Soil is living medium and it acts as a precarious reserve in agriculture and food production.
To enhance crop yields for ever-increasing human population, chemical fertilizers are being …

Publisher Summary Turfgrasses are subject to many climatic, soil, pest, and use-related
stresses. The frequency, duration, and intensity of stresses are increasing in response to …

Most N2fixing prokaryotes are freeliving organisms or grow in association with various
plant or fungal species, but some have evolved to form symbioses with the relatively small …

Abstract Serratia proteamaculans 1102 (1102) promotes soybean–bradyrhizobia
nodulation and growth, but the mechanism is unknown. After adding isoflavonoid inducers to …

Worldwide the increasing use of inorganic nitrogenous fertilizer becomes a threat to the
environment and consequently to the mankind. It is high time to think about the alternate …

Legume-Rhizobium symbiotic nitrogen (N2) fixation plays a critical role in sustainable
nitrogen management in agriculture. The nitrogen fixed by the root nodules not only affects …

In order to assess the effects of co-inoculation with both Bradyrhizobium japonicum and
Azospirillum brasilense on soybean plants, a pot experiment under growth controlled …

This review is presented mainly to provide a research update, listing some of the
characteristics of the studies on gaseous N losses from soil. Nitrogen sources with greater …

Recent application of modern agricultural biotechnologies and use of high-yielding crop
varieties provided sufficient crop yields and food for human population. But, the major …

Rice is the most important crop species on earth, providing staple food for 70% of the world's
human population. Over the past four decades, successes in classical breeding, fertilization …