Unlocking the role of silicon against biotic stress in plants.

The requirement for agricultural crops continues to enhance with the continuous growth of the human population globally. Plant pathogenic diseases outbreaks are enhancing and threatening food security and safety for the vulnerable in different regions worldwide. Silicon (Si) is considered a non-essential element for plant growth.

Synergistic interactions of nanoparticles and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria enhancing soil-plant systems: a multigenerational perspective.

Sustainable food security and safety are major concerns on a global scale, especially in developed nations. Adverse agroclimatic conditions affect the largest agricultural-producing areas, which reduces the production of crops. Achieving sustainable food safety is challenging because of several factors, such as soil flooding/waterlogging, ultraviolet (UV) rays, acidic/sodic soil, hazardous ions, low and high temperatures, and nutritional imbalances.

Screening of Sugarcane Proteins Associated with Defense against subsp. , Agent of Ratoon Stunting Disease.

Sugarcane is the most important sugar crop and one of the leading energy-producing crops in the world. Ratoon stunting disease (RSD), caused by the bacterium subsp. , poses a huge threat to ratoon crops, causing a significant yield loss in sugarcane.

Mathematical modeling of climate and fluoride effects on sugarcane photosynthesis with silicon nanoparticles.

Fluoride (F) stress is one of the major environmental pollutant, affecting plant growth, development and production, globally. Acquisition of eco-friendly F stress reliever seems to be the major concern these days. Consequently, application of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) has been increasing to improve agri-economy.

Corrigendum: Effect of endophytic diazotroph ED5 on nitrogen-metabolism-related microecology in the sugarcane rhizosphere at different nitrogen levels.

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Genome analysis of a halophilic ASH15 revealed salt adaptation, plant growth promotion, and isoprenoid biosynthetic machinery.

Globally, due to widespread dispersion, intraspecific diversity, and crucial ecological components of halophilic ecosystems, bacteria is considered one of the key models for ecological, adaptative, and biotechnological applications research in saline environments. With this aim, the present study was to enlighten the plant growth-promoting features and investigate the systematic genome of a halophilic bacteria, ASH15, through single-molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing technology. Results showed that strain ASH15 could survive in high salinity up to 25% (w/v) NaCl concentration and express plant growth-promoting traits such as nitrogen fixation, plant growth hormones, and hydrolytic enzymes, which sustain salt stress.

Effect of endophytic diazotroph ED5 on nitrogen-metabolism-related microecology in the sugarcane rhizosphere at different nitrogen levels.

Sugarcane is an important sugar and energy crop worldwide, requiring a large amount of nitrogen (N). However, excessive application of synthetic N fertilizer causes environmental pollution in farmland. Endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria (ENFB) provide N nutrition for plants through biological N fixation, thus reducing the need for chemical fertilizers.

Complete genome analysis of sugarcane root associated endophytic diazotroph DJ06 revealing versatile molecular mechanism involved in sugarcane development.

Sugarcane is an important sugar and bioenergy source and a significant component of the economy in various countries in arid and semiarid. It requires more synthetic fertilizers and fungicides during growth and development. However, the excess use of synthetic fertilizers and fungicides causes environmental pollution and affects cane quality and productivity.

Nanosilicon: An approach for abiotic stress mitigation and sustainable agriculture.

Abiotic stresses causing extensive yield loss in various crops globally. Over the past few decades, the application of silicon nanoparticles (nSi) has emerged as one of the abiotic stress mitigators. The initial responses of plants are shown by the biogenesis of reactive oxygen species (ROS) to sustain cellular/organellar integrity to ensure operation of metabolic functions by regulating physiological and biochemical pathways during stress conditions.

Impact of carbendazim on cellular growth, defence system and plant growth promoting traits of ANCB-12 isolated from sugarcane rhizosphere.

Agrochemicals are consistently used in agricultural practices to protect plants from pathogens and ensure high crop production. However, their overconsumption and irregular use cause adverse impacts on soil flora and non-target beneficial microorganisms, ultimately causing a hazard to the ecosystem. Taking this into account, the present study was conducted to determine the high dosage of fungicide (carbendazim: CBZM) effects on the rhizobacteria survival, plant growth promoting trait and reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging antioxidant enzyme system.

Influence of nanosilicon on drought tolerance in plants: An overview.

Insufficient availability of water is a major global challenge that plants face and that can cause substantial losses in plant productivity and quality, followed by complete crop failure. Thus, it becomes imperative to improve crop cultivation/production in unsuitable agricultural fields and integrate modern agri-techniques and nanoparticles (NPs)-based approaches to extend appropriate aid to plants to handle adverse environmental variables. Nowadays, NPs are commonly used with biological systems because of their specific physicochemical characteristics, viz.

