Soil microbiota as game-changers in restoration of degraded lands

O Coban, GB De Deyn, M van der Ploeg - Science, 2022 - science.org
Land degradation reduces soil functioning and, consequently, the services that soil
provides. Soil hydrological functions are critical to combat soil degradation and promote soil …

Microbially mediated plant salt tolerance and microbiome-based solutions for saline agriculture

Y Qin, IS Druzhinina, X Pan, Z Yuan - Biotechnology Advances, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil salinization adversely affects plant growth and has become one of the major limiting
factors for crop productivity worldwide. The conventional approach, breeding salt-tolerant …

The effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species and taxonomic groups on stressed and unstressed plants: a global meta‐analysis

N Marro, G Grilli, F Soteras, M Caccia, S Longo… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The great majority of plants gain access to soil nutrients and enhance their performance
under stressful conditions through symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). The …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increase grain yields: a meta‐analysis

S Zhang, A Lehmann, W Zheng, Z You… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing grain yields of food cereal crops is a major goal in future sustainable agriculture.
We quantitatively analyzed the potential role of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in …

Global negative effects of nutrient enrichment on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality

X Ma, Q Geng, H Zhang, C Bian, HYH Chen… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite widespread anthropogenic nutrient enrichment, it remains unclear how nutrient
enrichment influences plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) symbiosis and ecosystem …

[HTML][HTML] Proline accumulation influenced by osmotic stress in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiotic plants

SC Chun, M Paramasivan… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Salinity and drought are the major osmotic stress limitations that affect plant growth and crop
yield in agriculture worldwide. The alternative response mediated by plants in response to …

Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, biochar and cadmium on the yield and element uptake of Medicago sativa

F Zhang, M Liu, Y Li, Y Che, Y Xiao - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The synergistic effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation and biochar
application on plant growth and heavy metal uptake remain unclear. A pot experiment was …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of salt-tolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and the effect on growth and yield of saline-affected rice

R Shultana, AT Kee Zuan, MR Yusop, HM Saud - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
In this study, we characterized, identified, and determined the effect of salt-tolerant PGPR
isolated from coastal saline areas on rice growth and yield. A total of 44 bacterial strains …

[HTML][HTML] Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mediated enhanced biomass, root morphological traits and nutrient uptake under drought stress: a meta-analysis

M Chandrasekaran - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drought stress remains the major constraint in affecting crop productivity in several arid and
semi-arid areas highlighting climate change perspectives. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi …

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria are more effective under drought: a meta-analysis

RL Rubin, KJ van Groenigen, BA Hungate - Plant and Soil, 2017 - Springer
Background and aims Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have been shown to
reduce abiotic stress on plants, but these effects have not been quantitatively synthesized …