Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) shows an important role in the sustainable
agriculture industry. The increasing demand for crop production with a significant reduction …

The worldwide increase in human population raises a big threat to the food security of each
people as the land for agriculture is limited and even getting reduced with time. Therefore, it …

Endophytic microbes are known to live asymptomatically inside their host throughout
different stages of their life cycle and play crucial roles in the growth, development, fitness …

Many rhizospheric bacterial strains possess plant growth-promoting mechanisms. These
bacteria can be applied as biofertilizers in agriculture and forestry, enhancing crop yields …

The rhizosphere is the region around the plant roots where maximum microbial activities
occur. In the rhizosphere, microorganisms' beneficial and harmful activities affect plant …

This is a completely revised edition of the previously titled Solute Movement in the Soil-Root
System. It describes in detail how plant nutrients and other solutes move in the soil in …

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria are able to enter into roots from the rhizosphere, particularly at the
base of emerging lateral roots, between epidermal cells and through root hairs. In the …

Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) involves the use of large array of soil
bacteria to improve yield, plant growth and sustainable food production. As free living and …

Maize (Zea mays) and bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) have been traditionally grown in
association for thousands of years in Mesoamerica. From surface sterilized maize roots, we …

Rhizobia form root nodules that fix nitrogen (N 2) in symbiotic legumes. Extending the ability
of these bacteria to fix N 2 in non-legumes such as cereals would be a useful technology for …