The tension between a growing global demand for food, rising environmental impacts of
agricultural intensification, and the uncertainty of future changes in our global climate …

The soil microbiota plays a major role in maintaining the nutrient balance, carbon sink, and
soil health. Numerous studies reported on the function of microbiota such as plant growth …

Natural and human activities lead to soil degradation and soil salinization. The decrease of
farmlands threatens food security. There are approximately 1 billion ha salt-affected soils all …

Cyanobacteria can be considered a promising source for the development of new
biostimulants as they are known to produce a variety of biologically active molecules that …

Cyanobacteria are oxygen-evolving photoautotrophs with worldwide distribution in every
possible habitat, and they account for half of the global primary productivity. Because of their …

Algal bioproducts are of growing interest to agriculture because of their biodegradable
nature, ability to restore soil fertility, and capacity for plant growth regulation, nitrogen …

A biofilm is an assemblage, aggregation, or community of microbial cells bounded by a
polymeric matrix comprising polysaccharides that are associated with an inert or biotic …

Agriculture faces serious constraints due to drought and salinity. Soils under these
pressures can result in low productivity, decreasing the farmlands area and a negative …

Abiotic and biotic stresses can dramatically reduce the productivity of agricultural crops,
causing serious economic and social problems. Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic …

The cyanobacterial species used in this study were collected from medicinal plant beds and
were cultured using nitrate free BG-11 medium. As heterocystous cyanobacteria fix …