High food demand for the world's teeming population necessitates the intensification of crop
production in modern agriculture, which requires the extensive use of synthetic fertilizers for …

The associations between plants and multipurpose plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF)
have been proven extremely to be beneficial to plants. This review describes new …

The indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has caused considerable
environmental damage over the years. However, the growing demand for food in the coming …

Root and foot diseases severely impede grain legume cultivation worldwide. Breeding lines
with resistance against individual pathogens exist, but these resistances are often overcome …

The relationships between plant and plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) are
an integrated part of earthborn ecosystem. We are in the era of global warming when …

Rhizosphere-resident fungi that are helpful to plants are generally termed as 'plant growth
promoting fungi'(PGPF). These fungi are one of the chief sources of the biotic inducers …

Seeds are a vector of genetic progress and, as such, they play a significant role in the
sustainability of the agri-food system. The current global seed market is worth USD 60 billion …

In the face of climate change, progressive degradation of the environment, including
agricultural land negatively affecting plant growth and development, endangers plant …

Plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF) constitute diverse genera of nonpathogenic fungi that
provide a variety of benefits to their host plants. PGPF show an effective role in sustainable …

Biological control with microbial antagonists is considered an alternative approach for
controlling plant diseases. Trichoderma species are one of the potential fungal biocontrol …