Due to anthropogenic activities, heavy metal (HM) pollution in soils has increased, resulting
in severe ecological problems and posing a constant threat to human health. Among various …

Seed coating is considered one of the best methods to promote sustainable agriculture
where the physical and physiological properties of seeds can be improved to facilitate …

Nitrogen is the most limiting factor in crop production. Legumes establish a symbiotic
relationship with rhizobia and enhance nitrogen fixation. We analyzed 1,624 rhizosphere …

The presence of heavy metals in soil are an emerging problem owing to the increasing
number of contaminated sites worldwide and the harmful effects of toxic metals on the …

Enhancing the resilience of plants to abiotic stresses, such as drought, salinity, heat, and
cold, is crucial for ensuring global food security challenge in the context of climate change …

Soil toxicity is a major environmental issue that leads to numerous harmful effects on plants
and human beings. Every year a huge amount of Pb is dumped into the environment either …

Community-forming traits (CFts) play an important role in the effective colonization of plant-
growth-promoting bacterial communities that influence host plants positively by modulating …

In the current era of environmental disasters and the necessity of sustainable development,
bacterial endophytes have gotten attention for their role in improving agricultural productivity …

The challenge of desert farming with a high salt level has become an ecological task due to
salt stress negatively affecting plant growth and reproduction. The current study deals with …

Background Anthropogenic activities are severely polluting the environment, particularly the
soil. The quality of soil near the industrial area was investigated as well as the positive …