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 …

Acidobacteria represents an underrepresented soil bacterial phylum whose members are
pervasive and copiously distributed across nearly all ecosystems. Acidobacterial sequences …

Soil is considered as a vital natural resource equivalent to air and water which supports
growth of the plants and provides habitats to microorganisms. Changes in soil properties …

Agriculture has a lot of responsibility as the rise in the world's population demands more
food requirements. However, more than one type of biotic and abiotic stress continually …

Soil salinity, a growing issue worldwide, is a detrimental consequence of the ever-changing
climate, which has highlighted and worsened the conditions associated with damaged soil …

This research was designed to elucidate the role of exopolysaccharides (EPS) producing
bacterial strains for the amelioration of drought stress in wheat. Bacterial strains were …

The rhizosphere is the region around the plant roots where maximum microbial activities
occur. In the rhizosphere, microorganisms' beneficial and harmful activities affect plant …

Agriculture is the best foundation for human livelihoods, and, in this respect, crop production
has been forced to adopt sustainable farming practices. However, soil salinity severely …

Among the biotic and abiotic stress affecting the physical, chemical, and biological
properties of soil, salinity is a major threat that leads to the desertification of cultivable land …

Salinity is one of the most damaging abiotic stresses due to climate change impacts that
affect the growth and yield of crops, especially in lowland rice fields and coastal areas. This …