Modern intensive agricultural practices face numerous challenges that pose major threats to
global food security. In order to address the nutritional requirements of the ever-increasing …

Increasing population and subsequent food requirement puts a lot of onus on agriculture
worldwide. However, agricultural output is constantly influenced by several factors such as …

The burgeoning global market for soil microbial inoculants for use in agriculture is being
driven by pressure to increase sustainable crop production by managing pests and diseases …

For all living organisms, nitrogen is an essential element, while being the most limiting in
ecosystems and for crop production. Despite the significant contribution of synthetic …

The demand for nitrogen (N) for crop production increased rapidly from the middle of the
twentieth century and is predicted to at least double by 2050 to satisfy the on-going …

Harnessing plant‐associated microbiomes offers an invaluable strategy to help agricultural
production become more sustainable while also meeting growing demands for food, feed …

Biofertilizer is a substance containing live microorganisms which exhibit beneficial
properties toward plant growth and development. Various mechanisms are used by …

Microbial networks are an increasingly popular tool to investigate microbial community
structure, as they integrate multiple types of information and may represent systems-level …

Plant beneficial microbes (PBMs), such as plant growth-promoting bacteria, rhizobia,
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and Trichoderma, can reduce the use of agrochemicals and …

One of the major questions in contemporary plant science involves determining the
functional mechanisms that plants use to shape their microbiome. Plants produce a plethora …