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Role of Rhizobia for Sustainable Agriculture: Lab to Land
Rhizobia is symbiotic diazotrophic soil bacteria infecting the roots of leguminous plants to form root nodules to fix molecular atmospheric nitrogen (N2) with the aid of nitrogenase enzyme, turning it into a more...
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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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Rhizospheric Microbiomes: Biodiversity, Mechanisms of Plant Growth Promotion, and Biotechnological Applications for Sustainable Agriculture
Soil consists of diverse microscopic life forms such as actinomycetes, algae, bacteria, fungi, nematodes, and protozoans. But, the rhizospheric region is the most widely colonized regions of the soil due to th...
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Importance of Soil Microbes in Nutrient Use Efficiency and Sustainable Food Production
Microorganisms that sustain the fertility of soils, resulting in improved plant nutrition, have continued to magnetize attention because of the increasing cost of agricultural inputs and some of their negative...
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Bio-stimulants: An Approach Towards the Sustainable Vegetable Production
In the context of changing climatic scenario, depletion of natural resources and increasing hunger and malnutrition, it is necessary to ensure sustainable agricultural production and resource utilization. Bio-...
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Nutrient Solubilizing Microbes (NSMs): Its Role in Sustainable Crop Production
Nowadays the land degradation, deteorating the soil health, is the major constraint, which led to the nutrient depletion and limited potential yield of crops toward the food security worldwide. To enhance the ...
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Plant Beneficial Rhizospheric Microbes (PBRMs): Prospects for Increasing Productivity and Sustaining the Resilience of Soil Fertility
The efficient microorganisms in the vicinity of plant roots that exert positive effects on plant growth are known as plant beneficial rhizospheric microbes (PBRMs). One of the salient features for the effectiv...