Promoting mutually beneficial relationships between plants and soil microbes that enhance nutrient acquisition by plants could improve crop production without increasing inorganic-fertilizer use.

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is an evergreen shrub native to Asia, Africa, and Europe and has been a cornerstone of the traditional medicine system of India called Ayurveda for centuries.

Poultry Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Science, Jinan, Shandong, China A dried calyx of JDL was cut into pieces and placed into a pulverizer for grinding for 30 s. A certain mass of JDL ...