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Nanotechnology and Omics Approach in Agrobiotechnology
Due to increase in population globally and inadequacy in conventional technology, production of crops could not provide enough food to feed the world population. Nowadays, nanocompounds play a vital role to en...
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Impact of nanochitosan and Bacillus spp. on health, productivity and defence response in Zea mays under field condition
The role of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria along with nanochitosan on maize productivity remains unexplored. In the present study we report the effect of nanochitosan and PGPR on growth, productivity and...
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Bioinoculation using indigenous Bacillus spp. improves growth and yield of Zea mays under the influence of nanozeolite
Bio-inoculants play an important role for sustainable agriculture. Application of nanocompounds in the agriculture sector provides strength and is reported to enhance crop production but the combined effect of...
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Drought Stress Tolerance: An Insight to Resistance Mechanism and Adaptation in Plants
Water is essentially required by all the living systems including plants to maintain normal function of growth and metabolism. Drought stress in plants may affect several activities like cell elongation, morph...
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Omics Technology: Role and Future in Providing Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance to Plants
Development and productivity of the plants are constantly threatened by abiotic and biotic stresses. Plants have in turn developed various strategies to combat these stressed conditions. Technological advancem...
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Synergistic Interaction of Methanotrophs and Methylotrophs in Regulating Methane Emission
The atmospheric methane concentration is increasing rapidly at the rate of around 10 ppb/year. A concerted effort is required to reduce methane emission. Methanotrophs possess methane monooxygenase enzyme syst...
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Management of plant vigor and soil health using two agriusable nanocompounds and plant growth promotory rhizobacteria in Fenugreek
Application of nanocompounds and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) plays an important role in improving plant growth and soil health. In the present study, response of two PGPR (PS2-KX650178 and PS10...
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The potential of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in C cycling: a review
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) contribute predominantly to soil organic matter by creating a sink demand for plant C and distributing to below-ground hyphal biomass. The extra-radical hyphae along with glo...
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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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Potassium Solubilization and Mobilization: Functional Impact on Plant Growth for Sustainable Agriculture
To attain the sustained agriculture production, soil fertility, and its nutrient status should be optimal. Potassium is a crucial component of plant nutrition package that also limits crop quality and yield. D...
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Open AccessPresence of esterase and laccase in Bacillus subtilis facilitates biodegradation and detoxification of cypermethrin
Ubiquitous presence of cypermethrin as a contaminant in surface stream and soil necessitates to develop potential bioremediation methods to degrade and eliminate this pollutant from the environment. A cypermet...
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Effect of nanozeolite and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on maize
Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria are key to soil and plant health maintenance. In the present study, two PGPR strains which were identified as Bacillus spp. (accession number KX650178 and KX650179) with nanoz...
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Nanochitosan supports growth of Zea mays and also maintains soil health following growth
The present study evaluated the effect of nanochitosan in combination with plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), PS2 and PS10 on maize growth. The PGPR were earlier recognized as Bacillus spp. on the basis...
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Open AccessDifferential expression and characterization of cypermethrin-degrading potential proteins in Bacillus thuringiensis strain, SG4
A cypermethrin-degrading bacterium (SG4) was isolated from the pesticide-contaminated soil in the agricultural field of the crop research centre of the University, and characterized as Bacillus thuringiensis stra...
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Open AccessNovel pathway of cypermethrin biodegradation in a Bacillus sp. strain SG2 isolated from cypermethrin-contaminated agriculture field
Pesticides belonging to pyrethroid group are widely used in agricultural fields to check pest infestation in different crops for enhanced food production. In spite of beneficial effects, non-judicious use of p...
