Arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi (AMF) are a big player of the ecosystem which shows a major
concern over plant nutrition by providing access to the soil-derived nutrients. Naturally, an …

Lavender is in the research spotlight due to its increasing economic importance, while
market demand is expected to continue to grow. Among the hundreds of essential-oil …

Catalpa bungei CA Mey. is a common ornamental timber species. Its survival and growth are
greatly affected by water scarcity in arid and semi-arid areas of Northwest China. Evidence …

Intercropping of medicinal plants/legumes along with bio-fertilizer application is a relatively
new sustainable practice for improving the yield and secondary metabolites production …

Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) are able to synthesize a diverse group of secondary
metabolites (SMs) such as terpenoids or terpenes, steroids, phenolics, and alkaloids with a …

In the present study, the yield, the chemical composition, and the antioxidant activities of the
essential oils (EOs) of eight medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) cultivated under two …

We investigated the influence of Salvia fruticosa colonization by the arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungi (AMF) Rhizophagus irregularis on photosynthetic function by using chlorophyll …

Plant specialized metabolites (SMs) play an important role in the interaction with the
environment and are part of the plant defense response. These natural products are volatile …

In recent years, increased environmental concern about the application of synthetic
fertilizers for agricultural purposes has resulted in a continuous search for sustainable and …

Strategies to enhance the production of secondary metabolites, derived from medicinal and
agriculturally important plants have been the subject of exploration to enable effective …