Endophytic fungi and bacteria live asymptomatically within plant tissues. In recent decades,
research on endophytes has revealed that their significant role in promoting plants as …

The present study is the first attempt to demonstrate the beneficiary effects of seed priming
with zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) in wheat cultivar H–I 1544. Wheat seeds primed …

Medicinal plants are an important source of therapeutic compounds used in the treatment of
many diseases since ancient times. Interestingly, they form associations with numerous …

Drought stress (DS) is amongst one of the abiotic factors affecting plant growth by limiting
productivity of crops by inhibiting photosynthesis. Damage due to DS and its protection by …

Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis) is an important medicinal plant for which there is a huge
market demand. It has been reported that arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis and …

Drought is a major limiting factor of plant productivity worldwide and its incidence is
predicted to increase with climate changing. Endophytes are non-pathogenic plant …

This study mainly aimed to investigate the effects of dark septate endophytes
(DSE)(Acrocalymma vagum, Paraboeremia putaminum, and Fusarium acuminatum) on the …

Atractylodes lancea is an important medicinal plant in traditional Chinese medicine, its
rhizome is rich of volatile secondary metabolites with medicinal values and is largely …

Medicinal plants are invaluable resources for mankind and play a crucial role in combating
diseases. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are widely recognized for enhancing the …

The diversity of soil eukaryotes and micro-foodwebs are only partially understood. Moreover,
how they affect secondary metabolites in plant roots under distinct soil environment is not …