Rhizobacterial Community Structure Differs Between Landrace and Cultivar of Rice Under Drought Conditions.

The rhizosphere plays a critical role in crop growth and fitness, particularly under moisture-stress conditions. Modern breeding has diminished the ability of crops to recruit beneficial microbiomes, making them more vulnerable to drought, unlike wild types and landraces that adapt better. This study aims to elucidate how rice landrace and cultivar influence the rhizosphere bacterial communities and biochemical attributes under normal and moisture stress conditions.

Authentication of putative competitive bacterial endophytes of rice by re-isolation and DNA fingerprinting assay.

Aim: The plant-growth-promoting putative competitive endophytes offer significant benefits to sustainable agriculture. The unworthy opportunistic and passenger endophytes are inevitable during the isolation of putative competitive endophytes. This study aimed to discriminate the putative competitive endophytes undoubtedly from the opportunistic and passenger endophytes.

Induction of moisture stress tolerance by and in pigeon pea (. L).

Drought stress is the main growth-limiting factor in pigeon pea production. Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) induce abiotic stress tolerance in several plants. However, the physiological and molecular changes with PGPB priming are not well understood in pigeon pea.