Looking forward includes looking back every now and then. In 2007, David Weller looked
back at 30 years of biocontrol of soil-borne pathogens by Pseudomonas and signified that …

Metabolomics has made significant progress in multiple fronts in the last 18 months. This
minireview aimed to give an overview of these advancements in the light of their contribution …

Microorganisms play a key role in nutrient cycling in agriculture and can contribute to
improve soil quality and enhance crop production. Thus, there is a need to identify the most …

Localized fertilization of phosphorus has potential benefits in achieving higher crop
productivity and nutrient use efficiency, but the underlying biological mechanisms of …

Background Autotrophic carbon fixation is the primary route through which organic carbon
enters the biosphere, and it is a key step in the biogeochemical carbon cycle. The Calvin …

Plant-associated microbes include taxonomically diverse communities of bacteria,
archaebacteria, fungi, and viruses, which establish integral ecological relationships with the …

Microbial communities in the plant rhizosphere are critical drivers of soil organic matter
conversion and thus affect plant growth, especially under plastic greenhouse vegetable …

Sustainable crop production requires nutrient inputs to replace what was removed or lost.
Replenishing nutrients using fertilizers and animal wastes is one of the most common input …

Drought generates a complex scenario worldwide in which agriculture should urgently be
reframed from an integrative point of view. It includes the search for new water resources …

Nowadays, the worldwide agriculture is experiencing a transition process toward more
sustainable production, which requires the reduction of chemical inputs and the preservation …