Root-associated bacterial communities play a vital role in maintaining health of the plant
host. These communities exist in complex relationships, where composition and abundance …

Drought stress affects plant growth and causes significant issues in meeting global demand
for food crops and fodder. Drought can cause physiological, physicochemical, and …

Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of drought events, affecting soil
functions including carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling, which are driven by growing …

Climate change is one of the hot topics of the current century because it is not only an issue
to our health but also to agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, ecosystem and supply of energy …

Drought is well known to have strong effects on the composition and activity of soil microbial
communities, and may be determined by drought history and drought duration, but the …

Changing climatic conditions (warming and decreasing precipitation) have been found to be
a threat to the agricultural sustainability of Mediterranean croplands. From the climate …

Microbes (eg, plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and
endophytes) are the natural inhabitants of the soil-plant-environment ecosystem having the …

Chemical fertilizers can supply essential nutrients to crops increasing their yield, however,
they can also cause serious environmental problems. Biofertilizer has received more and …

The soil microbiome is crucial for regulating biogeochemical processes and can, thus,
strongly influence tree health, especially under stress conditions. However, little is known …

Background and aims Forage legumes form mutualistic interactions with specialized soil
rhizobia bacteria that inhabit root nodules and fix atmospheric nitrogen. However, legumes …