Microbial interventions for abiotic and biotic stress management in plants-A brief review Abhay Srivastava, V. P. JAISWAL, Rajesh Tiwari, PRIYANKA SRIVASTAVA, Gurminder Kaur, et al. Journal of Biological Control, 2025 Crop plants are perpetually subjected to several abiotic and biotic stresses which serve as limiting factors that impede plant growth and reduce agriculture productivity. Among the abiotic stresses, drought significantly limits global agricultural productivity, with its impact expected to intensify. Adaptation and mitigation strategies are essential to combat drought stress, and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) offer a promising and eco-friendly solution. The microbial population adjacent to plant roots colonise the plant rhizosphere/endo-rhizosphere and enhance drought tolerance through mechanisms such as the production of plant hormones (IAA, and GA), HCN and siderophores production, solubilisation of phosphorus (P), potassium (K), zinc (Zn), and by oxidising sulphur and silica, as well as reducing nitrate and citrate to improve plant resilience to drought. This review provides an in-depth understanding of interactions between PGPR and plants in mitigating the adverse effects of abiotic and biotic stress in various crops.
Growth Analysis in Sugarcane Ratoon Crop as Influenced by Potassium Nutrition in Subtropical India S. K. Shukla, V P Jaiswal, Lalan Sharma, Asha Gaur, Raghvendra Tiwari, Abhay Srivastava Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2023 A field experiment was conducted for two cropping seasons during 2016–19 at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, with the objectives to study the effect of i) K nutrition and variable sources of K on growth analysis of sugarcane ratoon crop, ii) the response of K on the photosynthetic rate of crop and iii) contribution of K on yield attributes, sugarcane, and sugar yields. Mean results of two cropping seasons indicated that the application of potassium brought forth a 12.08% improvement in tiller population over no K (107.3 thousand/ha). Potassium application through K2SO4 (SOP) showed the highest net rate of photosynthesis (15.28 µmol/m2/s) which was about 30.71% higher than the control. Among the various sources of K, SOP was found the best in improving sugarcane and sugar yields. Application of SOP resulted in 18.69% ratoon cane yield improvement over the control. Application of 75% K through K2SO4 resulted in a higher sugar yield (12.01 t/ha) which was 25.76% higher than the control (9.55 t/ha). Potassium ammonium sulfate (PAS) and murate of potash could not produce better results as compared to K2SO4. Potassium application through SOP showed the highest net rate of photosynthesis (15.28 µmol/m2/s) during the grand growth phase. Application of 50.4 kg K/ha (75% more than recommended) through K2SO4 increased 18.69% sugarcane (106.7 t/ha) and 25.76% (12.01 t/ha) sugar yields over the control (no K) and was found to the best and could be recommended for improving sugarcane and sugar yields of ratoon in subtropical India.
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