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

This review presents a comprehensive and systematic study of the field of plant
biostimulants and considers the fundamental and innovative principles underlying this …

In the coming years, more sustainable horticultural practices should be developed to
guarantee greater yield and yield stability, in order to meet the increasing food global …

Meeting increasing global demand for food, fibre, and bioenergy requires efficient use of
finite resources, and presents a key sustainability challenge to the agricultural industry …

Experiences worldwide reveal that degraded lands restoration projects achieve little
success or fail. Hence, understanding the underlying causes and accordingly, devising …

The increasing need for environmentaly friendly agricultural practices is driving the use of
fertilizers based on beneficial microorganisms. The latter belong to a wide array of genera …

The interest in biofertilizers is increasing and so is the potential for their use in sustainable
agriculture. However, many of the products that are currently available worldwide are often …

Growing evidence showed that efficient acquisition and use of nutrients by crops is
controlled by root-associated microbiomes. Efficient management of this system is essential …

The scarcity of non-renewable resources such as soils and fertilizers and the consequences
of climate change can dramatically influence the food security of future generations …

Many different cultivation techniques and inoculum products of the plant-beneficial
arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi have been developed in the last decades. Soil-and …