More than one hundred years have passed since the development of the first microbial
inoculant for plants. Nowadays, the use of microbial inoculants in agriculture is spread …

Seeds are a vector of genetic progress and, as such, they play a significant role in the
sustainability of the agri-food system. The current global seed market is worth USD 60 billion …

Atrazine is used to control broad-leaved weeds in farmland and has negative impacts on
soybean growth. Legume-rhizobium symbiosis plays an important role in regulating abiotic …

The rate of growth of the global population poses a risk to food security, demanding an
increase in food production. Much of the world's cultivable soils also do not have ideal …

Legumes form two types of root organs in response to signals from microbes, namely,
nodules and root galls. In the field, these interactions occur concurrently and often interact …

Root-knot nematode (RKN) is a serious threat to crops worldwide due to the difficulty in
controlling it and the limited eco-friendly alternatives to deal with the biotic stress it causes …

Cyst nematodes are the most damaging species of plant-parasitic nematodes. They
antagonize the colonization of beneficial microbial symbionts that are important for nutrient …

Symbiotic nitrogen fixing Rhizobium species have been reported to trigger induced
resistance reactions that are inhibitive to aboveground antagonists. We tested the …

Organic production is expected to play a major role in reducing the impact of agricultural
practices on the environment. Soil is considered a major component of the organic …

The root–knot nematode, Meloidogyne spp., is a most significant pest of food and
commercial crops world over. The infestation with Meloidogyne spp. in pulse and cereal …