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Despite rice being the staple food for more than half of the world's population, its cultivation remains highly resource-intensive, requiring large ...

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Multiomics approaches for understanding of the dynamic mechanisms of soil holobiont in mitigating salinity stress in plant hosts. PGPR = plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria; AMF = arbuscular ...

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Plants and trees send their roots into the ground to soak up water and nutrients from the soil. Until now, scientists ...

Bacteria found in association with plants also produce IAA and do so in a similar way as plants. As part of that process, some of those bacteria evolved an override to the plants' IAA management.

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The plant microbiome, consisting of diverse microbial communities associated with plant roots, leaves, and internal tissues, ...

Gut bacteria are known to be a key factor in many health-related concerns. However, the number and variety of them is vast, ...