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Plant biostimulants and their potential role in achieving the United Nations sustainable development goals

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Plant biostimulants are substances that are obtained from a variety of sources and are applied in minute quantities to enhance plant growth and vigor. In this review we detail how the use of plant biostimulants may contribute to efforts to achieving a number of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Patrick Quille, Joanna Kacprzyk, Shane OConnell, Carl K.‐Y. Ng   +3 more
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Breeding for multi‐stress resilience in crops: Myth or possibility?

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Climate change threatens millions of farmers worldwide by exposing crops to multiple concurrent or sequential environmental stresses such as drought, heat, waterlogging, and diseases. Although crops have long been selected under naturally occurring multi‐stress conditions, breeding pipelines largely focus on optimal or single‐stress environments ...
Hamid Khazaei, Ian C. Dodd, Rodomiro Ortiz   +2 more
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Determination of abundance and symbiotic effectiveness of native rhizobia nodulating soybean and other legumes in Rwanda

Plant-Environment Interactions
Rhizobia diversity in the rhizosphere is one of the key promoters of biological nitrogen fixation between host legumes and microsymbionts, although related complex interaction may depend on various factors.
Felix Nzeyimana, Richard N. Onwonga, Fredrick O. Ayuke, George N. Chemining'wa, Nsharwasi L. Nabahungu, Joseph Bigirimana, Umuhoza K. Noella Josiane   +6 more
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Diversity of nifH Gene in Culturable Rhizobia from Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) Grown in Cadmium-Contaminated Soils

Biology
(1) Background: Rhizobia can promote plant growth by providing essential nutrients such as NH4+ and PO43−; thus, rhizobia that can tolerate the stress of heavy metals will be conducive to the phytoremediation of heavy-metal-contaminated soils. Therefore,
Xiaomeng Wang, Xia Jia, Yonghua Zhao, Yuan Xie, Xiuxin Meng, Fang Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges and limitations of introducing pigeonpea as a new crop into smallholder farming systems through farmer‐to‐farmer education in Zambia

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Legume plants offer generous benefits for both the planet and people by supporting sustainable farming, food and feed systems through their ability to symbiotically fix atmospheric nitrogen. While grain legumes are cultivated and consumed globally, their adoption, market development, and integration into cropping systems vary.
Hamid Khazaei, Sebastian Scott, Jarkko K. Niemi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The costs and benefits of symbiotic interactions: variable effects of rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizae on Vigna radiata accessions

BMC Plant Biology
Background The symbiosis among plants, rhizobia, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is one of the most well-known symbiotic relationships in nature.
Chih-Cheng Chien, Shang-Ying Tien, Shu-Yi Yang, Cheng-Ruei Lee   +3 more
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Plant species are more important to bacterial community composition than seeding ratio in a pea‐canola intercropping system

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Demand for agricultural land has increased due to rising demand for food, potentially leading to expansion into previously untouched habitats, which threatens refugia of native plants. We aimed to provide insight into how variation in seeding ratio may impact soil bacterial communities in a pea‐canola intercropping system, potentially altering crop ...
Janice M. Parks, Braeden J. Stiffler, Maren L. Friesen   +2 more
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A Study of Growth and Yield of Four Peanut Varieties with Rhizobia Inoculation under Field Conditions

Agronomy
The symbiotic nitrogen fixation between rhizobia and peanuts offers an advantage in reducing nitrogen fertilizer inputs, decreasing the incidence rate of peanuts, and enhancing soil fertility. Inoculating rhizobia agent is an effective pathway to improve
Bin Ding, Mengshi Feng, Rui Wang, Lei Chang, Ying Jiang, Jixian Xie, Da Tian   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The ACC-Deaminase Producing Bacterium Variovorax sp. CT7.15 as a Tool for Improving Calicotome villosa Nodulation and Growth in Arid Regions of Tunisia

Microorganisms, 2020
Calicotome villosa is a spontaneous Mediterranean legume that can be a good candidate as pioneer plants to limit regression of vegetation cover and loss of biodiversity in Tunisian arid soils.
Khouloud Bessadok, Salvadora Navarro-Torre, Eloísa Pajuelo, Enrique Mateos-Naranjo, Susana Redondo-Gómez, Miguel Ángel Caviedes, Amira Fterich, Mohamed Mars, Ignacio D. Rodríguez-Llorente   +8 more
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Nanocellulose‐based hydrogel membranes for underwater osmotic actuators

Responsive Materials, EarlyView.
The review comprehensively summarizes the research progress of nanocellulose‐based hydrogel membranes for underwater osmotic actuators, from the building blocks of nanocelluloses to the underwater osmotic actuation mechanism and applications, and outlines their challenges and perspectives, aiming to facilitate their applications in underwater remote ...
Qingchen Li, Zhengru Wang, Liming Zhang, Tobias Benselfelt, Minghua Huang, Jingyi Wu, Huanlei Wang, Lars Wågberg, Mahiar Max Hamedi, Feng Xu, Weiqian Tian   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source