The plant microbiomes play important role in plant growth promotion and soil fertility for
sustainable agriculture. Plant and soil are valuable natural resource harbouring hotspots of …

The phytomicrobiome plays a crucial role in soil and ecosystem health, encompassing both
beneficial members providing critical ecosystem goods and services and pathogens …

Legumes obtain nitrogen from air through rhizobia residing in root nodules. Some species of
rhizobia can colonize cereals but do not fix nitrogen on them. Disabling native regulation …

Soil bacteria are very important in biogeochemical cycles and have been used for crop
production for decades. Plant–bacterial interactions in the rhizosphere are the determinants …

In both managed and natural ecosystems, beneficial plant-associated bacteria play a key
role in supporting and/or increasing plant health and growth. Plant growth-promoting …

Studies of plant–pathogen interactions have historically focused on simple models of
infection involving single host-single disease systems. However, plant infections often …

Pathogenic microorganisms affecting plant health are a major and chronic threat to food
production and ecosystem stability worldwide. As agricultural production intensified over the …

The phyllosphere referred to the total aerial plant surfaces (above-ground portions), as
habitat for microorganisms. Microorganisms establish compositionally complex communities …

Pseudomonas putida is a metabolically versatile saprophytic soil bacterium that has been
certified as a biosafety host for the cloning of foreign genes. The bacterium also has …

Covering 1970–2001This review covers the functionally diverse type III polyketide synthase
(PKS) superfamily of plant and bacterial biosynthetic enzymes, from the discovery of …