Tomorrow's agriculture, challenged by increasing global demand for food, scarcity of arable
lands, and resources alongside multiple environment pressures, needs to be managed …

Although research on plant growth promoting bacteria began in the 1950s, basic and
applied research on bacteria improving use of phosphorus (P) continues to be a priority …

Microorganisms are major drivers of elemental cycling in the biosphere. Determining the
abundance of microbial functional traits involved in the transformation of nutrients, including …

Agricultural production—a major contributing factor towards global food supply—is highly
reliant on field crops which are under severe threats ranging from poor soil quality, biotic …

The optimization of more sustainable fertilization practice to relieve phosphorus (P) resource
scarcity and increase P fertilizer utilization, a better understanding of the regulatory roles of …

Rock powders are low-cost potential sources of most of the nutrients required by higher
plants for growth and development. However, slow dissolution rates of minerals represent …

Soil saltiness is a noteworthy issue as it results in loss of profitability and development of
agrarian harvests and decline in soil health. Microorganisms associated with plants …

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for all life on earth and has a major impact on plant
growth and crop yield. The forms of phosphorus that can be directly absorbed and utilized by …

Soil microbial communities are critical for maintaining terrestrial ecosystems and
fundamental ecological processes. Mercury (Hg) is a heavy metal that is toxic to …

Phosphate‐solubilizing microbes (PSMs) drive the biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus
(P) and hold promise for sustainable agriculture. However, their global distribution, overall …