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Zinc-Solubilizing Microorganisms: Contributions in Nutrient Availability and Implications for Crop Productivity in Sustainable Agriculture
Conventional intensive agricultural practices are currently used to make nutrition available for the ever-increasing global inhabitants. Among various micronutrients, zinc (Zn) performs several essential funct...
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Temporal analysis of circulating nucleic acid in early days of pregnancy in buffalo
Improving reproductive efficiency in livestock relies mainly on the ability to detect pregnancy quickly and accurately. Recently, circulating nucleic acids (CNAs) have been exploited for prenatal diagnosis in ...
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The involvement of organic acids in soil fertility, plant health and environment sustainability
Increasing demand for safe food by an ever-growing human population emphasizes the urgency for increasing crop yields and reducing the losses caused by abiotic and biotic stresses; a partial solution to this p...
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Nutrient Acquisition and Soil Fertility: Contribution of Rhizosphere Microbiomes in Sustainable Agriculture
Recent application of modern agricultural biotechnologies and use of high-yielding crop varieties provided sufficient crop yields and food for human population. But, the major constraint to enhance crop yield ...
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Bioremediation of Pesticides: An Eco-Friendly Approach for Environment Sustainability
Various pesticides including organochlorines, organophosphates, carbamate, pyrethroids, chloronicotinyl etc., are used in agriculture for protection against plant diseases and insects. Only a fraction of the a...
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Soil Fertility Improvement by Symbiotic Rhizobia for Sustainable Agriculture
Soil is living medium and it acts as a precarious reserve in agriculture and food production. To enhance crop yields for ever-increasing human population, chemical fertilizers are being applied in the soil. Bu...
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Bioherbicidal Potential of Rhizosphere Microorganisms for Ecofriendly Weed Management
Weeds pose a serious constraint to agricultural production and usually result in average ~37% losses of the world’s agricultural output. Thus, weed control is indispensable in every crop production system. For...
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Belowground Microbial Crosstalk and Rhizosphere Biology
Microorganisms in the soils and rhizosphere take part in biogeochemical cycles and improve the soil fertility. Diverse chemical substances in root exudates released through root systems also influence the rhiz...
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Rhizosphere Microorganisms: Application of Plant Beneficial Microbes in Biological Control of Weeds
Weeds usually result in average ~ 20–37% losses of the world’s agricultural output, and therefore, weed control is indispensable in every crop production system. For weed management, usually chemical herbicide...
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Biological Control of Insect Pests for Sustainable Agriculture
Maintenance of agricultural productivity is currently based mainly on extraneous application of fertilizers and pesticides. However, indiscriminate use of agrochemicals for controlling the pests and diseases l...
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Potassium-Solubilizing Microorganisms (KSMs) and Its Effect on Plant Growth Improvement
All the crops require nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium macronutrients for proper plant growth, and addition of mineral fertilizers leads to impressive crop yield increases. Excessive application of chemical...
