Plants form diverse symbioses with nitrogen-fixing bacteria to gain access to ammonium, a
product of the prokaryote-exclusive enzyme nitrogenase. Improving the symbiotic …

Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPR) associations range in degree of bacterial proximity
to the root and intimacy of association. In general, these can be separated into extracellular …

Phosphorus (P) is a major macronutrient for plant health and development. The available
form of P is generally low in the rhizosphere even in fertile soils. A major proportion of …

The increasing demand for qualitative and varietal foods by the consumer society is a big
concern for energy production, and utilization of that energy in a judicious manner for …

Nitrogen (N) is an essential element for plant productivity, thus, it is abundantly applied to
the soil in the form of organic or chemical fertilizers that have negative impacts on the …

Endophytic fungi infect plant tissues by evading the immune response, potentially
stimulating stress-tolerant plant growth. The plant selectively allows microbial colonization to …

Root endosymbioses are beneficial associations formed between terrestrial plants and
either bacterial or fungal micro‐organisms. A common feature of these intracellular …

Legumes participate in two important endosymbiotic associations, with phosphorus-
acquiring arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM, soil fungi) and with nitrogen-fixing bacterial rhizobia …

Phosphorus (P) is a poorly available macronutrient essential for plant growth and
development and consequently for successful crop yield and ecosystem productivity. To …

High tissue nitrogen (N) concentrations in N‐fixing legumes may be driven by an
evolutionary commitment to a high N strategy, by higher N availability from fixation, or by …