Network models of soil and plant microbiomes provide new opportunities for enhancing disease management, but also challenges for interpretation. We present a framework for interpreting microbiome networks, illustrating how observed network structures can be used to generate testable hypotheses about candidate microbes affecting plant health. The framework includes four types of network analyses...

The water fern Azolla harbors nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena azollae as symbiont in its dorsal leaves and is known as potent N2 fixer. Present investigation was carried out to study the influence of fresh Azolla when used as basal incorporation in soil and as dual cropped with rice variety Mahsoori separately and together with and without chemical nitrogen fertilizer in pots kept under...

Inadequate fertilization or the indiscriminate use of water with high salt concentrations have led to salinization agricultural soils. In this context, biofertilization plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) is an environmentally benign strategy stimulate plant growth, even under stress. Thus, we studied isolated PGPR consortia from halophytes enhance Swiss chard growth saline conditions. ...