Phyllosphere or aerial surface of plants represents the globally largest and peculiar
microbial habitat that inhabits diverse and rich communities of bacteria, fungi, viruses …

Excessive use of chemical fertilizers to increase production from available land has resulted
in deterioration of soil quality. To prevent further soil deterioration, the use of methylotrophic …

Abiotic stress has been estimated that more than half of the yield potential of major crops is
mainly affected due to unfavorable growing environments such as drought (Cortina and …

Microbes are ubiquitous and can associate to colonize plants and exhibits different modes of
interactions. Plant beneficial microbes could colonize both the phyllosphere and …

In pulse crops, synchronized flowering altered the source-sink relationship due to the rapid
translocation of nutrients from leaves to the developing pods. Additional nutrition through …

Bacteria belonging to the genus Methylobacterium, popularly known as pink pigmented
facultative methylotrophic (PPFM) bacteria, are well known for their distinct ability to use …

Pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophs (PPFMs) are prevalent aerobic bacteria colonizing
the phyllosphere of various plant species. PPFMs have the ability to utilize plant-derived …

A pot culture experiment was conducted to study the effect of PPFMs isolated from the
phyllosphere of paddy collected from different agro climatic conditions of Kerala by leaf …

Plant and methylotrophic bacterial interactions that improve plant growth and plant fitness
are becoming a topic of very important considerable interest. Methylotropic bacteria are …

The American quote “snug as a bug in a rug”(which means very comfortable and everyone
has their own tastes) fits perfectly for the relation between plant and microbes with their …