Contribution, utilization, and improvement of legumes-driven biological nitrogen fixation in agricultural systems

E Kebede - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Legumes improve soil fertility through the symbiotic association with microorganisms, such
as rhizobia, which fix the atmospheric nitrogen and make nitrogen available to the host and …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable agriculture in Africa: Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) to the rescue

AA Adedeji, MM Häggblom, OO Babalola - Scientific African, 2020 - Elsevier
The continued increase in the world's population is expected to make global food availability
as one of the major concerns of our future. Nowhere are the concerns greater than in Africa …

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria alleviates drought stress in potato in response to suppressive oxidative stress and antioxidant enzymes activities

T Batool, S Ali, MF Seleiman, NH Naveed, A Ali… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Maintenance of plant physiological functions under drought stress is normally considered a
positive feature as it indicates sustained plant health and growth. This study was conducted …

Soybean-nodulating rhizobia: ecology, characterization, diversity, and growth promoting functions

MD Nakei, PB Venkataramana… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The worldwide increase in population continues to threaten the sustainability of agricultural
systems since agricultural output must be optimized to meet the global rise in food demand …

Improvement of Faba Bean Yield Using Rhizobium/Agrobacterium Inoculant in Low-Fertility Sandy Soil

SH Youseif, FH Abd El-Megeed, SA Saleh - Agronomy, 2017 - mdpi.com
Soil fertility is one of the major limiting factors for crop's productivity in Egypt and the world in
general. Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) has a great importance as a non-polluting and a …

Bacterial IAA-delivery into medicago root nodules triggers a balanced stimulation of C and N metabolism leading to a biomass increase

R Defez, A Andreozzi, S Romano, G Pocsfalvi, I Fiume… - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is the main auxin acting as a phytohormone in many plant
developmental processes. The ability to synthesize IAA is widely associated with plant …

Seed Priming and Foliar Application of Nutrients Influence the Productivity of Relay Grass Pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) through Accelerating the Photosynthetically Active …

P Banerjee, VK Venugopalan, R Nath, PK Chakraborty… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
The efficiency of a crop to intercept and utilize solar radiation for photosynthates production
serves as one of the deciding factors of the productive potential of the crop stand …

Specific nutrient absorption rates of transplanted cucumber seedlings are highly related to RGR and influenced by grafting method, AMF inoculation and salinity

G Sallaku, H Sanden, I Babaj, S Kaciu, A Balliu… - Scientia horticulturae, 2019 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to assess the influence of different grafting methods and
mycorrhizal inoculation of (salt-stressed) cucumber seedlings regarding plant establishment …

Potential of three microbial bio-effectors to promote maize growth and nutrient acquisition from alternative phosphorous fertilizers in contrasting soils

C Thonar, JDS Lekfeldt, V Cozzolino, D Kundel… - Chemical and Biological …, 2017 - Springer
Background Agricultural production is challenged by the limitation of non-renewable
resources. Alternative fertilizers are promoted but they often have a lower availability of key …

Role of beneficial soil microbes in sustainable agriculture and environmental management

J Mishra, J Prakash, NK Arora - Climate Change and …, 2016 - indianjournals.com
Rapidly increasing human population is expected to make food security a big issue in the
future. Agriculture is facing severe challenges of land degradation, lesser productivity and …