Recent advances in microbial ecology and synthetic biology have the potential to mitigate
damage caused by anthropogenic activities that are deleteriously impacting Earth's soil …

Soil is increasingly under environmental pressures that alter its capacity to fulfil essential
ecosystem services. To maintain these crucial soil functions, it is important to know how soil …

Despite significant advances in crop protection, plant diseases cause a 20% yield loss in
food and cash crops worldwide. Therefore, interactions between plants and pathogens have …

Rhizobacteria are capable of stimulating plant growth through a variety of mechanisms that
include improvement of plant nutrition, production and regulation of phytohormones, and …

The objective of this study was to review the published research works on biological control
of fungal plant diseases during past 50 years. Fungal plant pathogens are among the most …

Microorganisms exist in the environment as multicellular communities that face the
challenge of surviving under nutrient-limited conditions. Chemical communication is an …

The phenazines include upward of 50 pigmented, heterocyclic nitrogen-containing
secondary metabolites synthesized by some strains of fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. and a …

This paper reviews strategies for manipulating plants and their root-associated
microorganisms to improve plant health and productivity. Some strategies directly target …

Specific strains of fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. inhabit the environment surrounding plant
roots and some even the root interior. Introducing such bacterial strains to plant roots can …

The goal of this study was first to assess the dynamics of the bacterial community during a
growing season in three Indian rain-fed wheat fields which differ mainly through their …