Mechanisms and applications of bacterial inoculants in plant drought stress tolerance

PP Bittencourt, AF Alves, MB Ferreira… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Agricultural systems are highly affected by climatic factors such as temperature, rain,
humidity, wind, and solar radiation, so the climate and its changes are major risk factors for …

The battle of crops against drought: genetic dissection and improvement

Z Yang, F Qin - Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With ongoing global climate change, water scarcity‐induced drought stress remains a major
threat to agricultural productivity. Plants undergo a series of physiological and …

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria improve growth, morph-physiological responses, water productivity, and yield of rice plants under full and deficit drip irrigation

TA Abd El-Mageed, SA Abd El-Mageed… - Rice, 2022 - Springer
Inoculating rice plants by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) may be used as a
practical and eco-friendly approach to sustain the growth and yield of drought stressed rice …

Endophytic Fungal Consortia Enhance Basal Drought-Tolerance in Moringa oleifera by Upregulating the Antioxidant Enzyme (APX) through Heat Shock Factors

J Javed, M Rauf, M Arif, M Hamayun, H Gul, A Ud-Din… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Global climate change has imposed harsh environmental conditions such as drought.
Naturally, the most compatible fungal consortia operate synergistically to enhance plant …

Encapsulated plant growth regulators and associative microorganisms: Nature-based solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change on plants

EVR Campos, A do ES Pereira, I Aleksieienko… - Plant Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, the atmospheric CO 2 concentration and global average
temperature have been increasing, and this trend is projected to soon become more severe …

The use of synthetic microbial communities to improve plant health

SJ Martins, J Pasche, HAO Silva, G Selten… - …, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Despite the numerous benefits plants receive from probiotics, maintaining consistent results
across applications is still a challenge. Cultivation-independent methods associated with …

Citrus Tristeza Virus: From Pathogen to Panacea

SY Folimonova, YD Sun - Annual Review of Virology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is the most destructive viral pathogen of citrus. During the past
century, CTV induced grave epidemics in citrus-growing areas worldwide that have resulted …

The Arabidopsis holobiont: a (re) source of insights to understand the amazing world of plant–microbe interactions

MJ Poupin, T Ledger, R Roselló-Móra… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
As holobiont, a plant is intrinsically connected to its microbiomes. However, some
characteristics of these microbiomes, such as their taxonomic composition, biological and …

Drought-induced recruitment of specific root-associated bacteria enhances adaptation of alfalfa to drought stress

W Fan, F Tang, J Wang, J Dong, J Xing… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Drought is a major abiotic stress that threatens crop production. Soil microbiomes are
thought to play a role in enhancing plant adaptation to various stresses. However, it remains …

Secondary metabolites, osmolytes and antioxidant activity as the main attributes enhanced by biostimulants for growth and resilience of lettuce to drought stress

R Ouhaddou, L Ech-Chatir, M Anli, R Ben-Laouane… - Gesunde …, 2023 - Springer
Drought stress (DS) is one of the most serious abiotic stresses decreasing crop production
and agricultural yield worldwide. In this study, an experiment was conducted in the …