Biocontrol strains from the genera Bacillus and Pseudomonas and their bioactive secondary
metabolites may be considered beneficial for plant health, since they act through several …

Plant diseases and pests are risk factors that threaten global food security. Excessive
chemical pesticide applications are commonly used to reduce the effects of plant diseases …

A vast microbial community inhabits in the rhizosphere, among which, specialized bacteria
known as Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) confer benefits to host plants …

Environmental stress is a major challenge for sustainable food production as it reduces yield
by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) which pose a threat to cell organelles and …

Rapid rise of antimicrobial resistance against conventional antimicrobials, resurgence of
multidrug resistant microbes and the slowdown in the development of new classes of …

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 …

The most common, devastating problem in agriculture is plant (pathogenic) diseases and
abiotic conditions which have a profound effect on growth and yield of the plant resulting in …

In both managed and natural ecosystems, beneficial plant-associated bacteria play a key
role in supporting and/or increasing plant health and growth. Plant growth-promoting …

Agricultural productivity to meet growing demands of human population is a matter of great
concern for all countries. Use of green compounds to achieve the sustainable agriculture is …

Lipopeptides constitute a structurally diverse group of metabolites produced by various
bacterial and fungal genera. In the past decades, research on lipopeptides has been fueled …