Plants form complex interaction networks with diverse microbiomes in the environment, and
the intricate interplay between plants and their associated microbiomes can greatly …

Crop plants are affected by a series of inhibitory environmental and biotic factors that
decrease their growth and production. To counteract these adverse effects, plants work …

Background Plants live with diverse microbial communities which profoundly affect multiple
facets of host performance, but if and how host development impacts the assembly, functions …

While horticulture tools and methods have been extensively developed to improve the
management of crops, systems to harness the rhizosphere microbiome to benefit plant crops …

Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) enhance plant growth, as well as protect plants
from several biotic and abiotic stresses through a variety of mechanisms. Therefore, the …

The inefficient utilization of nitrogen (N) in soil and drought stress seriously threatens
agricultural and food production. Herein, soil application of carbon dots (CDs, 5 mg kg–1) …

Engineering N2-fixing symbioses between cereals and diazotrophic bacteria represents a
promising strategy to sustainably deliver biologically fixed nitrogen (N) in agriculture. We …

Plants generate a wide variety of organic components during their different growth phases.
The majority of those compounds have been classified as primary and secondary …

A plant growing in nature is not an individual, but it holds an intricate community of plants
and microbes with relatively stable partnerships. The microbial community has recently been …

Soils are a main repository of biodiversity harbouring immense diversity of microbial species
that plays a central role in fundamental ecological processes and acts as the seed bank for …