Biofertilizers function as key player in sustainable agriculture by improving soil fertility, plant tolerance and crop productivity

D Bhardwaj, MW Ansari, RK Sahoo, N Tuteja - Microbial cell factories, 2014 - Springer
Current soil management strategies are mainly dependent on inorganic chemical-based
fertilizers, which caused a serious threat to human health and environment. The exploitation …

Speak, friend, and enter: signalling systems that promote beneficial symbiotic associations in plants

GED Oldroyd - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2013 - nature.com
Plants associate with a wide range of microorganisms, with both detrimental and beneficial
outcomes. Central to plant survival is the ability to recognize invading microorganisms and …

[BOOK][B] Handbook of plant nutrition

AV Barker, DJ Pilbeam - 2015 - books.google.com
This new edition provides current information on the nutritional requirements of world crops.
It presents research on the acquisition, accumulation, transport, and functions of chemical …

[BOOK][B] Plant microbiomes for sustainable agriculture: current research and future challenges

AN Yadav - 2020 - Springer
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 …

Calcium signalling in plant biotic interactions

D Aldon, M Mbengue, C Mazars, JP Galaud - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Calcium (Ca2+) is a universal second messenger involved in various cellular processes,
leading to plant development and to biotic and abiotic stress responses. Intracellular …

Short‐chain chitin oligomers from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi trigger nuclear Ca2+ spiking in Medicago truncatula roots and their production is enhanced by …

A Genre, M Chabaud, C Balzergue… - New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The primary objective of this study was to identify the molecular signals present in
arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) germinated spore exudates (GSE s) responsible for activating …

The molecular network governing nodule organogenesis and infection in the model legume Lotus japonicus

LH Madsen, L Tirichine, A Jurkiewicz… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Bacterial infection of interior tissues of legume root nodules is controlled at the epidermal
cell layer and is closely coordinated with progressing organ development. Using …

Analysis of calcium signaling pathways in plants

O Batistič, J Kudla - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Calcium serves as a versatile messenger in many adaptation and
developmental processes in plants. Ca2+ signals are represented by stimulus-specific …

Plant organellar calcium signalling: an emerging field

S Stael, B Wurzinger, A Mair, N Mehlmer… - Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the established and emerging roles that
organelles play in calcium signalling. The function of calcium as a secondary messenger in …

Potential of Native Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Rhizobia, and/or Green Compost as Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) Enhancers under Salinity

R Ben-Laouane, M Baslam, M Ait-El-Mokhtar, M Anli… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Salinity is one of the devastating abiotic stresses that cause reductions in agricultural
production. The increased salinization affects alfalfa growth, metabolism, and rhizobium …