Droughts often affect the soil ecosystem directly. To address this question, a series of
prototype observation experiments were designed in this study. The objective of this study …

Numerous stresses caused by complex environmental conditions, eg bright light, UV, too
high and low temperatures, freezing, drought, salinity, heavy metals and hypoxia, lead to …

Under dryland conditions, annual and perennial food crops are exposed to dry spells,
severely affecting crop productivity by limiting available soil moisture at critical and sensitive …

Catalase and exopolysaccharides producing ability of rhizobia increases its survival in arid
and semiarid climates. Rhizobial exopolysaccharides activity increases root colonization …

Drought stress is among the most destructive stresses for agricultural productivity. It
interferes with normal metabolic activities of the plants resulting, a negative impact on …

Drought stress conditions are imposing a foremost restraint to crop production as a result
food security is becoming a most apprehension worldwide. The circumstances have …

Soil microbial communities and extracellular enzymes have important roles in many
terrestrial ecosystem processes and are influenced by climate change drivers. In the present …

Extreme drought can strongly impact belowground communities and biogeochemical
processes, including soil microbial community composition and extracellular enzyme …

Different crop genotypes and soils with different water stress histories are known to harbour
different microorganisms, but their relative effect on the response of plant-associated …