Search
21 articles for “plant growth promotion”
-
Microbial Architects of Soil Health: A Multifaceted Approach to Improving Plant Nutrition, Biocontrol, and Phytohormone Production
Abstract: The intricate relationship between plants and soil harbours a thriving community of microorganisms, unseen yet essential. Through numerous mechanisms, these microscopic marvels are essential to sustaining the health of the soil and encouraging robust plant growth. Microbes in the soil are essential for enhancing plant nutrition. Bacteria and fungi act as silent collaborators, facilitating the process of solubilizing and mobilising essential nutrients like phosphorus, potassium, and nitrogen within the soil. …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2024 · pp. 29–42 Read article
-
Rhizobacteria for Sustainable Agriculture: An Overview
Abstract: Several soil bacteria participate in the growth and development of plants, and are usually termed as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria. These bacteria colonize on or near plant roots and play vital role either directly or indirectly in health and productivity of different plant species. The plant growth promoting rhizobacteria facilitate plant growth by assisting in acquisition of essential nutrients and minerals, modulating plant hormone levels and by acting as biocontrol …
Published in International Journal of Agrochemistry · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 9–16 Read article
-
Bio-Fertilizer in Forest Nursery-A Review
Abstract: Many micro-organisms like bacteria, fungi, algae possess plant growth promoting mechanisms. These micro-organisms may be implemented as biofertilizers in agriculture and forestry, improving crop yields. These Biofertilizers can enhance plant increase through numerous different mechanisms. The synthesis of plant nutrients or phytohormones, which may be absorbed with the aid of using plants, mobilization of soil compounds, making them to be available for the plant for use as nutrients, the safety …
Published in International Journal of Industrial Biotechnology and Biomaterials · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 1–14 Read article
-
Utilization of rhizobacteria, Pseudomonas trivialis (L) and Earthworm, Eudrilus eugenae (L) for the qualitative and quantitative yield in the crop of radish, Raphanus sativus) (L).
Abstract: The specific density of soil microorganisms and earthworms in soil serve to orchestrate the crop growth progression. There is fruitful interactions among soil microorganisms with earthworms and crop in the field that can change the response of growth and development. The rhizobacteria, Pseudomonas trivialis (L) is a deleterious rhizobacteria (DRB) or a plant growth promoting rhi-zobacteria (PGPR) depending on the plant species. It is well known to produce Indole Acetic …
Published in International Journal of Agrochemistry · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 24–42 Read article
-
Preparation, Process, and Significance of-fertilizers
Abstract: The application of chemical fertilizers (such as calcium nitrate, urea, ammonium sulfate, diammonium phosphate, etc.) is crucial to the world's food production because it acts as a fast food for plants, accelerating their growth and efficiency. However, because of the excessive and unbalanced use of these synthetic inputs, negative effects are being observed. Beneficial microorganisms found in biofertilizers provide a sustainable substitute for chemical fertilizers, tackling the mounting worries about …
Published in International Journal of Green Chemistry · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2024 · pp. 1–8 Read article
-
Revolutionizing Agriculture with Nanotechnology: Enhancing Efficiency and Sustainability in Crop Protection and Pest Management
Abstract: This brief review highlights the potential of nanotechnology in addressing critical challenges in modern agriculture driven by population growth, climate change, and the intensification of farming practices. The extensive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has increased productivity and caused environmental issues, such as soil salinization, eutrophication, and health risks due to chemical residues in food. Nanomaterials have emerged as promising solutions, offering benefits like enhanced specificity in agrochemical delivery …
Published in International Journal of Agrochemistry · Vol. 11, Issue 2, 2025 · pp. 1–11 Read article
-
Strategies for Mitigating Nitrate Leaching: A Comprehensive Methodological
Abstract: Nitrogen (N) serves as a fundamental nutrient crucial for promoting plant growth. However, the mismanagement of nitrogen fertilization within agricultural contexts has led to significant instances of nitrate leaching, particularly pronounced within fruit production systems. Empirical research has underscored the danger of elevated nitrate levels in potable water, posing potential threats to human health. Furthermore, the widespread presence of nitrates in riverine ecosystems accelerates eutrophication, thereby imposing detrimental effects on …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2024 · pp. 13–28 Read article
