Biocontrol agents (BCA) have been an important tool in agriculture to prevent crop losses
due to plant pathogens infections and to increase plant food production globally, diminishing …

Recent advances in synthetic biology and materials science have given rise to a new form of
materials, namely engineered living materials (ELMs), which are composed of living matter …

The burgeoning global market for soil microbial inoculants for use in agriculture is being
driven by pressure to increase sustainable crop production by managing pests and diseases …

Despite evidence that the microbiome extends host genetic and phenotypic traits,
information on how the microbiome is transmitted and maintained across generations …

Agricultural systems in the EU have become more vulnerable and less sustainable due to an
overreliance on herbicides and the tremendous increase in herbicide-resistant weeds. The …

Harnessing plant‐associated microbiomes offers an invaluable strategy to help agricultural
production become more sustainable while also meeting growing demands for food, feed …

The objective of modern seed-coating technology is to uniformly apply a wide range of
active components (ingredients) onto crop seeds at desired dosages so as to facilitate …

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have multifarious beneficial activities for plant
growth promotion; act as source of metabolites, enzymes, nutrient mobilization, biological …

Plants are now recognized as metaorganisms which are composed of a host plant
associated with a multitude of microbes that provide the host plant with a variety of essential …

Seed coating is considered one of the best methods to promote sustainable agriculture
where the physical and physiological properties of seeds can be improved to facilitate …