when …

Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and water stress on growth, phenolic compounds, glandular hairs, and yield of essential oil in basil (Ocimum gratissimum …

Z Hazzoumi, Y Moustakime, E hassan Elharchli… - Chemical and Biological …, 2015 - Springer
Background Water stress is one of the most adverse conditions that may affect growth, and
synthesis of essential oils in aromatic and medicinal plants. To overcome these climatic …

The root endophyte fungus Piriformospora indica leads to early flowering, higher biomass and altered secondary metabolites of the medicinal plant, Coleus forskohlii

A Das, S Kamal, NA Shakil, I Sherameti… - Plant signaling & …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This study was undertaken to investigate the influence of plant probiotic fungus
Piriformospora indica on the medicinal plant C. forskohlii. Interaction of the C. forskohlii with …