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 …

Most healthy naturally propagated plants grown in field or potting soils are colonized by
communities of endophytic bacteria, embracing a wide variety of species and genera. These …

Although the term “endophyte” is most commonly associated with fungi, there is a significant
amount of literature pertaining to bacteria as endophytes as well, some of which are …

Endophytic bacteria reside within plant hosts without causing disease symptoms. In this
study, 853 endophytic strains were isolated from aerial tissues of four agronomic crop …

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria are able to enter into roots from the rhizosphere, particularly at the
base of emerging lateral roots, between epidermal cells and through root hairs. In the …

We investigated the presence of endophytic rhizobia within the roots of the wetland wild rice
Oryza breviligulata, which is the ancestor of the African cultivated rice Oryza glaberrima. This …

Endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria are believed to contribute substantial amounts of N to
certain gramineous crops. We have been interested to find (a) a diazotroph (s) in rice which …

Rhizobia form root nodules that fix nitrogen (N 2) in symbiotic legumes. Extending the ability
of these bacteria to fix N 2 in non-legumes such as cereals would be a useful technology for …

The extension of nitrogen-fixing symbioses to important crop plants such as the cereals has
been a long-standing goal in the field of biological nitrogen fixation. One of the approaches …

Greater production of cereals brings forth higher production cost and pollutes the soil
environment due to excessive use of chemical fertilizers. Therefore, crop scientists are …