Role of microbial inoculants as bio fertilizers for improving crop productivity: A review

D Shahwar, Z Mushtaq, H Mushtaq, AA Alqarawi… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The world's population is increasing and is anticipated to spread 10 billion by 2050, and the
issue of food security is becoming a global concern. To maintain global food security, it is …

Nanotechnology-based controlled release of sustainable fertilizers. A review

B Beig, MBK Niazi, F Sher, Z Jahan, US Malik… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
The rising population is increasing food demand, yet actual crop production is limited by the
poor efficiency of classical fertilizers. In particular, only about 40–60% of fertilizer nitrogen …

PGPR mediated alterations in root traits: way toward sustainable crop production

M Grover, S Bodhankar, A Sharma… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The above ground growth of the plant is highly dependent on the belowground root system.
Rhizosphere is the zone of continuous interplay between plant roots and soil microbial …

Consortium of endophyte and rhizosphere phosphate solubilizing bacteria improves phosphorous use efficiency in wheat cultivars in phosphorus deficient soils

S Emami, HA Alikhani, AA Pourbabaee, H Etesami… - Rhizosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Rhizospheric and endophytic bacteria are known to increase phosphorus efficiency (PE) of
plant in phosphorus-deficient soils. The purpose of this research was to examine the role of …

Phosphate–solubilizing bacteria and silicon synergistically augment phosphorus (P) uptake by wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plant fertilized with soluble or insoluble P …

L Rezakhani, B Motesharezadeh, MM Tehrani… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Phosphorus (P) deficiency is one of the major problems in agricultural soils for crop
production around the world. Use of silicon (Si) and phosphate–solubilizing bacteria (PSB) …

Combating biotic stresses in plants by synthetic microbial communities: Principles, applications and challenges

S Pradhan, R Tyagi, S Sharma - Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Presently, agriculture worldwide is facing the major challenge of feeding the increasing
population sustainably. The conventional practices have not only failed to meet the …

Cross talk between zinc-solubilizing bacteria and plants: A short tale of bacterial-assisted zinc biofortification

VK Upadhayay, AV Singh, A Khan - Frontiers in Soil Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A contemporary approach to bacterially mediated zinc (Zn) biofortification offers a new
dimension in the crop improvement program with better Zn uptake in plants to curb Zn …

Effect of rhizospheric and endophytic bacteria with multiple plant growth promoting traits on wheat growth

S Emami, HA Alikhani, AA Pourbabaei… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
The present study focused on the characterization of plant growth promoting rhizospheric
(R) and endophytic (E) bacteria and their impact on wheat cultivars growth. In this study, 400 …

Bacteria from native soil in combination with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi augment wheat yield and biofortification

R Yadav, P Ror, P Rathore, W Ramakrishna - Plant Physiology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) have been used to enhance crop productivity. The
effect of native PGPB and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in combination on wheat yield …

Pseudomonas 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) Deaminase and Its Role in Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interactions

BR Glick, FX Nascimento - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
The expression of the enzyme 1-aminocylopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase, and
the consequent modulation of plant ACC and ethylene concentrations, is one of the most …