Cobalt is a transition metal located in the fourth row of the periodic table and is a neighbor of
iron and nickel. It has been considered an essential element for prokaryotes, human beings …

For decades, researchers around the world search for strategies aiming at higher
sustainability in agriculture. The microbial inoculants or biofertilizers are biotechnological …

The inoculation of maize with the plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) Azospirillum
brasilense Ab-V5 and Ab-V6 strains has impressively increased in Brazil in the last decade …

Despite the importance of diverse plant growth-promoting endophytes in agricultural
production, their biotechnological and agricultural applications are not well-documented …

Phosphate-solubilizing bacteria represent a bioalternative in making soil-immobilized
phosphorus (P) available to plants, and consequently improve agriculture sustainability and …

Biofertilizers are promoted as a strategy for sustainable intensification of agriculture, but their
efficacy varies widely among published studies and it is unclear whether they deliver the …

Ameliorating biological attributes of agricultural soils is desirable, and one avenue is
introducing beneficial microbes via commercial biostimulant products. Although gaining …

Analyses of the spatial localization and the functions of bacteria in host plant habitats
through in situ identification by immunological and molecular genetic techniques combined …

The importance of biotechnology involved in the availability of nutrients to plants in different
production systems is well known. In the search for agricultural sustainability, biological …

Rhizobacteria have a wide range of plant growth-promoting mechanisms of action, making
them an alternative and/or complementary biological input for chemical fertilizers. In this …