Soil is a living entity and it is not only a valuable natural resource in agricultural and food
security but it is also towards maintenance of all life process. Agricultural productivity rests …

Sustainable agriculture is vital in today's world as it offers the potential to meet our
agricultural needs, something that conventional agriculture fails to do. This type of …

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) play an important role in sustainable
agriculture through the improvement of plant growth via different processes like biological …

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are found to control the plant diseases by
adopting various mechanisms. Induced systemic resistance (ISR) is an important defensive …

Background The natural interactions between plant roots and their rhizospheric microbiome
are vital to plant fitness, modulating both growth promotion and disease suppression. In rice …

Phytophthora capsici is a notorious fungus which infects many crop plants at their early and
late growth stages. In the present study, twelve P. capsici isolates were morphologically …

Climate changes will influence soil organisms both directly (warming) and indirectly
(warming and elevated CO2) via changes in quantity and quality of plant‐mediated soil C …

Zinc (Zn) is an important micronutrient and its adequate supply is considered indispensable
for growth, development and normal functioning of plants. Recent reports reveal that more …

Blast diseases, caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, are among the most
destructive diseases that occur on at least 50 species of grasses, including cultivated …

The present study was conducted to evaluate the potential of rice rhizosphere associated
antagonistic bacteria for growth promotion and disease suppression of bacterial leaf blight …