The application of plant beneficial microorganisms has been widely accepted as an efficient
alternative to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Isolation and selection of efficient …

The massive application of chemical fertilizers to support crop production has resulted in
soil, water, and air pollution at a global scale. In the same time, this situation escalated …

While microorganisms are ubiquitous in nature, their distribution is governed by
environmental specificities. The use of biological fertilizers, in recent times, has received …

The global population has grown dramatically increasing the needs for food (Tilman et al.,
2002). To satisfy the food needs, farmers of all countries have implemented the green …

How to achieve sustainable agricultural production without compromising environmental
quality, agro-ecosystem function and biodiversity is a serious consideration in current …

Microbial inoculants can be an efficient tool to manage the soil and plant microbiomes
providing direct beneficial effects, and for modulating native soil and plant-associated …

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 …

More than one hundred years have passed since the development of the first microbial
inoculant for plants. Nowadays, the use of microbial inoculants in agriculture is spread …

Biofertilizers are the product of fermentation process, constituting efficient living soil
microorganisms. They improve plant growth and productivity through supply of easily …

Microbial inoculants are gaining importance for attaining sustainable agricultural production
systems. Nutrient supply capacity of soil is diminishing continuously owing to soil erosions …