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Global Scenario of Millets Cultivation
Millets are staple food in the develo** world, especially in the drylands of Africa and Asia. Most of the millets are indigenous to Africa and later domesticated to other parts of the world. Globally, millet...
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Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: Mechanisms and Alleviation of Cold Stress in Plants
Microorganisms have a variety of evolutionary adaptations and physiological acclimation mechanisms that allow them to survive and remain active to face environmental stress. Among the mechanisms identified in ...
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Psychrotolerant Microbes: Characterization, Conservation, Strain Improvements, Mass Production, and Commercialization
Exploring cold habitats offers untapped sites for screening and harnessing potential/novel psychrotrophic microbes bestowed with the characteristic to grow near 0 °C and optima lying in mesophilic range. These...
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Does PGPR and Mycorrhizae Enhance Nutrient Use Efficiency and Efficacy in Relation to Crop Productivity?
With the increasing world’s population, higher demand for sustainable food production so as to meet the requirement. It has increased tremendously due to excessive use of agrochemicals. Since, the imbalanced a...
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Impact of Land Uses on Microbial Biomass C, N, and P and Microbial Populations in Indian Himalaya
Changes in land use affect microbial biomass carbon (MBC), nitrogen (MBN), and phosphorus (MBP), and microbial populations, important parameters to sustain ecological systems. MBC, MBN, MBP, and microbial popu...
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Towards Plant-Beneficiary Rhizobacteria and Agricultural Sustainability
The increasing demand for crop production, given worldwide increases in the human population, puts pressure on moving natural resources towards sustainable development. This creates a big challenge for the upc...
