For the growing human population to be sustained during present climatic changes,
enhanced quality and quantity of crops are essential to enable food security worldwide. The …

The tension between a growing global demand for food, rising environmental impacts of
agricultural intensification, and the uncertainty of future changes in our global climate …

Algae are a group of ubiquitous photosynthetic organisms comprising eukaryotic green
algae and Gram-negative prokaryotic cyanobacteria, which have immense potential as a …

Microbial biofilms are a fascinating subject, due to their significant roles in the environment,
industry, and health. Advances in biochemical and molecular techniques have helped in …

Microbial inoculants suffer from the major problem of poor survival in rhizospheric soil and
their plant growth-promoting abilities are dependent upon their competence in this niche. An …

A biofilm is an assemblage, aggregation, or community of microbial cells bounded by a
polymeric matrix comprising polysaccharides that are associated with an inert or biotic …

The use of Rhizobium inoculants in chickpea is well established; however, meagre efforts
have been directed towards the use of other microbial supplements for improving nutrient …

The present investigation evaluated the effect of inoculating different cyanobacterial
formulations on a set of hybrids of maize, in terms of plant defense enzyme activity, soil …

Microorganisms in the rhizosphere mediate the cycling of nutrients, their enhanced
mobilisation and facilitate their uptake, leading to increased root growth, biomass and yield …

ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different plant growth
promoting microorganisms (PGPM) on micronutrient enrichment of rice crops grown under …