Heavy metal induced stress on wheat: phytotoxicity and microbiological management

A Rizvi, A Zaidi, F Ameen, B Ahmed, MDF AlKahtani… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Among many soil problems, heavy metal accumulation is one of the major agronomic
challenges that has seriously threatened food safety. Due to these problems, soil …

[HTML][HTML] Zinc nutrition and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis effects on maize (Zea mays L.) growth and productivity

A Saboor, MA Ali, S Hussain, HA El Enshasy… - Saudi Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient required to enhance crop growth and yield. In the arid–
semiarid region, Zn deficiency is expected due to alkaline calcareous soil. Contrarily, Zn …

Phosphorus and phosphate solubilizing bacteria: Keys for sustainable agriculture

M Billah, M Khan, A Bano, TU Hassan… - Geomicrobiology …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Phosphorus (P) is one of the most important minerals required for plant growth occupying a
strong position among soil macro nutrients. Soil P deficiency is often fulfilled by phosphate …

When salt meddles between plant, soil, and microorganisms

A Otlewska, M Migliore, K Dybka-Stępień… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In extreme environments, the relationships between species are often exclusive and based
on complex mechanisms. This review aims to give an overview of the microbial ecology of …

Contribution of zinc solubilizing bacteria in growth promotion and zinc content of wheat

S Kamran, I Shahid, DN Baig, M Rizwan… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Zinc is an imperative micronutrient required for optimum plant growth. Zinc solubilizing
bacteria are potential alternatives for zinc supplementation and convert applied inorganic …

Agronomic biofortification with Se, Zn, and Fe: An effective strategy to enhance crop nutritional quality and stress defense—A review

J Szerement, A Szatanik-Kloc, J Mokrzycki… - Journal of Soil Science …, 2022 - Springer
Human micronutrient deficiencies are a widespread problem worldwide and mainly concern
people whose diet (mainly of plant origin) consists of insufficient amounts of critical vitamins …

[HTML][HTML] Zinc solubilizing Bacillus spp. potential candidates for biofortification in maize

MZ Mumtaz, M Ahmad, M Jamil, T Hussain - Microbiological research, 2017 - Elsevier
Bioaugmentation of Zn solubilizing rhizobacteria could be a sustainable intervention to
increase bioavailability of Zn in soil which can be helpful in mitigation of yield loss and …

Zinc nutrition in wheat-based cropping systems

A Rehman, M Farooq, L Ozturk, M Asif, KHM Siddique - Plant and Soil, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Zinc (Zn) deficiency is one of the most important micronutrient
disorders affecting human health. Wheat is the staple food for 35% of the world's population …

Bioinoculants—natural biological resources for sustainable plant production

S Maitra, M Brestic, P Bhadra, T Shankar, S Praharaj… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Agricultural sustainability is of foremost importance for maintaining high food production.
Irresponsible resource use not only negatively affects agroecology, but also reduces the …

Zinc solubilizing bacteria (Bacillus megaterium) with multifarious plant growth promoting activities alleviates growth in Capsicum annuum L.

K Bhatt, DK Maheshwari - 3 Biotech, 2020 - Springer
The present study was designed to isolate an array of zinc solubilizing bacteria (ZSB) and to
characterize them for plant growth promotion (PGP) attributes with respect to Capsicum …