A considerable set of underutilized crops perform better than their more accepted counterparts when cultivated in less nutritive soils and grossly unfavorable environmental conditions. This advantage necessitates the ...

Grape growing and winemaking process generate enormous amounts of solid waste materials that demand more economical and safe disposal technologies. In this study, co-composting and effective microorganisms (EM) technologies ...

The soil is an essential part of the environment as it provides support for life which comprises microorganisms, plants, animals and humanity. Ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, food production and temperature ...

Mining activities have increased environmental pollution which has consequently resulted in the release of large quantities of heavy metals into the environmental media. These metal species tend to accumulate in the ...

Food security is seriously under threat in many developing tropical countries as agriculture is becoming unsustainable due to drought stress. There is therefore an urgent need for a sustainable means to accomplish food ...

Legumes in some cases are underutilized and form only a relatively small proportion of human diets. In general they fix atmospheric nitrogen which may provide an economic advantage for smallholder farmers. By appropriate ...

Plant-root interaction occurs in the rhizosphere, a region referred to as a biologically active zone of soil where microorganisms and plant roots interact. This study examined the impact of genetically modified (GM) maize ...

Endophytes are promising microbes which support the plant in many beneficial ways such as growth promotion and health improvement with no harmful effects to their host. However, to have better insights in to important ...

The disease-causing agent Fusarium graminearum is considered a global cause of distress to the agricultural economy due to its undesirable effects and its ubiquity in the soil leading to infections in cereal grains. ...