Cold-Induced Physiological and Biochemical Alternations and Proteomic Insight into the Response of to Low Temperature.

Sugarcane, a cash crop, is easily affected by low temperature, which results in a decrease in yield and sugar production. Breeding a new variety with cold tolerance is an essential strategy to reduce loss from cold stress. The identification of germplasms and genes/proteins with cold tolerance is a vital step in breeding sugarcane varieties with cold tolerance via a conventional program and molecular technology.

Genetic engineering: an efficient approach to mitigating biotic and abiotic stresses in sugarcane cultivation.

Abiotic stresses are the foremost limiting factors for crop productivity. Crop plants need to cope with adverse external pressure caused by various environmental conditions with their intrinsic biological mechanisms to keep their growth, development, and productivity. Climate-resilient, high-yielding crops need to be developed to maintain sustainable food supply.

Silicon and soil microorganisms improve rhizospheric soil health with bacterial community, plant growth, performance and yield.

The interaction of silicon and soil microorganisms stimulates crop enhancement to ensure sustainable agriculture. Silicon may potentially increase nutrient availability in rhizosphere with improved plants' growth, development as it does not produce phytotoxicity. The rhizospheric microbiome accommodates a variety of microbial species that live in a small area of soil directly associated with the hidden half plants' system.

Impact of Agroclimatic Variables on Proteogenomics in Sugar Cane ( spp.) Plant Productivity.

Sugar cane ( spp. hybrids) is a major crop for sugar and renewable bioenergy worldwide, grown in arid and semiarid regions. China, the world's fourth-largest sugar producer after Brazil, India, and the European Union, all share ∼80% of the global production, and the remaining ∼20% of sugar comes from sugar beets, mostly grown in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, also used as a raw material in production of bioethanol for renewable energy.

Sugarcane Root Transcriptome Analysis Revealed the Role of Plant Hormones in the Colonization of an Endophytic Diazotroph.

Some sugarcane germplasms can absorb higher amounts of nitrogen atmospheric nitrogen fixation through the bacterial diazotrophs. Most endophytic diazotrophs usually penetrate through the root, colonize inside the plant, and fix the nitrogen. To assess the plant's bacterial association during root colonization, strain GXS16 was tagged with a plasmid-bear green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene.

Unraveling Nitrogen Fixing Potential of Endophytic Diazotrophs of Different Species for Sustainable Sugarcane Growth.

Sugarcane ( L.) is one of the world's highly significant commercial crops. The amounts of synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizer required to grow the sugarcane plant at its initial growth stages are higher, which increases the production costs and adverse environmental consequences globally.

Nanofertilizer Possibilities for Healthy Soil, Water, and Food in Future: An Overview.

Conventional fertilizers and pesticides are not sustainable for multiple reasons, including high delivery and usage inefficiency, considerable energy, and water inputs with adverse impact on the agroecosystem. Achieving and maintaining optimal food security is a global task that initiates agricultural approaches to be revolutionized effectively on time, as adversities in climate change, population growth, and loss of arable land may increase. Recent approaches based on nanotechnology may improve nutrient delivery to ensure the distribution of nutrients precisely, as nanoengineered particles may improve crop growth and productivity.

High-Throughput Sequencing-Based Analysis of Rhizosphere and Diazotrophic Bacterial Diversity Among Wild Progenitor and Closely Related Species of Sugarcane ( spp. Inter-Specific Hybrids).

Considering the significant role of genetic background in plant-microbe interactions and that most crop rhizospheric microbial research was focused on cultivars, understanding the diversity of root-associated microbiomes in wild progenitors and closely related crossable species may help to breed better cultivars. This study is aimed to fill a critical knowledge gap on rhizosphere and diazotroph bacterial diversity in the wild progenitors of sugarcane, the essential sugar and the second largest bioenergy crop globally. Using a high-throughput sequencing (HTS) platform, we studied the rhizosphere and diazotroph bacterial community of L.

Morphological, agronomical, physiological and molecular characterization of a high sugar mutant of sugarcane in comparison to mother variety.

Sugarcane is a significant crop plant with the capability of accumulating higher amount of sucrose. In the present study, a high sucrose content sugarcane mutant clone, GXB9, has been studied in comparison to the low sucrose mother clone B9 on morphological, agronomical and physiological level in order to scrutinize the variation because of mutation in GXB9 in field under normal environmental condition. The results showed that GXB9 has less germination, tillering rate, stalk height, leaf length, leaf width, leaf area, number of internodes, internode length and internode diameter than B9.