Integrating biochar, bacteria, and plants for sustainable remediation of soils contaminated with organic pollutants

L Xiang, JD Harindintwali, F Wang… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The contamination of soil with organic pollutants has been accelerated by agricultural and
industrial development and poses a major threat to global ecosystems and human health …

[HTML][HTML] Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) as green bioinoculants: recent developments, constraints, and prospects

A Basu, P Prasad, SN Das, S Kalam, RZ Sayyed… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The quest for enhancing agricultural yields due to increased pressure on food production
has inevitably led to the indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and other agrochemicals …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of biochar as a microbial carrier for agricultural and environmental applications

S Bolan, D Hou, L Wang, L Hale… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar can be an effective carrier for microbial inoculants because of its favourable
properties promoting microbial life. In this review, we assess the effectiveness of biochar as …

Drought and salinity stress responses and microbe-induced tolerance in plants

Y Ma, MC Dias, H Freitas - Frontiers in plant science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Drought and salinity are among the most important environmental factors that hampered
agricultural productivity worldwide. Both stresses can induce several morphological …

Nitrogen Fixing Azotobacter Species as Potential Soil Biological Enhancers for Crop Nutrition and Yield Stability

A Aasfar, A Bargaz, K Yaakoubi, A Hilali… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) refers to a microbial mediated process based upon an
enzymatic “Nitrogenase” conversion of atmospheric nitrogen (N2) into ammonium readily …

Reactive oxygen species, antioxidant responses and implications from a microbial modulation perspective

P Zandi, E Schnug - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Environmental conditions are subject to unprecedented changes due to
recent progressive anthropogenic activities on our planet. Plants, as the frontline of food …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiome as a key player in sustainable agriculture and human health

J Suman, A Rakshit, SD Ogireddy, S Singh… - Frontiers in Soil …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The aggregate of microorganisms in the soil environment is a microbiome that emerged as a
vital component of sustainable agriculture in the recent past. These beneficial …

Modulation of the root microbiome by plant molecules: the basis for targeted disease suppression and plant growth promotion

A Pascale, S Proietti, IS Pantelides… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Plants host a mesmerizing diversity of microbes inside and around their roots, known as the
microbiome. The microbiome is composed mostly of fungi, bacteria, oomycetes, and …

Insights into the interactions among roots, rhizosphere, and rhizobacteria for improving plant growth and tolerance to abiotic stresses: a review

N Khan, S Ali, MA Shahid, A Mustafa, RZ Sayyed… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Abiotic stresses, such as drought, salinity, heavy metals, variations in temperature, and
ultraviolet (UV) radiation, are antagonistic to plant growth and development, resulting in an …

Synthetic bacterial community derived from a desert rhizosphere confers salt stress resilience to tomato in the presence of a soil microbiome

L Schmitz, Z Yan, M Schneijderberg, M de Roij… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The root bacterial microbiome is important for the general health of the plant. Additionally, it
can enhance tolerance to abiotic stresses, exemplified by plant species found in extreme …