Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are naturally occurring soil bacteria that
aggressively colonize plant roots and benefit plants by providing growth promotion …

Agriculture is heavily dependent on the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides to achieve
higher yields. This dependence is associated with problems such as environmental …

Weeds are known to cause enormous losses due to their interference in agroecosystems.
Because of environmental and human health concerns, worldwide efforts are being made to …

The intensive use of synthetic herbicides is questioned for many reasons. Bioherbicides, as
integrated weed management tools, however, have the potential to offer a number of …

Recognition of the importance of soil organic matter (SOM) in soil health and quality is a
major part of fostering a holistic, preventive approach to agricultural management. Students …

Biological control of weeds by using plant pathogens has gainedacceptance as a practical,
safe, environmentally beneficial, weedmanagement method applicable to agro-ecosystems …

By virtue of their physiological adaptability and metabolic versatility, bacteria in plant root
zones are a key agent of change in soil agroecosystems. Interactions between plant root …

The input costs of pesticides to control biotic constraints are often prohibitive to the
subsistence farmers of Africa and seed based solutions to biotic stresses are more …

Rhizobacteria strains were characterized for ability to synthesize hydrogen cyanide and for
effects on seedling root growth of various plants. Approximately 32% of bacteria from a …

Physical, cultural and biological methods for weed control have developed largely
independently and are often concerned with weed control in different systems: physical and …