Global warming is linked to progressive soil salinisation, which reduces crop yields, especially in irrigated farmland on arid and semiarid regions. Therefore, it is necessary to apply sustainable and effective solutions that contribute to enhanced crop salt tolerance. In the present study, we tested the effects of a commercial biostimulant (BALOX) containing glycine betaine (GB) and polyphenols on the activation of salinity defense mechanisms in tomato.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRhizospheric microbiomes of L. cultivated either conventionally or amended with a synthetic microbial consortium or a root exudate inductor, were characterized by 16S/internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) rRNA amplicon metagenome sequencing. The most abundant taxa found, although differently represented in each treatment, were , , , and , as well as Chytridiomycetes and Mortierellomycotina.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report here the metagenomes of soil samples from a perennial cropping system of asparagus that was treated with two biostimulants. Two treatments were compared to an untreated control. Control soil samples were taken at the beginning and at end of the experiment.
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