Environmental (abiotic) stresses significantly threaten the worldwide crop production and
food security. Rapid, drastic changes in the global climate have exacerbated such stresses …

Low-temperature stress can seriously impair plant physiology. Chilling injury leads to a
complex array of cellular dysfunctions, and symptoms include chlorosis, sterility, loss of …

Minimizing or neutralizing the effects of environmental stresses on crop plants, protecting
against pests and diseases, and at the same time ensuring optimal plant growth and …

The potential of seed endophytic microbes to enhance plant growth and resilience is well
recognized, yet their role in alleviating cold stress in rice remains underexplored due to the …

Global climate change accelerates the coincidence of a variety of abiotic stresses, viz.,
salinity, drought, flooding, high and low temperature, and biotic stresses, viz …

With the ever-increasing population combined with environmental degradation, the size of
arable land is shrinking at an alarming rate. To meet the escalated human hunger, intensive …

Cold stress and fungal pathogens pose significant challenge to high-altitude agriculture,
impeding plant growth and metabolism. Siderophore-producing plant growth-promoting …

Amidst escalating climate challenges, understanding microbe-mediated plant growth
regulation and stress resilience is pivotal for sustainable agriculture. Non-pathogenic …

Abiotic and biotic factors typically interact with each other and are the primary determinants
of the agricultural yield especially for the cultivated crops growing at exotic locations. Abiotic …

Extreme cold environments harbor novel psychrotrophic microbes bestowed with the
characteristic to grow in diverse cold habitats worldwide ranging from permanently ice …