The efficiency with which plants use nutrients to create biomass and/or grain is determined
by the interaction of environmental and plant intrinsic factors. The major macronutrients …

Arsenic is a toxic metalloid categorized under class 1 carcinogen and is detrimental to both
plants and animals. Agricultural land in several countries is contaminated with arsenic …

Altitude is the major factor affecting both biodiversity and soil physiochemical properties of
soil ecosystems. In order to understand the effect of altitude on soil physiochemical …

Two billion people worldwide take rice (Oryza sativa L.) as a staple food. Phosphorus (P)
and Nitrogen (N) are the major requirements of rice; although these are available in limited …

Abiotic stresses, including low-temperature environments, adversely affect the structure,
composition, and physiological activities of soil microbiomes. Also, low temperatures disturb …

Cold-adapted bioinoculants are considered as harbingers of sustainable hill agriculture.
Therefore, two previously characterized psychrotolerant diazotrophs, Pseudomonas jesenii …

Chemical fertilizers are extensively being used all around the globe in order to get the high
yield of the crops. However, their indiscriminate use has imposed detrimental impact on soil …

Cold adapted microorganisms play an important role in the biogeochemical cycling and the
entire polar food web including terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Cold adapted …

Increasing application of chemical fertilizers in agriculture make country self dependent in
food production but it depreciate environment and cause harmful impacts on living beings …

ABSTRACT Western Indian Himalaya is very rich in biodiversity. Being a cold climatic
region, it possesses various psychrotolerant and psychrophilic microorganisms …