Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria (PGPBs) are a strong ally for sustainable agriculture. They
offer an interesting alternative to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Many microorganisms …

The growing interest in low-input agriculture in recent years has focused the use of microbial
biofertilizers to improve plant growth and yield through a better mobilization of indigenous …

Plant growth promoting (PGP) bacteria are involved in various interactions known to affect
plant fitness and soil quality, thereby increasing the productivity of agriculture and stability of …

Grain legumes are a cost-effective alternative for the animal protein in improving the diets of
the poor in South-East Asia and Africa. Legumes, through symbiotic nitrogen fixation, meet a …

In recent times, numerous concrete efforts have been made by global scientific community
for maintenance and judicious utilization of certain non-renewable natural resources like …

Actinobacteria are filamentous bacteria belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria and order
Actinomycetales. The majority of actinobacteria are Gram-positive and free-living …

The global human population keeps growing and natural energy supplies are depleting,
creating a threat to environmental demands, food security, and energy supply. As a result …

The use of plant growth promoting bacteria may prove useful in developing strategies to
facilitate plant growth under normal as well as diverse abiotic stress conditions. The …

Biological control and plant growth promotion by plant beneficial microbes has been viewed
as an alternative to the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Bacteria and fungi that are …

Agricultural areas of land are deteriorating every day owing to population increase, rapid
urbanization, and industrialization. To feed today's huge populations, increased crop …