-
Isolation and Characterization of Rhizosphere-Competent Indigenous Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacteria for Biofertilizer Applications
Abstract: Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for crop growth and development. Low levels of P in soil is due to high reactivity of soluble P with calcium (Ca), iron (Fe) or aluminum (Al) that lead to P precipitation. Mineral phosphate (P) solubilization is an important activity of rhizospheric bacteria that contribute significantly to the plant growth and development in eco-friendly manner. Four potent phosphate solubilizers (PSB-2, PSB-3, PSB-4 and PSB-7), …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 13–18 Read article
-
Pitaya Cactus Endophytic Bacteria a Sustainable Option to Reduce and Optimize NH4NO3 in Phaseolus vulgaris
Abstract: The Phaseolus vulgaris crop demands nitrogen fertilizer as NH4NO3 for healthy growth. However, the application of NH4NO3 not uptaken by plant roots, generates N2O, a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect besides loss of soil fertility; a sustainable option is to reduce up to 50% and to optimize it by inoculating P. vulgaris seeds with genera and species of plant growth promoting endophytic bacteria isolated from a desert xerophyte …
Published in International Journal of Environmental Chemistry · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 34–42 Read article
-
Response of Zea mays to Rhizophagus Intraradices with 50% Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilizer Prevents the Release of N2O From the Soil
Abstract: The healthy growth of Zea mays (maize) requires NH4NO3/PO4--3 fertilizers (ammonium nitrate and phosphates), are applied in unregulated doses, are associated to denitrification, generating greenhouse gases, causing global warming, loss of soil productivity, and pollution of surface water in case of phosphates. An alternative is to decrease and optimize the dose of NH4NO3/PO4--3 by applying arbuscular vesicle fungi (AVF), to optimize, the dose of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers, AVF endosymbionts …
Published in International Journal of Environmental Chemistry · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2024 · pp. 26–35 Read article
-
In-Vitro and In-Vivo Selection of Efficient Growth Promoting Fluorescent Pseudomonas Isolated from Bamboo Rhizosphere
Abstract: Bamboo is one of the important plant species for sustainability in both forestry and agriculture sector. Among bamboos, Dendrocalamus strictus is widely present in Indian sub-continent. Though bamboo having adventitious as well as shallow root system, it is one of the fastest growing plant species. This may be due to its dependency on several symbiotic soil microbes which may be in return providing nutrients and water for its fast growth. …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 20–52 Read article
-
Removal of Methyl Orange from Wastewater Using Composite Material
Abstract: The textile industry is one of the pollute activities that most consume water. Industrial dyes are dangerous pollutants, resulting from the textile industry. The textile dyes significantly increase inhibit plant growth, enter the food chain, promote toxicity, and carcinogenicity. The removal of textiles dyes is usually proposed via adsorption represents a sustainable solution. A composite material was prepared by polystyrene in combination with commercial activated carbon. A series of experiments …
Published in International Journal of Environmental Chemistry · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 42–46 Read article
-
Zinc -The Miracle Nutrient of Agricultural Crop Production
Abstract: Zinc is involved in most plant growth functions. Zinc helps produce auxins. Zinc is a growth promoting substance that controls the development of the shoot. Zinc also forms enzyme systems, which regulate plant life. Yet zinc is the most common micronutrient deficiency in agriculture today! Zinc deficiency can limit yields of corn, beans, wheat, cotton, sorghum, fruits, and vegetables. Yet, without this essential ounce of zinc no crop would grow …
Published in International Journal of Agrochemistry · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 14–17 Read article
-
Pteridophytes as a Source of Traditional Medicine and Environmental Remediation: A Comprehensive Review
Abstract: The Himalayas, one of the worlds’ most important biodiversity hotspots, contribute substantially to the vegetational resources of the Indian subcontinent, with the Garhwal Himalaya standing out for its rich and diverse flora. Among the plant species in this region, pteridophytes, particularly ferns, hold notable economic and medicinal value. These plants have long been integral to traditional medicine systems, such as Ayurveda, and their therapeutic properties have been passed down through …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2024 · pp. 33–36 Read article
-
The Effect of Additional Additives and Amino Acids on the Axillary Shoot Micropropagation of Medicinal Plant Aegle Marmelos (Corr.) Linn.
