Soil sensors and plant wearables play a critical role in smart and precision agriculture via
monitoring real‐time physical and chemical signals in the soil, such as temperature …

New eco-friendly approaches are required to improve plant biomass production. Beneficial
plant growth-promoting (PGP) bacteria may be exploited as excellent and efficient …

Although research on plant growth promoting bacteria began in the 1950s, basic and
applied research on bacteria improving use of phosphorus (P) continues to be a priority …

Phosphate‐solubilising microorganisms (PSM) are often reported to have positive effects on
crop productivity through enhanced phosphorus (P) nutrition. Our aim was to evaluate the …

Inoculation of soil with living microbes or propagules has grown in interest and in application
due to the modification/degradation of soil systems (including native microbial communities) …

More food and energy allow for more people who then require more food and energy, and
so it has gone for centuries. At the same time, economic progress leads to a different lifestyle …

The gymnosperm Welwitschia mirabilis belongs to the ancient, enigmatic gnetophyte
lineage. It is a unique desert plant with extreme longevity and two ever-elongating leaves …

Agricultural productivity relies on synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, yet half of that reactive
nitrogen is lost to the environment. There is an urgent need for alternative nitrogen solutions …

Studies on ecological stoichiometry (ES) have increased rapidly in number in recent years.
Continuous exploration of classical concepts such as the growth-rate hypothesis (GRH),) …

A continuously growing pressure to increase food, fiber, and fuel production to meet
worldwide demand and achieve zero hunger has put severe pressure on soil resources …