The microbial connection to sustainable agriculture

K Nadarajah, NSN Abdul Rahman - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microorganisms are an important element in modeling sustainable agriculture. Their role in
soil fertility and health is crucial in maintaining plants' growth, development, and yield …

Deciphering insights into rhizospheric microbial community and soil parameters under the influence of herbicides in zero-tillage tropical rice-agroecosystem

L Bhardwaj, B Reddy, SK Dubey - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Extensive use of chemicals like herbicides in rice and other fields to manage weeds is
expected to have a lasting influence on the soil environment. Considering this rationale, we …

Deciphering core phyllomicrobiome assemblage on rice genotypes grown in contrasting agroclimatic zones: implications for phyllomicrobiome engineering against …

KP Sahu, A Kumar, K Sakthivel, B Reddy… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Background With its adapted microbial diversity, the phyllosphere contributes microbial
metagenome to the plant holobiont and modulates a host of ecological functions …

Rice leaf endophytic Microbacterium testaceum: Antifungal actinobacterium confers immunocompetence against rice blast disease

A Patel, KP Sahu, S Mehta, A Balamurugan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Genetic and functional characteristics of rice leaf endophytic actinobacterial member,
Microbacterium are described. Morphotyping, multilocus sequence analysis and …

Comparison of the peel-associated epiphytic bacteria of anthocyanin-rich “sun black” and wild-type tomatoes under organic and conventional farming

S Gorrasi, M Pasqualetti, B Muñoz-Palazon, G Novello… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tomatoes are among the most consumed vegetables worldwide and represent a source of
health-beneficial substances. Our study represents the first investigating the peel-associated …

Effect of pre-harvest sanitizer treatments on Listeria survival, sensory quality and bacterial community dynamics on leafy green vegetables grown under commercial …

H Shang, BZ Tan, V Dakwa, E D'Agnese… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Leafy green vegetables (LGVs) have large surface areas and can be colonized by various
microorganisms including pathogens. In this study, we investigated the effect of pre-harvest …

New Insights on Endophytic Microbacterium-Assisted Blast Disease Suppression and Growth Promotion in Rice: Revelation by Polyphasic Functional …

A Patel, KP Sahu, S Mehta, M Javed, A Balamurugan… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant growth-promoting endophytic microbes have drawn the attention of researchers owing
to their ability to confer fitness benefits in many plant species. Here, we report agriculturally …

Structured Framework and Genome Analysis of Magnaporthe grisea Inciting Pearl Millet Blast Disease Reveals Versatile Metabolic Pathways, Protein Families, and …

B Reddy, S Mehta, G Prakash, N Sheoran, A Kumar - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Magnaporthe grisea (TT Herbert) ME Barr is a major fungal phytopathogen that causes blast
disease in cereals, resulting in economic losses worldwide. An in-depth understanding of …

Microbial characterization of Arctic glacial ice cores with a semiautomated life detection system

D Touchette, C Maggiori, I Altshuler, A Tettenborn… - Astrobiology, 2023 - liebertpub.com
The search for extant microbial life will be a major focus of future astrobiology missions;
however, no direct extant life detection instrumentation is included in current missions to …

Rice foliar-adapted Pantoea species: Promising microbial biostimulants enhancing rice resilience against foliar pathogens, Magnaporthe oryzae and Xanthomonas …

C Krishnappa, A Balamurugan, S Velmurugan… - Microbial …, 2024 - Elsevier
Foliar fungal blast and bacterial leaf blight have significant impacts on rice production, and
their management through host resistance and agrochemicals has proven inadequate. To …