Abstract: India is an immense medicinal plant repository, used in traditional medical treatments. The use of herbal medicine is growing day by day due to toxicity and allopathic drug effects. About 90 percent of the phytochemicals marketed come from wild resources and over 120 major phytochemistry come from plants. Aegle marmelos leaves contained π-sitosterol, aegelin, lupeol, rutin, marmesinine, flavone, glycoside, Oisopentenyl halfordiol, marmeline, and phenylethyl cinnamides. The additional growth promoters showing …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 37–49 Read article
-
INDUCEMENT OF PGR INTO SEED TO ENHANCE NATURAL GROWTH
Abstract: The first genetic modified crop plant was produced in 1982, an antibiotic resistant tobacco plant. GM crops are the need of hour where our world faces highly disastrous climate change and whooping malnutrition among people. Still 1.2 billion people in which large part of infancy & adolescences facing mass malnutrition. According to numbers from world food programme approximately 790 million people don’t have enough food to live healthy life. Appreciate …
Published in International Journal of Agrochemistry · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 1–4 Read article
-
Formulation and Evaluation of Multipurpose HerbalsSolid Shampoo and Conditioner Soap
Abstract: Hair is a health indicator and has a big impact on how lovely the body looks. Shampoo is one of themost often used beauty products for cleaning hair. The primary purpose of contemporary shampooformulations is not limited to hair cleaning. Additional benefits including conditioning and surfacesmoothing of the hair are expected, along with healthy hair that is free of dirt, grease, dandruff, andlice. The main difference is that, while shampoo …
Published in International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Processing · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2024 · pp. 12–19 Read article
-
Technical Insights into the Industrial Synthesis and Production of Ten Prominent Plant Growth Regulator Molecules: Process Flow and Mass Balance Determination
Abstract: Plant Growth Regulators (PGPRs) are indispensable tools in modern agriculture, offering precise control over various aspects of plant development and enhancing crop productivity. While their diverse applications are widely recognized, detailed technical insights into their industrial manufacturing processes, including synthesis routes, process flow, and mass balance, are often limited. This manuscript addresses this gap by presenting a comprehensive technical analysis of the industrial synthesis and production of ten prominent PGPR …
Published in International Journal of Analytical and Applied Chemistry · Vol. 11, Issue 2, 2025 Read article
-
Nanomaterial’s in Agriculture: Enhancing Crop Yield and Sustainability
Abstract: Nanotechnology has emerged as a promising frontier in agriculture, offering unique opportunities to address pressing challenges in food production and sustainability. This abstract explores the applications of nanomaterials in agriculture, with a focus on their role in enhancing crop yield and promoting sustainable farming practices. The utilization of nanomaterials in agriculture opens up new possibilities for targeted delivery of nutrients, pesticides, and growth-promoting agents. Nanoparticles, owing to their small size …
Published in International Journal of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 25–29 Read article
-
Importance of Fiber in Human Health
Abstract: Fiber is an essential component in modern science and daily life, contributing significantly to both human health and technological advancement. In Dietary fiber is an essential component of nutrition that contributes significantly to overall health and disease prevention. It is mainly derived from plant-based sources including fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and whole grains. Fiber supports healthy digestion, enhances bowel regularity, prevents constipation, and promotes the growth of beneficial intestinal microorganisms. …
Published in International Journal of Chemical Synthesis and Chemical Reactions · Vol. 12, Issue 2, 2026 Read article