Endophytes: Mineral Nutrient Management, Volume 3

The challenges to meet the food requirement of the burgeoning population and stabilized productivity of agriculture lands can only be met by a second green revolution. After steadily declining for over a decade hunger is on the rise again, affecting million people of the global population. Therefore, crop yields must be increased substantially over the coming decades to keep pace with global food demand.

The plant rhizosphere is a multidimensional and dynamic ecological environment of comp...