The role of plant growth-promoting bacteria in alleviating the adverse effects of drought on plants

K Abdelaal, M AlKahtani, K Attia, Y Hafez, L Király… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Among abiotic stress factors, drought is one of the most detrimental factors
in arid and semiarid regions, causing a significant decrease in plant growth and yield in …

Nanobiopesticides in sustainable agriculture: developments, challenges, and perspectives

X Pan, X Guo, T Zhai, D Zhang, W Rao… - Environmental Science …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Environment-friendly nanomaterials with biodegradable, responsive, and biocompatible
properties have attracted considerable interest for exploring safe and efficient pesticides …

Isolation and characterization of plant growth promoting endophytic bacteria from desert plants and their application as bioinoculants for sustainable agriculture

MDF ALKahtani, A Fouda, KA Attia, F Al-Otaibi, AM Eid… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Desert plants are able to survive under harsh environmental stresses inherent to arid and
semiarid regions due to their association with bacterial endophytes. However, the identity …

Chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and antioxidant defense system can display salt tolerance of salt acclimated sweet pepper plants treated with chitosan and plant …

MDF ALKahtani, KA Attia, YM Hafez, N Khan, AM Eid… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Salinity stress deleteriously affects the growth and yield of many plants. Plant growth
promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and chitosan both play an important role in combating …

Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl leaf extracts and its antifungal activity

W Zhu, C Hu, Y Ren, Y Lu, Y Song, Y Ji, C Han… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) were synthesized using leaf extract of
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl and zinc acetate. Its antifungal activity was evaluated …

Smart nanomaterial and nanocomposite with advanced agrochemical activities

A Kumar, A Choudhary, H Kaur, S Mehta… - Nanoscale Research …, 2021 - Springer
Conventional agriculture solely depends upon highly chemical compounds that have
negatively ill-affected the health of every living being and the entire ecosystem. Thus, the …

Can nanofertilizers mitigate multiple environmental stresses for higher crop productivity?

TA Shalaby, Y Bayoumi, Y Eid, H Elbasiouny… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The global food production for the worldwide population mainly depends on the huge
contributions of the agricultural sector. The cultivated crops of foods need various elements …

Synergistic impact of nanomaterials and plant probiotics in agriculture: A tale of two-way strategy for long-term sustainability

VK Upadhayay, MK Chitara, D Mishra, MN Jha… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Modern agriculture is primarily focused on the massive production of cereals and other food-
based crops in a sustainable manner in order to fulfill the food demands of an ever …

Physiological and biochemical changes in vegetable and field crops under drought, salinity and weeds stresses: control strategies and management

K Abdelaal, MS Alsubeie, Y Hafez, A Emeran… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Weeds are one of the most damaging biotic stresses in crop production, and drought and
salinity are considered the most serious abiotic stresses. These factors harmfully affect …

Seed priming boost adaptation in pea plants under drought stress

SA Arafa, KA Attia, G Niedbała, M Piekutowska… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the present investigation, we study the effect of Bacillus thuringiensis MH161336 (106–8
CFU/cm3), silicon (25 mL L− 1), and carrot extract (75 mL L− 1) as seed primers, individually …