Efforts towards overcoming drought stress in crops: Revisiting the mechanisms employed by plant growth-promoting bacteria

AE Fadiji, G Santoyo, AN Yadav… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Globally, agriculture is under a lot of pressure due to rising population and corresponding
increases in food demand. However, several variables, including improper mechanization …

Bacillus: A Biological Tool for Crop Improvement through Bio-Molecular Changes in Adverse Environments

R Radhakrishnan, A Hashem, EF Abd_Allah - Frontiers in physiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Crop productivity is affected by environmental and genetic factors. Microbes that are
beneficial to plants are used to enhance the crop yield and are alternatives to chemical …

Drought stress results in a compartment-specific restructuring of the rice root-associated microbiomes

C Santos-Medellín, J Edwards, Z Liechty, B Nguyen… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Plant roots support complex microbial communities that can influence plant growth, nutrition,
and health. While extensive characterizations of the composition and spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Potential use of Bacillus spp. as an effective biostimulant against abiotic stresses in crops—A review

H Etesami, BR Jeong, BR Glick - Current Research in Biotechnology, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental (abiotic) stresses significantly threaten the worldwide crop production and
food security. Rapid, drastic changes in the global climate have exacerbated such stresses …

Rhizospheric microbiomes: biodiversity, mechanisms of plant growth promotion, and biotechnological applications for sustainable agriculture

D Kour, KL Rana, N Yadav, AN Yadav, A Kumar… - Plant growth promoting …, 2019 - Springer
Soil consists of diverse microscopic life forms such as actinomycetes, algae, bacteria, fungi,
nematodes, and protozoans. But, the rhizospheric region is the most widely colonized …

Bacterial mitigation of drought stress in plants: Current perspectives and future challenges

D Kour, AN Yadav - Current Microbiology, 2022 - Springer
Climate change is emerging as a crucial issue with global attention and leading to abiotic
stress conditions. There are different abiotic stress which affects the crop production among …

A meta‐analysis on morphological, physiological and biochemical responses of plants with PGPR inoculation under drought stress

X Zhao, X Yuan, Y Xing, J Dao, D Zhao… - Plant, Cell & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) can help plants to resist drought stress.
However, the mechanisms of how PGPR inoculation affect plant status under drought …

Drought-tolerant phosphorus-solubilizing microbes: biodiversity and biotechnological applications for alleviation of drought stress in plants

D Kour, KL Rana, AN Yadav, N Yadav, V Kumar… - Plant growth promoting …, 2019 - Springer
Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses accepted as the main constraint for loss of the
crop yield worldwide. Further, problems are created by nutrient limitations particularly low …

Recent advances in PGPR and molecular mechanisms involved in drought stress resistance

D Sati, V Pande, SC Pandey, M Samant - Journal of Soil Science and Plant …, 2023 - Springer
Increased severity of droughts, due to anthropogenic activities and global warming, has
imposed a severe threat on agricultural productivity. This has escalated the need for …

Microbial inoculation in rice regulates antioxidative reactions and defense related genes to mitigate drought stress

DP Singh, V Singh, VK Gupta, R Shukla, R Prabha… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Microbial inoculation in drought challenged rice triggered multipronged steps at enzymatic,
non-enzymatic and gene expression level. These multifarious modulations in plants were …